Alexis has had enough, and she lets Kate know. Rated for language. Based on speculations flying on finale. It has become a multi-chapter story exploring how decisions have a ripple effect, whether we realize it at the time or not.

A collection of Caskett one shots.

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.

There are so many things we take for granted, even those to which we seemingly attach some value. It takes losing all of it to know the real value they hold though.

I just escaped from possibly the most awkward date in the history of Earth, and I need to decompress. I brought ice cream. And wine. And cupcakes. 1x7, Home is Where the Heart Stops.

Castle and Beckett's Forbidden Planet evening. Post Law and Murder. Will become AU. Idea from castlefanficprompts on tumblr.

SEQUEL TO THE WEDDING OF THE CENTURY Now married, Kate and Rick Castle have to navigate the ups and downs of their new life, how they fit in at the precinct and what their relationship means for the future. Cases, family, everything changes when they hit the big bump.

Fresh from their honeymoon, newlyweds Rick and Kate catch their first case as husband and wife: A serial killer preying on prostitutes in Washington Heights. Is he the descendant of the infamous Jack The Ripper or just a deranged psychopath? Many thanks to Dtrekker for the amazing cover art and Cofkett my beta. My second entry for the 2014 #CastleFicathon

Sequel to my fic Just a Temporary Thing. AU season 3. Four months after the events of "Tick, Tick, Tick/Boom", Kate is still staying with the Castles. But could a family tragedy make this temporary arrangement a bit more permanent?

"She steals his words and gives them life all the same." A 7x23 fic inspired by the episode stills. No spoilers other than what my own imagination came up with after seeing the stills.

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

Just playing with Cops & Robbers. What happens if Kate admits to needing Rick, and he leaves the bank to be with her?

Tired of the back and forth dance that her friends have been doing for the last two years, Lanie takes matters into her own hands...Rated T but may change to M

"Is- Is that my shirt?" Rick joins Beckett for dinner and makes a startling discovery. Detective Kate Beckett had stolen one of his shirts. Tumblr prompt. A series of mainly related oneshots.

Castle gets drunk and listens to Miley Cyrus, other hilarity ensues... AU 6x01 One-shot (plus...?) This is just a silly little piece that I wrote a couple months ago to bide my time during the hiatus.

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.

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

A single chance meeting can change everything. AU. Cover art by ournorthstars.

A series of somewhat related ficlets that follow the adventures of Kate and Castle as they work their way through the book, "100 Sex Positions of the Kama Sutra." Expect the unexpected! Disclaimer: I do not own these characters, they are the property of Andrew W. Marlowe and company, with whom I am, unfortunately, not affiliated.

Post epi for 7x07. She squeals and kicks the sheets, alone in the bed. She's on her honeymoon.

AU Post 'For Better or Worse' The search for Richard Castle.

Beckett deals with suicidal thoughts in the beginning, which is set sometime between the end of 4x20 and when she talks to Dr. Burke in 4x21. Following that, how Caskett deal with the fallout and work towards something better. Slight AU... Rated M for suicidal thoughts & intercourse.

a post-ep for 7x04 "Child's Play." thanks to jyleafer15 for awesome cover art.

My version of STILL...has since moved into AU territory. "He continues to be stubborn; she continues to insist he leave. She should have known that he wouldn't leave her." M rating just in case

Kate had been only partially conscious and unprepared when the first thunderous boom sounded almost right over the cabin accompanied by a flash bright light. Her whole body went rigid as the flashes and booms began to repeat over and over again, as the panic attack fully claimed her. Fix it fic for 4x01 *Spoilers for Rise*

101 Reasons to ship Castle and Beckett. This is reposted, since it got taken down. There will be M rated stuff, but it won't be every chapter. Please read and review!

post-ep for 'Driven' 7x01, with a borrowing from the new Nikki Heat dedication.

"Dark. If he could just see across the room…" "Fire. The car had been on fire." Immediate post-ep for 7x01 "Driven," written with caffinate-me (@aspen musing on twitter, aspenmusing on tumblr).

"…Give thy worst of thoughts/The worst of words." -Othello, Act 3, Scene 3. After Castle disappears, the only thing keeping Kate Beckett afloat is her conviction that Richard Castle is alive. But in order to return to work, Beckett is forced by Burke to keep a daily journal. 6x23 2014 CastleFicathon. Thanks to Angie & E for gorgeous artwork & Alex for an amazing summer of editing.

One scene – A thousand words. The same challenge as last year; to create a linking moment between each Season Six episode. One chapter a day until Season Seven arrives.

