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

As their working relationship continues to deteriorate, Castle and Beckett must chase a serial killer targeting the city's billionaires. Set late in S4, after Headhunters and The Limey. [Castle Summer Hiatus 2015 Ficathon Entry]

'The messages come daily, sometimes motivational messages to start off her morning, other times mid-day pick me ups. They vary in type: sweet reminders, funny animal photos to make her laugh, small messages of inspiration. Sometimes, she even replies.' AU meeting prompt fill.

'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.

'It's been over a year since he last saw her and after all this time, of all places, he's literally bumped into her in the middle of Paris.' A post 3x24, Knockout, AU.

"You may not care, but I'm not losing you again," he states under his breath, his eyes a thunderous shade of blue burning bright in the darkness of night all around them. "Definitely not like this." A Castle Halloween Bash 2016 entry. Set during 4x22, 'Undead Again'.

It feels like they might be crossing that line they've been toeing for years. That line between friends and something more. An early relationship AU.

This can't be the end; this just cannot be it. AU for episode 3x17, 'Countdown.'

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 one shot exploring three times early in their relationship that Castle fell just a little harder for Kate. For my five year fic anniversary.

The sun has just barely started to rise when she steps outside onto the path around the little house she calls her own. Overhead, she can hear the grinding gears of the lighthouse as the beam of light cuts through the morning fog.

"If you don't stop laughing I'm putting the gag back on." Kate's going to kill Castle. Early season 3.Written for #CastleFanficMonday.

He finds his match is smart, her humor sharp, and the desire just to meet her for real nearly overwhelms him. He doesn't. It isn't the right time. But he asks her to call him Rick, and in return, she asks him not to call her Katie any longer. It's Kate, she says. - A Caskett Meeting AU for CastleFanficMonday

AU: Castle is the fun English teacher. Beckett is the strict English teacher. All their students ship them together. (And they may ship themselves together, too). Castle Ficathon 2015 Entry.

Another perspective on "naked punishment." Picks up immediately after the ending of episode 8x08 "Mr. and Mrs. Castle."

Birthday Prompt Fill for a good friend. Based on All I Ask by Adele. Pre-Always. Rated T

Two strangers meet in a bar and spend a single night together, never to meet again. Can it really be that simple? Of course not.

Ricki Castle is a famous novelist and the object of many a fanboy's desire. But when a murder brings her into contact with the NYPD, Ricki finds herself both inspired and smitten with Detective Beckett. Obviously AU.

Three word Prompt. What if the sniper had targeted Beckett at her apartment instead of the funeral? Now Complete.

"It's been a month. A month of grueling training, of learning the rules and regulations and pushing herself to the limits. A month of proving herself and then coming home to…this. To nothing." Season 6 AU.

"If Tyson wants to play, he can play with her. Alexis will come out of this intact if it's the last thing Kate Beckett does." Season 4 AU. TW for violence, assault, recovery, and mature themes.

"It's snowing, Kate." Season 4 fluff set not long after Kill Shot (4x09). For #CastleFanficMonday

It's not a date. It's not a relationship. It's nothing. Season 2 AU.

A collection of unrelated one shots, inspired by Friends episodes. Chapter 1 - AU for A Deadly Game (2x24)

After being held captive for nine months Kate Beckett is finally free, but now she must work with Detective Castle in order to solve the case that almost destroyed her. Can Detective Castle solve the case and bring justice to her? As the case unravels how will it affect both of their lives? AU & Pre-Season.

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

"Castle. Man-child, annoying, frustrating, never listens to her – but also loyal, smart, funny, generous, kind-hearted, an amazing kisser." A post 3x14 AU, a three-shot of a fundraiser, guitars and Caskett fluff.

[Early S3] They can't seem to let each other go, can't seem to move forward. He's a bad habit she just can't kick, and she's his willing drug.

It's like high school all over again, only now instead of being the girl who'd been ditched just before prom because her friend was asked out by the boy they'd both liked, Kate's left standing in the waiting area of a brand new, swanky, five-star restaurant. Yeah, thanks a lot, Maddie.

After two more close calls and the beginning of a confession, Kate can't deny her feelings for Castle any longer. Still, diving into something new with her best friend and partner isn't as easy at she'd like it to be. This is a journey through the end of season three and how the C/B relationship might have developed if Kate had broken up with Josh after Countdown.

