A collection of standalone holiday-themed one-shots, each about a different holiday. Ratings will vary and be stated at the beginning of each installment.

Kate had never planned to see him again but now, she would have to see him. She had to see Castle, for the first time in weeks, and talk to him. Starting in the summer before S2 and then going AU from there.

It's Castle's birthday, and one of his gifts is that his little girl is moving back home…without Pi in her life. He didn't think he could be happier. (Very AU after the May 3 episode and finale. LOL One of those stories that was intended to stop around chapter 3 or 4 but wandered off on its own.) Involves family, some excitement, and so much fluff I should be ashamed.

After the bombing in the episode "47 Seconds" - when Castle realized Beckett had been lying to him. But here they both realize how much is at stake and behave like grown-ups. He confronts Kate, and they manage to have a productive, adult conversation.

This one shot can be set any time between 47 Seconds and the end of Undead Again. It begins in the middle of a fight and ends with making up. It's my first attempt at this kind of story.

Rick Castle has six weeks to deliver a blockbuster manuscript or lose his book publisher. Fresh off a divorce and lacking both inspiration and Christmas cheer, he agrees to spend the holiday away from the city. Evergreen, Vermont, and its police chief, however, were not part of the plan...

With Castle out of commission due to an injury, Kate decides to do something extra special for him. It is, after all, the holiday season. Set Mid-Season 4. Entry for #CastleFicathonWinter2021

Coffee is their thing. It's greeting, peace offering, unspoken promise to always be there. Coffee has helped to tear down her walls. A late night conversation adds a new layer to their coffee story. Kate hopes she can use what she's learned to help tear down the walls between them. An AU beginning in late S4. Not a winter fic, but my entry for the Castle Ficathon Winter 2021.

After escaping off the bridge that night, Jerry Tyson returns several months later to enact his revenge on Castle and Beckett by sending their lives spiraling in a direction none of them could have anticipated. AU circa Mid Season 5. Trigger Warnings Inside. For Castle Ficathon 2021

"Montgomery was dead. Beckett would be devastated. It didn't matter that Castle hadn't seen her in almost two years. Right now, in the face of this loss, all he knew was this overwhelming concern, this need to make sure she was okay." An AU version of "Knockout."

Kate Beckett struggles with her demons after the Sniper case and, because of it, she's re-assigned to protect celebrity writer, Richard Castle, whose life is threatened by a dangerous stalker. AU-meeting fic set during season 4.

Post 47 Seconds AU. Castle leaves and doesn't come back for a year. This fic is dedicated to Vala (@KaticCox on twitter) just coz she's the most amazing human.

AU of 'The Limey' Castle overhears Lanie when she butt dials him while talking to Kate in her apartment. How will he take the fact that Kate is 'crazy about him' even though she lied to him?

"'Dear Diary. I'm so tired. There's so much to learn as a detective, and I'm still bailing Dad out. I told him last night was the last time, and I really meant it. I keep going back to the file but I can't see anything more. I'm missing something, I know I am.' A chill ran down Castle's spine. He frantically turned pages to the next entry." Pre-series AU meeting. CastleFicathon2020

"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 month after her break up with Will Sorenson, Kate Beckett reluctantly agrees to take a vacation, renting a small cottage-style beach house in the Hamptons for 2 weeks. At first, she likes the peace and quiet, but quickly grows bored. But then she meets a ruggedly handsome stranger and her life just might change forever. Pre-Series AU Meeting. CastleFicathon2020. Now Rated M.

A collection of unrelated one-shots exploring various 'what if' scenarios. #25: What if… Castle and Beckett hooked up at Ryan & Jenny's wedding?

Sometimes a person isolates because it's a necessity. Sometimes a person isolates because they've convinced themselves it's a necessity. Sometimes it takes another person to show them it isn't. In other words, yes, this is yet another story about the aftermath of Kate's shooting, and about how she and Rick find a way to bring their new worlds together. (Rating may fluctuate)

When she was four, she met the dragon, and wasn't impressed... She wasn't any more impressed now, when it clearly was real – and much, much bigger. Fluff, tangentially related to Hallowe'en. #CastleHalloweenBash2019

A chance meeting leads to a grand scheme. Set during S3. Complete.

A long lost relative, a curiously worded will, and an expansion of their partnership agreement lead Castle and Beckett down a path neither of them could have ever imagined. Caskett. Set mid-Season 3.

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.

