In one moment, darkness falls on Elizabeth's life. Lost and helpless, she finds hope and healing in an unexpected place. Based on Emerson's quote: "Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn." **Trigger warning: This story is based on a sexual assault and the resulting aftermath**

Set in 1930, Elizabeth Thornton returns to Hope Valley with her teenage son Jack, for the first time since she left for Hamilton 10 years prior to take care of her ailing parents. She has returned to teach and to build a home on the land her late husband bought for them. Still single, will she have another chance at love with another person just returning to their beloved town?

This is one take on how season 8 SHOULD have gone. Elizabeth's eyes are opened by an incident at the saloon and a chance encounter with Constable Grant. Word of caution- I despise Lucas, so his character developement will be far from flattering.

My take on Colin and Penelope's story taking into account the TV show changes from the book shown in Seasons 1 and 2. Colin has not really seen the amazing woman who had been under his nose for years. What would happen if another man started pursuing Penelope? Would he realize what he was missing?

What if the connection to Fort Clay reveals heroes, sacrifice & serving with integrity & honor? Maybe it tells of ambition & a cover-up, yet unveils to all Hope Valley the heart of a humble man? Maybe the great love story between Constable Nathan Grant & Elizabeth Thornton can grow if they open their hearts to hidden truths & then learn together to sing a joyful song of the heart?

A stormy night. An impassioned conversation spills over from the NWMP office into the deserted street outside. From the rubble of fire and ash, a love story rises like the Phoenix. When Elizabeth's heart finally begins to see with unclouded courage and honesty there is only one heart that it fits like home within. Will love still be waiting? (A post-S8 Fix-It Fic.)

This is a One-Shot Nathan and Elizabeth story beginning 3 weeks after the hug at the end of S7. It was written for a fanfic contest with the prompt: After the season 7 hug heard all around the world, Elizabeth accepts Nathan's dinner invite. How would Nathan plan a first date with Elizabeth? Would it be super romantic or a few bumps along the way? Would it just be the two of them?

Christmas is coming to Hope Valley, but it is easier for some to get into the spirit of the season than others. Some are working on mending wounded hearts. Others are finding that what they thought they wanted might not actually be what they need. An accident changes lives in a matter of seconds. Will darkness fall or will the magic of the season come through in an unexpected way?

This is a reimagining of the Season 8 finale including the storylines and conclusion envisioned by the author following Season 8 Episode 11. This is a Nathan/Elizabeth story, but I have happiness in store for all Hope Valley characters.

"Cardinals appear when angels are near." Elizabeth Thornton has grieved her husband's untimely death and is on the brink of opening her heart again. As Christmas approaches, a red cardinal appears, pointing Elizabeth to her future. Will she find her way to new love?

An episode-by-episode fix approach to season 8. This is Pro-Nathan, not a moving-on story. For example, in season 8 episode 1, what if Nathan had not asked Elizabeth to dinner but instead met her with her privately to share some information he had never told her before?

Many people stopped watching When Calls the Heart at the jail scene of the season 8 finale. What if Nathan hadn't just let Elizabeth walk away that time?

Riding out to meet his brother-in-law, Nathan Grant is ambushed. When he comes to in the infirmary, he must trust those around him to help him sort through what is real and what is not. Picks up toward the end of season eight, episode 1.

"There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear." For a long time, Elizabeth has been running away from the great love she could have with Nathan, due to her fear of losing him in the way she lost her first love. After Lucas sets her free, will she be able to finally face her fears and acknowledge what- or who- is truly in her heart?

One Shot rewrite of the Season 8 finale. This is the love story conclusion that Elizabeth and Nathan deserved. Note: I only watched the actual episode once so some details may be slightly altered.

Nathan and Allie make their way into an uncertain future as they always have: together. But they aren't the only ones left to figure out a new world order, and an expanding town means new faces, and even wounded hearts have an infinite supply of love. A story about healing and moving on in my effort to do the same. If you are a Nathan fan I hope you will give this story a chance.

Elizabeth has finally learned Nathan's secret, and now all that's left is to face her fears. Is she brave enough to claim what she wants? Weary and heartsore, Nathan is given an assignment that he hopes will give him the time to learn to be indifferent to Elizabeth and her relationship with Lucas. Does love always win? Or have Nathan and Elizabeth ended before they began?

Each chapter is a standalone fic unless otherwise noted. A repository of my episode tags, missing scenes, and things I wish we could see. All are Nathan and Elizabeth centric. "For some, love comes softly; in the slow, quiet moments of a life - between one heartbeat and the next."

What if Elizabeth hadn't cancelled her date with Nathan in S8E1, "Open Season." This is my opinion on what could have happened had Elizabeth decided to continue with their family dinner.

