Kate Beckett works alone. But her latest mission forces her to face the reason she went into her line of work and to deal with the man who has challenged her patience from the start.

'Regardless of the explanation, of how this idea came to be implanted into his brain, it's suddenly all he can think about...' A post-ep for The Time of Our Lives.

In the end, only Jim gets through to her. The only one with the ability to cut through the dark, heavy shroud of grief that wrapped around her as one of the Hamptons detective drove her back to the house.

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

Love, our light at night and shade at noon. Six scenes.

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.

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.

They need to fix this now, before they can't fix it at all. Post-ep for 5x21 - The Squab And The Quail.

They make everything a little sharper. Oneshot.

The reality of spending an entire week in the Hamptons with Kate already has him completely on edge, but when she casually drops her hand to his leg, fingers tracing tantalizing patterns on the inside of his thigh, he's not sure they're going to make it to the beach house without him crashing his car into a ditch. Complete.

Prompted by: The last day of Castle and Beckett's honeymoon, which they spent backpacking across Europe.

Because she may not be ready to hear the words again, but he wants to make sure that she knows how much he loves her.

It's the little things that become the rhythm of their life together.

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.

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.

He's your favorite author, the only man you've ever loved enough to want to give up all the pain your mother's death has caused you. He's the only man who has ever loved you unconditionally, beyond just the mind or just the body.

She listens to the way his breathing settles, tries to get lost in it but all she can think of is her mother, of the way she had looked fourteen years ago that morning, so composed, so brilliant, the lines around her eyes filled with laughter.

His greatest inspiration is finally at his fingertips. One-shot, post-"Always"

Beckett pulls the night shift, but it's not a gun she's wielding, it's words. Castle and Beckett and a baby.

His chest heaves beneath her, staccato gasps echoing in the darkness of his room. Post-Always. Complete.

It might have been the bravest thing she ever did. Post-Headhunters, oneshot.

"I'm not going anywhere until I get some answers as to why you're evidently injured and not in a hospital." Minor,synopsis mainly,SPOILERS for "Headhunters" 4x21. *Chapter 5 up now. COMPLETE

It's been a long week, and she's tired. One shot. Complete.

You are more beautiful in anger than in repose. One-shot. Complete.

In Reverie, Castle write a better story while he sits vigil at Kate's hospital bed. In this sequel, Kate wakes and reads his story. Alternate version of the hospital scene in Rise. SPOILERS

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.***

Sometimes the words just get in the way. A co-authored story by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles.

Castle/Beckett, "To Kate" universe. It's strange to hear her best friend talking this way, and Lanie realises it sounds strangely like she's talking about forever.

Ch. 5: Kate figured out long ago that had the two of them met, Johanna would have absolutely loved Rick Castle and immediately started dropping subtle hints like So Katie, when's the wedding? Caskett.

Five short stories, each inspired by lines from the Bard. Caskett, Castle POV. Oneshot.

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.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But sometimes, they're worth so much more. Sequel to Polaroid.

"Memories are a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, and the things you never want to lose." Post 'Knockout'.

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

After Kate has been shot, she struggles with her recovery, her feelings for Castle & finding her shooter. Rick, in turn, struggles expressing his love for Kate while trying to keep her safe from those who still wish her harm. Post S3. Angst/Rom/humor

Just because there was only one bullet, doesn't mean there was only one victim. A look into everyone's thoughts after the screen went black. One-shot.

Kate and Josh have broken up, and Kate and Castle have…well, they haven't anythinged. And tonight, they finally stop fighting it. Set somewhere at the end of Season Three, assuming that our shipper irritant is gone.

Takes place after Countdown. Castle and Beckett finally talk about their undercover kiss, what it truly meant to both of them, and where they want to go from here. Story is now complete with an epilogue!

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.

Castle and Beckett spend an evening in bed while he reads her some Love Letters.

With the help of Dr. Seuss and Johanna Beckett, Kate finally realizes that she doesn't have to be alone anymore; that the gravity of 'always' will lead her to straight to Castle. A romance/Humor/Hurt/Comfort one-shot, contains potential S3 spoilers.

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.

It takes a lot to push Detective Kate Beckett over the edge.

Kate supposed it fit that the biggest step of their lives would be summed up in a gesture that would mean nothing to any normal adult.

He was always curious about the little elephants lined up on her desk. Caskett oneshot.