(4x01 AU) "You don't remember... the gunshot?" Rick says, letting cowardice guide him as it always does with her. "No, I remember I was giving the speech and everything just went black." What if she was being honest and really didn't remember her shooting? [COMPLETE W/ EPILOGUE]

'He's never known a laugh more beautiful than the one that belonged to her. He'd never forget it either.' One shot.

Kate Beckett had almost given up hope on seeing her fiance again-almost. But now he was back, and that was wonderful, but things were also complicated for them and for their family. Caskett S7 AU

‚She turned big red-rimmed eyes to her mother, searching for answers. „Can you be in love with someone you've only had one night with, mom?"' How a one-night-stand between Kate and Rick saved Johanna Beckett's life. AU. Set 1999

"It took him a second because she was smiling so bright, brighter than he'd ever seen, and her hair was longer than the last time he saw her. Maybe it had been her bright smile that had caught his eyes. God, she looked beautiful. And he couldn't help but start wondering what Kate Beckett had done during the year they hadn't seen each other." Prompt from Kim, thank you xx

Kate and Rick had been through the worst investigating this case. Frostbitten and barely alive, Kate had made a choice in that freezer. If she made it out alive, she'd work on them. She would drop her walls. But by the time the case was solved she had something else to worry about and it looked like they were never going to get their happy ending.

Rick Castle does a good deed for a stranger, and reaps the rewards. Lou's Birthday Fic 2018. :)

This is my Castle Halloween Bash 2018 Entry. I have never done this before so I'm sorry if I got anything "wrong". Anyway, I hope you guys will enjoy this small multi-chap I've cooked up. Also the cover for this story was made by the amazing Fania, and if you don't follow her already you SHOULD. Her instagram account is fania.fanart and she has so many amazing drawings!

Sometimes the wrong number can actually be the right one. Caskett One-Shot. FFYG Semi-AU

Antarctica. Six million square miles of ice. The coldest place on Earth. Forty-six countries had competing claims and maintained outposts. There was no regular law enforcement there. Kate Beckett was the lone U.S. Marshal assigned to the territory. AU from RISE. CastleFicathon2018. Inspired by the graphic novels and movie of the same name. Rated T. COMPLETE.

Because I read a prompt about Rick and Kate deciding to wait until their wedding to "font" again and trying to seduce each other along the way...

Post 8x22. When Kate and Rick are shot in their own home, it's only the beginning of a journey that changes everything, not just for them, but for their friends and loved ones. New paths open up, while the bonds of love and friendship only grow stronger. The future is everyone's to decide.

"I was listening to 'Sorry' by Halsey and it made me remember of season 4 of Castle. So I was thinking could u do a one shot based on this music?" - prompt from @ stanaticlover on instagram, THANK YOU FOR THIS!

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.

'It's been five years and she's undoing him in five minutes.' AU.

I don't know what happened. I don't even know how. One minute, I'm in the best relationship of my life and the next... I feel as if I'm on the verge of losing him altogether. All over this Erica Vaughn. (Role reversal of 5x22 and AU)

Story for Caffinate-me's #BookstoreAU challenge. Castle and Beckett meet in the worst way possible at the worst time possible, but their initial antipathy develops into something else.

She has Castle to thank for her life and a roof over her head, she can plan a birthday party for him. - Caskett, Season 2 AU.

(S3 AU) "Brattleboro, Vermont?" Beckett asks. "Yes, ma'am. I'm calling because you're listed as the emergency contact for a Richard Castle. I'm afraid we have some bad news." *COMPLETE*

He only needs to keep seeing her. To listen to her stories. He doesn't need to tell her about his missing book, because if he can only hear her brisk, uptown tones then the story is going to be there. He only needs to keep her near. AU, shortly before 1.1

Some days, "it was a long day" doesn't even begin to cover it. Set immediately after the end of episode 4x19 "47 Seconds." Very belated birthday fic for Lou.

Post 8x07 'The Last Seduction.' The story will start in canon for that episode, but will move into AU territory after Kate receives the mysterious text from Vikram. Kate vanishes the morning after she and Castle celebrate their first wedding anniversary. Where has she gone and why? I want to thank Angie (at dtrekker) for the fantastic cover art. Contains spoilers for Season 8.

She's glad she could help out Alexis, reassure her that the school dance won't be so bad even though her dad is attending as a chaperone. But she's just made a promise she's not entirely sure she knows how to keep. How on Earth is she going to distract Richard Castle? AU where Kate is Alexis' teacher.

