One of the last people Kate Beckett expected to find entangled in one of her cases was the man she had a fling with over a decade prior, but these things happen. No matter what she's not letting Richard Castle charm his way back into her life. Castle Halloween Bash 2020 Entry

"Who knows, Castle. Maybe third time's the charm." "Yeah, could be." With her, it would be. He's sure of it. A 4x11 one shot AU. COMPLETE

A one-shot set during the holidays. Takes place before, but close to 47 seconds in a world where that was at Christmas time. Castle and Beckett at an ice skating rink.

Beckett's birthday isn't just a special day, it's the beginning of a new adventure. A Post-Series story.

Why not talk to him? It wouldn't matter what he thought of her, if he pitied her, because she never expected to see him again. But then she did. A pre-series meeting AU.

One-shot based on the end scene in 3x21: Dead Pool when Beckett tells Castle that from now on she's a one-writer girl. COMPLETE

Nothing else exists in this world after Kate Beckett utters the words, "Castle, if we were getting married " with that open, adult look in her eye. AU set during 4x11: "Til Death Do Us Part"

For the 2018 #CastleHalloweenBash. On a dark sidewalk on a cold New York evening, Rick Castle met a woman. Or did he?

"Mistress Heat," Castle greets, entering the private room with the usual smug, self-satisfied grin strung across his lips, the spark in his eyes twinkling in the red glow of the private room. "How's business today?" AU for 2x16, 'The Mistress Always Spanks Twice'. One shot.

"Rick, this is Kate Beckett, my colleague. Beckett, this is Rick Castle, my cousin. I think you'll get along famously." - Beckett learns a little more about both her coworker and her shadow all in the same day. AU, Caskett.

3 word prompt - kate drunk london — ANONYMOUS

They're both muddling through life. Her days are full of politics and paperwork. His are spent surfing the web in his underwear and buying gadgets to drive his mother crazy. Could a charity auction be what Captain Kate Beckett and novelist Richard Castle need to find their way together? Or will fumbles and stubbornness keep them apart? AU. A Castle 2015 Hiatus Ficathon story.

"And she tries, desperately tries to tell him with her own eyes that she knows, has known for a long time how he feels about her, but she's not quite there yet." A four-shot of Castle and Beckett's life in the years they've known each other. Chapter 2 written for #CastleThemeDay.

TFLN prompt: "Just calling to thank you for not dying. I love you." An alternate ending for 4x21 "Headhunters."

'The messages come daily, sometimes motivational messages to start off her morning, other times mid-day pick me ups. They vary in type: sweet reminders, funny animal photos to make her laugh, small messages of inspiration. Sometimes, she even replies.' AU meeting prompt fill.

"'It's peaceful. The ocean, the snow. The blend of the two polar opposites. There's something serene about it.'" AU holiday meeting.

A collection of Caskett one shots.

AU: Rick Castle goes on a writing retreat and meets a mysterious stranger.

Tonight she could be anyone... A preseries Caskett meeting. Winter 2015 #CastleFicathon entry. Betaed by the extraordinary Kylie and Jamie. x

He looks nervous and indecisive, his tongue darting out to wet his lips, before he seems to come to a decision. His grip tightens on her shoulder and he tugs, pulls her into the wall of his chest. A 2x18 Boom! AU, prompt from castlefanficprompts Tumblr. COMPLETE.

"Her hair falls away and he can see her face now, all sharp lines covered in impeccable makeup and incredible bone structure. She's gorgeous, there's no doubt about it. Stunning even." An AU meeting.

AU: "It still catches him off guard, the wave of curiosity like a weight lifted off his shoulders, the wave of inspiration so very sweet, a taste of something he hasn't had in forever. Kate Beckett. She's going to be a tough nut to crack." Castle and Beckett meet in yoga class. Entry for the winter ficathon 2015.

Post-ep for 3x13 "Knockdown."

"This is our life, not just mine anymore, and I'm happy about that," she promises him, smoothing over old wounds and doubts with soft words, nipping on his bottom lip when he leans in to kiss her again. "Besides, you on the bike is extremely hot." Castle and Beckett take that cross-country trip. Post-ep for 8x18, 'Backstabber'.

