AU. On January 9th, 1999, Castle saves Johanna Beckett from being murdered. His act of bravery sparks a complicated love with her daughter, and a totally different life and career path for Kate Beckett. Because although Johanna lived, someone out there still wants her dead, and as the years go by, Kate Beckett and Richard Castle are determined to find out who.

Kate Beckett wakes in a world where nothing is as she knows it to be. A season 4, AU story. NOW COMPLETE.

AU: What if Castle had never become a famous, successful, and wealthy writer? Struggling to make ends meet, failed writer Richard Rodgers meets Detective Kate Beckett under quite different circumstances.

They'd been stranded on an island for almost 5 months, and now it's time to go home... where everything has changed. Sequel to SOLID GROUND. Rated M. NOW COMPLETE.

Castle and Beckett go undercover at a gated community, to investigate a string of mysterious deaths. Set Christmastime of season four, after Cuffed.

S1 AU Based on a tumblr prompt from anon: Castle's a doctor, a friend of Lanie's. AU Caskett meeting at Lanie's birthday. *Castle Winter Hiatus 2014 Ficathon Entry* Cover art by the awesome (ScribbleAStory)

Alexis finds herself needing her mother. And, yet during her time of crisis she ends up in D.C., on Kate's doorstep in the middle of the night. How will Castle react to the situation? Will he forgive Kate for hiding the truth from him?

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

"Seeing isn't believing. Believing is seeing." An AU story for Christmas.

As Kate finds herself getting back on solid ground in her relationship with Castle, her world gets turned upside down by an unexpected visitor. As emotions run high and danger lurks will she and Castle be able to stand together and become stronger or will their secrets and lies eventually tear them apart? AU Set after 4x22 Undead Again. Cover Art by LordofKavaka. Now edited 2/2022.

"I've always known I was an accident… thanks in no small part to you, dad." She glared at her father. Castle smirked and shrugged. "I just didn't know there was a story to it. And judging by the reaction of the crowd… I'm in."

A series of somewhat related ficlets that follow the adventures of Kate and Castle as they work their way through the book, "100 Sex Positions of the Kama Sutra." Expect the unexpected! Disclaimer: I do not own these characters, they are the property of Andrew W. Marlowe and company, with whom I am, unfortunately, not affiliated.

Things don't go as planned on their wedding day. Then again, when have things ever been easy between these two? A story where things are not as they seem. Starts out very dark but ends with no small amount of romance. Now Complete.

Post ep. 6.03...my take on unemployed Beckett and how she reacted to the news. Will she go back to work or will she stay unemployed?

Sequel to Second Chance. AU. One year has gone by since Rick and Kate confirmed their relationship to the public. Join them as they enter the next phase of their relationship and try to navigate through it. Mainly fluffy family moments ;) Readers are advised to check out Second Chance before reading this. Now COMPLETE.

A Dash Universe mini-epic. Set four/five months after the events of Mad Dash.

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

Inspired by episode 6x15, Castle and Beckett sing karaoke in the Hamptons. Richard Castle had one goal in mind as he walked into the dim, beachside bar in the Hamptons, it was something he had been trying to arrange, unsuccessfully, for months now—convince Kate Beckett to sing karaoke with him.

Beckett and Castle realize that her 'wall' is beginning to fall and they can finally see a future together. But nothing is that easy, especially with outside forces attempting to destroy them. While they are both determined to keep their family together, will living on the run tear them apart? Or should they just be more focused on staying alive? AU after Cops and Robbers.

What if Castle met Kate instead of Meredith. AU.

An AU summer fic, set between seasons two and three. The Hamptons trip doesn't work out, and Castle comes back to the city in time to score himself an invitation to Beckett's camping trip. Entry for the Winter Ficathon 13/14.

It wasn't planned, wasn't a date, but when he'd shown up looking striking in his suit and with his arm empty, she'd gravitated to him like she always did, her whole body orienting toward him as if he was her shining beacon in a dark, starless night. Follows episode 4x11, "Till Death Do Us Part." -COMPLETE-

Sequel to Bated Breath. Tragedy has left chaos in its wake and they are all tasked with picking up the pieces of each other's lives. ***I apologize but this is on hiatus***

A one shot for 6x05, "Time will tell". Because Kate's reaction to kids was too good not to.

"Castle, where the hell are we?" "Vegas baby." He mumbles, a sleepy grin stretching across his face.

Seriously, this just isn't fair. She so rarely has a day off in the middle of the week, and instead of spending it lounging in bed with her, all her delicious nakedness aligned with his, he has to sit through Black Pawn meetings. Happy Birthday, AC!

There were so many things he wanted to say to her but that wasn't a part of their relationship. So he wrote her letters instead, hid them away, never intending for her to read them. Until one day, Kate stumbled upon them by mistake. Complete.

