Of all the pages he'd ever penned, of all the words he'd ever written, these anonymous letters to an ink and paper woman—all shadow and mystery and fragile allure—might prove more extraordinary than anything that came before. AU

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.

A sequel to Living is Easy and Living Out in the Snow. Castle, Beckett, and the kids at the cabin. My Castle Summer Hiatus 2016 Ficathon entry. As always, this is intended to fit with canon.

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.

A small series of vignettes to fill in those seven years between the kitchen and the kids. Post ep for 8x22. One shot. Complete.

Sequel to Medical Attention: Balancing life in a blended family can be hard enough, but when a pipe dream becomes a reality, can they survive with all pieces intact? (Beautiful cover art courtesy of Nadia) *2015 Castle Summer Ficathon*

AU. Two years after model Grace Beckett uses her twin sister, Kate's, name in a one-night-stand with mystery novelist Richard Castle, things get complicated when the real Kate Beckett brings Castle in for questioning in a murder.

Set about two years into the future (hypothetical season 10), apperception is having a full understanding of an event because of the conditions that inspire it. A story roughly prompted by tumblr's one-writer-girl: "Beckett tries to win them back."

She'd been overwhelmed by it, that instant rush of love. That desire to envelop the girl and never let her go, to protect her and shelter her from the awful things she'd seen already in her short life. She hadn't carried Samara for nine months – she hasn't carried a child at all yet – but she understands now. She gets it. - Part of the Pictures of Us series.

"We make choices but are constantly foiled by happenstance." A random event causes Beckett to rethink her strategy. Spoilers through 8x05 The Nose.

"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.

[S8.] Part of him wants to turn to his side, as if Kate's still there, show her how cute it is, wheedle a little about the loft feeling quiet without Martha. And then he remembers how much quieter the loft's gotten, and that he's walking down the street with the taste of coffee in his mouth, but his stride's grown longer and slower again without her to keep his pace.

How far can you travel to find what is gone? AU after Boom (2x18).

Set between 1x10 and 2x01, based on the accompanying image. "So she orders him coffee to back her optimism with something concrete, and then she takes a seat at the bar along the window and she waits. Her eyes are trained on the pillowy soft heart of white foam she asked the barista to create on the surface of his cappuccino when she hears a familiar tap on the glass." COMPLETE

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

Kate arrives at the loft for an impromptu visit and she comes bearing news. A Season 6 AU that picks up after the beginning of 6x01, Valkyrie.

"When his wife was at his side, she was also in front of him, marking out the horizon of his life. Now the horizon is empty: the view has changed." - an AU ep insert for Reckoning. Co-fic with closingdoors. Character death warning.

A cowardly betrayal leaves Rick Rodgers and Kate Beckett fighting for their lives. Can they learn to rely on the other; will it lead to something more? What happens when they return from exile and the world learns the truth? A/U. Complete. Giant hugs to who've taken a chance on this story and followed to the end. Which is just a beginning...

AU. Based on prompt from Tumblr- Castle is Beckett's physical therapist. When he had read "stabbed in the back", he had imagined a punk of a kid who had gotten on the wrong side of the law, not a gorgeous young woman from a well off family sporting a Stanford sweatshirt. A story in three parts.

"Seeing isn't believing. Believing is seeing." An AU story for Christmas.

"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.

"He's nervous, sitting on the edge of their bed, waiting for her to emerge from the bathroom. Her gift is lying on his lap and he's worrying the ribbon with his fingers, wanting it to look perfect." Written as a Birthday gift for lousiemcdoogle.

"It's really nothing," he winces, "except it's something and, okay, I need your help." #ThankYouTerri

I'm the apple that didn't fall far from the tree. I barely rolled further than the roots. AU-ish Future Fic

'Agreeing to drinks with him was probably a bad idea.' What if an AU twist had been taken in the alternative universe? Insert for 7x06, The Time Of Our Lives.

An AU twist on 7x04, Child's Play. Complete.

'She has so much to say to him, so much she wants him to know, but how would she find the words? How would she find the courage' An AU oneshot set in the summer after Beckett's shooting. Birthday fic for ournorthstars.

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.

Sequel to 'heart so helpless'. Castle and Beckett's struggles to overcome their past, the murders, and the mess they left behind. Cover art by half0utloud. COMPLETE.