On the verge of starting something new, Beckett accepts Castle's invitation to the Hampton's only to have Gina arrive before he can reply. The lonely summer stretches ahead but that's not the last Kate sees of Castle or his family. An AU Season Two ending and Summer 2014 Ficathon entry.

Based from the episode 'Knockdown' and that kiss... that results in more kisses and discussion about their future, plan on making this a long fanfic lots and lots of fluff not much about the crime more about the Caskett love.

S4 AU It's been a month since Kate was shot. A month since he's heard from her. A month since he's been sleepless in Manhattan.

The M rated version(s) of chapters from one of my other works, If You See Kate. It's not entirely necessary, but I would strongly suggest you read that story first before reading this.

1998. It's just a small bookstore. She's nineteen; he's twenty nine. AU of Beckett and Castle's first meeting before Allison Tisdale's murder, though the later chapters continue on from "Flowers for Your Grave" and stay mostly AU.

A collection of unrelated drabbles, based around the hugs/cuddles meme on Tumblr. AMAZING cover art by dtrekker!

This is a Season 7 supposition only. I have no knowledge of spoilers or teasers, this is purely an idea at what their winter would look like in 2014-2015 after that season-ending fiery accident.

Summer of 2010. Just a little twist on things that wouldn't quite let me go.

4X13 AU where Royal chooses Kate. My entry for Castle Ficathon 2014.

When everything goes wrong, you only want one person to make it right. Post 6x23, because the last five minutes of that episode was utterly ridiculous. Rated T for safety, but may change.

Missing scenes from the series as a whole. For Alexis.

2014 Ficathon Entry. AU from 4x01. Three months after her shooting, Beckett is back - but Castle isn't. He's had enough and isn't following her anymore - and if she wants the happy ending then she's going to need to do the chasing, even if Castle is adamant he doesn't want her to. Now complete.

Katherine Beckett had options. Lots of options. Socially acceptable options. So when her mom's murderer was caught, Kate shelved her plans of becoming a cop, intent on living as ordinary a life as possible. But is normal enough? Meeting Richard Castle might be just the thing to change everything for both of them. #CastleFicathon

Her heart was still in jagged pieces after the summer. The sequel to 'still our hands match'. Takes place throughout season 3. AU. Cover art by ournorthstars.

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.

"Kate," the use of her first name has the detective's eyes popping open, another shuddering breath released from its hold in her throat, "I don't want to wait anymore," he whispers, delighted at the soft curl of her smile, the light blush that paints a pink glow against her skin. [47 seconds AU. Castle asks Beckett on a date after talking to Martha.]

"Does your father know about this?" Kate goes to have THAT conversation. 6x23 insert because we all know Jim should have been in the episode. Three-shot.

Kate Beckett is the new nanny for Richard Castle's young daughter, trying to pay back loans and attending Community College as a way to build up credits for her entrance into the Police Academy. She takes the job as delightful Alexis's nanny thinking that it would just be that; a job. But she finds herself falling for her charge's father and finds his affections returned. AU

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!

After witnessing her interrogation Castle realizes that Beckett has lied to him for the past year. She remembers everything, including his "I love you." As far as Castle is concerned this is the end. Can Beckett change his mind?

A new city, a new job, and four years of distance can't change the fact that Manhattan is home - where her heart is. (AU from 3X01. Beckett accepts her D.C. job offer while Castle spends the summer in the Hamptons with Gina.)

"She was the woman of fact. Castle was the man of instinct. Right now she would have to be both. It wasn't the first time she was kicking logic to the curb for his sake." Post 6x23

"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.

Episode insert for 4x16 Linchpin. When Kate and Castle have their argument in the morgue, what would have happened if he had responded to her "Sleep with whoever you want - the more, the merrier!" comment honestly? Written for a prompt/challenge on Twitter. One Shot.

"She's happy. She is so very happy that it worked out. So incredibly glad that it's all behind them now. But she's still—the very thought that this isn't her one-and-done—that he isn't her one-and-done…" An insert for 6x23.

There was a beat in which the homicide floor was pitch black. Before their eyes could adjust, the emergency lights flickered on … "Why, Detective Beckett," Castle drew out, and she pressed her cell against her ear. "You had me at blackout." - An early season three fic. Can a single day make a difference and force Castle and Beckett to deal with their feelings for each other?

Kate's the author, Ricks the detective. A killer is loose and she's meddled with his dead father's case. Now it's time to make things interesting. Read Alternate Universe for season 1. Warning: season 1 is M rated.

