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.

"It's not the first time he's seen her like this. Long bare legs sticking out from under the tail of his white button down." Re-Upload of the fic where Beckett steals Castle's shirts.

A collection of Caskett drabbles, ficlets, and one-shots based on prompts. Today's offering: Cute: Castle finds out his partner thinks something important about him. Rated K

"All I want this Christmas is just to be here, to remember. But if I can't do that… I want to make new memories, build new traditions to go with the old." An AU that takes place immediately after the events of 3x24, Knockout. Set during the Christmas season.

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

This is not a continuous story, but a collection of Castle fics I've written from prompts. I am no longer accepting prompts. I've now marked this as complete. Thank you for all the prompts, for reading, and all the feedback. I hope y'all continue to enjoy these stories.

"Always," she mouths, leaving another kiss to taste. He nods, cradling her head as he rests his forehead on hers. "Always." And the promise lives on their breath, soldering both hearts; their unified souls a sun, untouchable, even by the darkest matter.

Picks up immediately after the end of 4x11 - Ryan's wedding. What if, for just one night, Kate Beckett needed an escape from her own life-an escape named Richard Castle.

Post-ep for 8x02, XX. Castle doesn't allow Beckett to walk out, not without a fight.

Away on a book tour, Castle finds a surprise waiting for him in his hotel room.

It had happened so fast. One moment she was offering to buy him a burger and the next they were tumbling into her apartment, ripping each others clothes off. Eye of the Beholder AU ONESHOT. Rated M.

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

When he found out, he didn't seek solace in his old ways. Instead, as his dream of their future crumbled, he began his withdrawal into himself.

From a tumblr prompt "Castle never brought Jacinda to the crime scene in the Limey." Would lack of a blonde flight attendant give Beckett the courage to tell Castle how she feels?

It's quiet. Just the rustle of fabric, quiet steps on the carpet and the soothing whisper of his voice. It's the small moments.

'It's too late by the time she realizes that she's in trouble...' A Last Call post-ep.

A series of unrelated ficlets written for the cuddles and hugs meme. Number 20: Pre-Wedding Hug.

Kate struggles with PTSD over her torture during "In the Belly of the Beast." How could Fowler mess things up so badly? Is Bracken really Lazarus and what does this all mean for Beckett and crew? (6x17 continuation) COMPLETED!

She thinks it's never been this intense before. This indescribable. So beautiful. Post-ep for 6x22, 'Veritas.'

This is the third event that Castle and Beckett have planned together, but this is the first one they've done together. Castle has been itching to get her out of that sinfully sexy dress, and she wants peel the tux from his body. This is total Smutt and fluff...if it isn't your thing back out now. You have been warned!

Post ep for 6x21 Law & Boarder. It's exactly what you think. Shameless.

Well, I started this bit post CountDown, but really it spoils Lucky Stiff. It's my first Castle fanfic. What got me thinking about it was Beckett. Beckett seems quite good at playing a bad girl...a series of loosely connected one-shots... Definitely M.

The night hadn't turned out how she had wanted it too. Colin was a perfect gentleman and he had made it painfully obvious that he wanted her. Castle was making it obvious that she was the last person on earth he wanted to even spend time with. This is a Caskett story!

Episode insert for 4x20, 'The Limey' because of that gorgeous black dress and a forlorn-looking Beckett wearing it, and that desperate, desolate longing in Castle's eyes.

Based on a request I received on tumblr: Castle and Beckett are strangers and participate in the strangers kiss for the first time video. One shot.

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

Picks-up at the end of 6X17. What happens when Kate follows Castle into the bedroom. One-Shot.

post-ep/fill-in for 6x17 'In The Belly Of the Beast'. Kate makes her way back to him.

A post-ep for 6x17 "In the belly of the beast"

'He should have been there, should have protected her like the partner he was supposed to be.' A post-ep for 6x17, In the Belly of the Beast. One shot.

Post 6x17 "In the Belly of the Beast." Beckett knew that the first step was the hardest, but she would always be grateful that she had found a man who was willing to take that first step with her.

They're silly and she likes it, likes how easy it feels as they drift hand in hand towards his bed and Castle starts in again about what she has planned for him, what idle tricks her fingers will pull in the night and what secrets she'll whisper in his ears. Post Epi for Room 147.

Castle and Beckett are together for almost a year when tragedy strikes. How will these two react when faced with new levels of despair and will the relationship they worked so hard to forge turn out to be too brittle to cope.

Kate stared at the murder board, her eyes bloodshot and her vision blurry but she couldn't rest. Not with the smiling picture of her own husband staring back at her. AU, Future fic.

A valentine's day fanfiction, as a gift for everyone who's kind words fill me with love always. The bookends of Kate and Rick's second valentine's day together.

Post "Always", Kate and Rick take a little time for themselves. Smutty smutty goodness and lots of relationship exploration along the way. Rated M for a good reason!

[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.

Post-47 Seconds. 'Kate stands several feet away from Castle's spot at the far end of the bar, hands jammed into her pants pockets, fists curled up tight with her short nails digging half-moons into her palms while the writer studiously tries to ignore her. "You're angry." "You think?" His voice is harsh, dripping sarcasm.

Season 4. AU. Thoughts of Castle have taken over her dreams, filling both her waking and sleeping hours with an unbearable ache. Will she let her fears hold her back or claim Castle for her own? An alternative path to Casketty goodness. No specific episode spoilers. Rated M for a reason. Be kind. It's my first fanfic and first M rated story, all rolled into one.

