Hermione thinks Harry needs a date to his cousin's wedding to show him off and have his back, and who's a better candidate than she is? Harry thinks he should do something for Hermione to show his appreciation. And so they- accidentally- spend December together. A trope stew Harmony Advent story.

Ginny Potter, Senior Quidditch Correspondent at the Daily Prophet, finds herself lonely and alone in the Patagonian desert during the 2014 Quidditch World Cup... Ginny and Harry embark on a physical relationship...

Against his better judgment, Harry agrees to woo his girlfriend for charity. Unfortunately, his better judgment was right.

Alternate Universe. Two hurting, almost broken people reach toward the sunlight. This story has implied sexual violence and a Ginny who is two years younger than she was in canon.

Ten years. That's how long Harry Potter hasn't seen nor heard from Hermione Granger. And the last place he thought he would see her again was the BDSM club he frequented. If she thought he was going to let her out of his sight (or his cuffs) ever again, she was sorely mistaken. Bound hearts will always find their way back to each other.

Almost fifteen years post the Battle of Hogwarts, Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy find themselves in a life they could never have imagined. Both have lost their spouses in untimely deaths. Both have young children to contend with. What will happen when their worlds reconnect via a spouse loss grief group put on by St. Mungo's? Canon compliant even through epilogue.

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.

Episode insert for 4x16 Linchpin. When Kate and Castle have their argument in the morgue, what would have happened if he had responded to her "Sleep with whoever you want - the more, the merrier!" comment honestly? Written for a prompt/challenge on Twitter. One Shot.

If it only takes a moment for your life to change forever, can a 'one time thing' right the wrong? An AU Caskett meeting.

They turn in opposite directions and his skin is on fire, hot annoyance like acid through his veins and - it stuns him - he's hurt. Set S2 during When The Bough Breaks. M for language and content. Now Complete.

Episode insert for 4x20, 'The Limey' because of that gorgeous black dress and a forlorn-looking Beckett wearing it, and that desperate, desolate longing in Castle's eyes.

SPOILERS: Post-ep one-shot for 6x17 'In The Belly of The Beast'. 'The small brown envelope arrived in the mail a week later, sealed with CSU tape and marked for Richard Castle's attention.' COMPLETE

Post-47 Seconds. 'Kate stands several feet away from Castle's spot at the far end of the bar, hands jammed into her pants pockets, fists curled up tight with her short nails digging half-moons into her palms while the writer studiously tries to ignore her. "You're angry." "You think?" His voice is harsh, dripping sarcasm.

[we're far apart and my lonely heart finds it hard to get through the night] Ginny opens her bedroom window to find her boyfriend outside it, on a broom, in December. For thefirstservant.

'I woke up, dressed in clean pyjamas, and with my arm around Ginny's sleeping form. For the first time in a l feel at peace.' Flips between Harry in the present tense and the recovery process after the war. It follows a lot of the characters through the process, but only Harry's point of view is written in the first person. RW/HG HP/GW

S6 opening fic. Mild spoilers. "Javi, I can't come back. I have my work here and…" she sighs, lowering her voice. "We agreed on a break. I just—It's too soon," she tells him, embarrassed to admit what a screw-up she's made of everything; the fairytale romance so many people were gambling their happy ending on turned to ordinary shit by her hand.'

Follow-up to 'The Thin Blue Line'. Takes place approx. six months later. "You her partner?" asks the brusque EMT, stopping to glance at your Kevlar midway through rattling off his assessment of Kate's condition to his co-worker, clearly missing the 'Writer' sign plastered on the front of your vest. "Husband. I'm her husband. And it's Kate. Her name is Kate." COMPLETE

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.

"Top or bottom?" you asked him, when you edged in through the door of your Amtrak Viewliner Bedroom compartment – the last one available on the train - your cheeks flushing at the intimacy you were about to share: a night alone together in the less than spacious confines of the sleeper cabin of a New York bound train." Post-Cuffed story.