Nathan and Elizabeth have drifted apart since Nathan's declaration of love. Thankfully, their friends conspire to give them a little push in the right direction. (A N/E one shot)

A Nathan/Elizabeth one shot, based loosely on events from Anne of the Island.

This is a one-shot Nathan/Elizabeth fan fiction inspired by a deleted scene from the recent episode, "Honestly, Elizabeth."

A one shot...what I would like to happen after the final scene of Season 8 Episode 2.

Nathan gives Elizabeth an ultimatum, forcing her to make a choice.

Nathan is hard at work in the jail...until a distraction comes along

A slightly rewritten one shot of Nathan and Elizabeth's conversation from the end of WCTH S7E9. All credit goes to Hallmark and the WCTH writers; I just changed a few things. Enjoy :)

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.

Post-ep for Boom. Life at Chez Castle.

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-

Set in the middle of 2x18 'Boom'. Because when Ellie says she wants to read smut, I can't quite seem to say no.

A post-ep one shot for 6x02 Dreamworld, although I suppose it doesn't mention anything we didn't learn in Valkyrie. Based on a prompt I received on tumblr: what if castle actually died and beckett was pregnant from the night in the bathroom?

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

"Castle." She breathes, her eyes dropping, roaming over his face, like she wants to devour him and she did say dessert. The sweet treat at the end of a meal, the soft, hard, hot, cold culmination of an evening spent in promise. He can think of no better word for what is about to transpire between them. M addition to All Good Things

But it's the hair that gets him. Thick and brunette, the ends perfectly curled and spilling over her shoulders, brushing along her collarbone, marking a path he wants to trace with his tongue. (Set mid-season three)

"This is not Manhattan. The thought runs through her head over and over again, drowning almost everything else out... She knows what she really means is This is not my home." Post Watershed. A story told in pieces.

It's only the second time he's seen her legs and he's absolutely certain he wants to see more of them. Season 1.

Your first step is always panic.

"You never wanted this to last, did you, Kate?" post-Watershed.

Castle remembers this feeling, this hot rush of fear. Post Ep for "Still"

The photos on each other's phones are not what people might expect. They're better. Slight spoiler for "Scared to Death."

She'll always remember the letter that waited for her in her inbox, the pounding of her heart as she opened it and scanned words from a man who had saved her and broken her throughout the timeline of her life.

Pre-ep/post-ep for 100th Episode, The Lives of Others. Spoilers for a handful of Hitchock movies, though hopefully not too bad.

Happy Birthday, Richard Castle. No spoilers.

Five glimpses in moonlight. Written for Julie.

future Caskett, possibly season 6ish. for bones35, whose really wanted it to be a heart on that note. references to Cops and Robbers and Always.

Two-shot sequel of sorts to "Dissolution". COMPLETE.

As soon as she had any kind of break from work, she immediately got sick. A whole week off and she was stuck hobbling around her flat blowing her nose, sneezing, and occasionally acting like she was going to cough up a lung. It was, needless to say, very sexy. Mac/Will.

It's the little things that become the rhythm of their life together.

"You can hold my hand anytime, Detective," he rasps, slipping away before she can even muster a half-hearted slap against his arm. She sinks her teeth into her lip, shaking her head at his retreating form. Infuriating man-child. Outtake from 'Murder Most Fowl'. Oneshot. COMPLETE.

post ep for 5x02, because there's just no way he went home after that smile.

A season 5 promo fic. Serious spoilers for 5x01. COMPLETE

CASKETT. Missing scenes for "To Love and Die in LA". While in LA, Castle and Beckett sleep together.

When it's broken, but you don't know why, is it possible to find the fix? Chapter 6 up now.

She listens to the way his breathing settles, tries to get lost in it but all she can think of is her mother, of the way she had looked fourteen years ago that morning, so composed, so brilliant, the lines around her eyes filled with laughter.

She wakes to the sound of soft babbling, the quiet murmur of her stepdaughter's voice, a gentle shushing. Follows "Sweetheart" and "The Message." Complete.

She sits at the kitchen counter in the dark, her coffee addiction still going strong after all these years, as their memories play out in front of her.

All he knows is that he has to talk to her. He has to talk to her before they find him. For ER, who begged me. A companion to Sweetheart. Complete.

Beckett pulls the night shift, but it's not a gun she's wielding, it's words. Castle and Beckett and a baby.

Please, God, let it be her. He holds his breath, looks at the caller ID. Montgomery. Missing scenes from Knockout. COMPLETE.

His laughter rings through the speaker, makes her heart leap. One shot. Complete.

