Detective Kate Beckett is, Castle has observed, a woman of irritatingly few words. In fact, a woman of almost no words at all. Except, though her mouth doesn't talk, her walk says everything. And her walk is talking to him. Two shot, set in 1.04. PWP.

A mostly unrelated collection of one-shots wherein Caskett christen every room of the loft.

'It shouldn't feel like he had abandoned her. She hadn't even wanted him around to begin with.' A post 2x05 AU for New Year's.

Set during 4x19: "47 Seconds." Goes AU after Castle overhears Beckett tell Bobby Lopez, "I was shot in the chest and I remember every second of it."

Memorial Day weekend is Castle's chance to show her where it all began for him. But the secrets they both harbor aren't all grim. Some of them might just be the keys to seeing them through this challenging getaway and the initial hurdles of making a go of it together. Season 2 Finale AU. T for language, violence, and some sexual content.

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.

Castle and Beckett go on a road trip, but there's a little problem. Complete.

Castle has been talking about something he shouldn't, and Beckett is in a rage. Set during 6x12, "Deep Cover." Complete.

"Richard Rodgers, astronaut. A man barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic man. Richard Rodgers will be that man. Better than he was before. Better...stronger...faster." Cover art courtesy of the lovely and talented Dtrekker

"It's in the stars. It's been written in the scars on our hearts that we're not broken - just bent." A post ep for XX/XY 8x01 and 8x02.

"She's Kate Beckett and it's midnight and she's falling apart on his doorstep." An AU set two months after Season 3. COMPLETE.

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

AU: Castle and Beckett in the world of classical music. Yep. Rick Castle, Barihunk.

AU On the fifth day, even before boarding the train, he had a moment. If he were to describe the moment, he'd say it was an infinitesimally small fracture in time.

Set fairly early on in S4. Uh-oh. Beckett inadvertently makes a move on Castle. Now what?

Post-Knockout summer AU. Because it turns out that Richard Castle by her side might just have been all she needed all along.

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!)

"The moment hits them both squarely on the chest. Images from the last hour flicker between them; hot, sweet memories they know will never completely fade, no matter where this takes them." Every second of the wondrous, magnificent things that happened between "Beckett, what do you want?" and "Made you a coffee." Post-Always. Now complete.

"He almost lets it go. Almost doesn't press the issue. But the thought of the noises she'd make with his mouth at her throat, their chemistry on display for others to watch and enjoy, is just too tempting." A few chapters of AU spiciness that takes place after 7x02 - "Montreal."

A post-ep for 7x04, 'Child's Play.'

"A case. They must have caught a case and something happend. Something must have went wrong." A story during their first year being in a relationship in which Kate is injured and Rick takes care of her. COMPLETE.

'He read that body heat helps in these situations.' Season 4 AU.

"Kate tilts her cup slowly, savoring the way the flavor rolls richly through her mouth. They've been in Albania for less than seven hours and she's in love with the coffee." Castle and Beckett finally get around to going on their honeymoon. 2nd Place Winner in the Castle Summer Hiatus Contest.

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

Takes place three years after early-season 5. Castle & Beckett haven't seen one another during that time, each going their separate ways. They both travel to Paris, neither knowing the other is there, & when their paths collide, desire & passion take over as they gain back those missed years & rediscover one another. . .Rated M. *Updated 07/07/2014* Final chapter is now up!

She woke early to the sun kissing her eyelids at an unfamiliar angle, and her body still humming with restless energy, alive and vibrant with need. Episode insert for 5x01, 'After the Storm.'

Castle and Beckett celebrate on their wedding night. ONESHOT. Rated M for sexual themes, and language.

Post 3x23 Pretty Dead. I feel like this is where they would've ended up had Knockout not happened.

"He's touching her the same way he always does, but tonight it's lighting her up like it did in the very beginning." Castle and Beckett have to keep quiet.

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!

As it happens, most of his flaws are the things that she loves the most about him. FUNNY AND SWEET SHORT ONE-SHOTS.

"She had slept in. And by all signs, the soft, sweet-smelling woman in his arms wasn't likely to wake any time soon." The third in my loosely related series of Daylight Savings themed one-shots. See "Time Saved" and "Time Well Spent."

"Castle, where the hell are we?" "Vegas baby." He mumbles, a sleepy grin stretching across his face.

