What if Kate had taken Castle up on that "debriefing" after their first case? Would that have been the end of them? Or would the writer simply have uncovered more clues to inspire him within the beautiful puzzle that was Detective Kate Beckett?

Castle takes Beckett to Hawaii. Sometime during season 6. Title is from The Weepies' lovely song "Painting by Chagall."

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.

One-shot set during season 1 after "Little Girl Lost." Beckett wants a rematch. Castle wants drinks.

Your first step is always panic.

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.

Verbal sparring, innuendoes, and late-night snacks. Enough said.

Modern medicine can't heal all wounds, and neither can time. Castle helps Beckett accept what can't be changed.

Post-ep for 5x20's The Fast and The Furriest.

The late summer breeze is a gentle hum and she relishes in the change of air in Napa, less humid and easier to take in like nothing matters but the grapes and atmosphere. The wine is a pleasant thrum throughout her body, lips moist with remnants of blackberry and chocolate, cedar and cassis.

The last time Castle regained consciousness, he was just grateful to be alive. Now, that other world dances technicolor at the edges of his dark reality.

Post-ep for "Linchpin." Kate is tired of lies. She wants to give.

Five glimpses in moonlight. Written for Julie.

Pre-ep/post-ep for 100th Episode, The Lives of Others. Spoilers for a handful of Hitchock movies, though hopefully not too bad.

He had always loved her hair... Oneshot, future!fic. Mindless fluff.

post-ep for 'Wild Rover' aka Ryan's Ep. Spoilers for Target/Hunt, obliquely for Significant Others, and a smattering of Richard Castle novels.

future Caskett, possibly season 6ish. for bones35, whose really wanted it to be a heart on that note. references to Cops and Robbers and Always.

"She tells herself that there's nothing wrong with a night out. Nothing wrong with wanting to cheer her partner up, right? But there probably is something wrong with the way her pulse is racing at just the memory of his eyes on her across the desk." AU post-ep for 3x18 One Life to Lose. Two shot.

"Fan of the genre, remember?" Beckett does some light reading in bed.

A short piece on observation - Castle's observation of Beckett, and hers of him. No real spoilers but perhaps oblique reference to Significant Others. Happy Castle-less Monday (sigh).

The night life at Kate Beckett's apartment. Written for the tumblr anon who asked for a bedtime story.

But now, watching her slumped against the wide door, her eyes closed and a trembling hand held to her lips - Now she sees. Understands. Martha is just as human, just as breakable, as the rest of them. *Post ep for Hunt*

In the end, we'll all end up at room temperature. "Hunt" post-ep.

Castle is writing and forgets to call Beckett. (Spoilers through Significant Others, spoilers for Frozen Heat)

post-ep for Reality Star Struck; Castle's second attempt at gift-giving.