"Love, it is said, is blind, but love is not blind. It is an extra eye, which shows us what is most worthy of regard. To see the best is to see most clearly, and it is the lover's privilege." -J.M. Barrie. One shot. Complete.

The first thing he becomes aware of is her scent, the subtle, familiar notes of cherry and cinnamon sugar that tease his nose. ONE-SHOT.

He doesn't know what to do with all the left over emotion. Anger and relief. Sheer joy and terrible, aching fear. Season Three AU. Complete.

Post-ep for Headhunters. Beckett stops by Castle's loft to fix some things, both skin deep and otherwise.

The panic attacks came back. And the nightmares and the fear-a constant, heavy thing, buzzing in her peripheral vision, clattering in the back of her mind. And he was gone. There was that, too. Post "The Limey". Castle/Beckett figuring things out.

Post-ep for 47 Seconds. I totally wasn't going to do this...But then I had to.

CASKETT. Missing scene without a place for "The Limey". Beckett's in her black dress and Castle sees something he shouldn't. Angst ensues.

"I'm not going anywhere until I get some answers as to why you're evidently injured and not in a hospital." Minor,synopsis mainly,SPOILERS for "Headhunters" 4x21. *Chapter 5 up now. COMPLETE

She's prepared to wait. As long as it takes. He waited three months and still took her back. She owes him at least that much. Post 47 Seconds.

Castle hasn't made love to a woman in well over a year. Why? The cat's out of the bag. Chapter 3 now added. *Note rating change.

Post-ep for 47 seconds. Requested by a Tumblr Anon. One-shot.

They each have their ways of penning the story of them.

She slides down to the floor, curling her arms around her legs, her cheek resting on top of her knees. She is not leaving until he tells her what the hell is going on with him.

"I heard you," he blurts, pulling his arm back out of her grasp. They're doing this on the sidewalk in front of a Starbucks and isn't that her line? Post-ep for 47 Seconds

post-ep for 47 Seconds I am completely ignoring the preview for next week. COMPLETELY IGNORING IT. thus the title . oneshot.

"The day starts badly." Spoilers for the promo for 47 seconds, but not the sneaks. Based on a writing prompt from the Tumblr Anon. One Shot. Complete.

CASKETT. Beckett doesn't want Castle dating other women. Castle doesn't want Beckett dating other men.

"Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!" – Mae West. Co-authored by ColieMacKenzie and International08.

It is imperative that we do things in the right order. A story that happens backwards. Sort of. Written as a present for cartographical.

'My body is a cage that keeps me from dancing with the one I love, but my mind holds the key.' -Arcade Fire for daphnebeauty

When he stumbles through the darkened living room and opens the door, Beckett is standing there. Beckett, in faded jeans and a black button-down. Beckett, carrying a bottle of wine.

Richard Castle writes Kate Beckett bestselling novels. He also writes her notes. This is their story.

Through all of the secrets and the lies, the betrayal and the pain, the destination was always the same. They were meant to be together. Complete. Winner of the 2012 Castle Fan Awards Best Non Romance/General category!

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

Castle and Beckett spice things up. One shot. Complete.

Kate finally sees what's been standing in front of her this whole time. For manuxinhace, who asked for something light.

Kate Beckett had never been the jealous type; but then, Richard Castle had a habit of changing things.

They say that when one door closes, another opens. After over three years of missed chances and closed doors, Castle and Beckett know that all that it comes down to is the wait- waiting for the right door at the right time.

They have a deal.

Words can do damage and repair. It all depends on how one uses them.

Set after the events of Season 2's "Tick, Tick, Tick/Boom" arc. What if Kate had stayed with the Castles for longer than we saw on the show?

What would change if Castle was the one to attack the suspect in 3x13 rather than Beckett? Well, let's just be clear. R&R. Rated T to be safe.

There's a simple silver snowflake on the front of the card and inside, in Castle's writing- For next time, just in case.

Sequel to "A Helping Hand". It's Christmas and Kate receives some unexpected news while Rick's family is visiting.

It's New Year's Eve, and when Castle and Beckett are together, they may not always have the right words, but they do have costumes, booze, and some very powerful music. One-shot, complete.

Richard Castle discovers something unexpected when he visits Kate Beckett one December night.

...and a little child shall lead them. Or maybe not so little. ho ho ho.

In the end, all it took was a night out with drinks and friends. But can they pick up enough of the pieces in the aftermath to make a whole? Wall breaker, three parter.

Secrets are revealed. Complete.

Coffee and pie, conversations and confessions. She's had almost thirteen years to build up her walls, but if ever there was a reason to tear them down it's him.