Just a few days before Kate leaves to have her first, and long awaited, baby, a case comes across her desk and she's determined to solve it before her last day. But it soon becomes apparent that there may be a far deadlier reason for a quick solve to be required.

The secret disclosed in 47 seconds slowly divides the couple till the events in Headhunters, where discoveries are made that might just bring an end to the relationship in ways that they are not prepared for. Canon till Headhunters and then goes AU

"There would be no unexpected sound of her key in the lock. No sound of stilettos across the floorboards. No laughing greeting or warm embrace or welcoming kiss. Not any more." -My entry for the 2013 Castle Hiatus Ficathon

Castle and Beckett never met five years ago. Beckett's Mom's case remains unsolved, and Castle has no muse. What happens when their paths cross? An AU Target/Hunt meeting.

A collection of Castle and Beckett first kisses! Number Eighteen: "Dare You To Move."

S6 finale-fic. 'Flowers dress the pews like garlands. The light strains of organ music drift down from above. Happy faces are everywhere. Candles burn, their glow like firelight and heady perfume scents the air. But the murmur of conversation, kept low in deference to their surroundings, is an incidental background to the single, jarring thought playing over in his mind.' COMPLETE

What if Castle had been in the building with Ryan instead of Esposito in Under Fire? Would they make it out alive? How would Beckett handle herself knowing that her fiancé could be dead inside a burning building? AU fic for 6x11. *COMPLETE*

A spoiler free story for the end of Valkyrie and the start of Dreamworld about Rick and Kate dealing with the cliff hanger from the end of the episode.

Taking the flowers from Beckett's hand, Castle grins. It's amazingly sweet to have someone taking the time and effort to make him smile, to have someone trying to improve his day, and these flowers have just become sacred. Poof! You're Dead (S3) post episode story, becomes AU. How a simple gift turns into something so much more. COMPLETE

A sequel to 'Coming Home'. "She thinks she understands – the life she led here for three solitary months is still a mystery to him. So she gives him latitude to catch-up, to ease into the small space she made for herself: the sharply delineated edges that her DC life was defined and constrained by. She resolves to show him that he missed nothing, while all she missed was him."

Inspired by episode 6x15, Castle and Beckett sing karaoke in the Hamptons. Richard Castle had one goal in mind as he walked into the dim, beachside bar in the Hamptons, it was something he had been trying to arrange, unsuccessfully, for months now—convince Kate Beckett to sing karaoke with him.

As soon as she says the four words on the tip of her tongue, it will makes the situation more real...She closes her eyes, and takes a deep breath and whispers, "I think I'm pregnant." Future Fic. Caskett of course.

Beckett and Castle realize that her 'wall' is beginning to fall and they can finally see a future together. But nothing is that easy, especially with outside forces attempting to destroy them. While they are both determined to keep their family together, will living on the run tear them apart? Or should they just be more focused on staying alive? AU after Cops and Robbers.

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.

All the Caskett conversations you've been wanting to see all season six in one story! A crime-of-the-week style story with plenty of Casketty goodness. Multi-chapter so buckle up for the long haul.

The beat changed long ago - something driving that rattles the floor and echoes in her bones - but still they sway, caught up in the moment. In each other. *Smells Like Teen Spirit post ep*

This is an extended scene for the dance at the end of 6x15, just because it ended so damn soon!

Post-Ep for 4x10: 'Cuffed'. 'Her body is buzzing with energy, pure adrenalin still racing through her veins, when Castle dumps her own handcuffs into the box of belongings she's currently holding, giving her a loaded look that she's too keyed up to decipher when she slowly drags her eyes up to meet his.'

Post-47 Seconds. 'Kate stands several feet away from Castle's spot at the far end of the bar, hands jammed into her pants pockets, fists curled up tight with her short nails digging half-moons into her palms while the writer studiously tries to ignore her. "You're angry." "You think?" His voice is harsh, dripping sarcasm.

An AU summer fic, set between seasons two and three. The Hamptons trip doesn't work out, and Castle comes back to the city in time to score himself an invitation to Beckett's camping trip. Entry for the Winter Ficathon 13/14.

Basically a what-if story of if Castle was trapped in the burning building with Ryan and Esposito. Obviously a slightly different version of 6x11 "Under Fire"

A post-Watershed story. If Kate says yes, can they really throw the wedding of the century? Or will the job that you can never really leave behind ruin the big day? The road from the engagement to the wedding is long, will Kate and Rick make it there?