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.

kairos (ancient Greek) - (n) the perfect, delicate, crucial moment; the fleeting rightness of time and place that creates the opportune atmosphere for action, words, or movement; the time of possibility. COMPLETE

The beat changed long ago - something driving that rattles the floor and echoes in her bones - but still they sway, caught up in the moment. In each other. *Smells Like Teen Spirit post ep*

An AU summer fic, set between seasons two and three. The Hamptons trip doesn't work out, and Castle comes back to the city in time to score himself an invitation to Beckett's camping trip. Entry for the Winter Ficathon 13/14.

He knew he shouldn't. She was married to another man. "Well, there was this one woman." He began anyway. "She was a cop; but she got hurt and left the city. I never heard from her again." Future!fic.

"She has been at the twelfth only two weeks but already she knows who her partner is." Based on a pre-show Esposito/Beckett theory, their story told in three parts, before Castle and hope and any source of light at all. Co-written with Eleantris. COMPLETE.

Post-ep for 6x04. Beckett voices her disapproval about Emma being Castle's supposed "number one fan" as she helps tend to the bruise from the shooting. One-shot.

They haven't spoken in three days. Not since the night they'd shouted at each other over the phone, the two hundred miles of earth between them fracturing, a chasm spreading wide and threatening to swallow them whole.

"He gravitates toward the back corner, hidden from the view of the window and bathed in darkness. There's only one other person in the back, curled up into a chair, winter boots on the ground so that her stocking feet are tucked under her legs." :: For the Morgans.

Your first step is always panic.

A Castle/Beckett baby fic. "He'll never lie and say that he didn't picture it sometimes, Kate with a swollen stomach, glowing. He knows she's imagined it too. He's seen the deep flush of her cheeks late at night when he catches her daydreaming." Cover art by houghtonsbeckett. COMPLETE.

"On the day Tony turns five, he comes to live in a house with a wrap-around porch and a big, leafy rhododendron bush and a soccer goal right in the front yard." AU. Eventual Tiva, McAbby, Jibbs.

AU. Lethal, hard-edged assassin Kate Beckett is hired to kill the handsome, best-selling author Richard Castle. But when everything's not as it should be, and feelings get muddled along the way, can she really think of him as just another paper target? Cover art by houghtonsbeckett. COMPLETE.

When DiNozzo Senior's health takes a hit Tony finds out about long-kept secrets and lies. His life begins to change as his two families collide, and he battles with who he wants to be versus the man he seems destined to become. DiNozzo family and T/Z.

"I thought you'd be angrier at me." A "Hunt" post-ep, one-shot

"He had worried about her." Set in the future.

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

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.

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.

She's been struggling to find the words for months, to tell him how much she loves and adores him, how happy he makes her. How she feels like a whole person when she's with him. How he fills the empty places inside her chest with his love and his smiles.

If she hadn't said yes, they wouldn't have kissed. Alternate Universe. Picks up immediately after Cops and Robbers.

Future-Caskett. Their lives through the eyes of their child, Amelia Castle. "Look how strong you're being about your Mom being asleep for so long, and how much of a good big sister you're being to Atticus. I love you, Amelia. You're so special. You know that, don't you?" COMPLETE.

In the aftermath of the plane crash, Mark grieves.

He pretends that everything is going to be okay and he isn't going to die right along with her.

Or the four times they were inexplicably tardy, and the one time they might have caught the early worm. Kind of. T/Z. For dinutzzo, youreverydayninja, and romantically-dysfunctional.

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

Because even though people change, old habits are still devastatingly hard not to stumble back into. T/Z. Future!fic.

Kate wakes up in a strange bed, but not with a stranger. Post-THE LIMEY.

A one-shot I wrote, about something that might of happened if Lexie hadn't died in the plane crash.

12 years after the accident, Mark explains the beauty of who Lexie is and was to his 13 year old daughter Sofia. One-shot

Post 9x24 - Her hand is still holding his.

Set immediately after 3x22: Neighborhood Watch. It takes 21 days to form a habit – as Kensi and Deeks find out, or do they? One shot.

"Mom said he used to cry over me, but that was before he lost her. I guess nothing else seems important after you lose the love of your life." 16 years after the plane crash, Lexie Grey still has not been forgotten. Sofia POV. One-shot. M/L, C/A.

Set sometime during the crash; Lexie is near dying, trapped beneath part of the plane. "And you'll kiss me and tell me you love me, even after I've gone?" Mark/Lexie; One-shot.

