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

A frustrated Beckett goes shopping, subconsciously selecting some rather elongated vegetables. A frustrated Castle also goes shopping, and everything he buys seems to be cream-filled. The farmer's market may never be the same. AU for S3:1.

'Loving her wasn't going away quietly. Loving her might break him.' Takes place after 4x21 Headhunters. Co-authored by jstar1382, chezchuckles and griever11.

One of the last things true crime writer Richard Castle expected when he took a meeting with convicted murderer Kate Beckett was to be sent on a quest for proof of her innocence, the other was to fall in love with her. A Castle AU. Written 2012. Revised 2016.

Castle and Beckett spent one night together and over a year apart. Now they were neighbors and they had a second chance for something extraordinary. Pre-Series AU, Meeting AU. Caskett. A prompt response written for CastleFanficMonday and continued for the 2015 Castle Hiatus Ficathon.

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.

Kate's rescue becomes the linchpin of change in her relationship with Castle, and events from that night lead to resolution for them both. **Voted Best Crime Fic on The 12th Precinct Castle Fanfiction Awards.**

My 1st ever entry for the '2014 Ficathon Entry'. Based on @Fembot77's prompt. All gratitude for Castle goes to Marlowe/ABC; I own only my own words in random order. It's been a long, fun, exciting ride. THANKS for your kind words, reviews, and friendly correspondence. You, dear readers, are awesome human beings. Estou feliz que eu fiz você se sentir fortemente. Muito obrigado!

"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.

In which people have their soulmate's last words on their body. You're here. I'll be home soon. COMPLETE.

There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people: psychopaths and mystery writers. He threw away his chance to be the kind that pays better. Very AU.

AU first meeting. Her shoulders are slouched when he sees her. Everyone's are, but even with three layers of blood and make-up plastered to her skin the way she slumps as she walks is kinda cute.

How does one move forward when each step is in the wrong direction? Post 7x15 speculation (spoiler free). One shot.

"What's past is prologue." -William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II Scene I. An AU season six Castle story.

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

A new city, a new job, and four years of distance can't change the fact that Manhattan is home - where her heart is. (AU from 3X01. Beckett accepts her D.C. job offer while Castle spends the summer in the Hamptons with Gina.)

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

An early Kate Beckett story. A Birthday fic for @honeyandvodka

Taking the flowers from Beckett's hand, Castle grins. It's amazingly sweet to have someone taking the time and effort to make him smile, to have someone trying to improve his day, and these flowers have just become sacred. Poof! You're Dead (S3) post episode story, becomes AU. How a simple gift turns into something so much more. COMPLETE

A one-shot inspired by the events in 6x17. AU in that it hasn't happened yet, and spoilers for everything up to 6x17. Bracken finally gets what's coming to him, but at what cost to Kate? Disclaimer: The characters and settings belong to AWM. I'm just playing with them for a bit.

Young Kate Beckett had looked for a night to forget only to find it turned into one she would remember for the rest of her life. AU

Series of one-shots set in an alt-season 3 with the not-so-significant others removed from the picture. How might things have played out differently? Entry in the Castle Hiatus Ficathon 2013. Cover art by dtrekker.

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

This green-eyed woman took a bullet for Mal Reynolds before he ever learned her name. Kate Beckett becomes a character in the 'verse. Mackett.

No more hiding in relationships with men she doesn't love, no more hiding from the truth, no more hiding from her feelings. This is a journey through unseen and AU events in S3 and early S4, including the beginning and end of Beckett and Josh, and the aftermath of her shooting. I didn't like Josh either so don't be put off; all roads eventually lead to Caskett. T rated epilogue up.

"It would just be research for the case, Castle."

Kate could barely breathe. She knew she had to remain perfectly still. Her life depended on it. Castle's too since he had refused to leave her side. What happens when Kate steps on a mine that works as the trigger for a bomb?

Five glimpses in moonlight. Written for Julie.

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."

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.

The rain has lessened, she thinks inanely, clinging to the random scraps of reality that she can process as they zip and crisscross through her brain. Much less than the downpour that stranded them here, on the side of some highway in the middle of New Jersey. A season four story, set after 'Cuffed.' One-shot. NOT a Christmas story. :)

"It's just a pencil skirt, Castle. Are you really that easy?"

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.

Dash Series Epic #3 - read Dash Away and Dash It All first. COMPLETE at 100.

Aftermath from Countdown: After Josh finds Kate at the 12th, they probably went to her place. Kate's emotions are running high from what she went through, but will Josh realize that? Pure smut in Ch 1-2, but not C/B smut. Castle comfort later, but builds on first two chapters.

An epilogue to the epilogue found in Unvanquished. One year later.

For months she's been gone. Months in which Castle's been forced to believe that Kate Beckett was dead. Eight full months in which he's missed her, craved her, mourned her. Now she's standing on his doorstep, two coffees in slightly shaking hands and Castle's world collapses. Direct spoilers for 4x23 Always, but most probably AU from there.

He has to get her out of his system somehow . . . Post-episode aftermath for 'The Limey' and going AU from there.

If it were possible for time to stop, for the earth to pause in its spinning, it would happen for them on this night. The hours between "Always" and "After the Storm." Now complete.

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.

Their thighs are aligned, the heat of his skin mingling with hers through the fabric of both their jeans and his heart thunders in his chest, her nearness an alluring draw that holds him captured. Winner of "The 12th Fan Awards 2013" for best Angst.

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

AU. What happens to Kate Beckett when the Dragon is slain - and she's charged with his murder?

AU. What happens when two people, who are perfect for each other, meet in exactly the right place at the completely wrong time? For literature professor Katherine Beckett and writer Richard Castle, only time will tell. COMPLETE.

for cartographical, because she will be in a boring meeting. no spoilers. just fun.

"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

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.***

Bonus 'M' rated chapter. Goes with the story 'The Lights Go Down' at the end of chapter 11, and pre-chapter 12. Dedicated to Purplangel.

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

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

AU: carolina17 had this idea: What if Kate's mother was never murdered but her father was instead? This Kate Beckett never went to the police academy, grew up under the shadow of her mother's ambition, and has her own wall to deal with. COMPLETE

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.

Before Beckett and Castle, there was Beckett and Royce. Oneshot.

Castle asks Beckett to spend Christmas with him at his winter cabin...will this bring the dynamic duo together, finally? Set 18 months into the future...

Riley and Dawn meet a few years after The Gift. AU.