It's just like any other crime scene, except it's not. Because this is Kate's apartment, the place so familiar to him now, Castle can almost still smell the Chinese they had shared a couple of nights ago right on this couch, now covered in shards of glass.

What if Castle hadn't come back after that summer? What if the thought of having to watch her be with Demming was too much? What if she was too stubborn to call him? Two years apart until the universe intervenes again. But it's just coffee, right? Maybe M

Another Castle high school fanfic with a bit of a twist. When Richard Rodgers returns to school after six months away he is given a dare by his best friends. But what does the new, beautiful brunette alone on the bench have to do with it? Rated T simply for language at rare times. Due to the plot in my head this won't go M but if it goes well a sequel might well do.

This is my first ever fanfic so please don't be brutal. I wanted to do something a bit different and thought this up. What happens when one of the team gets a guest? Are family reunions always welcome? Eventual romance, maybe even M. See how it goes!