A collection of Caskett drabbles, ficlets, and one-shots based on prompts. Today's offering: Like Yourself: Castle helps his pregnant wife feel a little more like herself. Rated K . (Ficlet Collection has been marked complete on 5/10/23. All new prompt responses and ficlets will be posted separately.)

"He cares about you, Kate. You may not see it, may not have been ready to before all of this, but he does." An AU twist to 2x18, Boom!

"This is a bad idea," Kate whispers as Lanie fluffs the skirt of her dress. Her best friend straightens to adjust the stray curls of Kate's hair, ensuring the pretty bun at her nape is secure. "A little late to be getting cold feet, honey." Set any time between 4x10, 'Cuffed', and 4x11, 'Till Death Do Us Part'.

Post Season 2. Beckett goes on vacation while Castle is writing in the Hamptons. Circumstances cross their paths and they end up spending some of that time together.

A what-if from "47 Seconds." What if Kate had sent Ryan away when he interrupted Castle's speech about the victims and missed opportunities. One-shot. COMPLETE.

My collection of Non-Canon Caskett stories. Each story features a what-if scenario about this pairing and different times their relationship could have taken a turn toward the romantic. 2 Complete Stories: "Flowers for your Confusion" &"The Conspiracy." Began posting new seasons as separate stories marked as part of the series.

4x01 Rise AU What if Castle hadn't said "someone you care about" but "someone you love" during that confrontation outside of the bookstore?

A series of short stories surrounding Beckett and Castle's relationship. This will be an ongoing compilation of stories, largely lovey and smutty. The show has been over a while, so I'm not sure if people are still reading, but I just started watching and I'm hooked on Caskett. Some will be in cannon, some diverging, but I'll make it clear with each short story within.

He put together a fundraiser in honor of her mother because he loves her, and she's been working so hard in therapy to get to the point where she can wholly love him back. She's not quite sure she's ready to say the words, but she knows she's ready to show him. One-shot.

Continuing the three words prompt-fills from tumblr.

"What would you do if it was the last night of your life?" He knew what he would do. He'd do what he hadn't done before the bomb, what for long, desperate, gruelling and agonised moments he'd thought he would never have the chance to do. Two shot. First chapter T. Second chapter M.

A collection of unrelated one shots, with no regular updating schedule. Chapter 5: Castle has special plans for their honeymoon.

'All he wants for his birthday is to move past her. But his heart doesn't want that at all. His heart wants Kate Beckett to show up at his door and prove him wrong. Or, better yet, prove all of his previous misgivings about her, about them, right. But there aren't enough birthday wishes in the world to make that one come true.' Post 4x19 AU for Castle's birthday.

Missing scenes and additional glimpses for the 'Hiraeth' universe.

'She's just missed him, Paula tells her when she shows up at the site of his book signing, Heat Rises clutched to her chest and sealed against her bullet wound. "You've got the guy twisted up enough over you, either get him out of your system or move on already."' An alternative take on 4x01, 'Rise'. Four shot.

Another installment in the Round Robin twitter project, some of you might have already seen, this time telling you a short and somewhat familiar story about misunderstandings, revelations and true love. A 47 second AU. One shot. Complete.

Castle's a wreck after the shooting, struggling with his feelings for Kate while navigating her months-long lack of communication. He reluctantly enters therapy at his daughter's request and starts to put the pieces together - until he bumps into Kate at a coffee shop. Reeling with betrayal, he puts their partnership on hold. Canon until Post-Knockout. COMPLETE.

A collection of unrelated oneshots inspired by prompts received on tumblr.

Christmas AU set during Season 4. Complete.

"Someday you're going to find that your way of facing this realistic world just doesn't work. And when you do, don't overlook those lovely intangibles. You'll discover those are the only things that are worthwhile." An AU story set after the events of 2x24, 'A Deadly Game', for Christmas.

Lanie does Christmas like it's going out of fashion (oh, if only!) and invariably, and as inevitably as death and taxes, hauls Beckett along behind her, kicking, screaming and threatening. Beckett does not do Christmas. Ever. She does not do festivity. Castle, on the other hand, does. But not quite like Lanie. Not at all like Lanie, in fact.

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

'Watching Kate Beckett dancing in a club is nothing short of a religious experience. Witnessing it once isn't enough.' A late season 3 four shot.

"I wasn't going to leave you sick and alone on your favorite holiday, Castle." Set early season four, not long after 4x07, 'Cops and Robbers'. Castle Halloween Bash 2017 entry.

'She doesn't know where she is, only that he isn't here, that amidst all of the pain surging through her veins, she's more acutely aware of the harsh emptiness in the middle of her chest. She can't determine if it's because the bullet shattered her heart, or if it's because he took it with him when he left.' A Castle Halloween Bash 2017 entry. Set post 3x24, 'Knockout'.