A chapter by chapter look at the Christmas holidays of the various AUs. A post every day of December in which we dip into the universe of Castle and Beckett from my previous stories. Begins with Vice. Ends with Advent.

"Ca-Castle! You two slept together?" Ryan practically screamed in shock. Everybody around them turned around and looked at them. "Great. Thank you Ryan," Kate groaned and went back to Lanie. Castle wanted to follow her, but Esposito grabbed his arm. - What will happen when everybody starts finding out about them?

Kate Beckett never thought she would get happily ever after... and when she gets a phone call late one evening, she realizes she may have been right all along. Caskett Angst...

I have hope...you and I collide. Pieces of colored glass – worthless, meaningless pieces – spin around to form beautiful designs. People are pieces, and sometimes they combine, too. Everyone's just looking for a place to belong, aren't they? A story about family, friends, and the healing power of love. AU from 3x22.

'Her head was spinning, and not just because of the needle that had been plunged into the side of her neck.' Castle and Beckett wake up stranded in her car after being abducted, and while waiting for a ride back to the city, one thing leads to another. Set during 3x09.

AU for 6x02 "Dreamworld" The toxin is contagious and time is running out...will Kate save her fiancé or will she be too late? *angst warning, but happy ending* Please R&R

"I hadn't seen a sunset like that in forever. Do you remember how incredible the colors were? It was like the sky was on fire, all the reds and pinks and oranges blurred together." Her voice lilts toward him, tugs him deeper into the memory. - A 6x08 post-ep.

Beckett and Castle must race against the clock in order to save Kate's missing father before it is too late. Set a bit in the future. Rated T to be safe.

An extension of the end of "Always" (4.23) One-shot.

Post-ep for 6x06 'Get A Clue'. Spoilers for Season 6 so far. 'The front door swings open almost before Kate registers the sound of the key in the lock, and it opens with such force that it barely misses rebounding off the wall behind. "Hey," calls out Kate in greeting. "You're home early." COMPLETE

"I have a gift for you, Mr. Castle." She hummed, leaning closer to him, with one hand to the hard surface of his desk as she slid a brown package across the glossy surface. A Halloween tale.

It should have been the happiest day of their lifes. Instead Kate and Rick are send on a path that challanges their love once more. It's all about beating the odds.

Warning: contains spoilers from Season 6 Sneak Peak 1, such as they are. This is the result of 4 days locked inside with a concussion, had to kill the time somehow.

He's such a beautiful goofball. And he wants to marry me. - - Spoilers for Need to Know.

Post-ep for Dreamworld. Because I felt like so much more could have happened in that hospital.

Starts at a scene from "Recoil" that I'd missed the first time I saw it. Gates overhears Beckett trying to get a confession, and telling the suspect what Bracken has done to her. Story starts there, and wanders into AU. Uses a couple of deleted scenes found on the S5 DVD's. Romance, drama, family, angst, fluff, etc. in varying degrees.

"Because I can't imagine my life without you." -Valkyrie. Post ep for the two parter: Valkyrie and Dreamworld.

He always wondered how death would be; not necessarily how he'd die, but what would come after. Post Valkyrie. Possible Dreamworld spoilers?

Based on a spoiler for 6.03. He barrels through the door and stumbles into the room, out of breath and every eye on him as Agent McCord and the Detectives of the Twelfth fall silent en masse.

Post Valkyrie. After Dreamworld airs this will most likely be AU. This is a one shot. I have taken hints from the promo and first sneak peek of Dreamworld. You will find some references to past episodes and if you look very carefully one little NF Easter Egg. Obviously I don't own any Castle characters, but they inhabit my dreams. Epilogue added. Hope you like it.

My own post episode one shot in the aftermath of 6x01 Valkyrie with a little help from the promo for 6x02.

They'd been apart for six weeks, and now Beckett just called to cancel their weekend. On a whim, Castle impulsively hops the first plane out to D.C... Filler scene for "Valkyrie" (6x01). Romantic fluff... [One-Shot] COMPLETE

She thought she could do this. She thought she could have both. Now she's not sure she's succeeding at either one. No spoilers past 6x01.

Outside, cops and clerks moved about their days. She felt far away from that world. It was just her and him and he knew her and when he held her at night, she didn't feel lonely anymore. She let out a long breath. "I'm pregnant," she whispered.

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

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.

This is what should have happened during and after the Ryan nuptials.

Cat's out of the bag for both of them, and Castle is crushed in the wake of the truth. Because if she cares for him at all - then how could she do this? ***Finalist for 'Best Drama' in the 2012 Castle Fanfiction Awards.***

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.

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?