Cnuasach: Gaelic for "Collection." A collection of ficlets and one-shots. Episode inserts/continuations, AU meets, etc. All chapters rated T or lower. Note: Not being updated anymore. All one-shots are being posted as separate stories.

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

Post 47 Seconds. What happens when their inability to communicate pushes Kate past the limits of endurance? *My entry for 2015 Summer Hiatus Ficathon and #CastleFanFicMonday NO major character death and there will be a Caskett happily ever after. Promise. Trigger warnings for severe angst and suicidal thoughts. Rated M for sexual content and mature themes.

"He's the cream in my coffee." "You two are a walking fairytale. Good lord." AU Caskett meet.

AU. Two shot. It's his sick mother that calls Rick Rodgers back to his hometown in North Carolina. He's been gone far too long, and while many folks welcome him home, he's only concerned about seeing one. Kate Beckett.

"Sometimes, help comes from the unlikeliest of places." A chance encounter at Remy's reveals the truth of Castle's hurt. Post The Limey. Kate and Alexis.

"Where do you see yourself five years from now?" The question haunts her. Post-ep for 5x23, The Human Factor. Written for Castle Fanfic Monday.

The tires chew up the road, carrying him back to the city he escaped from less than two weeks ago. Back to the oppressive heat radiating from the sidewalks and the cold loneliness of an empty loft. Back to the haunted streets, where the ghosts of happy memories and what-might-have-beens lurk around far too many corners. Post season one AU.[Summer Hiatus Ficathon Entry]

A new series about a certain British secret agent? Even if it meant no more Nikki Heat, the offer was a dream come true. A change of scenery and a fresh challenge were exactly what he needed. So why did Castle feel like instead of starting a new story, he was closing a book mid-chapter? AU from 'When the Bough Breaks'.

Post-ep for 2x24 Beckett deals with the aftermath of Gina showing up at the precinct and then leaving for the summer with Castle. She makes great efforts to move on with her life, and then disaster strikes. "Make. Me. Care." She uttered the words one last time in a tissue thin voice, as cruel, embarrassing tears coursed down her cheeks. "Too late, Kate. You already do."

Season 4 AU. Wounds take time to heal. Sins...sometimes longer. (Prompt from Castlefanficprompts: Cops and Robbers post 47 seconds.) Cover Art inspired by Calpal052699/whatifellinlovewith (tumblr)

In the heat of the summer, a serial killer begins a deadly game of copycat, recreating Shakespeare's finest scenes. Leaving behind only a trail of bodies and borrowed words, the killer seems intent on writing his own tragedy. Will Castle and Beckett soon learn that of all base passions, fear is the most accursed? [Castle Summer Hiatus 2015 Ficathon Entry].

AU for 4x06 Demons. What if, instead of quoting Ghostbusters, Kate said the other thing Castle really wanted to hear? One shot.

"I now pronounce us husband and wife," Castle mutters at her ear, waggling both his eyebrows and his hand to display a matching wedding band. Just like that, she's Kate Rodgers, newly wedded and undercover in the Wild West. (7x07 before Castle and Beckett became Caskett. Season Two AU.)

S1 AU Based on a tumblr prompt from anon: Castle's a doctor, a friend of Lanie's. AU Caskett meeting at Lanie's birthday. *Castle Winter Hiatus 2014 Ficathon Entry* Cover art by the awesome (ScribbleAStory)

She wakes to a curious numbness in her right leg and a mouth full of cotton. One Shot, complete. Posted for Castle Fanfic Monday.

"Her eyes are wide now, and her family is clapping around them but it sounds distant, because all he can focus on is her parted lips and all he can do is wonder what it would feel like to kiss her. And wondering turns to knowing when he leans down and presses his lips to hers." Season 2 AU. (Known on tumblr as 'The Proposal')

It's 3am, I'm calling in to tell you that without you here, I'm losing sleep... I'm losing sleep.

"The buzzing of her cell phone on the nightstand wakes her up. Before she even sees the caller's name, she recognizes the blue eyes in the picture. Castle. What does he want now?" Set after 3x22

Set late season 3/early season 4. Josh leaves Kate at the altar. Prompt from castlefanficprompts.

There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people: psychopaths and mystery writers. He threw away his chance to be the kind that pays better. Very AU.