'For Kate Beckett, he would have tried. He would have continued to love her quietly. Not anymore, though. Not with the lying and leading him on and sinning by silence. But it doesn't stop him from wanting her.' One shot set throughout the '47 Seconds' arc.

"Castle." His lashes rise, nearly graze hers in their ascent. She's never been this close before and yet, somehow, she still doesn't feel close enough, still wants so much more. "I love you." He looks mesmerized, intoxicated, but so sharp with need. Her thighs squeeze at his hips. "Now take me to bed." Insert for 'If You Wait', set between chapter fourteen and fifteen.

'He isn't sure where she has gone, but it's obvious she wants to be alone. Or at least, without him. Until nearly a month into the summer when his phone chirps with a new message. From Kate Beckett.' Set during the summer after Beckett's shooting.

3 word prompt - kate drunk london — ANONYMOUS

Post 47 seconds AU. He really can't bear seeing her right now. Or ever again. So he joins her for one final case. When it takes an unexpected turn, Castle realizes there might be something left to fight for after all.

A collection of prompts received on tumblr, all consisting of only three words. (excludes the Dash related fics, which I will post separately). If a prompt had a follow-up scene, those will be posted all together in one chapter. A scene with season 8 spoilers will be noted at the beginning of the chapter.

'He wants her. He wants her so much, it's naked and gleaming in his gaze, but he thinks he can't have her and she has to fix it.' Set post 4x21, 'Headhunters'. For the #CastlePornado.

Set during 4x01 "Rise". AU from the bookstore signing scene. One-shot. COMPLETE

"That was amazing. The way you kissed me." An AU moment for 3x13, 'Knockdown'.

"Beckett," Castle calls, dropping his forehead against the door's frame while his arm remains upright, mechanically slamming his fist into the surface of the door. "Why aren't you answering?" Ah, definitely drunk then.' A season 4 AU set between 4x21, 'Headhunters', and 4x22, 'Undead Again'. For AC.

"She can't stop thinking about it. About him. The feel of his lips pressed against hers as his hands tangled in her hair. The feeling of him pressed against her, taking every ounce of her strength not to roll her hips into his." Season 3 AU where Castle and Beckett get together before she's shot and they spend the summer together at the cabin. Summer Ficathon 2016.

"For once, she wants less of it all. Less boundaries, less space, less secrets. A lot less waiting." Set post 4x10, 'Cuffed'. One shot. For Maddy.

'She's in the middle of seducing Nigel Wyndham with her words, earning his interest with ease, and he's about to give up that champagne glass he'd been nursing with his prints all over it, when a hand touches her waist, a throat clears. "May I cut in?"' An AU insert for 4x20, 'The Limey'.

"You're right. It's probably lucky you don't remember. I just didn't think you'd choose to forget me." Insert for 4x01, 'Rise'. Inspired by the recently released episode script.

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

'It shouldn't feel like he had abandoned her. She hadn't even wanted him around to begin with.' A post 2x05 AU for New Year's.

"She can't get the image out of her head: the way Castle had looked at her when she walked across the bullpen earlier tonight wearing that strapless black gown." Set during "The Limey."

Set during 4x19: "47 Seconds." Goes AU after Castle overhears Beckett tell Bobby Lopez, "I was shot in the chest and I remember every second of it."

'It's a plush elephant, sinfully soft and grey, long floppy ears and velvety feet, soulful black eyes and a curved, downy trunk. And she doesn't even have to guess to know it was him. That Castle sent her this.' Set immediately after the summer that followed Beckett's shooting in 3x24, 'Knockout'.

"Until the words that tumble into the weighted silence between them ring familiar in his ears, an echo of something hopeful, a reminder of a moment that was far less complicated by emotions, by love and pain and heartbreak and the mixture of so much more. 'Well, it doesn't have to be. We could go to dinner. Debrief each other.'" A 4x22 AU, for CastleFanficMonday.

"I thought you were asleep." "Dozing," she hums, eyes drifting the length of his body now she sees exactly how little he went wandering in. Just the shirt. An Always M! insert. Based on a prompt from the CastleFanfic Blog and written for #CastleFanficElectionDay

On the anniversary of their kiss, Beckett takes a step to show Castle where she hopes they're going. A Season 4 AU two-shot. Now Complete for CastleFanficMonday: Tuesday Edition.

On a quiet, cool morning in early July, Jim Beckett steps out onto the knotted wood porch of his cabin and does what his daughter can't or won't do for herself: he calls Richard Castle.

Beckett is suddenly writing letters, and so is Castle. Complete.

A collection of Caskett one shots.

4x01 AU. "Don't look!" Just to hiss out these words, the effort left her breathless and rigid with pain. Castle eased the door shut behind him as quietly as he could. The soles of his shoes squeaked on the shiny floor and he cringed at the screech of sound. COMPLETE

AU post-3x15 "The Final Nail." Takes place after Kate goes for a drink with Castle before her dinner with Josh on Valentine's Day.