Set around "Headhunters". -The hammer blow comes when she least expects it, and it's devastating. He wants to follow another cop, and not just any other cop. He wants to follow Ethan Slaughter, this uncouth meathead from Gangs whose last three partners all died on the job under questionable circumstances, earning Slaughter the unfortunate nickname: "The Widowmaker."

He finds his match is smart, her humor sharp, and the desire just to meet her for real nearly overwhelms him. He doesn't. It isn't the right time. But he asks her to call him Rick, and in return, she asks him not to call her Katie any longer. It's Kate, she says. - A Caskett Meeting AU for CastleFanficMonday

One Shot based on Fembot77's irrelevant headcannon: Beckett gets a delivery of 8 roses, with a note "A rose for every year since we first met. Happy Anniversary". A few months later, on a Wednesday afternoon, Castle opens the door to a flower delivery with his original note attached. There are 17 roses.

Post ep for Cops and Robbers. For Valen. "He feels it too, that this thing between them, that whatever is holding them back isn't so strong here in this moment. And maybe, if they were alone, she'd drop her walls and let him in."

Two strangers meet in a bar and spend a single night together, never to meet again. Can it really be that simple? Of course not.

When Special Agent Kate Beckett is offered an interview for a Secret Service position at the White House she didn't know what to expect, but even less than the position as personal protection for the first daughter, she never expected him. President/SSA AU. COMPLETE.

"I'll have you know Beckett, I play a mean game of Clue, you are in for some heavy competition." Episode insert for Boom! (2x18).

Bex and Maddy sneak out of the house on Halloween, all dressed up for Rocky Horror. Things don't quite go as they expect. A one-shot. I mean it! :-D

"What is she thinking? Uprooting her life, leaving the only town she's ever called home, and, even worse, dragging her father along because she's too selfish to leave him behind. But the new job should excite her. And it does. Secret Service Agent? It's a leap she never thought she'd take." Based on a prompt from the castlefanficprompts tumblr.

You're not supposed to fall in love with your friend with benefits. Complete.

"It's her favorite author and of all the people, he came to her rescue. Richard Castle who got his suit dirty just to help her, who's looking at her with the bluest eyes she's ever seen." AU Caskett meeting.

"Her eyes cut past the administrator, however, settling on the man trailing behind him. She knows that man. That man's face is on the back of the book she's holding in her hands right now. Ho-ly... what is Richard Castle doing in her English class?" - A Pre-Series Caskett AU for Castle Fanfic Monday.

"Even though he's terrified he may have overstepped, he believes it's worth it if only he can give her just a little bit of the hope she gives him. If only he can show her that magic does exist and they've been dancing around the edges of it for longer than he imagined." A mid-season 4 oneshot. Winner of 3rd place in the Castle Hiatus Fanfiction Writing Contest.

"Castle, Castle wake up." Their joined hands wiggle against her belly in her efforts to rouse him. "Castle, we got married last night," she hisses. - A Season 4 AU that starts mid-4x08 (Heartbreak Hotel) based on a tumblr prompt. Caskett.

For Your Eyes Only. Spy Castle and Beckett return to New York.

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.'

It floats across her mind, her history. Her past. The reasons why she is what she is and why she can no longer be who she was. Why Kate Beckett disappeared and Lone Vengeance was born. AU.

"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.

Well, she said it and it was wonderful, but before she said it, the possibilities were seemingly endless; and thus this series of one-shots was born. - - SPOILERS FOR THE WHOLE SHOW.

They make everything a little sharper. Oneshot.

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.

They're laying in a heap of tangled limbs in the sheets, sweaty and still panting heavily. She's sprawled over his body, sated and limp and so very happy. Burying her nose in his neck, breathing him in, she suddenly realizes there is still something gnawing at her, something that still doesn't quite make sense. "Castle…can I ask you something?" post-ep for 5x18 "The Wild Rover"

Beckett's January 9th anniversary. For those of you who wanted to know what happened to them after that train into France. Third in the Unvanquished series.

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.

This is the 1st PRIZE WINNER, both on public and judges voting for the very first 12th Precinct Castle Halloween FanFic Competition. Author s pen name: Muppet47

While working a case, Beckett stumbles upon a secret Castle is keeping from her.