He hadn't seen her in weeks but he suddenly wondered, no matter what happened with Bond, if he was really ready to walk away from Nikki Heat, walk away from her. AU for 2x5 "When the Bough Breaks."

"She was running late. Badly, horribly, incredibly late. Going-to-blow-everything, grounded-til-she-was-103-years-old late. Crap." 13 year old Lily Castle has been hiding a secret. Written to thank the fandom for your support of Kai's Dance Fund. Please consider donating. One Shot. Complete.

Twelve weeks. All Kate Beckett needed to do was survived twelve weeks as the assistant to the surly, unkind, and downright unpleasant writer. The position was temporary, so she could make it. She had, after all, faced far worse than Richard Castle…or had she? Caskett AU

"What may be broken to you is beautiful to me." 4x01 AU: Sometimes you don't have to runaway to find what was meant to be… *2016 Summer Ficathon*

"It's him," her colleague answers and it's the solemn tone of his voice, the grave quality of words that she's heard in only the most dire of circumstances, that confirms it for her before he has to say another word. "It's Castle. They found him. Alive." AU. An entry for the Castle Ficathon 2017.

On the swings during Watershed, Kate ends it. But when Castle gets a call from a DC hospital three months later, Kate Beckett once again turns his world upside down. *Entry for the 2015 Summer Hiatus Ficathon!*

She doesn't understand what happened between them, why it all went south. And at the touch of a hand it all comes rushing back to her, a wave of heavy emotion hitting her directly in the chest. Her eyes fall shut and she knows she's showing her hand, her heart, but god, she could have sworn they were headed somewhere five months ago. Probable Cause (5x05) AU

"I'm not spending the day with him! I'm reading a book. A book my mother gave me!" She was proud that she could hold on to anger. Otherwise she would have started crying. And she didn't want him to see her cry. Set on January 9th; season 3

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.

"'If you go in there, you die,' Castle counters, inching closer. His entire body is buzzing. 'You killed his brother, Beckett, what do you think he wants you for? A talk'" A Cops & Robbers AU.

"She's so busy trying to blink back tears, trying to avoid the look her daughter'd given her as she was wheeled away, that she doesn't notice anyone else sit down in the waiting area, not until there's a small murmur of 'excuse me' and she turns to find a man sitting beside her, a small packet of tissues in his extended hand." AU meeting.

'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.

Beckett's investigation into LokSat takes a sudden dark turn. A post 8x02 AU fic.

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

Beckett's all alone in Manhattan, and Castle's in the Hamptons with Gina. Now what? All hell's about to break loose, that's what. Set in the summer between S2 and S3. Complete.

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?

AU set early Season 4. "Where's Beckett?" A dark head appears over the top of a computer screen. "Yo! Can't say, bro." Esposito taps the side of his nose. "Top Secret." "Yeah, need to know," Ryan chips in, grinning at the immediate look of frustration and indignation that pops up on Castle's face when Kevin backs up his partner, refusing to help. COMPLETE

When a bridesmaid is killed hours before a wedding, Ryan and Esposito are called to solve the case. Serving as their shadow, Rick Castle runs headlong into his past; ex-girlfriend and current bride, Kate Beckett. An AU re-telling of 2x12 'A Rose For Everafter'. [An eight-part prompt from the Castle fanfics prompt blog on Tumblr.]

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.

Summary: At the end of every struggle, there is life. The story attempts to fill in some of the questions left unanswered.

AU meeting fic. Kate is a young mother, living in the same apartment complex as Castle. He is annoyed that the baby is crying all night while he tries to write, and goes to yell at her. Instead, he finds her disheveled and upset, pacing with the baby down the hall, and offers to help.

Post-ep for 3x13 "Knockdown."

In a moment of darkness, Richard Castle receives an interesting-and life-changing-message from a fan. Set after an AU ending to 3x24

AU first meeting: He finds it in the early hours of dawn, in those scarce and precious moments between light and dark, when the world feels both limitless and impossible all at once. Based on a prompt from the Castlefanfics prompt challenge.

'The glimpse of her face, her smile illuminating his screen, causes his chest to burn, consumed by fire that chars his heart. He loves her, but it's not enough. It's too much. And he can't take anymore.' An alternate end to season 4 that changes everything.

I set this one shot during what would've been Christmastime in season 4, based upon a found Tumblr prompt: "Pre: Castle asks Beckett to help him look for a Christmas tree and has her help decorate."