"But the longer she stares at him, the more she realizes that she knows him, that she dated him in high school, and that this is the man who took her virginity." Inspired by this tumblr prompt: childhood sweethearts who moved away and then into the same apartment block by chance AU

Support Group AU. "And until then we can just be two people trying to figure things out."

'I can't stop wanting you. Needing you. Loving you. And it's really starting to piss me off.' What if instead of Castle overhearing Kate in '47 Seconds' Kate had overheard Castle talking to Martha and had come to a similar conclusion? Potential spoilers for all episodes. (Real chapter this time. :) 3-15-15 )

Post ep porn for 2x14 The Third Man. A birthday gift for BerkieLynn, who deserves everything I can give but apparently only wanted smut.

Cops & Robbers AU- "Kate could have lost her best friend today. The man she saw a future with..." Prompted by Lou

Who knew that one slip of the finger would bring them closer together. Prompt fill, set somewhere late season one/early season two.

One "missed moment" from each and every episode of Castle. Moments that I think could have taken a slightly more M-rated route.

My story of what i thought could've happened with Castle and Beckett after 'Last Call.' Hope y'all enjoy this story!

As Christmas approaches, Beckett gets a little help in realising that by keeping Castle waiting for her, she's also been putting off her own life. A tribute to Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol".

"She got started without him, couldn't wait until he came back to finish what he started." A prompt fill written for Kat(@HeartMyKatic).

"I don't wanna die, Castle." A birthday fic for Steph.

AU. Who does Kate Beckett turn to in the wake of her mother's murder?

What if New York City was subject to another terrorist attack and Beckett became one of the first responders? Set Season 4, one week after 4x07 Cops and Robbers.

Post-Ep for '47 Seconds'. "I need a word with you." Castle's voice cuts through the hubbub of the bullpen even though he has it purposefully toned low. Low and rough, scraping at his vocal cords with a touch of something dark and smoky that tugs at Kate's gut, exciting and scaring her in equal measure.

'"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.

'It's chilly and she shivers. The setting sun has been obscured by cloud, leaving her in shadow. But she's not moving. She's not leaving, however long it takes. She's waiting for him as he once did for her.' Written as a fill for a prompt on Castlefanficprompts on Tumblr. Prompt at end of fic.

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

He told her once that he had no clue what they were. He still has no idea. Not after so many nights spent in her bed, not after she's spent nights in his.

Drabble challenge full of #CastleFanficTropes. You can find the original list on my tumblr (check the tropes tag) and drop me a line if you'd like to add a new one to the list!

It was 3 am and Kate Beckett was standing outside Richard Castle's door. She was out of her mind and yet this was the sanest she had ever been. Season 3 AU.

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.

Beckett is distraught when Castle seems to have finally given up hope on them ever being more than just partners, and he begins to pull away from her, prompting her to face up to her own feelings.

'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.

All of my love, clumsy and loud: Kate Beckett, Rick Castle, and slow steps forward.

"For years since her mother passed away she'd been trying to find her way, her north star. She needs to find her place, her home. She's had to let go of too many things in her life, and her heart can't take much more." An AU take on what could have happened after the fight scene in "Watershed". (5X24)

"One day, I'll wake up at three in the morning. I won't be alone. I won't text you or call you. I won't miss you, or want to cry. Because one day, when I wake up at three in the morning, you'll be laying next to me, and not miles away." / for sugar free vanilla.

"Castle, Castle wake up." Their joined hands wiggle against her belly in her efforts to rouse him. "Castle, we got married last night," she hisses. - A Season 4 AU that starts mid-4x08 (Heartbreak Hotel) based on a tumblr prompt. Caskett.

"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.

"I've always known I was an accident… thanks in no small part to you, dad." She glared at her father. Castle smirked and shrugged. "I just didn't know there was a story to it. And judging by the reaction of the crowd… I'm in."

Beckett doesn't realize at first that it's a game. 4x6 AU (Demons) Fluff. Fluff. Fluff. Fluff.

"He's beginning to think she remembers far more than she's saying. He's beginning to think that she's missing because she's at medical appointments: more than just physical therapy appointments. And now she's here, in his loft, for at least a week, and doped into a state where those walls she talked about seem to have fallen down." S4 AU, 1 month in. Property of ABC/Marlowe.

Trapper John puts Beckett on speakerphone. Cops and Robbers insert.