After a vivid dream, Beckett thinks she's been given a second chance. When she begins to doubt the reality surrounding her, there is only one person she can think of who has come up with crazier things than what she's living through.

an AU from Cartographical's list: What if Richard Castle was a spy? with special thanks to mjsofter for the cover art

When the Dragon is slain, there's just a life to be lived. And sometimes there's more to learn in peace than in war. Complete. Separate epilogue pending.

From the video by yamakiluv. Castle is given an ultimatum: the file for Beckett's life. AU Future.

AU: Beckett is a uniform on the Vice squad at the 12th. It's five years before the season one meeting. Cartographical sent me and Sandiane Carter a list of AUs she wanted to see. We were both so excited about Vice Beckett that we each wrote our own. This is mine. Thanks to garnetgivealittlelove for the cover art.

Just like the dandelion seeds on the breeze, they had no control over their fates but they had plenty of hopes and wishes to keep them aloft.

Always SPOILERS. Co-authored by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles. How Kate Beckett and Rick Castle spend their summer.

David and Maddie run into each other a year after Blue Moon closes. I have not watched any episodes past season 3 for many years, so please forgive any inconsistencies.

A series of bedroom - and maybe a bathroom and deck and other locations near a bedroom- conversations between Beckett and Castle in the first year or so of their relationship.

Kate stumbles across a secret - no wonder he'd been so angry at her after she'd avoided him all summer - and reason comes from an unlikely source. Complete.

Part 1 of the Wedding Chapter, direct sequel to "To Be... Or Not To Be". Maddie and David are finally planning their wedding. David has to deal with the suspiciousness of a jealous father...

Castle and Beckett go undercover at a marriage counseling retreat. M for a reason kids...

What if the morning after "I Am Curious Maddie" had gone a little differently? This is my first chapter exploring the way I wish things had gone after the Big Bang...

The final episode of season 5...just how it should be!

Weeks have gone by since we left Maddie and David at the end of 'I Am Furious David' - the lyrics to 'Be My Baby' are still ringing in our ears, memories of the big bang 2 dominate the thought waves...questions are niggling and our noggin's...

Rewind the last fifteen minutes of Maddie and David's TV lives. This is a rewrite of the ending of Moonlighting's series finale, hopefully with a much more satisfying result.

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

Episode four of The Annie Arc. Maddie has declared them a 'Nothing'. David has had a close encounter with her cousin. Has their latest case driven them apart forever or is there still hope?

Part 3 will deliver the goods: drama, humour, a chase, a dreamsequence...a spoonful of hope at the end? What more could you want out of one episode of Moonlighting?

Episode 2 of the Annie arc, direct sequel to There's Something about Maddie; are David & Maddie really just pals? Maybe the visit of Maddie's wanton cousin Annie will help them find out. The gree-#eyed snake rises its ugly head...

A new ending for Moonlighting's season 5. Imagine if we had been given the ending we all deserved...

An episode from Season 2: includes our Moonlighting duo in Chicago for all the right reasons! As usual this story combines romance, drama and comedy all rolled into one delicious experience. Sit back and enjoy...

This is the sequel to Moving In. David and Maddie have been living together for a few weeks now and have been taking Lamaze classes. Everything seems to run smoothly. But then, Maddie discovers...

This is the direct sequel to Home Again. After their reconciliation, Maddie and David return to work as usual, just to find out that there are still - who would've thunk it? - issues to be discussed.

The following events take place the evening after David's "clean slates" speech in "And the flesh was made word"; he has left the office to take his former Lamaze partner Terri out of the hospital. That day, he didn't come back to the office.

Ever wonder what happened to Maddie and David and the rest of the Wobblies after "Lunar Eclipse"?

Set at the beginning of When Girls Collide. This is how it should have been done.I have made some changes to chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4. 11-18-09

From "To Heiress Human": In the middle of a knock-down, drag-out with Maddie, David gets a phone call. Or not...

Is David the Sexy Stranger Maddie was wishing for? Or is it that other guy? ***Finally Complete!***

This story picks up from Season 4, after "MHGM'. David accompanies Maddie to her first doctors appointment in LA: the two basically deal with the situations they've created before, on up to Maddie's return from Chicago.

David and Maddie take Lamaze classes, prepare for parenthood...and try to rebuild their relationship along the way.

An alternative version of most of Season Four. Many events from the "real" episodes remain, but are altered slightly to dial down the angst that just about broke my fragile, fourteen-year-old heart in 1987. All reviews are welcome!

This is the journal Maddie kept while in Chicago.

Tragedy strikes as Maddie and David vacation in Chicago

Maddie's back at Blue Moon and her first case may be her last with David.

Maddie and David have been married for 11 years but they're not exactly living happily ever after

what would have happened if Lunar Eclipse hadn't taken place