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.

It's the holidays, and Rick Castle, of all people, is seriously glum. Kate Beckett decides that she wants to cheer him up. Set during S3. Complete.

"No matter what you do, no matter the obstacles that arise or the mistakes either of us make, I'll never be able to give up on us." After nearly two years apart, Castle and Beckett attempt to find their way back home in time for the holiday season. A season 8 AU.

Maybe he'd catch the disappointment in her voice at his silence, the longing she wasn't quite sure she could disguise. A season 4 AU set during the "47 Seconds" arc. For Lou.

'He wants to take the apologies from her mouth with his teeth and breathe his forgiveness into her skin.' Post-ep for 8x08, 'Mr. & Mrs. Castle'.

Kate buys a new home, only to find that it is haunted. A ghost story. A love story. A pre-season to season 4-ish AU story. Entry for the Castle Halloween Bash 2015. COMPLETE.

"If you think this is a good surprise, just wait until you see what I have in store for you tonight." Season 4, Halloween.

"Beckett still loves you." Castle pauses in his descent down Mia's hallway, glancing back to the woman with a battered nose courtesy of his elbow and a tentative smile on her face. "With a passion and you don't have to measure pheromones to sense that. There's something else, though." A twist on the ending of 8x05, The Nose.

"Okay, look, I think maybe you're hoping for perfect, Beckett. All this work you've been putting in…it's great. Really great. But I can tell you for a fact…perfect doesn't exist." One shot post-4x22 "Undead Again". COMPLETE

'Castle plops down to the sand once she's gone, opens his notebook on his bent knees and uncaps his pen. He came here for inspiration, and he may have just found it.' Based on a gif set by katigron on tumblr.

They're miles apart, even when they're in the same room, and neither of them knows how it came to this - or how to come back together and heal. Only in sleep does Kate find the happiness she once knew with Rick - so deep in sleep she wants to stay.

A continuation of "New Beginnings"

"But the longer she stares at him, the more she realizes that she knows him, that she dated him in high school, and that this is the man who took her virginity." Inspired by this tumblr prompt: childhood sweethearts who moved away and then into the same apartment block by chance AU

What happens when Kate and Rick meet in front of their children's school? AU

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".

'He watches helplessly as she flattens herself against the nearest wall, her knuckles white between the smears of blood as she stares him down, and all he can think is that this is not his wife.' AU post-ep for 7x15, Reckoning.

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

"Sliding a finger under the sealed flap, he couldn't help the little flutter of excitement in his chest at the prospect of a surprise." Kate sends Castle on a Christmas trek through Manhattan. Fill for a ThankYouTerri prompt as a gift for Hawkgal08 in thanks for her generous donation to the Young Storytellers Foundation. Thanks to Alex and Dia for so much beta.

…the more they stay the same. *Season 2- AU Caskett story* Kate Beckett is bored with life, but when a serial killer starts dedicating murders to her- someone enters the scene to aid with the investigation and her life may never be the same.

"I love you, Kate," he murmurs softly, the words he's kept swallowed down for almost an entire year finally slipping from his lips. "And I promise if I make it out of this alive, I'll tell you when neither of us are on the brink of death, okay?" An AU version of 7x08, Kill Switch.

On the verge of starting something new, Beckett accepts Castle's invitation to the Hampton's only to have Gina arrive before he can reply. The lonely summer stretches ahead but that's not the last Kate sees of Castle or his family. An AU Season Two ending and Summer 2014 Ficathon entry.

Kate confronts Castle for Alexis' sake because no daughter should watch her father self-destruct. 47 Second fix. Spoilers loosely through Headhunters promo. (Para Espanol "Nada que no se pueda arreglar" por Dipsy19)

AU. Rick's completed the Storm series and is looking for a female muse for inspiration. He hears about the stunning, illustrious Diamond through an exclusive men's club and decides he has to meet the high-end escort for himself. He's amazed by her hidden depths and floored by the realization that he just might not be man enough to handle her. (Romance/Angst)

"It's either a puppy or a baby, Beckett, your choice." Pure fluff.

A Cops and Robbers AU: Castle doesn't return to the precinct during "Rise". The first time he and Beckett see each other again is during the events of Cops and Robbers.

Things don't go as planned on their wedding day. Then again, when have things ever been easy between these two? A story where things are not as they seem. Starts out very dark but ends with no small amount of romance. Now Complete.

