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

A collection of Caskett one shots.

3x14, the little black dress.

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.

'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.

She really hates her training officer. Three shot. AU.

"You're the one who made a bet with the boys, a bet you roped me into without my permission, and now we're stuck in a cemetery on Halloween." Set early season 2. #CastleHalloweenBash

'"Sorry to disturb you, Captain," Castle quips, his throat working through a rough swallow while his eyes roam down the length of her body laid out on the couch where she's been spending most of her nights, lingering on her legs. "Well, not too sorry actually."' Castle comes across Beckett lounging in her office. Episode insert for 8x04, What Lies Beneath.

"I was thinking, we should start a new tradition," he muses, flipping open one of the cardboard flaps. "For every time we save each other's life. You know, since it's becoming quite a habit for us." Inspired by events from 8x03, PhDead.

'No matter what she chooses, she'll lose either way, but she still chooses him.' With a new serial killer on the loose, the team must race against the clock to bring him down. But circumstances of the case threaten to tear Castle and Beckett apart. A co-authored story by bravevulnerability and Oliviet.

[Early-mid S6ish. No spoilers.] Sheltered here against the harshness and abrasion of the city, the job, the whole world, she finds the dark doesn't reach her quite as easily.

'Kate jerks up from her seat, ready to do damage, to make Vulcan Simmons pay, but before she can even dig her hands into his shirt and fling him against the wall, Castle already has him by the neck.' A twist on 3x13, Knockdown.

A story about two people falling in love. Lots of fluff at first, then I get teasing. Eventual Rizzles. Will try to have a crime every few chapters but I am more focused on the development of their characters and relationship. Rated M for future content.

'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.

'New York was bracing for a hurricane and Kate Beckett was terribly ill prepared. But she was even less prepared to see Richard Castle again after a summer of silence.' Set late in the summer, post season 2.

"Do we have time for me to help you get dressed?" he murmurs, lips glancing the curve of her bare shoulder. Kate shifts in the circle of his arms, rotating to face him, to cup his cheeks in her hands like she had only moments before in his office. "We have time." Insert for 7x23, Hollander's Woods.

'Her hand flies to his forehead before she even realizes what she's doing, but his damp skin and fevered flesh steal her attention from the meaning behind her unplanned touch and that familiar worry uncoils from its hiding place inside her stomach.' In which a cold tests the boundaries of Castle and Beckett's partnership. Season 4 AU.

'Just another job, that's all Richard Castle would ever be. Maybe if she repeated it enough, she would actually believe it.' Based on a gifset by veraflynns on tumblr.

'Her heart is exploding in her chest, beating against her heaving ribcage with bruising intensity, pumping adrenaline through her veins. So hard and fast, she almost doesn't notice the blood.' Brief insert for 7x23, Hollander's Woods.

'He finds Kate Beckett standing in the middle of her small kitchen, an umbrella opened over her head, her entire body soaked in the water that's breaching her ceiling and coming down hard on her and everything she owns.' Inspired by a prompt from castlefanficprompts. Two shot. AU.

'It's been a couple of hours, but his mind is still stuck on the picture of her flirting with Danny Valentine.' An episode insert for 7x22, Dead From New York.

"You should know by now that you and beds are a very distracting combo." Castle and Beckett go shopping for new bedding. Pre-ep for 7x18, At Close Range.

Castle and Beckett return to the shooting range for some practice. Insert for 7x17, Hong Kong Hustle.

'He's been coming to her library for over a month now and she likes him, really likes him.' An AU that explores the meeting of a burdened librarian and a struggling writer. Three shot.

'It was never supposed to go this far; he was never supposed to become more than a kind man bringing a recovering gunshot victim her mail, was never supposed to become more.' AU.

'It wouldn't be the first time she fell apart with the image of him flashing behind her closed eyelids, the illusion of his touch on her skin enough to send her shattering. Just the first time she allowed it to happen when she knew he didn't want her back.' An alternative ending to 4x20, the Limey.

'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.

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

'Kate surges forward, not taking but offering her mouth to him, offering him everything. But he denies her.' AU to 4x23, Always.

'This isn't an adventure, it isn't fun. It's a nightmare. They're being hunted like foxes and there is no other option, no way to fight, to win. They can only run.' An AU twist on 6x22, Veritas. For Nadia.

'He had weaseled his way into her case and eventually, needling her for information while dangling his own in front of her had led them to an agreement, an even trade that turned into so much more.' An AU spin on Castle's time working as a private investigator.