The darkness of the precinct has always fascinated Castle. Set early season 4

AU from "47 Seconds" Late one evening an explosion rocks the precinct. Kate is there after hours and is taken hostage along with the rest of the late shift. Castle never returned after finding out Kate remembered her shooting. Will he come back to help the boys try to rescue her and the other police officers?

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. -Anais Nin. Castle and Beckett have their first date. Set early season four. Might need to read the first two in this series.

Set during 4x11: "Till Death Do Us Part" Jenny is in need of an extra bridesmaid. Three-shot.

'Castle is a fan of gestures, especially those that tend to be grand, and she fully intends to give him one tonight. Not if he fails to show up, though.' A late season 4 one shot.

A "What if" set after the Season 2 finale. What if Kate had gone ahead with her initial plan to go the Hamptons with Demming after she watched Castle leave for the Hamptons with Gina? How might that scenario play out? COMPLETE

"And the love in his eyes, the lilt of it in his words that catch her heart once more, wrap around her in the way that warms her cheeks and has her lilting towards him once more, catching his lips for a final kiss and her mind runs wild with her glorious love for this wonderful man." A reflection upon the meals that brought them together. For Lindsey.

'Castle's chest tightens. This is her team, their team. She's family to them, so important that they're losing sleep and working themselves into the ground. He wonders how much of it is a pure desire to get justice for Beckett, and how much is a distraction.' AU after s2 finale.

"She's strong. She is. But she's tired. And she's been standing in the dimly lit staircase for too many minutes, because she's tired, and on the brink of losing it, and she can't seem to catch her breath." An AU take on Beckett's PTSD battle in season 4.

An alternative to how Castle and Beckett get together, starts after 4x22 Undead Again.

"'Je me souviens,' she blurts, the words falling from her tongue in misspoken fragments. The sounds of French are unpracticed, tainted with an English accent, and yet instinctual. Useful. Because they let her keep her secret. all the while lifting the weight from her chest." A season 4 AU of sorts. For Cathey.

#CastleFicMonday. This is a collection of post eps, AU looks and missing scenes that I think could have added something to the story. This story will hopefully be updated once per week.

Castle 2X21 When Demming Asks Castle if he's with Beckett, he answers honestly and is then genuinely confused when she gets mad at him.

A collection of filled prompts.

Birthday Prompt Fill for a good friend. Based on All I Ask by Adele. Pre-Always. Rated T

"A hand drifts across her shoulders, catching strands of hair, drawing them over her shoulder, gentle and sweet and forbidden, but she sinks into his touch for just a moment anyway. Because he's back. He's not supposed to be back." A season 4 Valentine's Day story. For Valen.

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.

Three word Prompt. What if the sniper had targeted Beckett at her apartment instead of the funeral? Now Complete.

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.

"Castle, what are you doing here?" She felt his arms slide around her, gathering her up, gathering her to him, closer than ever before. His cologne filled her nostrils and his hands seemed to be everywhere at once, claiming her if she wasn't mistaken. - Set during 4x20 "The Limey" One-shot. Complete.

'She normally works the New Year's Eve shift; she's used to spending this moment in solitude. She had just hoped this year would be different.' Set mid season 4.

A really old prompt fill from castlefanficprompts. Beckett takes Castle bowling after Undead Again. Three Shot.

"Their feet move in time together, dancing to a song that can't be heard, crickets creating a choir in the background and merging with the soft rippling of the river in the distance." One shot, post kill shot.

It's not a date. It's not a relationship. It's nothing. Season 2 AU.

'I like you between my legs' - For Bean.

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

What would happen if a line of dialogue from Law & Boarder was inserted into a scene from Undead Again. Just because I couldn't stop thinking about it. One shot.

Post 47 Seconds. What happens when their inability to communicate pushes Kate past the limits of endurance? *My entry for 2015 Summer Hiatus Ficathon and #CastleFanFicMonday NO major character death and there will be a Caskett happily ever after. Promise. Trigger warnings for severe angst and suicidal thoughts. Rated M for sexual content and mature themes.

Set post Always. Their first night together is enlightening.

"She can feel herself reverting back to how she was in the summer, in the months following her shooting, and she needs to get out, needs to escape the city's tight confines, and soon." Set post-47 seconds, pre-always.

"I was shot," she murmurs, her hand moving to her chest almost reflexively. "I was shot and you made me hold on. And then a month ago, you pulled away." "A month ago I found out you'd lied this entire time," he hisses, watching her eyes widen. "You remember everything, and I felt – still feel – like a fool because you won't just tell me the truth." -Written for CastleFanficMonday.

Beckett's post honeymoon root through their combined movie collection leaves Castle having to make a confession. written for CastleFanficMonday.

Castle Summer Hiatus 2015 Ficathon Entry. Castle's first time at the Becketts' cabin, summer after season four.

A collection of M! oneshots.

A new series about a certain British secret agent? Even if it meant no more Nikki Heat, the offer was a dream come true. A change of scenery and a fresh challenge were exactly what he needed. So why did Castle feel like instead of starting a new story, he was closing a book mid-chapter? AU from 'When the Bough Breaks'.