Post 6x17. Kate and Castle try to come to terms with the aftermath of the botched undercover assignment. AU after Elena leaves Kate in the woods. Starting out T-rated, but will switch to M-rated at some point. Spoilers for last 2 episodes of the Season.

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

Castle and Beckett never met five years ago. Beckett's Mom's case remains unsolved, and Castle has no muse. What happens when their paths cross? An AU Target/Hunt meeting.

"I can't have you showing up at crimes scenes in a Ferrari, Castle. With a big-breasted blonde. I'm not saying the image isn't just fascinating, but here's the thing—you're giving the Precinct a bad name." When Castle shows up with Jacinda at a crime scene for the second time, Kate kicks him out of the precinct. Takes place after 4x20 "The Limey". One-shot.

It should have brought them closer together, not torn them apart – she understands this now. What she doesn't know is whether any way back for them still remains. Future fic - Complete. **Winner of 'Favorite M rated Fanfic Multi-chp' in the 2013 Castle Fanfic Writers Guild Awards**

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

Now complete. Thank you to everyone who takes the time to read it. Set after the end of Watershed, a devastated Rick and their family and friends desperately search for a missing Beckett. Will they find her in time? A/U as I don't control any part of the show.

"...there was no way she was getting through the rest of the day without begging him for release, either from the restraints or from the captivity of her own need." After Kate leaves Castle utterly unfulfilled one afternoon, he finds a sexy way to get back at her. Set any time within their established relationship, with no episode spoilers.

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.'

Was this it? After so many months apart, trying the long distance relationship thing, was she finally going to break up with him? Is that why she had flown up for the weekend?

AU It started with a visit to her father in the rehab facility. Kate never expected it to lead to time away with Richard Castle and his family in the Hamptons.

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

A young girl walks in off the street, lost and afraid, and asks for Detective Beckett. Eight years ago, a young woman walked into Jim Beckett's life and her leaving is what made him get sober. Kate and Castle have been together for less than a year and the world is already throwing spanners in the works.

Rick Castle is father to a precocious 9-year-old Alexis who wants him to chaperone her class camping trip. The school decides to take advantage of a new NYPD program to have off-duty officers get involved with school activities. Enter Officer Kate Beckett, just over a year out of the police academy, but in need of a break from the stressful life of police work.

After confiding in her loved ones, Beckett made her decision about the job in D.C. It takes the advice of someone unexpected to change her mind. Post-Watershed oneshot, references to 1x09 Little Girl Lost.

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.

When their world literally crumbles around them, will the members of the 12th Precinct be able to rise like a phoenix from the ashes? Note: Look for daily updates. This fic should be complete in a little over a week. Rated T for mild language

Castle stepped lightly as he made his way through the rows of head stones. He'd only been here twice before, but he knew exactly where he was going. The location of your girlfriend's mother's grave wasn't something you forgot easily.

AU. After Kate's shooting, Castle finds that he can't stay away. They discover nothing clears the air like a summer rain. Co-written with lms2457. Complete.

What happens when a quick getaway to the Hamptons is interrupted by not one but two separate cases? Rated M for a reason folks. Started out as smut, accidentally found a plot. A big one. Oops! *complete*

To win a date with Richard Castle tell us in a 100 words or less tell us why you want to meet this award-winning author? It was a silly competition that Beckett didn't need to enter,yet why was she staring at the entry form only minutes before the competition closed? Set mid Season 4

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.

Kate finds herself alone on Valentine's Day. Set many, many years in the future. Warning, major character death.

Two years ago, she told him that she'd get him out if he ever ended up behind bars wrongfully accused of a crime. Unfortunately for him, the crime he's being accused of right now is against her, and until she wakes up, it's his word versus all the evidence piling up against him. Now AU because I'm slow and new episodes just keep coming out faster than I write new chapters. COMPLETE

One minute they were on a break, the next... Had someone told them that their lives would turn out like this they would have laughed. Then again, our lives can change irrevocably in a split second, throwing everything we held secure to the wind.

"It was amazing how different things were once the steady thrum of adrenaline faded and all that was left was the sharp clarity of the night." AU set mid to late S5. A story of what could have happened if Maddox was never caught. Complete at Chapter 20.

Four years can make a world of difference. AU.

