This is a little missing scene from Valkyrie (6x01) PWP. You've been warned.

A sequel to A Night to Forget

Sort of sequel to Thanksgiving Story-brief mentions-but could also be stand alone. AU. Castle, Beckett, and a host of Christmas traditions. Rated T to be safe in future chapters.

Castle and Beckett are trapped in an elevator together right after the end of "The Limey". Three chapter ficlet.

While following a lead in a gruesome homicide case, Captain Kate Beckett disappears and is eventually presumed dead. Six years later she's found, barely alive, in a cabin in the woods, only to return to a world she no longer recognizes. An Absentia-inspired Castle fic.

'It isn't smart, isn't safe, but she can barely feel her fingers, her toes, as it is, and her mind is numb with him. It's worth a walk in the cold.' Early season 8 AU. Two shot.

'He isn't sure where she has gone, but it's obvious she wants to be alone. Or at least, without him. Until nearly a month into the summer when his phone chirps with a new message. From Kate Beckett.' Set during the summer after Beckett's shooting.

3 word prompt - kate drunk london — ANONYMOUS

"It's him," her colleague answers and it's the solemn tone of his voice, the grave quality of words that she's heard in only the most dire of circumstances, that confirms it for her before he has to say another word. "It's Castle. They found him. Alive." AU. An entry for the Castle Ficathon 2017.

"Detective Castle, this is Katherine Beckett, famous mystery novelist with 26 bestsellers to date, perhaps 27 soon if this all works out. And your shadow for the foreseeable future." AU.

'Kate Beckett is simultaneously a mom and a homicide detective, in no way does she have time for a relationship, let alone with someone like Castle and definitely not now, during the hectic holiday season. Even if he could apparently make her daughter smile easier than anyone else has in a long time.' An AU story for Christmas.

'Kate Beckett may have slid beneath his skin, threaded herself through his veins and leaked into his bloodstream, but maybe it was a good thing, for now, for the sake of the mission. He'd have her out of his system by the time it was all over with.' A roughly season 8 inspired AU.

Castle and Beckett spent one night together and over a year apart. Now they were neighbors and they had a second chance for something extraordinary. Pre-Series AU, Meeting AU. Caskett. A prompt response written for CastleFanficMonday and continued for the 2015 Castle Hiatus Ficathon.

Post-ep for 3x13 "Knockdown."

Kate's rescue becomes the linchpin of change in her relationship with Castle, and events from that night lead to resolution for them both. **Voted Best Crime Fic on The 12th Precinct Castle Fanfiction Awards.**

"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.

Castle and Beckett go undercover at a gated community, to investigate a string of mysterious deaths. Set Christmastime of season four, after Cuffed.

Eight years later Richard Castle is found, and it's no longer his ring on her finger. AU from 6x23 "For Better Or Worse".

An insert to the Fold universe and a kink meme fill all rolled into one. Really just an excuse to write some hot but pointless smut between our three favorite detectives and their writer.

"She can't stop looking at his hands, and remembering how he'd grasped her wrist and stopped her – stopped her – drawing her gun; and that one subsequent instant of hesitation turning to decision and the sharp grip and flex as his mouth had come down on hers." Rated T - but very strong T.

"What's past is prologue." -William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II Scene I. An AU season six Castle story.

She has a baby. She brought a baby back from Haiti. Can you even do that? Season 3 AU.

AU. When a teenage girl is found orphaned after both of her parents are murdered, Beckett struggles to find the girl more family. When the DNA results return Beckett as a match, she quickly realizes the young girl is the baby she gave up for adoption. Set during season 6.

CASKETT: What should have happened during and after the couch scene in "To Love and Die in LA"... In my opinion anyway. Rated M for a very good reason. For those that know me this is really, REALLY NOT FEMSLASH! (But there will be more of that soon!)

Just having a bit of fun with an alternate Rick Castle/Kate Beckett first meeting. *now complete*

When Kate gets into a car accident, the outcome of her injury is retrograde amnesia – she doesn't remember her life after 2008. Rick, as a result, is left to deal with the consequences of his wife's memory loss while she comes to terms with their life together. Based on a gifset by veraflynns on tumblr. 2014 Ficathon Entry.

Co-authored by cartographical, chezchuckles, and muppet 47. Something of a post-ep for Recoil. 'As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.'

It should have brought them closer together, not torn them apart – she understands this now. What she doesn't know is whether any way back for them still remains. Future fic - Complete. **Winner of 'Favorite M rated Fanfic Multi-chp' in the 2013 Castle Fanfic Writers Guild Awards**

Young Kate Beckett had looked for a night to forget only to find it turned into one she would remember for the rest of her life. AU

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.

Sequel to NOT GOING ANYWHERE; With an unplanned pregnancy, Beckett and Castle start a new chapter in their lives. Together navigating the ups and downs of a new relationship and expectant parenthood. Rated M.