He doesn't know what to do with all the left over emotion. Anger and relief. Sheer joy and terrible, aching fear. Season Three AU. Complete.

She leaned forward to press the emergency stop, but Tony's fingers shot out with surprising alacrity, closing around her wrist as if he had been anticipating her move all along. "Can't," he said simply. "Got a job to do." T/Z, Tags 9x21's Rekindled.

Post-ep for Headhunters. Beckett stops by Castle's loft to fix some things, both skin deep and otherwise.

She can't believe their moment is going to happen here, in a hospital room, when she can't even reach out to stop him. Slight Spoilers for 4x21.

Fracture: the separation of an object or material into two or more pieces under the action of stress. Post-ep for 47 Seconds.

She thought she was done with her father's lies, until a witness with Tali's face hurls herself into Ziva's arms and turns her world upside down. But the reunion may be short-lived as danger and family secrets lurk in the shadows. Whole team/case fic, NOW COMPLETE! I got FF to add Tali D. to the Character List because I think her stories deserve to be told too! :)

"This might make their partnership blow up in his face." Tagged to Psych Out: Tony goes to Ziva's apartment and finds something that surprises him. Tiva angst, semi-smut.

They've been trapped in this windowless room for three hours, but have faith that Gibbs will find them. While they wait, Tony and Ziva talk about the present, their future, and what it means to be a father. T/Z established. One-shot.

Where his touch had ignited the fire that first night, his eyes kept it smoldering, slow and steady, day after day, just waiting for the right moment to burst into flames again. Mark/Lexie, season 5 and beyond.

He's hurt; she thinks she can help. Takes place some time during S4, after Cuffed. Happy unbirthday, Laura! I love you.

And I won't feel a thing.

"Marriage proposal's a sacred thing. If a guy tells you he's gonna do it, you hold that close…" Just how did that conversation go between Tony and Ray? Part of my Dealer's Choice series, Tags 9x14's 'A Desperate Man.'

"I wasn't expecting you tonight," Ziva said conversationally, settling beside him on the couch. Tony smirked. "And just where did you think I'd be?" Tags 9x15's Secrets. Dealer's choice: partnership/friendship or love. *TECHNICAL PROBLEMS NOW FIXED*

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

As she dies, Alicia Ryan leaves Tony a parting gift; the daughter he's never known. Determined he can't be a father, it's up to his team, his true family, to prove that he's capable of raising three-year-old Penny. Tiva and McAbby

When he stopped to think about it, Mark supposed he had always been searching for that other half of himself: in sex, in surgery, in a million other different pursuits… But he never thought he'd actually find it. Not until he met her, that is.

Tony sometimes thought of the progress in his relationship with Ziva in tectonic terms. They moved together with agonizing slowness, until a burst of seismic activity either smashed them together or ripped them apart. They're due for another quake. T/Z.

"Do you really consider me to be in your life?" The words are softly spoken, but they carry across to the edges of the bullpen where Gibbs leans in the shadows... Tags 9x12's final Tiva scene, extending a few minutes more and through Gibbs' POV.

"It was essentially the basic Properties of Equality. Her dad was important to Kate; Alexis was important to her Dad; therefore, Alexis was important to Kate." Two-shot, Kate x Alexis family fluff with some Caskett to taste set sometime after 04x07.

She hates Christmas. He wants to change that. Just a little one-shot. Because who wouldn't like to see Deeks barefoot, wrapped in Christmas lights?

"More than anything lying to Kensi was something he'd never wanted to do." A look at possible events pre and post 3x10, "The Debt" from Deeks' POV. One shot, Kensi/Deeks.

The completion of Tony's entire bucket list, starting after Engaged and spanning a lifetime. Everything from angst and death to humor and love. Strong Tiva but all beloved characters get screen-time. My favorite writing experience to date; Now Complete!

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

Pre-ep kind of? for Killshot. Beckett gives Castle another bit of back story. TW: mental illness, and one brief mention of self-harm/suicide

by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles. AU. Assuming all things are equal, the watch is for the life she saved; the ring is for the life she lost; but the bracelet is for the life she misses. SPOILERS for Boom! from Season Two. COMPLETE

Ziva is adrift; having trouble finding her footing in the rocky waves. Then, Tony helps her with her English as a way to get back to what they had before Somalia. The night doesn't end there and the past comes rushing back; painful and demanding.