"She can't stop looking at his hands, and remembering how he'd grasped her wrist and stopped her – stopped her – drawing her gun; and that one subsequent instant of hesitation turning to decision and the sharp grip and flex as his mouth had come down on hers." Rated T - but very strong T.

'Now, as he stands on the edge of the rink, his skates done up tight, he could not be happier as he watches a bundled up Kate Beckett glide around the rink.' A Season 2 fic, set not long after Boom. For Jill.

"Don't do that," she says.. "Don't act like this is some sort of gift." One shot, set after Always. Complete.

He doesn't want to care. He doesn't want to be concerned. He doesn't want to love her as much as she does. Prompt from castlefanficprompts.

While recovering from her shooting, Beckett comes up with an unusual way to make amends to Castle. Set after 3x24 "Knockout."

Based on a prompt from the castlefanficprompts blog: "Beckett accidentally texts Castle "I love you" thinking she was sending that to her dad." For the wonderful lousiemcdoogle.

"She's so ready for this. For him. For happiness and love and movie dates." AU - what might have happened had they gotten to have that Jon Woo marathon. One shot. Complete.

Castle decides to tell Beckett he's been pursuing her mother's case, knowing it will be the end of his hopes for a relationship with her. In the brief time before she arrives, he commits his thoughts to paper.

Fluff Friday and National Poetry Month. "Could I concentrate/ on anything but your leg against mine /under the table?" -Marilyn Hacker, Runaways Cafe II; Set sometime after Still.

What if it didn't take a brush with death, or an ultimatum, or a confrontation? What if, one ordinary evening, she just realised she was finally ready to let him into her life?

For all the thought Castle had put into the apocalypse, he had never expected this… An AU set - at times - in the summer between seasons three and four.

Based off of the tumblr prompt: 'Kate writes Castle a letter telling him she loves him and she's sorry because they lost their chance since Castle's done waiting.' Set after 4x21, Headhunters.

"For once in their lives, there was a series of fortunate events." Castle finally reads Kate's anniversary gift. A sequel to "A Handful of Words".

As Christmas approaches, Beckett gets a little help in realising that by keeping Castle waiting for her, she's also been putting off her own life. A tribute to Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol".

An AU version of sorts for the events of Resurrection (7x14) and Reckoning (7x15), set in season 4.

Post-Ep for '47 Seconds'. "I need a word with you." Castle's voice cuts through the hubbub of the bullpen even though he has it purposefully toned low. Low and rough, scraping at his vocal cords with a touch of something dark and smoky that tugs at Kate's gut, exciting and scaring her in equal measure.

After Castle and Beckett survive their encounter with the tiger, Castle comes up with a series of highly scientific experiments to find out exactly how Kate feels about him. Then he hatches a plan that just might get her to finally embrace those feelings. A Season 4 story that takes place after 'Cuffed.' Entry for the 2014 Winter Ficathon.

"He's been a husband three times now, but she's never been a wife, not a participating one anyway, and Castle intends to make every part of their marriage special and exciting. After all, they did promise each other to never be boring." *An AU entry for the Castle Winter Hiatus 2014 Ficathon.* Cover Art by the talented (XFchemist).

Castle Christmas. Spoilers for current season seven of Castle (but not for tonight's episode in this specific chapter). Each day of the Advent calendar (December 1-25), please expect a chapter to be posted as my gift to you this holiday season, as well as a song from the playlist (youtube: chezchuckles).

"The other offer is amazing. I'd be stupid not to take it. But walking away from Nikki – from you – would be even more stupid." Episode insert for 2x05.

"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.

A thoughtless remark from Beckett makes Castle give up on them ever becoming more than partners, and he leaves. Without being able to talk to him, Beckett must convince him that he's wrong about her feelings.

An insert between 4x05 'Eye of the Beholder' and 4x06 'Demons' - Serena Kaye and the haunted mansion - in which we see the Johanna Beckett Benefit. A prompt idea from Jeff. Happy Birthday, Jeff!

'He's testing the boundaries, wondering how far down her wall has really fallen.' An alternate ending to Undead Again, 4x22.

Flashforward/Flashback- a story in two parts. AU. There's a balance to the universe. There are certain things we aren't supposed to do, certain forces we aren't supposed to mess with, and this was one of them.

Season four fic, set shortly after Once Upon a Crime. A misunderstanding makes the green-eyed monster rear its ugly head.

He's left sitting on a swing in the park that has shaped so very much of his adult life. Rick can't remember how they decided that these swings were theirs, that every significant moment of their relationship needed to play out with them as a witness. One shot of what could be the final scene of Castle.

'He may not be thrilled to see her, he may have given up on her six months ago, but her heart still fluttered at the sight of him.' An AU take on 5x05, Probable Cause.