Rick Castle is called over to 7-year-old Alexis' classroom, where he meets her teacher, Ms Beckett. (Based on ep 7x04 - 'Child's Play')

A thoughtless remark from Beckett makes Castle give up on them ever becoming more than partners, and he leaves. Without being able to talk to him, Beckett must convince him that he's wrong about her feelings.

Beckett is forced to take two weeks of paid leave, and Castle invites her to the Hamptons with him. She reluctantly agrees, and starts to discover that her feelings for him are stronger than she was willing to admit.

Castle, Beckett, and *that* tiara. A Child's Play post-ep.

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

My entry into the "Summer 2014 Ficathon." Based on 6X5, Katherine Beckett is a US Senator, as predicted by Simon Doyle. She lives between New York and Washington DC, Richard Castle and their three children have remained in New York City. As before, DC brings new and greater challenges. A story of angst. The unanswered question is, can they survive?

This can't be real. He must be dreaming. This can't possibly be real... Castle catches Beckett in a compromising situation. (Allow me to clarify: This is NOT a sequel. This is the complete piece in one post.)

AU / She's sick and he's there, as always. He stumbles in the door, arms full of movies and things that will make her feel better and she can't help but want to kiss him (and she would, if she wasn't such a coward and sick). But, maybe this one time, getting sick isn't the worst. After all, it could start something new. \ Pure fluffy Caskett.

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.

After a late night with Castle, Beckett ends up running late to work and accidentally wears Castle's shirt to the precinct. ONE-SHOT.

She's clinging to him and it's for all the wrong reasons... Episode insert for 3x24, 'Knockout'.

Kate drowns her sorrows in alcohol, and ends up calling Castle over. Angsty till around chapter six, then it's just fun. Chapter 5 and on rated M.

Season 4 A/U where Beckett does not remember her shooting. 2 shot.

"She picks it up, unlocks the screen and scrolls through her contacts until she finds his name – just like every night that she has been here. And just like every other night, she finds herself staring at his picture, but not brave enough to press 'Call'."

"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.

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.

4X16 episode insert. Kate's convinced she's part of a muse "club" and Castle's desperate to prove to her that she's wrong.

Kate Beckett gets handsy when she's been drinking and Castle is powerless to stop her..

Things don't go as planned on their wedding day. Then again, when have things ever been easy between these two? A story where things are not as they seem. Starts out very dark but ends with no small amount of romance. Now Complete.

"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.

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.

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.

It started in a club and then ended like this. Reeling from a break-up, Kate Beckett is most definitely on the rebound. But what she gets instead is something she never imagined. AU

Based off of a post off tumblr (Not my idea) AU: Castle is killed one month after their wedding. She quits the NYPD, because everything reminds her of him. There is major character death. Clearly. - Now complete.

What if Beckett lost it after her mother's death and her only sense of sanity came through Richard Edgar Castle's books? (Set before season 1. Winter kink Meme Fill) Beckett has abducted her favorite author and keeps him cuffed, tied up and or drugged in her bedroom to have her dirty way with him whenever she likes. AU. (This will hopefully be a memorable love story ;)

Birthday fic for my darling KT, who actually asked for this. "I know, Castle, I know," she sobs, doesn't know what else to say, she understands, and this fire is tearing her apart. COMPLETE

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.

Inspired by The Script's - Six Degrees of Separation. Written in Kate's POV about her break up with Castle and how they resolve things..

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**

It's Kate v. Meredith in a battle for claiming territory. But what happens when that territory just happens to be a spot in the lives of the Castles? Who will win? Who will lose? And How will our favorite father - daughter duo survive? Read and find out! NOW COMPLETE

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 :

'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.

Because it's not like her life was perfect before her mom was murdered, and it's not like that doesn't affect her anymore. - might be triggering.

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

"Josh help you with that?" "No, I broke it off with him. You were right. I didn't love him." Castle nodded. "So your here to tell me I was right. Thanks, good to know." He then walked away from her. Just because she was no longer attached, didn't mean he could forget the months of silence. It can take a millisecond for a heart to break but forever for it to heal. Set 'Rise'

This was inspired by the song "Just Give Me a Reason" by Pink/Nate Ruess. It takes place about a year after C/B started dating, but is not tied to the specifics of season five. In other words, it's a slight AU, forcing the ugly conversation they've needed to have for quite a while.

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.

"Castle." She whispers, fingers reaching up to trace his lips. "Tell me you love me." Trigger warning: Self Harm. COMPLETE.