Quick one shot based on Adele's "Someone Like You". K/D.

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.

What really happened undercover, after Somalia, and during Christmas. Two people who just weren't supposed to happen.

She knows it's not the fall that hurts but the sudden stop at the end. For her, the descent is no less terrible than the crash. But at the bottom, at the end, she realizes there is no place to go but up. So she rises. Now complete, with epilogue.

JJ and Will have found themselves drifting apart.

Post-finale. Castle tries to put the pieces back together.

"Always," means always, no matter what. Kate learns that Richard Castle is willing to be in her life, however she'll have him, and eventually, she realizes just how much of her everything he has become.

A series of events that bring Kensi and Deeks closer. Rated for themes, nothing explicit. Chapter 8 is rated M.

My take on how episode 7x18 should play out for Mark and Lexie. *SPOILER ALERT!

A series of moments from Tony's future. Emotional rollercoaster warning for the good, the bad, the tragic and the joyful. Tiva.

Lexie Grey left Seattle five years ago following her break-up with Mark Sloan. Now she's coming home for Christmas. AU following 6x11. Mark/Lexie

"The magazine in his hand is mostly just for show; he hasn't read a word and he wishes he was watching her laugh from across the table rather than from across the room." Mark/Lexie. Spoilers for That's Me Trying

There is no way he's going to be able to do this - he can't... But as soon as he turns to exit as speedily as he entered, the doors shut in his face. He is, in a word, trapped. - McSlexie, Season 6 Episode 13

"Yet another reason why she never ventures into the suburbs. Bad things happen here." Jeanne, seven years later. Tiva.

- She doesn't get the loss of love. She doesn't get that he stays with her, sleeps in the same bed and can't even hold her. - AU: Sloan and her baby died in L.A. and Mark withdraws from Lexie. Set post 6.10-6.11. Pairing: Mark/Lexie.

Lexie follows Alex to Joe's, but she's not so sure she should be following Alex anymore. One-shot; Lexie/Alex, Lexie/Mark. Spoilers for all aired episodes.

She wants him. And when she tells him this, he looks at her with cold eyes and replies, "You want the pain to go away." Very strong T. Lexie/Jackson, with mentions of Mark/Lexie.

Then tell me later. When you are ready and not because you think you are going to die. Because you are not dying." Tiva. General season 7 spoilers, nothing major. Angst with a fluff chaser.

Ziva develops a new Hebrew nickname for Tony, and he is just dying to know what it means. Tony/Ziva.

Gibbs gets an emergency call in the middle of the night about one of his agents, and gets a surprise at the scene.

For the first time, Lexie felt like she was completely and truly being seen, and it felt good, no, it felt great.

Breathing lessons in a bathroom. Post-episode for 6.17.

He watches her vigorously, her eyes cemented to his, but neither reacts, they just keep staring, waiting for the other to call this ridiculous game quits. / lexie/mark; one-shot post: perfect little accident rated T for language.

-- Lexie’s in your senses, caught on the edges of love that 3 a.m. and a raised temperature are making you miss like hell. -- One shot set post 6.15; spoilers up to 6.14. Characters: Mark, Lexie, Arizona; Pairing: Mark/Lexie.

post-time warp. "I think you wanted her to be more than she was ready to be. I think it was easier for her to leave than to disappoint you, because you're the kind of person no one ever wants to disappoint." lexie/mark, one-shot.

What do you do when you’ve been banned from sex for six weeks? You play scrabble of course. Then you watch some late night infomercials. Then you drink vodka. Then somehow you end up in lock up. It all keeps your mind off sex. Supposedly. Mark/Lexie

But you're the expert at being gone in the morning." A careless remark during an argument brings up a conversation Tony and Ziva should have had a year ago. One shot.

Takes place right where “I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked” leaves off. Lexie confronts Mark about the mistakes they both made. Mark/Lexie

post-6.12 - Her body's trembling and she's not certain if he's aware of what he's doing to her as the force of his kiss causes her to fall backwards, back pushed flat against the bed, her arms circling his neck. - mark/lexie / one-shot

What happens after Mark comes back from Los Angeles? What will Lexie do when he tells her his true feelings? Mark/Lexie

mark/lexie -- It’s her eyes that kill him, that knock him backwards. Sometimes, he finds himself gasping for breath, because just looking at her is like an unfair sucker punch. -- one shot/drabble.