"Don't, Castle," Kate cautioned him, sitting up and drawing her knees to her chest. "Don't tell me that it's okay. Don't try and make this better. If that training exercise had been real, I'd be dealing with a lot worse than a couple of bruises." ...Valkyrie missing moment- between his arrival and discussing that case file.

Because that's what happens when you try to run from the past. It doesn't just catch up: it overtakes, blotting out the future, the landscape, the very sky, until there is no path left except that which leads through it, the only one that can ever get you home. A season five finale fic. AU.

This is simply a secret letter Rick randomly writes to Kate while he watches her sleep. One off. No time stamp. AU.

"Next, we figure out how to stop the evil faction of vampires and save the city." "You're kidding, right?" Set Season 7. AU. Aka Vampire!Fic.

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.

Beckett is abducted and tortured for the whereabouts of Montgomery's files. Castle and the gang find her in time and all is well... or is it? Can Castle help her recover? Will Kate allow herself to accept his support? ****** Caskett. Warning: Story contains mature themes, violence, mentions of rape etc. Not for the kiddies. Updated 1 Nov

Castle and Beckett's relationship through the eyes of Martha Rodgers... with a little bit of help from The Bard. Written for the 100th Episode.

A collection of unrelated ficlets.

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.

Because eventually, they're going to take that trip to Bora Bora. Spoilers for The Lives Of Others.

"They were lying in bed on a quiet Sunday afternoon, the room dimmed by the gray clouds outside. The dancing snow flurries made them glad they were inside, enjoying the warmth of each other instead of an unwelcome chill." M-rated Caskett two-shot, now complete!

"You ever do it in a nightclub, Detective?"

"Kate untangles herself from Castle's body and sets her feet on the cold metal floor. She's naked. He's almost naked. And they just had sex in a walk-in refrigerator at Ryan's wedding reception. She blushes and turns away, suddenly embarrassed. This is not good."

A lazy morning at the loft. A fluffy, smutty, one-shot. Set somewhere in Season 5.

Fill for a kink meme (or 2). Read authors note. Takes place in early September. Castle decides he can't go a third night away from Beckett and gets proactive. M for a reason.

Because how could you NOT want to write after reading spoilers for 5x10. Based on spoilers for 5x10: Meredith AND Kate staying at the loft... let the hilarity ensue. **In-Progress** Chapter 11 coming soon!

"So…" whispered Kate, a slight smile curving her lips and threatening to break wide open like the sun bursting free of a cloud, "you wanna talk about it?" she asked tentatively, looking up at him from beneath dark lashes. How the story might continue post-Always. The morning after...well, in my little world... If you find Ch1 a little OTT it does get better. COMPLETE.

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.

She curls her hand around his ear, fingers brushing through his hair as he lies there, head cradled on her chest, body heavy over hers. Post ep, 5x02.

The everyday journey from friendship to a relationship. Post Always.

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's standing in his bedroom half naked and he wants to know if he's dreaming her up. Spoilers for the season 5 promo!

Everyone pretends to be a hooker sometimes.

Rick and Kate do some talking with their hands. Oneshot.

"I want to know what happens after the fade to black." Post-Always, of course.

Oh, she really hopes these aren't more grocery lists of all the ingredients Castle needs for his odd culinary creations. One shot. Complete.

He would never choose to spare himself, but her pain breaks him in a moment. Set sometime before the S4 finale. Written for a fic meme on Livejournal. Trigger warnings: Strong elements of kidnapping, torture, rape, dub-con, and potential suicide - no one dies. Yeah, this goes some dark places.

Very quick and slightly angsty one shot that I wrote some time ago.

noun; clever or subtle repartee; verbal wit. One shot. Complete.

What would happen if a mix of stress and alcohol made Kate succumb before she was ready? How would they find their way back to the status quo? Just a one-shot PWP that sprouted emotions.

A cracked-out, fourth wall busting parody of what I envision for some missing scenes from "Linchpin." This ridiculousness is what happens when my favorite shows frustrate me. Consider yourselves warned. One-shot.

What if Castle felt the need to write some steamy fanfiction? And Beckett succumbed to the urge to read it? And then they both found out what the other was up to?

Beckett and Castle go undercover to bring down a drug kinpin. Beckett has to learn to pole dance, and Castle has to fight not to lose control. Chapter 5, 6 and 7 are up! I just loved all the reviews, and couldnt help myself :D