"He's close enough to Alexis, but far enough to give her space; close enough to L.A. for him to drive out for press and book meetings, but far enough for him to feel secluded from the spotlight. And best of all, it was a parallel line across the country from New York, from everything that haunts him there." A Christmas season AU that takes place after the events of 3x24, Knockout.

When Kate catches the flu, Rick takes care of her. (Rated M for later chapters.)

"Kate, I think you have pneumonia," Lanie says calmly. "And it's time to go to the hospital." Set post 4x05, Eye of the Beholder.

Kate Beckett is fine. Or, she would be, if this damn headache went away / Kate has a migraine. Set sometime during season 4.

A collection of unrelated one-shots exploring various 'what if' scenarios. #25: What if… Castle and Beckett hooked up at Ryan & Jenny's wedding?

"He'd suspected something was up the other day when there'd been a rasp to her voice, but this only confirms it. She's sick. Pretty miserable he would guess." - Early in their "time out" period, Beckett catches a cold. Season 8 fic, Caskett.

Since I'm sick myself I decided to write a short one shot about Kate being sick and Castle taking care of her. Not sure it turned out the way I wanted but hope you enjoy anyway.

'Watching Kate Beckett dancing in a club is nothing short of a religious experience. Witnessing it once isn't enough.' A late season 3 four shot.

'Someone had kidnapped them. Handcuffed them together in what appeared to be a basement, the longer he studied their surroundings, and left them here with no apparent way out. All while Beckett was in the midst of a cold that suddenly sounds and feels far worse than it had this morning.' An AU take on 4x10, 'Cuffed'.

"You want to be my valentine, Beckett?" A post 2x18 AU for Valentine's Day.

"It's not that she dislikes Christmas. She just doesn't see the point." Winter is not Beckett's favourite season. Christmas is Castle's favourite time of year. Two shot Christmas fluff.

From an anonymous prompt from castlefanficprompts: Beckett is sick, but manages to hide it from Castle and the boys until she collapses at the precinct. Either Pre-Caskett, or when they were split up. For #CastleFanficElectionDay

"The memories play in slow motion and she watches on as if she's a viewer, not a participant, as if it's someone else and not her at all." Trigger warning: rape.

I just escaped from possibly the most awkward date in the history of Earth, and I need to decompress. I brought ice cream. And wine. And cupcakes. 1x7, Home is Where the Heart Stops.

"If Tyson wants to play, he can play with her. Alexis will come out of this intact if it's the last thing Kate Beckett does." Season 4 AU. TW for violence, assault, recovery, and mature themes.

"It's a joke. It's a joke, but she's mid-bite when she hears it and her hand stills, lowering the pizza away from her mouth." Three word prompt. Trigger warning: non-graphic mentions of an eating disorder.

Castle spends the day caring for Kate when she falls ill. Set after they got together, but before this season. One shot.

Castle is away, while Kate falls sick and so their two young children step up and take care of her, like daddy does.

She wakes to a curious numbness in her right leg and a mouth full of cotton. One Shot, complete. Posted for Castle Fanfic Monday.

AU one-shot based on the Tumblr Prompt from toomuchwineornotenough: KB is a struggling single mom of 2 boys working part time at a pizza place to make ends meet. Castle starts buying pizza daily, then bringing her coffee every morning.

An AU version of sorts for the events of Resurrection (7x14) and Reckoning (7x15), set in season 4.

When Castle finds Kate sick at the precinct he takes her home and cares for her. AU set around Season 4

Post-Ep for '47 Seconds'. "I need a word with you." Castle's voice cuts through the hubbub of the bullpen even though he has it purposefully toned low. Low and rough, scraping at his vocal cords with a touch of something dark and smoky that tugs at Kate's gut, exciting and scaring her in equal measure.

She has a baby. She brought a baby back from Haiti. Can you even do that? Season 3 AU.

kairos (ancient Greek) - (n) the perfect, delicate, crucial moment; the fleeting rightness of time and place that creates the opportune atmosphere for action, words, or movement; the time of possibility. COMPLETE

Co-authored by cartographical, chezchuckles, and muppet 47. Something of a post-ep for Recoil. 'As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.'

Based in a world where there was no Caskett doorway scene at the end of Always. Instead, that night ended with friendship and John Woo movies. Would Meredith's visit during Alexis' illness push Castle and Beckett together or break them apart for good? Winter Ficathon 13/14. Prompt one.

A requested fic for alwaysdefectivecastle. What would have happened in the Hamptons if a dead man hadn't fallen into the pool?

post-ep for "Number One Fan" (6x4). Kate Beckett's first day back on the job.

He never thought it could hurt like this. AU for 5x05, "Probable Cause."

Kind of a follow-up to Significant Others. Two chapters. Kate gets sick.

"Is she giving him sex eyeballs? Is she biting her lip?"

It's said that laughter is the best medicine; but together, Castle and Beckett find something even greater.

There are only these truths for him: Someone wants Kate dead. Kate wants him. He cannot let her walk out his door alone.

Missing Scenes from Vampire Weekend with Feggin, the fake baby egg . Goes a little AU.

"She was more than fine. She was perfectly happy, perfectly content, perfectly healthy. She felt perfect." Post-ep for 'Always', contains spoilers. Rated T just in case.

If this was what really being in love felt like Kate wasn't sure she was going to survive it. Not like this was news, but obviously something was seriously wrong with her. Winner of FanFic: Best Humor in the 2012 Castle Fan Awards

"Give you my sleep?" she asks a minute later, as though the thought had to slog through water to come out. "Stealing," she sighs. Tumblr prompt: "Can't sleep? Me either. Let's can't sleep together."

Tumblr prompt from KC and twistymaven. Set a month or so after Kill Shot.

If she survives this, she resolves to kick him out from now on when she feels the slightest hint of a sniffle. One shot. Complete.

Walls fall down; that's the nature of the beast. And no matter how Kate looks at it, she's staring at piles of rubble. And from rubble, where do they go next? Slight spoilers for 4x11 and beyond.

Futurefic - if you're optimistic, season five. If you're a realist, sometime after the series finale.

She's fairly certain she's never caused anyone this much pain.

He really has to wonder how it is that they end up in these situations. It's like they're magnets for near-death. Complete. Sequel: More Than Them.

When Kate Beckett went to get her book signed by Richard Castle, she never imagined that she'd end up meeting his daughter, much less offering to babysit for the afternoon. AU.

Pre-ep kind of? for Killshot. Beckett gives Castle another bit of back story. TW: mental illness, and one brief mention of self-harm/suicide

She knows it's not the fall that hurts but the sudden stop at the end. For her, the descent is no less terrible than the crash. But at the bottom, at the end, she realizes there is no place to go but up. So she rises. Now complete, with epilogue.

Kate Beckett doesn't do family gatherings. Then again, her aunt Lily's never died before.

What happens when Castle finds out Kate's at home sick? Fluffy one-shot.

A Sequel of sorts for my one-shot Rock Solid. Kate and Rick deal with the aftermath of Knockdown and move forward with their lives, learning to balance their partnership with their budding relationship.

Beckett is sick and Castle takes care of her. Pure fluffy goodness - very little plot for the time being. I upped the rating because I realise that every now and again, there's a bad word :o

Beckett isn't feeling well and Castle can tell.

Beckett doesn't care for Christmas. In fact, she thinks that everyone who wishes "Merry Christmas" should be boiled in his own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. I don't own Castle or A Christmas Carol. Like you didn't know that.