'"There's no one else I'd rather be snowed in with," he teases, his lips grazing the chilled shell of her ear, curling into a grin when a shudder that he doubts is from the cold clambers down her spine, but the words couldn't be more true.' Castle and Beckett weather the storm together. Set early season 4.

'Maybe this night can be salvaged after all.' Episode insert for 7x12, 'Private Eye, Caramba'

"Okay, Castle. Remind me how it feels when we work together." An insert for 7x11, Castle P.I.

'Discouraging a very doped up Kate Beckett from doing anything other than what she wants is no small feat.' A season 4 insert of sorts set between 4x16, Linchpin, and 4x17, Once Upon A Crime.

A drunken Kate Beckett is not what he had expected for Christmas, but he's not complaining. A season 2 AU holiday oneshot.

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

'It's been months since Montgomery's funeral, since the gunshot, since the damning diagnosis after she awoke from surgery. ' An alternate ending to 'Knockout' that changes everything. AU.

A single chance meeting can change everything. AU. Cover art by ournorthstars.

"Stick around for next year, Beckett. You can be Pocahontas," he teases, nudging her with his elbow. "Not even in your dreams, Castle." An AU Thanksgiving oneshot set post 2x18 (Boom!)

"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.

'If she expected him to hold even an ounce of concentration after she walked out of the bathroom dressed head to toe in black, she's sadly mistaken.' Episode insert for 7x07.

'It wasn't the same, but when Richard Castle looks at her, there's a hint of that breath stealing longing she had seen all those months ago when a different version of the same man had waltzed into her life claiming to be her partner.' 7x06 AU. Oneshot.

'The strangled mewing sound that escapes the caving cardboard has her stopping in her tracks a mere step before she can reach him and she watches as Castle lowers the box to the ground, rising again with a tiny bundle of fur in his arms.' Post 7x06. Oneshot.

'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.

'He hadn't come expecting to find anyone interesting, he never does when he ends up in one of these clubs, but the requirement of masks, the promise of unknown identities and costumed anonymity for a night had appealed to him.' An AU meeting on Halloween night. Entry for the #CastleHalloweenBash.

'If she could cry, her tears would fall to his cheeks, mingle with the blood staining his skin and the cemetery grass, but the sobs that build in her throat are dry, soundless, and she knows there's no other choice.' AU. An entry for the #CastleHalloweenBash

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

[7x03-inspired one shot.] She thinks he quite deserves a present of his own. Presents need wrapping. Presents like to be unwrapped.

'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.

'She wants to welcome him home in an entirely different way.' One shot based on a sneak peek for 7x03, Clear and Present Danger.

'Tomorrow they'll pretend this never happened. They'll go back to normal and part of her hates that more than the idea of things changing.' Season one AU. Oneshot.

It's been nearly four years since the last time he heard her voice. AU. Oneshot.

[Sequel to 'Contact.'] "She lets his coat fall." Castle makes good on his promises during a weekend away. Complete.

'He read that body heat helps in these situations.' Season 4 AU.

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

"There will be a later, there will be plenty of time to do everything she's ever dreamed of with him, but now – right now she just wants him." A continuation of the 'Always' deleted scene.

[Post "47 Seconds." Long one-shot.] Castle and Beckett have a long-overdue heart to heart with many miles between them.

"Breathe, Castle," she instructs, calm despite the erratic beat of her heart. "Just breathe for me." Based on a tumblr prompt.

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.

Because technically they've been "dating" since long before they decided to make it official. A series of one-shots of all of Castle and Beckett's non-dates.

"She did what she had to do. She knows that unequivocally. And no matter the cost, she'd do it again. Because the life she took, saved someone else. It wasn't even a choice. It was the only choice." 2x13 Sucker Punch oneshot.

Castle had always raved about the zombie apocalypse, spoke of it as if it would be some compelling adventure. It wasn't.

"I know I'm who you think of when the moon is up and the night is late and that will always be enough." One shot.

[1x07 AU. Written for Summer Kink Meme '14] Beckett intends to teach Castle a lesson after he bests her at the firing range. Things don't go quite according to plan.

"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.

A sequel to shimmeryshine's story "Sugar, we're going down." In which Kate Beckett gets hers. Oneshot.

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.

They meet again in the hospital. AU. Cover art by half0utloud.

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.