Her heart was still in jagged pieces after the summer. The sequel to 'still our hands match'. Takes place throughout season 3. AU. Cover art by ournorthstars.

Castle and Beckett find themselves in a dark place, but they soon discover it's always darkest before the dawn. A 2014 Castle Ficathon entry based upon the following season 4 prompt (it's a small plot point that I'm running away with): "What if Castle didn't bring Jacinda to the crime scene in The Limey?"

Kate Beckett hates hospitals. She hates the white linoleum tiles and how she can't help but wonder how often they are stained red. She hates how the walls all look the same, that no one could paint on even an ounce of joy. But what she hates most now is that her grandfather is there and she has no idea why. Post-Undead Again.

"Why do you even care so much? What is it that you want so badly that you can't just let this go so we can both move on with our lives?" Set in the summer between 1x10 and 2x01, continues on throughout season 2. Cover art by ournorthstars.

AU 47 Seconds. He swallows down the thickness in his throat, turning to leave, only to find her standing in the doorway, her shoulders sagging, a hand covering her mouth.

"Since it's our wedding day, I thought I'd make a couple of confessions. I can't think of a better gift, really. For the man who has everything, all you've ever wanted from me is … more juicy info about me." Unplanned second chapter now posted! AU Wedding fluff.

"She's usually better at this, at keeping her lid on. But something about tonight, the charged air, the broiling emotion barely contained by their skin, makes them brutal. Makes them honest."

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.

Post-ep for 1x07, Home Is Where The Heart Stops. For my darling Amy. "He leans against the counter, and his eyes are so warm, so wonderful – the way that he normally looks at her when he thinks she isn't looking. This time she doesn't look away." COMPLETE.

What if Castle and Beckett had gone for that drink at the end of 'Cops and Robbers' (4x07)? An AU post-ep one-shot.

He dedicates many words to her, but not all of them are on paper.

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

Kate is never letting him order them a limo again. Season 5 oneshot. For Elle, who demanded it.

"He's had enough. Enough of the subtle glances, the subtext laced conversations, the way she nudges him with her shoulder and their footsteps fall in line. It's a slow torture the way they almost touch, how he can feel the heat of her body whenever he holds up her jacket, allows her to slide into it, catching the scent of her hair as she lifts it over the collar." Season 3 oneshot.

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.

A requested fic for alwaysdefectivecastle. What would have happened in the Hamptons if a dead man hadn't fallen into the pool?

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-

"I hadn't seen a sunset like that in forever. Do you remember how incredible the colors were? It was like the sky was on fire, all the reds and pinks and oranges blurred together." Her voice lilts toward him, tugs him deeper into the memory. - A 6x08 post-ep.

"Kate," he rasped, tentatively slipping a hand under her neck and sliding the other down to rest along her side, feeling the warm rush of blood sluicing through the spaces between his fingers. "Please, Kate, please don't leave me. Not again." Based on a tumblr prompt. Cover art by half0utloud.

"Here, there is a sky full of stars she can actually see. There's the sound of the waves crashing, the smell of fall and salt air and fireplaces burning. There's a chill in the breeze off the ocean and the feel of sand underneath her feet." A collection of oneshots set in the Hamptons.

The tux. The gold dress. An event, an announcement and a limo ride... NO spoilers for season 6.

Post Cops and Robbers. Maybe it was his Mother sitting next to him on the cold Bank floor, it could be the knowledge that his daughter was waiting outside the entire time. Somehow he thinks it's more to do with the woman curled up on his couch like she belongs there...

"I thought you said you weren't going to dance," he says, bending his head close to hers. "I thought you wanted to touch," she says. A series of one-shots, each chronicling a different first for Castle and Beckett as a couple.

A sexy little romp leading up to 'The Lives of Others.'

A thirty day fanfiction challenge. Each chapter is based on a prompt word. Loosely connected, but not chronological. Each is exactly one thousand words. SPOILERS for all US aired episodes.

A one shot circa season four, a few weeks after the Ryans' wedding. A birthday present for closingdoors and my first M rated fic. Ellie said: car sex, and I said: okay.

In which Castle insists on warming Kate up after a long day on the slopes. Pre-ep of sorts for 5x19.

A co-authored story by seilleanmor and chezchuckles. An argument between them causes Castle to give Beckett the silent treatment. References to Target/Hunt, Lives of Others, Squab, and Still. Watershed has not happened.

He could fix this simply by going there with her. "You should go," he repeats, certainty in the statement, lacing his voice. **Finale speculation fic**

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

Somewhat of a post-episode for 'Still' with 'Squab' and 'Significant Others' mixed in as well. A nice day in the park.

"Kate smiles at him, a trembling, fearful thing just for him. It fills him up. She may as well have said yes. Because she's going to work on it. For him. He's soooo going to marry Kate Beckett." - - - Set sometime in late 2013 and beyond. No spoilers. **Now Complete**

The noise inside his head stops. His focus narrows. The rest of the world disappears until all he can see is her smile, shy and pleased and so damn beautiful that his heart starts to pound. [Fluff. No Spoilers. Castle/Beckett. For Deb383.]