A 2x18 'Boom' fic. What if Kate's stay at Castle's loft had gone differently? "She can hear the sound of the tub filling already. His loft has excellent water pressure, naturally, evidenced by the thundering spray echoing throughout the tiled space, putting the drizzle from her own building's ancient, cranky plumbing to shame. Well, no need to worry about that anymore." COMPLETE

A puzzle fic written for BlueOrchid96's birthday, inspired by a conversation with Polly Lynn and the birthday girl herself. Kate's message to Castle is hidden in the story.

They make everything a little sharper. Oneshot.

She's shaking, her legs wobbly, fingers clamped around the doorknob as if it's the only thing keeping her upright. Her stomach tightens, with fear, with want, with everything she's so carefully held in check for months, years... What if for 3x22, 'To Love and Die in L.A.'. Happy Birthday, Joy! Winner of "The 12th" Fan Awards 2013 for best M-rated fanfic (under 10,000 words).

For five months he's been missing, but she refuses to believe it's hopeless . . . Consider this canon until 'Always', and AU from there. Complete.

"Heads snap up, people spin in their direction, drinks slosh in glasses like a Carnival cruise liner pitching in a storm, and suddenly there is Kate Beckett, grabbing him by his silk necktie and parading him like some Roman sex slave across one end of his own living room." COMPLETE

Based on a prompt: What if the crime in the alley scene in 'Always' had nothing to do with Kate's shooting or her mom's murder. And the John Woo marathon went ahead. Would Kate show up at the loft and what happens next? "His footfalls greet her like an approaching army, striking fear and terror, laced with excitement and something that feels suspiciously like arousal, within her."

Apparently a young uniform cop accidentally touched someone's chest at a crime scene last week. Meeting!fic. For Carto because she's stuck in one today.

AU: Beckett is a uniform on the Vice squad at the 12th, five years before she and Castle actually meet in the show. Based on an idea of Cartographical - chezchuckles and I just liked it so much that we each wrote our own. Variations on the same theme, sort of.

"I'm sure somewhere in this great big city of ours, some poor unfortunate soul has lost their life but today you're going to let the justice seeking be someone else's job. Today, you're going to take a little trip with me." - Scavenger hunt, Castle style. ***co-authored with sparklemouse***

"For the record, this," she rotates a finger around the moldering room, nose crinkled in adorable disgust, "is why I don't let you drive. I fell asleep in civilization and woke up in the middle of nowhere." One shot. Complete.

An M-rated interlude to "A Better Fate," a story co-authored by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles.

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

"my blood approves, and kisses are a better fate than wisdom. . .And death i think is no parenthesis" -ee cummings co-authored by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles

Oh, she really hopes these aren't more grocery lists of all the ingredients Castle needs for his odd culinary creations. One shot. Complete.

Their footsteps echo in the nearly empty hallways as they make their way to the room that is at once so familiar and yet still feels so strange. Follows "Sweetheart," "The Message," and "The Call." Complete.

The title says it all. Co-authored by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles. Spoilers for season four, but as you will see, quite a lot of it is. . .missing.

"I'm feeling anything but invincible at the moment. Tonight was one close call too many, Castle." ... Having survived a night of far too many close calls Kate realises she's come farther than she thought. This is a journey beyond the wall. COMPLETE

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

"We're going to need to bang soon," Castle tells her.

Cat's out of the bag for both of them, and Castle is crushed in the wake of the truth. Because if she cares for him at all - then how could she do this? ***Finalist for 'Best Drama' in the 2012 Castle Fanfiction Awards.***

co-authored by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles. Beckett and Castle are assigned to work a case undercover.

What if Castle felt the need to write some steamy fanfiction? And Beckett succumbed to the urge to read it? And then they both found out what the other was up to?

It's just Castle and Beckett. And a dog.

Watching too much Setup/Countdown produces fic like this. Castle and Beckett encounter something that just might act as a wrecking ball.

A writer, a detective, and her cat ring in the new year. A sequel to "Fluff." Yes, you should probably read that first. COMPLETE.

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