"So…" whispered Kate, a slight smile curving her lips and threatening to break wide open like the sun bursting free of a cloud, "you wanna talk about it?" she asked tentatively, looking up at him from beneath dark lashes. How the story might continue post-Always. The morning after...well, in my little world... If you find Ch1 a little OTT it does get better. COMPLETE.

AU: She had never done this before... Not a Vice fic

Castle helps Beckett prepare for her first day back on the job. One shot.

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.

Castle and Beckett will do anything in their power to protect an abused little girl. However, when the case threatens to reveal their secret relationship to the world, will they be forced to give it all up?

"Damnit Kate I'm a man, not your personal teddy bear or security blanket. You can't just crawl into my bed every night and expect me to just lay there!" Set in s4; Kate is forced to stay at Castle's place, and things could get awkward... Castle/Beckett fic with plenty of sexual tension and an interesting case that hits a little too close to home for our favorite Detective.

Post-Always. Beckett and Castle deal with the aftermath of Always, including new information and developments that can lead to the person behind Johanna Beckett's murder. That story ends here but for Castle and Beckett a new one begins. Started as a one-shot but has grown plot legs. Please R&R.

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

The silence of the night is her enemy. Set after 2x13, "Sucker Punch."

A jolt of adrenaline raced through her suddenly, singing through her veins and thrumming in her muscles, causing the corner of her lips to tilt upward until she was grinning. Even all alone in her kitchen, containing her excitement was impossible. Oneshot.

"I'm not quite sure I had a say in the process, but Castle has been very good about the research. He's gotten inside of me maybe more times than I'd like, but all in the name of research right?" Rick chokes out a laugh and then one, two, three, the detective's eyes widen.

"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

In retrospect, maybe keeping their relationship a secret wasn't such a great idea. A sort-of sequel to Waiting Game.

Short one shots all based around one central plot line but hopelessly out of order just to make things interesting. Started pre-Always and creates the future of Castle. Final chapter is chronological order. Complete.

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

"I feel as though this doesn't bode well. Poor kid doesn't stand a chance." Short fluff piece that was begging me to write it after spending so much time writing angst.

Kate Beckett has suffered another tragic loss and can't stand to stay in New York, where the memories are unavoidable. Can new places and new faces help her rise from the ashes of her painful past? AU.

Post-Always. Firmly in M territory now. - Making love for a second time comes easy. It's gentle and full. Slow and effortless. They take their time becoming aware of the other, discovering hidden secrets and reveling in unadulterated emotion.

Very short one-shot, rated for safety. Post-Always, between rounds conversation.

Words cannot describe it.

Rick has been acting strange. And now he leaves Kate with coffee and a note to follow his clues. Where will they lead? **CASKETT**

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

Castle asks Beckett to be his date to the Nikki Heat movie premiere. "It's a date?" "It IS a date."

Himitsu-Bako is a Japanese Personal Secret Box. Set after Headhunters, although I've seen no spoilers for anything upcoming. COMPLETE

Epic Epicurean Erotica.

Castle and Beckett investigate a spate of high profile strangling cases in SoHo, finding themselves wrestling with their feelings for one another along the way. Drama, angst, love and romance. COMPLETE!

"For the record I think you're being ridiculous." "Fine with me as long as you take them." Short and fluffy!

What happens at Ryan's wedding stays at Ryan's wedding.

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

They're magnets for life as well, and now that they've survived, they need to learn to navigate a life that has ceased to be his or hers. Sequel to More Than This.

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?

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.

There is a reason she doesn't usually let Castle touch her. This is the reason. Spoilers for the 4.13 sneak.

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.

Something happens to completely upturn the lives of Castle and Beckett, throwing them into an adventure that tests and pushes them to their extremes. Mystery, action, and love ensue.

Secrets are shared and kept between a writer, a cop, and their team. Chapter Seven is rated M.

This is the adult companion piece for Apples & Cherries. If you haven't read that story, you totally should. But I'm biased. I guess it will make sense without the rest of the story. Sex is sex.

Kate and Josh have broken up, and Kate and Castle have…well, they haven't anythinged. And tonight, they finally stop fighting it. Set somewhere at the end of Season Three, assuming that our shipper irritant is gone.

An investigation takes the team to Pearl Harbor as Tony and Ziva try to navigate their 'relationship', Gibbs tries to look the other way, and McGee tries to get a clue. Case fic-ish.