A romantic but interesting evening with Castle/Beckett. "All she really wants is to curl up in a bath with him and sleep for, preferably, forever. Of course, that was never actually going to happen. Her boyfriend is ridiculous." For Aisling. COMPLETE.

Of course he believes it's real. He's - well, he's him. Magic and curses and zombie apocalypses are right up his alley. *An insert of sorts for 5x17, vague spoilers* Now a two shot. Complete.

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).

She'd almost run out and bought him something on at least three separate occasions. She's so glad she didn't. **Post ep for 5x14. One shot. Complete.**

"Taking you an unusually long time to get naked tonight…" Kate's voice purrs behind him and his heart stutters in his chest, as it still does, always does when she is near him. Episode follow-up for 5x14, 'Reality Star Struck'.

A collaboration between AnnieXMuller and myself, inspired by the #FLONightIN and the prompt given to us on Twitter: bathtub fic... rub-a-dub-dub!

CASKETT. Post-ep for "Cloudy With a Chance of Murder". Castle attempts to replace the image in Beckett's mind

"You're supposed to make out on New Year's."

The moonlight casts a silver glow across the walls, a shimmering haze that draws her attention, the edges waving as the clouds roll past. She can feel the remnants of the champagne working through her body, the little bubbles hitching a ride in her blood, making her head float and her skin tingle. *One Shot. Complete*

'There's a fire in her veins, licking through her and setting her body alight.' COMPLETE.

While wandering Beckett's bedroom, Castle finds unexpected evidence of the depth of her feelings for him.

"He couldn't take his eyes off of her. She was always beautiful. But tonight…tonight she was glowing." Oneshot.

She grins and rolls her eyes but lets him keep a hold on her foot as she turns back to her book. His book. **vague Frozen Heat spoilers** One shot. Complete.

"It had been a mistake. All of it really. The drinks, the company, the dress. How she had thought any of it would ease the ache in her chest was beyond her. Because it hadn't. Not at all." Four-shot - based off of The Limey/To Love and Die in LA. Now Complete.

"You said last week that we make no sense on paper. I present to you several pieces of paper that say otherwise." Post After Hours. One-shot.

Lanie takes Kate for a girl's night out to get the juicy details on Castle, and she won't give up until Kate gives her what she's looking for, lol. Set early season 5. (Umm… I honestly don't know where this came from but I had the time of my life writing it!)

He loves moments like these, completely unguarded moments when words and the emotions behind them pour out of her, pure and unfiltered; when the feelings she guards so fiercely, all the thoughts she otherwise struggles to give voice to, come tumbling out of her mouth.

"It's been four months, Beckett. Gates finished it faster than you did." "It's not like I've had a lot of time to read, Castle. Not to mention," she turns, a smooth motion that makes her look almost boneless and wraps her legs around his waist. She slides closer, pressing her lips to his ear. "I was having sex with the author. I think you're well versed in how fast I can finish."

"Maybe he shouldn't be saying this, this has the potential to scare her off but the last few days have made him a little more open than he'd usually let himself be." post-5x05 oneshot

What happened after Kate dragged Castle away? Based on a hunch I had that there was no way the final scene was their first round that evening. ;) - Post 5x04 Murder He Wrote - One-Shot.

He thinks of dark green grass and the blinding of the sun; balmy weather and the promise of spring. The echoing of shots and the way his hands couldn't touch where the bullet landed because then it would be real. The dilated pupils and the way her eyes slipped closed like his do now.

"Is she giving him sex eyeballs? Is she biting her lip?"

"If he's going to remember a view from this case, there's no question it will be that one." A sexy post-ep for "Cloudy with a Chance of Murder."

'Because she knows what words should be said now. The words to make him see.' Spoilers for Frozen Heat dedication but not the book. COMPLETE.

"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***

She curls her hand around his ear, fingers brushing through his hair as he lies there, head cradled on her chest, body heavy over hers. Post ep, 5x02.

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

Her feet slide off the raft and into the chilled pool and she breathes, listening to him inside the house; the clattering of dishes as they slide into place in the dishwasher; the music he puts on - Petty or Springsteen - she can't entirely tell with the roar of the ocean in her ears. *Season 5, but no actual spoilers*

From the Sanskrit for 'sound,' Dhvani refers to the allusion or implied meaning of something that can only be perceived upon the second or third try. Kate is forced to face the choices she has made...

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.

With a new bar open in town and his team AWOL Castle takes on a little undercover mission of his own, never dreaming that 'Ace in the Hole' is where he'll find his Midnight Queen.