"No, it's… okay. It's okay. I'm… glad you're okay." A post-ep/AU of cops and robbers, co-written by tombombadillo and closingdoors.

Castle's brilliant idea - "act drunk" - is not cutting it. She makes a mental note never to listen to him again. Ever. About anything. - fill for the winter hiatus kink meme.

Deleted/alternate/extra scenes for "How Many Ways To Say I Love You". Super M. Not every chapter, but still.

Post-Ep for 4x10: 'Cuffed'. 'Her body is buzzing with energy, pure adrenalin still racing through her veins, when Castle dumps her own handcuffs into the box of belongings she's currently holding, giving her a loaded look that she's too keyed up to decipher when she slowly drags her eyes up to meet his.'

In Beckett's 'Hierarchy of Needs' after coffee, food and shelter came justice then security. Fashionable boots definitely had a tier but falling head over heels in love did not. She wanted a relationship she could contain. Post-ep for Food to Die For. Now Complete.

[AU somewhere in S3 post-3x17.] Beckett discovers what Castle is made of: big things and little things and silly things, and maybe a bit of magic too.

Based in a world where there was no Caskett doorway scene at the end of Always. Instead, that night ended with friendship and John Woo movies. Would Meredith's visit during Alexis' illness push Castle and Beckett together or break them apart for good? Winter Ficathon 13/14. Prompt one.

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.

'She missed this. The effortless banter, the smiling, him. Never had she imagined how empty her life would become without him.' One shot. A post ep of sorts for 4x07. COMPLETE.

Just a take on what would happen if Jane and Maura met prior to working together. Jane is damaged after her dealings with Hoyt. This is AU. Show storylines and characters are altered for the story. Rated M as some chapters will contain adult content.

'Her head was spinning, and not just because of the needle that had been plunged into the side of her neck.' Castle and Beckett wake up stranded in her car after being abducted, and while waiting for a ride back to the city, one thing leads to another. Set during 3x09.

'She was stressed, really stressed, and he knew better than to try and lighten her mood with lame jokes or a warm cup of coffee.' Fill for the 2013 winter hiatus kink meme.

He can't help but think of T.S. Eliot at times like this.

'He was simply a last resort, someone to brainstorm with. That was all.' Beckett stops by the loft seeking Castle's thoughts on their case. Set in the middle of 1x05.

Set in the middle of 2x18 'Boom'. Because when Ellie says she wants to read smut, I can't quite seem to say no.

Castle is sick and Beckett breaks into his apartment looking for him. What will arise as she starts caring for the man who annoys her so? Set in Season 4. Fluff and smut with some character development. Now AU because of the finale. Finally Completed :

"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.

Spoilers: Smut insert for 6x06, inspired by Beckett's line: "I'll come by later and try to cheer you up." COMPLETE

She's standing in front of the mirror in just her pajamas, neckline of her shirt pulled down with her right hand, index finger of her left tracing the raised circle of marred skin nestled between her breasts. Post-ep for 6x04 - Number One Fan.

"I'm not saying he was right." She points out, "Or that he was even from the future." A post post epi for 6.05 contains spoilers for the episode

"What was his problem? Did he have no sense of justice or morals whatsoever? He just let a killer free and all he could think about was boobs." An AU Castle/Beckett story.

'The problem, though, was that her staring had set him on fire. And he failed to find relief from the burn. ' Post 3x23. Two shot.

AU: Kate is going through a bad divorce. After a big fight one day, she decides to go for a run to sort out her emotions, having no idea who she was about to stumble upon.

'It was 3 a.m. and her body was thrumming almost painfully with a need only one person could fulfill. If only she would let him.' Set sometime after 3x22. One shot.

He unpacks while he waits. Unwinds the bubble wrap from a few knickknacks he himself wrapped and boxed six weeks ago. The delicate little bird on rocker legs, a silver paperweight in the shape of an asterisk, the parade of elephants that sat on her desk at the precinct for five years. *6x01 post-ep/scene filler* Complete*

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.'

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

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

"Castle." She breathes, her eyes dropping, roaming over his face, like she wants to devour him and she did say dessert. The sweet treat at the end of a meal, the soft, hard, hot, cold culmination of an evening spent in promise. He can think of no better word for what is about to transpire between them. M addition to All Good Things

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...

"Kate," he calls softly, his voice so gentle. "Look at me."

A series of unrelated one-shots.

Castle's surprise for their honeymoon. Roughly season 7 timeline.