A post "Always" story. Rated T. Rick & Kate work at their new relationship as well as the mess surrounding Maddox, injuries, suspensions, resignation, Gates, cases, Smith, deals for Kate's life... Love, Angst, Family, Hurt/Comfort, Cases, Fluff & some of Castle's past.

These are Richard Castle's memoirs based on the cases that he assisted Kate Beckett and the NYPD to solve.

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

"You're—you're a horrible person," he decides as he pulls himself into a more dignified position. "Truly horrible." 5x06 Post-Ep.

AU from Undead Again. In which the zombie case really *is* Castle's last case, and Beckett has to try and deal with the prospect of never seeing Castle again. COMPLETE.

A family dinner, the creation of a new holiday,some mischeif and a few nudges in the right direction could lead Castle and Beckett where they need to be. Sequel to 'Someone To Tell My Troubles To'. Family/Romance/Humor Cover Art by Andy (vwlvbugg).

"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.

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.

From the video by yamakiluv. Castle is given an ultimatum: the file for Beckett's life. AU Future.

It's said that laughter is the best medicine; but together, Castle and Beckett find something even greater.

Early season 4- Castle's having trouble with the women in his life, who does he tell his troubles to? Kate Beckett of course. Just a light fun story. (Now Edited)

He has always been there, her rock. Now it is Kate's turn to care for him. When the unthinkable happens, Kate's love and loyalty are put to the ultimate test. Note the rating change to M please. Although, with the M comes the fluff!

Castle/Beckett. It's been six months since they closed the case. Five & a half since he brought her to the Hamptons for the first time. Five since he kissed her for the first time that counted. One week since the trial that ended with a guilty verdict. COMPLETE.

Kate was only looking to spend time with her son at the park, but what found her there was a chance to meet the man that saved her years ago. AU. 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.

When Castle's life is threatened, Kate makes the choice to leave everything behind to go after her mother's murderer. Two years later, she returns. But will Castle take her back? Or has too much time passed? AU

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.

When life as they know it falls apart for Rick & Kate, will they be able to move beyond the pain and find their way back to each other? See how the entire Castle "family" might be different if Kate had gone with Rick to the Hamptons in the end of S.2 AU

Castle gets his revenge on Beckett. Sequel to my earlier fic "Cuffed Castle". Sorry for the long delay in posting this fic. THANK YOU to every one who has left awesome reviews, favourited and alerted my fic, it means a lot to me.

Kate wants to be more. She wants to spend time with her dad and revive old father-daughter traditions. That was the plan anyway, until he ends up in the hospital two days before Christmas. Lucky for her, Castle is always by her side in times of need. COMPLETE

Post 47 seconds, but going AU: Castle feels alone, and unworthy. In the days after finding out Beckett's secret, he is blindsided by another revelation in his life, and turns to the only person he wants to believe he can trust, despite recent events.

Castle decided to write James Bond instead of Nikki Heat and so our Detective and Writer went their separate ways. Three years latter they run into each other again. Where do they go from there?

In which a flimsy excuse gives Castle four whole Saturdays of Beckett-time, leading a friendship to deepen and the embers of love to kindle.

Castle and Kate make a Christmas party bet at Remy's. Christmas Castle/Beckett fluff. Now COMPLETE!

Kate Beckett can't move on with her life until the wall around her heart crumbles. For some, it might be an insurmountable task, but for her, with Castle at her side, anything is possible. They just have to bring it down brick by brick.

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.

Nine months ago she gave him up at the behest of his daughter - choosing to break herself in order to free him. As dumb ideas go it's the worst one ever. ***Finalist for 'Best Romance' in the 2012 Castle Fan Fiction Awards.***

Episode-fic set in late season 4. The case of a body drowned in paint causes Beckett to re-evaluate Castle's place on her team and in her life. Complete.

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.

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

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

A reworking of the finale. Spoilers through 3x24 "Knockdown". Coauthored with WonderTwinC.

"I'm so sorry. For everything. The things I said to you were awful, and if I could take them all back I would. I am sorry for hurting you because you don't do that to the people you… care about." Implied Caskett. Rated T for some strong language.

A stressful weekend for Castle and Beckett.

A continuation of Dangerous Game. Highly recommended that you read that first. Beckett tries to figure out where she wants things to go with Castle. Meanwhile, a serial killer fixates on Beckett.

Kate Beckett goes to rescue a very drunk Richard Castle on New Years Eve. No adult content but I hope a bit of humour. Feedback would be appreciated, I'm such a feedback junkie : COMPLETE