"It's not the seismic shift she expected. Just the next, right step." How the first 24 hours of their new relationship shape Castle and Beckett. And what's to come. *Slight spoilers for season five in later chapters*

"She falls against him, willing, pliable, her spine a convex curve against his arm, so tightly wound around her waist and then he presses his hips into hers, his mouth to her lips." Follows 4x23, 'Always.' NO SPOILERS FOR SEASON 5

A quiet moment in the Hamptons, just Castle and Beckett and the still dark of night time. No spoilers

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.

He's your favorite author, the only man you've ever loved enough to want to give up all the pain your mother's death has caused you. He's the only man who has ever loved you unconditionally, beyond just the mind or just the body.

In the light of 'Always', it's his new lucky number.

Castle and Beckett escape to the Hamptons for a little weekend getaway.

"Even the most solid foundation can be shaken." A companion to 'AWAKENED', though you can read it even if you haven't read 'Awakened'.

"Come on, Birthday Boy. Let's go." Beckett throws Castle a 42nd birthday party. Co-authored with airbefore.

The story of how Castle and Beckett get totally busted by literally every person they know.

"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.

When Castle starts seriously dating a non-bimbo, non-blond, highly intelligent woman, things come to a head for Kate, who must decide if she is going to tell Castle how she really feels ... or risk losing him forever. COMPLETE.

Lanie comes into the morgue and finds Kate laying on her table. This does not bode well. Post-4x20 The Limey, ignoring Headhunters and beyond. COMPLETE

She's letting it go. Slowly but surely she's moving on, because she refuses to allow the darkness of her past to cloud her future. Their future. Spoilers for Always. Sequel to Wake To The Light. Complete.

Special circumstances bring about some surreptitious loving. Castle/Beckett. Two-parter.

"We've got to find her." "You won't have to look far." Post-Always. Chapter 4 up now. Now M-Rated.

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.

His first steps upon returning from his 2week tour lead directly to a dance club, because that's where she is supposed to have fun tonight with their friends. Her legs are bare and long, oh so long, the high heels she's wearing only underlining the confidence of her sure moves on the dance floor.He continues watching, observes her shamelessly. After all, he's finally free to do so.

"Maybe I need you the way that big moon needs that open sea." For AC, Happy Birthday.

He's never hosting Lanie's birthday party again.

"Did you ever think about us here?" - Post Finale, Castle and Beckett stop by her apartment for the first time since she showed up at his door.

Sometimes, the only way to become whole is to break first. Post-Limey/Headhunters.

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.

"Later, years later, what Castle remembers most from that terrible day isn't the day at all." Always post-ep. One-shot.

He curses her. He curses himself...And he says his goodbye. A black and white goodbye note to her. To them. To partners. To a pair of fools. Collection of post-ep chapters: 47Seconds/TheLimey/Headhunters/UndeadAgain/Always

SPOILERS for Headhunters. "She's a little girl, she's a tigress, and she's a warrior. She's insecure and she's indomitable. She's everything." -Stana Katic on Kate Beckett, Parade Magazine March 16, 2012

This is a monumental mistake. Earth shattering. Mind blowing. End of the world kind of mistake.

Now he knows he's just a plucky sidekick, and nothing more. Not her One and Done. Not the man she wanted to be with. Not enough. -Post-ep 47 Seconds. Spoilers for 4x19/4x20. I ain't kidding when I say it's angsty.

He's putting words in her mouth. She has to set the record straight. - How I think things might go, briefly, during 'Always'. Minor spoilers perhaps from the last several episodes and from the official synopsis of 'Always'.

Certain things are inevitable. Castle pushes, Beckett twists an ankle, and walls crumble. 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.

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

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

Exes, LDRs, and Subtlety: Richard Castle could learn a little bit about all three. Late season 4. Newly established relationship between Castle and Beckett.

"I'm pretty sure she's under the impression that you're angry with her." Takes place in "Headhunters" timeline, but only tiny synopsis spoilers. *Chapter 3 up now. *Now M-Rated.

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.

Kate kidnaps Castle in the middle of the night for a beach getaway, desperate to prove to him how much she loves him. Complete oneshot.

It's always the darkest right before dawn. A 'Limey' Post-Ep.

She doesn't want to keep her love locked up in a cage anymore. It's banging on the bars and she finds that she doesn't want it to quiet down. She's ready.

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

I hate to do it, but more angst after 47 Secs and The Limey. I can't help myself. It ends well.

She has to fix this. She just doesn't know if she can. Follows "Darkness Falls" and "Jaws of Death."

Kate and Rick explore new, lingerie-inspired aspects of their relationship. M-rated content from my lingerie story, Enlightenment. This one has emotional content and character development. And fluffy, smutty, Casketty goodness. Gotta have that.

"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

Boldly they rode and well, into the jaws of death, into the mouth of hell...-Tennyson. Follows "Darkness Falls."

His mother told him he should move on. His head told him he should move on. His heart speaks different advice.

"...When you lose something you can't replace, When you love someone, but it goes to waste, Could it be worse?" Episode reaction to 4x20 'The Limey.'