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-

Waking up to the sound of his voice is intoxicating. Makes her feel safe. She'd know his voice anywhere. She'd always hear him... even now... when his heart is shattered... (Sometime early S6 - No spoilers) - COMPLETE - {2014 Castle FanFic Writer's Guild Winner - Fav. T Rated Multi-Chapter}

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

One-shots of married and family life between Rick and Kate. Something sweet and fluffy for those who like "aww"-moments. *Chapter 62 up* "Look, I messed up by not telling you and I'm sorry for that." He stepped closer, his face taut. "But I'm not going to apologize for trying to keep my family safe."

We base our relationships on first impressions. But then life gets involved and makes us realize that everything we think we know could be wrong. An A/U take on things. As of 'Flowers for your Grave,' yet Johanna Beckett is alive.

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

My entry for the Castle Hiatus Ficathon 2013. In which Kate and Rick build a foundation strong enough to weather a marriage. SPOILERS for all US aired episodes including 5x24.

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.

Castle and Beckett receive a tip off that leads them to a alley way. But something happens in the alley that changes everything. This story is rated M because it contains subject matter that is for mature readers. it was written to increase awareness and communication about the subject. It does not contain smut.

a Dash Companion. Working title for this one was 'Future/Adult Ellery' if that helps you at all with a summary. This one will be a longer story but not epic.

A co-written story by liviafan1 and Fanficwriterghc. A writer's blocked, post-Derrick Storm Castle meets Kate Beckett, a rising young mystery novelist acquired by Black Pawn to replace him. Despite their instant dislike of each other, they are given a month to co-write Black Pawn's next bestseller, or lose their advances, and possibly their jobs.

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.

A/U It's definitely not love at first sight. Prickly, aloof and strait-laced Kate Beckett isn't what Rick expected when he hires someone to protect a young Alexis. She's all business while he's all about the play. Shallow, irresponsible and a playboy is how Beckett would characterize her latest employer. But sometimes first impressions can turn out to be wrong.

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.

A small collection of one shots with BITE!

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.

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

A collection of unrelated ficlets.

When she got the call, she didn't expect it to lead to this. Season 5 AU.

After a vivid dream, Beckett thinks she's been given a second chance. When she begins to doubt the reality surrounding her, there is only one person she can think of who has come up with crazier things than what she's living through.

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 Kate is forced to work with Detective Ethan Slaughter without her team to have her back, Castle is not excited, fearing Slaughter might get her into trouble. But when Kate disappears Castle and the boys soon realize something much bigger is going on. Will they be able to stop it?

Those warm, heavy, "I want a baby" feelings didn't scare Kate so much anymore. Shamelessly fluffy pregnancy fic. Set beyond s5. Rating subject to change

For five months he's been missing, but she refuses to believe it's hopeless . . . Consider this canon until 'Always', and AU from there. 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!

"It was amazing how different things were once the steady thrum of adrenaline faded and all that was left was the sharp clarity of the night." AU set mid to late S5. A story of what could have happened if Maddox was never caught. Complete at Chapter 20.

a post-ep for Significant Others

Four years can make a world of difference. AU.

A chapter a day. A holiday fic. Assume Season 5 spoilers.

Castle smiles, ruffling Ava's hair. She grunts softly but her little hands wrap around his back as if grounding herself to him, staying safe and warm. On the other end of the phone, Kate laughs, but there's something there; longing or regret and his eyes close. "You're not going to be home by midnight, are you?"

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.

Dash Series Epic #3 - read Dash Away and Dash It All first. COMPLETE at 100.

Set early S4. Kate survives the bullet but their partnership doesn't. Almost everybody agrees that it's too dangerous for Rick to keep shadowing her, so she kicks him out for his own good. The only problem is that Kate can't seem to go cold turkey.

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.

co-authored by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles. inspired by the Richard Castle Bucket List on richardcastle dot net; set after 47 Seconds/The Limey. Chapter 9b is Bucket List in Paris, posted separately, and to be read before Chapter 10.

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.

"I'm sure somewhere in this great big city of ours, some poor unfortunate soul has lost their life but today you're going to let the justice seeking be someone else's job. Today, you're going to take a little trip with me." - Scavenger hunt, Castle style. ***co-authored with sparklemouse***

By cartographical, Sandiane Carter, and chezchuckles. 19. Live for a year in Paris. Kate says, No, only a month, Castle. This is what Bucket List version of Caskett did over the summer hiatus.

"You can kid the world, but not your sister"-Charlotte Grey. It's been five years, but Cassie Beckett is back in NYC, and she won't let anything stand in the way of her big sister's happiness, not even Kate herself. A BabySisterBeckett!Fic. Nominated for the the 12th Precinct's Fan Awards: Best Character Specific Fic. COMPLETE

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.

Kate has a sudden realization that she is ready for more with Castle. As a result, she needs to revamp her lingerie drawer.