His eyes open to her. Flutter and close again. Mmmm. The fall of her hair soft where it trips over his skin, the whisper of her laughter a lingering melody in his ear. Her scent surrounding him. The press of her mouth. Warm. Familiar.

It wasn't planned, wasn't a date, but when he'd shown up looking striking in his suit and with his arm empty, she'd gravitated to him like she always did, her whole body orienting toward him as if he was her shining beacon in a dark, starless night. Follows episode 4x11, "Till Death Do Us Part." -COMPLETE-

What if Knockdown hadn't ended with Castle and Beckett never talking about what happened? AU, set after Knockdown that evening.

A throat clears from somewhere nearby but she doesn't move away. Not tonight. Tonight, she doesn't care. *Post ep for 6x04, Number One Fan*

He swallows hard, his heart in his throat, the truth of it almost unexpected, how close it really had been. The bullet hitting dead center between his breasts, right above the heart – just like hers. Post-ep for 6x04, "Number One Fan."

and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart) - e e cummings

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*

They stumble through her door, her lips frantic on his, her fingers gripped tightly around the back of his neck, cold against his skin. Post-ep for 5x24 'Watershed', doubling as an episode insert for 6x01, 'Valkyrie.'

A baby, a funeral and a mission. Mindless fluff set February of season six, spoiler free.

In that one moment, he knows he's ruined.

Its the first Girl's Night Out since Castle and Beckett have done the deed and Lanie is prepared for an intense investigation to get all the dirty details from the tight lipped detective

An two-shot set in the More Than Together universe. How Kate handles the kids when Castle is away on a book tour.

Beckett is in DC and Castle is in NYC - Post Watershed - with all spoilers inherently in play. Decisions have been made and stands taken, but someone from their past will force them to face one another one more time. Will Caskette conquer all? This is my first fanfiction EVER! Cover art by dtrekker - Castle 2013 Ficathon entry-Rating M for some language and later chapters.

It's the tangle of his fingers in her hair, that's how it begins. That's how it always begins.

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.

"Even on the worst days there's a possibility for joy." Kate comes home after an extremely tough case, which has her drowning in emotions. Rick is her dry land. Rated T. *Updated 06/24/2013* One-shot.

Yes, its another post finale fic, and a late one at that. How can two people who love each other mess things up so much. Where will their lives go from here. There will be at least one M chapter.

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

No there's no starting over, without finding closure, you'd take them back, no hesitation, that's when you know you've reached the sixth degree of separation. Post-5x24 "Watershed".

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.

Under normal circumstances, she'd assume he was doing something as innocent as visiting the bathroom but she knows him too well for that. It's late, they're alone, and he's restless; the perfect conditions for him to wander off in search of trouble.

Rick and Kate take a shower. (This is NOT a post-episode fic for "The Human Factor") Rated M. *Updated 05/07/2013* One-shot.

Watershed {swing set fantasy/prediction} "Well, maybe in the end we're all supposed to lose the ones we love..."

How would the hotel room scene in The Squab and the Quail had gone differently if the sniper shots through the window had set off Kate's PTSD?

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

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.

Five glimpses in moonlight. Written for Julie.

Turns out, everybody's got one. A sexy little one shot.

The very thought tears him apart.

Wearing nothing but boxers, he's flexing his biceps, sucking in his stomach, turning from right to left in front of the bathroom mirror, his eyebrows knitted critically. Episode tag-on for 5x12, 'Death Gone Crazy.'

She shakes her head, her hands start to tremble, tears are pooling in her eyes.

"Castle had never seen her look so small or scared. It was baffling to him. This was not his wife. This was not Kate Beckett-Castle. She looked like... she looked like a victim." No spoilers. Rating for violent theme

Her eyelids feel tight and tired, even though she's slept pretty soundly, which is a bit odd because...she's in his bed and that... That's new.

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

With no quest and no job there is still a summer to fill, for Kate Beckett that means everything right now is just . . . Castle. Expect snippets of a summer, of a relationship evolving and a love growing confident.

"I'm sorry, but it seems as though your pregnancy is no longer viable. The baby has died." The words leave the mouth of Kate's doctor and leave her wondering how she will break the news to Castle, shattering their new and fragile dreams.

His laughter rings through the speaker, makes her heart leap. One shot. Complete.

Several years into the future the man ultimately responsible for Johanna Beckett's murder is on trial. But for Castle and Beckett the state of things is not how either of them thought it would all turn out. Castle/Beckett. Complete

Angst-free with a light plot! Season 4.5 because we all need a distraction this weekend to face the finale. Breathe people. Just breathe. UNEXPECTED SECOND CHAPTER!

Beckett takes Castle somewhere she's never taken anyone else. Set during the finale, but no real spoilers.

Bonus 'M' rated chapter. Goes with the story 'The Lights Go Down' at the end of chapter 11, and pre-chapter 12. Dedicated to Purplangel.

A writer, a detective, and her cat ring in the new year. A sequel to "Fluff." Yes, you should probably read that first. COMPLETE.

"I still mean what I said before, and I can't promise... forever, not yet. But I want this, Castle; I want us, right now." M for smut. Spoilers for Cuffed 4x10 .

She showed Lee Travis her scar. On her way home from her appointment with Dr. Burke, it occurs to Kate that there is someone else who should see it more. This contains spoilers for 'Kill Shot' Post-Ep and Castle's novel 'Heat Rises'.

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 sputters as she raises her eyebrow saucily, eyeing his desk. He's eyeing it too though, and she can almost see the fantasies flicking across his retinas.

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.

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.