Post-ep for S1 "Always Buy Retail." What Castle really, REALLY wants Beckett to do. Now a two-shot!

Kind of a follow-up to Significant Others. Two chapters. Kate gets sick.

A one shot set in early season five, a few weeks after Secret's Safe With Me. A gift for Aisling, who deserves immeasurably more than this. M rated.

M-rated chapters of Kiss Me, Castle. FMC means...EXPLETIVE DELETED Me, Castle.

Their bodies connect, hard and fast, the forward motion bringing them in close and they repel each other instantly. The two cups of coffee in his hands collide directly with her chest and Beckett lets out a yelp. One Shot Set Season Two during The Fifth Bullet.

AU from season 4, in which Castle doesn't let Beckett run from him over the summer she recovers from the shooting. "She is sand slipping through your fingers. You need to hold on for one moment more." COMPLETE.

Follow-up to 'Midnight Blue Yearning' now that baby Jackson is home. Fluff and nonsense. "She's rubbing vanilla-scented lotion into her hands and arms as she approaches, and Castle lifts his head from the book he's reading when he catches a waft of the delicious candy apple scent, trailing her with his eyes as she walks around the foot of the bed to her own side to climb in."

Beckett is diagnosed with brain cancer. Set one month after Always/After the Storm.

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.

A Colors story. M-Rated pregnancy fic. "She's standing by the window when he walks into the loft, sunlight gilding her body. The loose, white, summer dress falls in soft waves around her knees, her arms are crossed, a steaming cup of something hot in one hand, her wedding band gleaming; bright, brand new and hopeful." COMPLETE

Follow-up to 'The Thin Blue Line'. Takes place approx. six months later. "You her partner?" asks the brusque EMT, stopping to glance at your Kevlar midway through rattling off his assessment of Kate's condition to his co-worker, clearly missing the 'Writer' sign plastered on the front of your vest. "Husband. I'm her husband. And it's Kate. Her name is Kate." COMPLETE

Follow-up to 'You're The Cream in My Coffee'. Season 6 fluff. "So, Clear Blue? Or…or One Step, First Response, E.P.T.…? Castle, why are there so many of them?" you ask, looking at the plethora of pregnancy tests with something close to panic. "And what is this?" you ask, picking up yet another box. COMPLETE

Fluffy S6 one-shot. "This shirt with this skirt?" you snort, turning from side-to-side in front of the long mirror to get a better view of yourself. "Come on, Castle. You're a writer. Where's your originality?" "What?" he exclaims, laughing. "What's wrong with it? A little Angelina Jolie meets Dita von Teese never hurt anyone." COMPLETE

You're drifting. You know you are. You just... stopped caring.

Post-Cuffed fluff. Follow-up to 'The Little Blue Engine...' 'You slept soundly that first night, rocked to a peaceful slumber by the motion of the train. You woke early, the sun streaming in through the picture window of the sleeper car, the warm body of your partner molded around you, naked and so wonderful that you lay for ten whole minutes just smiling and staring...' COMPLETE

It's only the second time he's seen her legs and he's absolutely certain he wants to see more of them. Season 1.

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

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.

"Top or bottom?" you asked him, when you edged in through the door of your Amtrak Viewliner Bedroom compartment – the last one available on the train - your cheeks flushing at the intimacy you were about to share: a night alone together in the less than spacious confines of the sleeper cabin of a New York bound train." Post-Cuffed story.

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.

A babyfic for Mother's Day. The way Kate Beckett and Rick Castle have been tamed.

A 2x18 'Boom' fic. What if Kate's stay at Castle's loft had gone differently? "She can hear the sound of the tub filling already. His loft has excellent water pressure, naturally, evidenced by the thundering spray echoing throughout the tiled space, putting the drizzle from her own building's ancient, cranky plumbing to shame. Well, no need to worry about that anymore." COMPLETE

A short piece about the four days of surveillance that Agent Castle undertook before making contact with Detective Beckett. For Jessie - Happy Birthday!

They make everything a little sharper. Oneshot.

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

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.

(AU) When renowned novelist Richard Castle killed off his main character he hoped it would lead to something extraordinary and unpredictable. What he didn't expect was to find himself in danger, his life in the hands of a woman who guards her heart as closely as she guards her secrets.

"She was ridiculously gorgeous, that much was a fact. But there was something about her, he couldn't quite put his finger on what exactly, that made her stand out even more. He watched as her thumb caressed the cover of the book gently, and was startled to find sadness in her eyes for a moment." AU.

