A collection of Caskett drabbles, ficlets, and one-shots based on prompts. Today's offering: Cute: Castle finds out his partner thinks something important about him. Rated K

They're both muddling through life. Her days are full of politics and paperwork. His are spent surfing the web in his underwear and buying gadgets to drive his mother crazy. Could a charity auction be what Captain Kate Beckett and novelist Richard Castle need to find their way together? Or will fumbles and stubbornness keep them apart? AU. A Castle 2015 Hiatus Ficathon story.

'We're just friends.' 'Friends who kiss.' Kate tells herself it will never happen again, but she couldn't be more wrong. A late season two AU.

When Rick Castle agrees to a meeting with the head of one of New York's more efficient crime families, he has no idea what he's getting into, or how it's going to change his life. A 2016 Castle Hiatus Mini-Ficathon story. Meeting AU. Job AU. COMPLETE

"God, what the hell had she been thinking? Marrying a guy she met in a bar on what amounted to a dare? Do something crazy, Kate, her friends had teased the moment they landed in Las Vegas. It's your last chance before you go serious Stanford on us." - A Caskett 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.

AU. Two years after model Grace Beckett uses her twin sister, Kate's, name in a one-night-stand with mystery novelist Richard Castle, things get complicated when the real Kate Beckett brings Castle in for questioning in a murder.

How Castle and Beckett went from working together to waking up together. A What Happens in AC prequel.

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

"He wants to stay this blissful forever. He plans to. With Kate." A #castlethemeday fluff fic.

"I was thinking, we should start a new tradition," he muses, flipping open one of the cardboard flaps. "For every time we save each other's life. You know, since it's becoming quite a habit for us." Inspired by events from 8x03, PhDead.

She has always been more than just his wife, but he he has always been more than enough. Specfic. Oneshot. Based on promo stills for PhDead. Mild spoilers.

"'Without the tiger' Panic seeps into his voice as Castle's eyes meet Beckett's across the dark of the bedroom." A three-word prompt fill from tumblr. Now with artwork by the fabulous E.

A playful one-shot in honor of the glorious and jovial September 19th. Set at the very beginning of Season 2. As always, the honor and glory belong to Cap'n Marlowe and his band of talented miscreants. Kind sirs and madams, I salute you!

Written for the lovely Lou (Inkycoffee)! Thanks for the prompt! Prompt: Josh is brought in for questioning for a case. Later, after being cleared, he confronts Castle to ask if he has a chance of getting back with Beckett since she and Castle aren't together, letting slip that Beckett knows exactly how Castle feels about her.

'Martha is right. This really can't wait another day, wall be damned...' Castle and Beckett get a nudge in the right direction, courtesy of his mother. An AU Cops and Robbers ending in honor of Castle FanFic Monday.

Set immediately post Always. Third in the April's Fool series. Oneshot.

For CastleFanficMonday. One shot set season 4. "Truth or Dare?"

"Hell. She was going to hell. It was sneaky and underhanded of her, and she was absolutely going to hell for it." Unable to stop herself, Beckett answers Castle's phone and takes Ellie Monroe's call. 2x20 AU.

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.

AU set season 1. After closing a tough case similar to that of her mother's, Kate disappears from the precinct. A concerned Castle tracks her down at a bar. He drops the playboy, immature, self-centered persona and shows her the real Castle. The one who is willing to do anything for the people he cares about. **Co-authored with thebazilelord**

Prompt: my favorite episode of the show is Probable Cause, and was wondering if you could write a fic where this episode happened after 47 seconds, when they weren't together and he was mad at her?

"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

"It surprises him that they're talking about this, considering their track record. "You remember?" he asks, letting her take the lead." An AU take on the events of 4x01 'Rise' when Castle goes to see Beckett at the hospital.

Castle and Beckett's first morning as a married couple. Post 7x06. Written for Castle Fanfic Monday.

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

"Kate sits in the weak March light, palms pressed to the rough wooden planks of the sun-warmed bench, and she smiles." A Castle one-shot for spring.