Every new addition to a family requires some negotiation. Beckett's father's cabin proves instrumental in that process. Castle/Beckett but exploring Alexis and Beckett's relationship.

Someday in the future, this is what will happen between them. COMPLETE

"Kate?" His confusion is laced with relief, because lord only knows what he was afraid of finding here. His hand is on her shoulder, heavy and warm. As soon as he sees her face his own crumples a little. "Oh, Kate." post ep. Cops & Robbers

One word. Many meanings.

"You asked me to come over here so you could handcuff me to a bed?" "Well – yes, but it sounds creepy when you say it like that." Caskett.

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.

Beckett and Castle handcuffed together. no real spoilers because I don't know anything at all about this ep . COMPLETE

Life isn't so easy with a sniper around. Very, very vague spoilers for 4x09, Kill Shot.

She needed to see with her own eyes that he was safe and that this horrible feeling eating away at her heart was just her imagination. Post 4x07 Cops & Robbers

post ep oneshot for Cops & Robbers. for Gabee, who begged me

Taking liberties with the Nathan Fillion quote: "It's like our morning kiss. One way to say, without actually saying it, 'Good morning, my heart, how are you doing'" COMPLETE

If she kept waiting until she was ready, maybe they would never happen. Maybe she would never know for sure if she was until she tried this with him. - Set some time between S4 and S5.

This is not something she has ever done before, come home with Castle after a case. Spoilers for 4.07 - Cops & Robbers episode stills.

Castle has a plan to take down that wall. After three days, love will rise again. SPOILERS: season 4 premiere. by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles. COMPLETE

In which a Halloween undercover mission takes an unexpected turn.

A hug. A compromising position on a couch. Some breakfast. You know, things that friends do.

Kate Beckett is confronted by Alexis about rejection. SPOILERS for 4x1 Rise and 4x3 Head Case. A birthday fic for clayfish32, unspeakably early.

He only says, 'Good fences make good neighbors'. Set after 4x01, Rise, with spoilers.

His hand is soft in hers as she wraps her fingers around it, pulling it toward her and stopping to rest it gently over her heart. "Here, feel," she whispers. "I'm still here, it's still beating." post 4.02

Chapter 25, More reflections on their wedding day. Total fluff.

For Detective Kate Beckett, uncovering secrets and finding the truth is all part of the job. But tonight, it's her housewarming party, and Beckett has a few secrets of her own to reveal. *Set mid season 3

He made a wish as the New York City lights shone brightly a hundred floors below. Then he realised it had just been granted.

"She had told him that wall was there, and he had promised that they would figure it out and that it wouldn't always be there; she had never said she wouldn't help him break it down". Kate finds a way to give back. Lots o'fluff.

Castle and Beckett end up trapped in a room during a gunfire and secrets end up surfacing by accident.

Set in winter of season four. SPOILERS for Rise. All it takes is time, and patience. The wall inside won't be there forever.

Detective Beckett is absolutely no longer slizzard.

COMPLETE at 100. AU: Kate and Castle try to adjust to life as parents. Check out AC's preview video on youtube: /watch?v nARnCrP2Z98 Thanks AC!

"I will be your tether, your safe harbor in the storm; your anchor and your sail." Oneshot. Some fluff, cause I was having a bad day and needed it.

"And that was all. Just a kiss?" Life after the kiss.

Post episode 3x24 cliffhanger therapy. Hurt/comfort.

In which Kate realizes she is ready. Very minor spoilers for season 4.

They say two parallel lines are doomed to never meet. But what they forget to tell you is that these lines may very well have the same exact destination anyway. An AU-ish journey through Season 3.

It takes a moment of weakness for Kate Beckett to admit her true feelings for her partner. Spoilers for "Knockdown" and "Knockout."

"If she couldn't open up to him, if she couldn't even manage to let him hold her while she sorted through her thoughts, then what the hell was there to do?" Josh has to swallow his pride and call the one man who can help.

After Kate is shot, Rick does something drastic that changes their lives.. forever. Dun dun dun. Whatever. Read it.

It's just a scar. It doesn't mean anything. COMPLETE Spoilers for oblique allusions to season 3 finale, and maybe some of season four. Second chapter due to popular demand.

Kate thinks that she has never seen such a perfect sky. Season 3 finale fic. Sort of.

Five short stories, each inspired by lines from the Bard. Caskett, Castle POV. Oneshot.

He sputters as she raises her eyebrow saucily, eyeing his desk. He's eyeing it too though, and she can almost see the fantasies flicking across his retinas.

Kate's alone, Rick reaches out. Kate's POV. Two chapters, different from my usual style.