Radiant. It was the only word to describe her. Positively, gloriously radiant.

A fix-it-fic for 'Squab & the Quail'. Spoilers up to this episode.

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.

Making the call might just have been one of the best decisions of his life, he thought, as he stared at his phone again like he had been for the past five days. (AU from the S2 finale.)

Rick and Kate at a nightclub. Rated M. *Updated 01/23/2013* One-shot.

All we do is light it up all night.

Post-ep for 47 Seconds. Kate. Just Kate.

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.

a cool story about some cool bros

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.

A different, *Alternate ending to Always.* For my hubby who wishes that Rick would have had the nerve to tell Kate to take a flying leap for the hell she put him through during season 4 and kicked her out the front door instead of mauling her against it, lol... but I couldn't quite make it that angsty/dramatic.

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.

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

It can never be enough, making up for all the time they've missed. She laughs, full and rich, shaking with it and it's infectious. He grins, pressing his forehead against hers as he watches the light fill her face. He lets the backs of his fingers graze her cheek, overwhelmed by her, by this, them-Everything. COMPLETE.

When Castle and Beckett are sent to chase down a lead out of town and have to spend a few days staying in the same hotel room, things get a little... interesting. Smut-warning applies. Now complete.

"She falls against him, willing, pliable, her spine a convex curve against his arm, so tightly wound around her waist and then he presses his hips into hers, his mouth to her lips." Follows 4x23, 'Always.' NO SPOILERS FOR SEASON 5

Hospitals are a place of healing; a place of rest. Try telling this to Castle and Beckett.

Set after the events of Countdown. Cold, lost, empty, scared. Beckett turns to the only person who can make that all go away. Castle

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

Post Always. She's standing in the blazing ray of sunlight...

Esposito said pancakes are an edible way to say, "Thank you so much for last night." Kate's not sure they could ever say enough.

The first thing he becomes aware of is her scent, the subtle, familiar notes of cherry and cinnamon sugar that tease his nose. ONE-SHOT.

Himitsu-Bako is a Japanese Personal Secret Box. Set after Headhunters, although I've seen no spoilers for anything upcoming. COMPLETE

The panic attacks came back. And the nightmares and the fear-a constant, heavy thing, buzzing in her peripheral vision, clattering in the back of her mind. And he was gone. There was that, too. Post "The Limey". Castle/Beckett figuring things out.

One for my mom. One for Castle leaving me. One for the stupid brunette. One for the bullet that once sat in my chest. One for being my stupid, damaged self. - absolutely deserves T-rating, might be triggering.

Post-ep for 47 Seconds. I totally wasn't going to do this...But then I had to.

"Because when you have nightmares every night, they become as ordinary as the dreams you have every night that you wake up from in the morning and don't remember. With one little twist."

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.

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

"Kate?" His confusion is laced with relief, because lord only knows what he was afraid of finding here. His hand is on her shoulder, heavy and warm. As soon as he sees her face his own crumples a little. "Oh, Kate." post ep. Cops & Robbers

When Castle and Beckett travel to Las Vegas to pick up a witness, they're not quite prepared for the problem that pops up.

It was Kate's worst nightmare; that he'd see her like this and run the other direction. What she didn't expect, however, was that this was the night that would prove just how deeply his love ran. Possible spoilers for Kill Shot.

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

Nine months ago she gave him up at the behest of his daughter - choosing to break herself in order to free him. As dumb ideas go it's the worst one ever. ***Finalist for 'Best Romance' in the 2012 Castle Fan Fiction Awards.***

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

Castle and Beckett are masters of miscommunication. So many lost opportunities that make you want to slap them sometimes. Here's a story of how they get together but for all the wrong reasons.

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.

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.

It's 2012 and Castle and Beckett are attending Detective Ryan's wedding. Love is in the air... will our favorite couple add to the romance?

"I'm tired of pretending, Kate. Aren't you tired?" Not meant to be an LA fic, but you can take it that way if you want. Originally just Kate's kitchen after a tough case

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.

The world didn't end. It is only his world that is crumbling down. Post 3x17 - Countdown.

After surviving so much together, Castle and Beckett discover that their greatest challenge lies in being apart.

It's never been if. It's always been when. Alternate Universe. Oneshot.

Set after "Sectionals". Rachel is too wound up to sleep. She decides to take a late night trip to see Finn, and finds him home alone. Rated M for sexual themes.