Always SPOILERS. Co-authored by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles. How Kate Beckett and Rick Castle spend their summer.

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

There are only these truths for him: Someone wants Kate dead. Kate wants him. He cannot let her walk out his door alone.

"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

A phone call, an impossible decision, and suddenly thirteen years' worth of questions all come down to seven days' worth of answers: this was their first week together. My take on early season five.

What sort of mischief will one writer and his muse encounter and create in Twenty-four little hours? Co-authored with AlwaysCastle.

A series of bedroom - and maybe a bathroom and deck and other locations near a bedroom- conversations between Beckett and Castle in the first year or so of their relationship.

It's freaking cold, and Castle and Beckett warm up at his place. Looking for something warm to wear, Beckett finds some interesting stuff in Castle's closet. Fluff with some actual character development. But mostly fluff. COMPLETE

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.

Kate slips on ice. Set nebulously after 4x19 "47 Seconds". AU after 4x20 airs unless the writers have seen my Christmas List. Oblique spoilers for end of season 3 and 4x19.

a Dash Companion. 3rd in the Life series. The day of the half-marathon (after Dash Away) when Kate figures it out.

"I'm feeling anything but invincible at the moment. Tonight was one close call too many, Castle." ... Having survived a night of far too many close calls Kate realises she's come farther than she thought. This is a journey beyond the wall. COMPLETE

Castle and Beckett get stuck inside of Castle's apartment during a snowstorm...

Sequel to Ignition, but you don't need to have read it to understand this. Kate and Rick are trying to take their relationship to the next level, but work always seems to get in their way. Will they overcome the obstacles? Caskett fluff and smut. Enjoy!

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

A 'Dash Away' sequel.

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.

Richard Castle has a plan, Kate Beckett has no idea what he's playing at and what this means. Will she go along for the ride? -Valentine's Day fic.

Wedding reception PWP. Castle and Beckett discuss their pick-up repertoires, along with some completely platonic roleplaying. Not. post 4x11/spoilers/sexual content

Sequel to "A Helping Hand". It's Christmas and Kate receives some unexpected news while Rick's family is visiting.

A CONTINUATION OF LOVE, though not necessary to read that first.

Kate is given guardianship of a friend's one-year-old daughter. Castle tries to help in his own unique way. Chaos and fluff ensues.

Castle has a plan for Kate's birthday, but then it eventually morphs into a sub-plan to pull a fast one on Lanie and the guys. Caskett moments in this one. Total AU. *Complete*

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.

Castle and Beckett settle down to wait out a blizzard together. What will happen when they're trapped together? Romance, injuries... Pure fluff. FINAL CHAPTER! Story is now 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.

What happened in my head after Kate let it be known that she 'remembers'. COMPLETE!

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

Secrets are shared and kept between a writer, a cop, and their team. Chapter Seven is rated M.

When Beckett and Castle finally kiss, they can't deny their attraction anymore. Beckett tries anyway. They have to somehow figure out their personal issues while trying to solve murders as usual. 3rd season AU Caskett fluff. Some Esplanie too. Enjoy!

Castle/Beckett. The first time Alexis finds them, she knows she wasn't supposed to find them at all.

COMPLETE at 100. AU: Kate and Castle try to adjust to life as parents. Check out AC's preview video on youtube: /watch?v nARnCrP2Z98 Thanks AC!

The call about the body came from Lanie, at four in the morning, on her day off. Lanie never called her about bodies.

In the darkest hour of the night, you find daylight.

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.

"The best you can hope for is to find a place to make your stand. And if you're very lucky, you find someone willing to stand with you." As Kate recovers, she begins to realize the importance of Montgomery's words, both on the job and in life. Spoilers for Knockout. Complete.

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

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.

SPOILERS for Knockout. Post-episode series. What happens after Beckett gets shot? COMPLETE at chapter 9.

She'll always be his extraordinary KB. With or without her badge. AtW IV.

COMPLETE at Chapter 21. After the events of One and Done? and If At First, Kate Beckett discovers what life is like on the other side.

When Castle asks Kate to have a heart-to-heart with his daughter about relationships, Beckett discovers more than he really wanted her to know about himself. COMPLETE. Now broken into chapters for easier reading.

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.

It's not about the damage the storm does to the sunlight. It's about the damage done to her world when that light is blocked out.

It's Christmas time and Kate can't understand what's making the King of Celebrations so... Grinchy. 2010 Annual Christmas Fic Challenge. C/B. Public Award Winner 2011 Castle Fan Awards!

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...

What happens when Lanie talks Kate into trying speed dating...and Castle finds out?

A continuation of Dangerous Game. Highly recommended that you read that first. Beckett tries to figure out where she wants things to go with Castle. Meanwhile, a serial killer fixates on Beckett.

An argument gets rather...heated, and of course, one thing leads to another.

Beckett is jealous. Castle wants to play a game. This could be dangerous.