Lexie/Mark --- post-Blink. "Because you’re being unreasonable and he’s a wreck and he’s kind of my best friend. And also because Meredith isn’t sure Mexico can support your drinking habit if you keep up at this rate.” one-shot

What do you do when the love of your life falls apart? Tony and Ziva have been friends since whenever forever started. After one summer Ziva comes home; completely broken. Angst and love and heartbreak and backwards heartbreak.

It's Christmas. Ziva is pregnant and Tony doesn't know, doesn't even remember their one night. She is heartbroken and cradles her swollen baby belly as she tells him on Christmas Eve. Bit of angst, bit of love, whole lot of Christmas spirit.

Four Times Mark Says 'I Love You' and One Time He Doesn't.

Ziva's disappeared, Tony's keeping his mouth shut, and Gibbs is full of suspicion. How will Tony's choices impact the two most important relationships he has?

The team gets their groove back. TIVA in a major way. Spoilers through Aliyah. Season 7 wishful thinking.

It's the game they play to undress their history. Mark/Lexie. Drabble.

Alternate title: The Dublin Mudslide Incident. A frantic Lexie decides to start on a diet, making Mark miserable in the process. In the end, it's up to him to set things right. Takes place between 5.20 and 5.22.

Mark contemplates his feelings for Lexie. Lexie opens up to Mark. Two ficlets. Pairing: Mark/Lexie.

While reviewing security footage, Abby and McGee stumble upon something Tony and Ziva have been keeping to themselves. TIVA fluff. Rated T to be safe.

A set of ficlets written for a Mark and/or Lexie Drabble-a-Thon on LiveJournal. Alex/Lexie, George/Lexie, and two Mark/Lexie pieces, concerning mistakes, things coming full circle, a onesie, and the color red.

You wonder how your differences became so damned irreconcilable. Future fic set a few years post Season 5. A lawyer's office in Seattle. Pairing: Mark/Lexie. One shot.

Mark convinces himself he has doubts about his relationship with Lexie and acts on them. One shot. Pairing: Mark/Lexie

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. A collection of Mark/Lexie vignettes based on the common experiences, events, and feelings in life.

Past and present vacations and the experience of love. One shot. Slight spoiler for episode 5.16. Pairing: Mark/Lexie.

Tony and Ziva finally cross the line—it doesn’t happen like Ziva thought it would. Tony/Ziva fluff.

Tony hates Valentine's Day, Gibbs sees his team splintering, Ziva reaches a crossroads, and the future doesn't turn out like anyone expected. Angsty Tiva four shot. AU post "Bounce." Winner of "Best AU/Other" for 2009 LJ Awards.

Ziva. Gibbs. Basement, bourbon, boat. A load of questions and answers that don’t look like answers. Tiva.

He shakes his head as a moment of realisation, a moment of clarity brought to him by the night hits. She's laying in their bed, all snug and warm, swimming in one of his Yankees shirts ... McFluff central, rated for language

Lexie Grey was one of those girls who actually did enjoy the cliches. Those feelings came to a head on Valentine's Day. Mark/Lexie

Post episode 5.14. Lexie gently dismantles a cliché and tells Mark why she loves him. Pairing: Mark/Lexie.

There's a lot you know about how you should and shouldn't feel but that rarely affects reality. A look at the father/daughter relationship between an alcoholic Thatcher and Lexie. Implied Slexie. One-shot.

He knows relating love back to card games is within every parameter of the word insane but she's his Queen of Spades and he can't decide whether to back out now and lick his wounds or go after every single heart in the deck. Mark/Lexie

A one-shot set at Christmas, based on the promo where Mark told Lexie "No one can know." Lexie has enough and Mark works out his feelings. Pairing: Mark/Lexie; Characters: Mark, Lexie, Callie, Derek.

Updated: “So you still don’t want to be my friend?” she asks, slightly breathless, and Mark can’t help but laugh. Lexie/Mark

Just a Mark/Lexie piece; picks up where All By Myself left off.

Christmases haven't always treated Mark Sloan very well, but this one could be different. Lexie/Mark

It’s nice, sometimes, to be noticed. And George, for all his charm and smiles, doesn't notice her. Not the way she wants him to. Mark/Lexie oneshot

Sometimes a hat is just a hat, even though it changes your whole life. Shules.

[Complete] Going in a different direction after Say Something. Another way our favorite couple could have gotten back together.