"Her coffee is bitter and jaded. Like her. Like him. Like both of them. It's fitting." She made him wait, and now, he's gone. Can she get him back, or is it already too late? Spoilers through The Limey and speculation for Headhunters.

He sees it happening again right before his eyes, and this time it's all his fault. Based on promo for "Headhunters," but mostly conjecture.

She knew the secret would have its repercussions when finally coming to light, but never in her wildest dreams did she think this would be one of them.

Spoiler Alert for 4x20 'The Limey'. I watched Sneak Peak 5 today...and so, this... Cue the red Ferrari. 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.

"She pushed, because tonight was about pushing, shoving, knocking each other off balance." Spoilers for 47 Seconds and the Limey promo.

If you love someone – you'd better let it out. Post Ep. 47 Seconds. One shot.

"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.

When the worst thing she had ever done comes to light, Kate discovers that her words and his love are the only things that will put them back together. 47secs and beyond co-authored with AlwaysCastle and Jerryst316.

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.***

It's our dear Beckett's birthday, and Castle has some pretty sweet ideas for how to celebrate.

A lone droplet of water slides from where he placed it on her neck down into the dark recesses of her collar in a slow decent and she wonders how soon she'll be able to return home to her air conditioning and a cold shower.

Kate Beckett only has so many pieces.

For Julie, who needs Castle and Beckett to not miss their moment.

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

Walls fall down; that's the nature of the beast. And no matter how Kate looks at it, she's staring at piles of rubble. And from rubble, where do they go next? Slight spoilers for 4x11 and beyond.

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.

She knew he was willing to die for her. But what she didn't know was just how ready he would be to kill for her.

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

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

"Secret or not, what they're on the verge of is so real and powerful, to think about it hurts and heals him all at once." Castle's perspective on the secret he keeps and his relationship with Beckett. Set at Ryan's wedding reception- there is a dance...

When she thinks about saying the words, "I heard you," or "I love you," her heart races so fast that she can't even tell if it's in fear or hope.

Co-authored story by Topsy and chezchuckles. While Beckett has been struggling with PTSD, with becoming more, Castle has been struggling as well.

Just what was on Kate's camera after the wedding?

Post-ep for the Wedding. SPOILERS. co-authored by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles. Multi-chapter.

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.

Wedding reception PWP. Castle and Beckett discuss their pick-up repertoires, along with some completely platonic roleplaying. Not. post 4x11/spoilers/sexual content

Quick post-ep for "'Til Death Do Us Part." Couldn't resist. They dance. Walls fall. T rating is for language only. One shot, 'til someone tells me different.

Since being his usual charming self isn't working, Castle tries to come up with a Plan B. SPOILERS for the book, Heat Rises.

In which Castle answers questions about his marriages, Johanna Beckett is remembered, and a dance is shared. Spoilers for 4x11. Complete.

Castle tries to convince Beckett of the magic of the season. A chapter posted every day. COMPLETE

Post-Cuffed fic. SPOILERS. COMPLETE

Castle/Beckett. Sit back down where you belong, in the corner of my bar with your high heels on... A night at The Old Haunt and a memory.

CASKETT. Post-ep for "Eye of the Beholder". Castle and Beckett go out for burgers and talk some more about kissing.

She doesn't know how to fix it. How to lift the sadness. Can't make sense of it. Until one night, she can. COMPLETE.

You asked for it. Sequel to Inherited Traits. COMPLETE

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

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

Rick gets Kate to help make a pros/cons list of why they should or shouldn't date. Misunderstandings ensue. Then fluff. Fluff to make you happy.

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.

Ridiculous fluff at the Ryan Wedding.

Together they would stand, and together they would fall. Spoilers for Knockout.

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

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.

::SPOILER for Knockout:: Castle waits for Kate to wake up and imagines all the things he wants to say, all the ways she might love him too. Birthday fic for killmypatience.

Set post "Countdown" Beckett is ready to admit her feelings for Castle and they move their relationship to the next level.

Beckett celebrates.

That one-carat stone had managed to kill both her birds. Josh had left because she hadn't wanted the ring and Castle had left because he thought she did.

Post Episode - 'Countdown' "I'm . . . I'm in love with you," he replies. It's out there now, acknowledged, this force that binds them, but even the writer in him doesn't know what will happen next.

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

And that's when Beckett remembers something her grandfather told her: The fun's not in knowing. It's in the waiting to know. Caskett.

It's never been if. It's always been when. Alternate Universe. Oneshot.

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

It was snowing, not the first of the season and certainly not the last. But she wouldn't see it. Couldn't see it. The whiteness blinding, but not enough to block out the red.

A stressful weekend for Castle and Beckett.

Kate Beckett works on what may be the most unusual murder case of her career. Will her personal involvement with the victim help her solve the case, or will it cause events to spiral out of control? Now *COMPLETE*

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

They hang there, motionless in the darkness under the Hunter and the Sisters, and Castle wonders if the space between them will ever decrease." Oneshot. First kiss scenario.