"Heads snap up, people spin in their direction, drinks slosh in glasses like a Carnival cruise liner pitching in a storm, and suddenly there is Kate Beckett, grabbing him by his silk necktie and parading him like some Roman sex slave across one end of his own living room." COMPLETE

Prompt based on the unfinished conversation between Castle & Beckett in the isolation tent during 3x16: 'Setup'. "… I wish that I had someone who would be there for me, and I could be there for him, and we could just dive in to it together," she says wistfully." What might have happened next it they hadn't been interrupted... COMPLETE

Based on a prompt: What if the crime in the alley scene in 'Always' had nothing to do with Kate's shooting or her mom's murder. And the John Woo marathon went ahead. Would Kate show up at the loft and what happens next? "His footfalls greet her like an approaching army, striking fear and terror, laced with excitement and something that feels suspiciously like arousal, within her."

He always had this vague, half-formed desire for a family with Kate Beckett. He just never expected it to happen like this. - for Laura. I hope you had an amazing birthday!

Four years can make a world of difference. AU.

Beckett and Castle ring in the New Year.

AU: Beckett is a uniform on the Vice squad at the 12th, five years before she and Castle actually meet in the show. Based on an idea of Cartographical - chezchuckles and I just liked it so much that we each wrote our own. Variations on the same theme, sort of.

an AU from Cartographical's list: What if Richard Castle was a spy? with special thanks to mjsofter for the cover art

Post-5x06. "You want more kids?" she asks, and it almost comes out like a criticism as she fights to hide her surprise. "Well, I'd like the option." And since that really only leaves the option of 'kids with Kate' hanging in the air, she does the only thing she can do, which is hop right over his declaration and keep on moving like it never happened. COMPLETE

Post epilogue: "You and I..." Kate murmurs darkly, "have unfinished business."

When the Dragon is slain, there's just a life to be lived. And sometimes there's more to learn in peace than in war. Complete. Separate epilogue pending.

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.

SPOILERS. Pre-5x05 story based on the Promo. "There's such a look of absolute relief on his face when he answers the door to her that Kate allows him to draw her inside by the elbow and enfold her in an all-encompassing hug. But her body is stiff inside his embrace, rigid, and he pulls back after just a few seconds to look at her..." COMPLETE

"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.

He is never going to be able to look at his swimming pool the same way again. Spoilers for the 5x04 promo.

When NCIS and the detectives from the 12th meet on a case involving bikes and drugs the undercover work is bound to go wrong. Going to have both TIVA and Caskett shipiness

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

And then she gets to infiltrate a strip club and Castle is positive that he is currently in a very special type of paradise that he in no way deserves. Season 5. Oneshot. Kind of pwpish. Sorry.

"That's how all my stories end. With someone else dead." :: AU of Tick, Tick, Tick.../Boom!

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.

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.

What might have happened if they had their movie date as scheduled! "Oh God, please don't bite your lip again." "Why not?" "Because it makes me want to kiss you."

While Castle and Beckett are investigating a case involving a serial killer one of their lives is threatened. This time will the impending danger be enough to make them both admit how much they love each other.

"Kate? Um, you want to explain this?" Castle finds something he didn't expect. Oneshot.

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.

She really shouldn't have asked. Season 1, oneshot.

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.

Everyone pretends to be a hooker sometimes.

An M-rated interlude to "A Better Fate," a story co-authored by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles.

"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

"They're probably having beach sex. Which is the third best sex after elevator and White House." – Jack Donaghy, 30 Rock

Written for the Kink Meme on LJ.

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

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.

"The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen :: AU, as if the events of 'Always' didn't happen.

spoilers for 47 Seconds. Title says it all. oneshot.

It's the end of the world as we know it. COMPLETE.

Cat's out of the bag for both of them, and Castle is crushed in the wake of the truth. Because if she cares for him at all - then how could she do this? ***Finalist for 'Best Drama' in the 2012 Castle Fanfiction Awards.***

Kate Beckett was twenty-six when the biggest accident in her life occurred. Five years later, the biggest miracle happens. AU.

AU. Detective Kate Beckett is separated and raises her son alone. She meets Richard Castle by accident, literally, on the tenth anniversary of her mother's death, turning her life upside down.

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.

They're magnets for life as well, and now that they've survived, they need to learn to navigate a life that has ceased to be his or hers. Sequel to More Than This.