Everybody's in Kate's business, trying to help her move forward. Lots of Jim & Rick conspiring to make Caskett happen. Sweet story; it'll make you feel good. It might make you laugh & cry a little.

This story takes place a few hours after the end of "Countdown."

Sequel to 'Wrong'. Beckett finally makes a decision regarding her relationship with Castle.

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.

COMPLETE Kate Beckett tries to recover while Castle prepares for the worst: someone is still after the Detective and will stop at nothing to silence her. Now that Castle knows his identity, he's in the line of fire. Spoilers S3 Finale; SEQUEL.

It was only two weeks; yet it felt like much longer. Takes place after "A Death in the Family" - it will make more sense if you've read that first. Rating warning!

Castle and Beckett, a collection of oneshots and story arcs inspired by Carmina Burana.

She - for he had realized it must be a woman - threw her leg over the bike, standing in tall boots and reaching up to her helmet.

After Kate has been shot, she struggles with her recovery, her feelings for Castle & finding her shooter. Rick, in turn, struggles expressing his love for Kate while trying to keep her safe from those who still wish her harm. Post S3. Angst/Rom/humor

Mid-season 4: Kate has recovered, but Castle has not. Alexis plans for Stanford while Castle and Beckett still work on her mother's case. SPOILERS for season 3, especially the finale, though this is not a finale fic. COMPLETE at chapter 5.

In the span of two hours, Beckett began to question the very foundation of her working relationship with Castle. Because now she was faced with the all too real possibility that it was over. NOT a post-finale fic. Cover art by pauliporcupine.

Rick Castle, who kept her from freezing to death and held her hand in front of a bomb, prepared to die with her, wasn't who she was going home with. Kate's night after the end of Countdown.

A delicate and sometimes awkward dance between Beckett and Castle as they move from UST to RST. Finally finished to my satisfaction.

A year after S3 Finale, Kate Beckett and Richard Castle finally host the Johanna Beckett Memorial Fund Silent Auction. Almost fully healed, two months into desk duty, Kate admits to herself there's something more she wants. For carolina17. COMPLETE

This is a weird little post-Knockout nugget I dreamed up. Coma/AU and contains adult situations during a pregnancy and child birth.

Finale didn't happen. Castle gets the nerve to ask Beckett on a first date, but bodies have a way of showing up at the worst of times. Happy Birthday to Carolina17! WARNING: Violence and angst. SPOILERS for 3XK. COMPLETE

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

Someone once said that in times of grief, people turned to each other for comfort. ***SPOILERS for season three finally***

"Bardo" means transition spaces. This fic contains scenes from "Knockout", taking place in the days between Roy Montgomery's death and his funeral. Kate meant what she said to Rick with, "If you're very lucky, you find someone willing to stand with you."

After the events of Setup and Countdown, Rick Castle can't get warm without a little help. Oneshot COMPLETE.

Post-finale. Castle tries to put the pieces back together.

SPOILERS for Knockout. Post-episode series. What happens after Beckett gets shot? COMPLETE at chapter 9.

He knows now, as if he hadn't before, that this is why she guards her heart, why he sees so little of it despite all they've been through, all they've done together. Letting him in, the way she let Royce, could break him the same way.

When Castle asks Kate to have a heart-to-heart with his daughter about relationships, Beckett discovers more than he really wanted her to know about himself. COMPLETE. Now broken into chapters for easier reading.

The world didn't end. It is only his world that is crumbling down. Post 3x17 - Countdown.

When you wake up in the morning, you never know if this might be your last. Kate is shot, and Castle is staying as close as he can get. A series-in-progress.

"I don't believe in your happiness," he says.

"I never wanted your words, Castle," she says. "All you do is string them together and make them sound beautiful."

Castle and Beckett immediately following 3.13 contains slight spoilers -Castle shows up at Beckett's apartment in the middle of the night.

After a nasty argument, Castle returns home in a blizzard to see Beckett.

After solving a series of bombings in the Big Apple, Beckett and her team are forced to take a step back for some much-needed rest.

Previously Titled 'Four Walls': Castle and Becket head north, revisit the past, and build on the future. Set post 'Boom'

Caskett. Set a year after the events of A Deadly Game. My own little finale fix, hopefully in a slightly original way. NOW COMPLETE!

She was not ready to forgive him yet; for leaving her, for getting shot, for anything.

Lanie decides that it's time for Beckett to stop wallowing and go get her man. Beckett isn't so sure. It's a good thing Lanie's never taken no for an answer. Castle/Beckett fluff.

Their story is not at the beginning or the end. Instead, they are in the middle, making it up as they go along.

It's Christmastime in the city, and Kate Beckett is doing her usual thing. She thinks.