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

He really has to wonder how it is that they end up in these situations. It's like they're magnets for near-death. Complete. Sequel: More Than Them.

Watching too much Setup/Countdown produces fic like this. Castle and Beckett encounter something that just might act as a wrecking ball.

The last thing Kate wants to do is attend her grandmother's 80th birthday party. But she has to.

How could anyone be better than the image in his head? Meeting anyone but the head of the CIA would be a let down. A co-authored story from Chezchuckles and FanficwriterGHC.

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

She needs to relax. This really isn't helping. Caskett, oneshot.

"When you can't run, you crawl, and when you can't crawl, you find someone to carry you." A series of one-shots.

Snowed in at La Guardia on Christmas Eve, Castle is determined to make the time as memorable as possible for Kate.

"They had been buried in the back of her closet for years now. She didn't even know they were back there, that they survived the explosion or that they had made the trip to her new apartment." Written for the Christmas Challenge 2011.

What if Kate hadn't realized the reality of her and Castle's situation so quickly in the beginning of Cuffed? What if she had let herself linger a little longer in what she thought was a dream? One shot.

Kate helps Castle through a tough time when he receives some bad news.

Kate met Rick by accident one cold morning in Central Park. Based on Adele's song with the same title. Completely AU.

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

"You asked me to come over here so you could handcuff me to a bed?" "Well – yes, but it sounds creepy when you say it like that." Caskett.

When Kate Beckett went to get her book signed by Richard Castle, she never imagined that she'd end up meeting his daughter, much less offering to babysit for the afternoon. AU.

post ep oneshot for Cops & Robbers. for Gabee, who begged me

You asked for it. Sequel to Inherited Traits. 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.

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

Heat Rises Spoilers! Kate reads Castle's latest novel and has some questions for him. "Heat, like work, is energy in transit." COMPLETE

Alexis, after her rejection from Stanford, decides she needs to do more with her life than pad her transcript. Beckett and Castle help her organize a blood drive. ...kudos to Vandi for the twist in this story... COMPLETE at 2

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

Maddie asks Kate to babysit her 5-year-old son for a night. Kate doesn't know what to do with a kid, having no previous experience. Castle shows up. Fluff ensues.

Castle and Beckett, a collection of oneshots and story arcs inspired by Carmina Burana.

Shot, hospitalized and confused, Katherine Beckett wakes up to a changing future. Richard Castle wants to protect her, love her, save her. But there are things she must face, and she can't make him the promises he needs. Post-Knockout continuation.

A magician never reveals her secrets...usually.

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.

Finale didn't happen. Castle gets the nerve to ask Beckett on a first date, but bodies have a way of showing up at the worst of times. Happy Birthday to Carolina17! WARNING: Violence and angst. SPOILERS for 3XK. COMPLETE

Castle deals with some interesting information regarding the state of Beckett's love life. Completed 19 June 2011.

Kate Beckett doesn't do family gatherings. Then again, her aunt Lily's never died before.

Esposito needs a little help with words. Castle is more than happy to oblige. Kate, however, has no idea what she's agreed to. And she agrees to far more than she planned.

A Sequel of sorts for my one-shot Rock Solid. Kate and Rick deal with the aftermath of Knockdown and move forward with their lives, learning to balance their partnership with their budding relationship.

He had flown too near the sun. His wax had melted, his wings had failed him, and he had fallen. But Icarus was not failing as he fell, just coming to the end of his triumph.

"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.

It was a summer's night and the smell of the old rose bush was as heavy as rain. Under the light of the moon and guidance of the stars, two friends finally take that step into something more.

Twelve years ago, Johanna Beckett was found in an alley, and Kate Beckett's life crumbled. Since then, one day a year, she closets herself away from the world to remember and to mourn. Today, she has company.

Post-Ep Castle musings for 'Law & Murder'. "That's it." Beckett replies. "I'm taking you . . . my treat." "I can't," he lies. "I have plans." Beckett shakes her head. "Not anymore."

In which Kate Beckett is afraid of thunderstorms.

What happens at The Old Haunt stays at The Old Haunt.

In which Ryan brings his kids to the Precinct on a snow day. Castle offers to babysit. Ridiculous amount of fluff.

Just one touch. That's all it takes. Post 3.06 - 3XK.

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

... color of your eyes. She only closes her eyes when his lips touch hers. Set after 1x09 "Little Girl Lost" and goes AU from there.