Lady Katherine Beckett's life is thrown into turmoil when her family is attacked, forcing her to find refuge with the crew of Captain Montgomery's pirate ship. The Captain takes in the young girl and raises him along with his crew of misfit youth and his young daughter, Lanie. Kate becomes his successor and helps Sir Richard Castle and his family. AU. Eventual Caskett. T for now.

Rick Castle and Jim Beckett talk about their daughters at Alexis' wedding. My first try at publishing a story, so please be gentle. But please review and tell me what I can improve! And of course, I don't own Castle or its characters. I only wish I did.

Call this a spec-fic destined to be an AU in a matter of hours. A 7x15 reunion. Spoilers through 7x14. Speculation for 7x15.

"Seeing isn't believing. Believing is seeing." An AU story for Christmas.

'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.

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

"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.

'If she could cry, her tears would fall to his cheeks, mingle with the blood staining his skin and the cemetery grass, but the sobs that build in her throat are dry, soundless, and she knows there's no other choice.' AU. An entry for the #CastleHalloweenBash

Sometimes a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.

"Kate's not sure what she expected to find, but this was definitely not it." Beckett comes home and finds Castle in a ridiculous situation "for research".

"…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.

'Tomorrow they'll pretend this never happened. They'll go back to normal and part of her hates that more than the idea of things changing.' Season one AU. Oneshot.

"There will be a later, there will be plenty of time to do everything she's ever dreamed of with him, but now – right now she just wants him." A continuation of the 'Always' deleted scene.

"It had been years since he'd done this. Even longer since he'd done this alone." The night after Johanna's funeral, Jim Beckett is still dealing with grief. A Tumblr ficlet, expanded a little. Oneshot.

AU- One Shot for Setup/Countdown- What if Josh and Kate had already broken up (Prompted by Lou)

Castle & Beckett see Guardians of the Galaxy. Romance ensues. Set summer between seasons 6 & 7. Vaguely suggests events surrounding the end of last season. No season 7 spoilers. Minor Guardians of the Galaxy spoilers.

Flashforward/Flashback- a story in two parts. AU. There's a balance to the universe. There are certain things we aren't supposed to do, certain forces we aren't supposed to mess with, and this was one of them.

Crack!Fic prompted by Lou: Castle discovers Kate's guilty secret - her version of the Sims, complete with their characters being together. Pre-couple.

"Castle, I said legs!" Alternative scene for episode 4x06, 'Demons'.

"I brought dinner. I didn't know what you felt like so I got sushi, I got some Italian, got some Thai, even grabbed some hot dogs." He offered proof that what he said was indeed true and her lips turned up in a smile, even though her head ducked, the loose strands of hair falling to shield her face. Alternative ending to Sucker Punch. Two Shot.

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.

Castle let out a half laugh. "I swear, we must be getting old, this never used to be this difficult. We could do three... four... five in a row before with no problem." A One-Shot.

Castle had always raved about the zombie apocalypse, spoke of it as if it would be some compelling adventure. It wasn't.

"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.

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.'

He's staring down at her, because she's in her bare feet. This is happening in her bare feet and pajamas, her hair just beginning to air dry. In her wildest, most bizarre dreams, she could not have imagined this. - An alternate proposal story written before Watershed aired. Oneshot.

If it only takes a moment for your life to change forever, can a 'one time thing' right the wrong? An AU Caskett meeting.

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

Detective Kate Beckett of the NYPD is definitely assigned all the "freaky ones". Why? Her partner is Rick Castle, mage. Also owner of a stunning pair of blue eyes and jeans that fit him all too well, much to her chagrin. An urban fantasy Castle AU one-shot.

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

It's when she takes the time for the lunch he brings her that she first notices he's moved - hidden really - the app for the calendar on her phone. She finds it moved to the last page of apps on her system, placed in a folder by itself making the date on the screen almost but not quite too small to read. One shot.

Sometimes at the end of a long day, you just need to unwind in a bubble bath... for two. Caskett FLUFF ***SPOILER WARNING FOR SEASON6 PREMIER, DO NOT READ IF SPREE***

This green-eyed woman took a bullet for Mal Reynolds before he ever learned her name. Kate Beckett becomes a character in the 'verse. Mackett.

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 collection of one-shots based on each episode. A perpetual work in progress - won't be finished until the series is!

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.

With one handshake Castle joins the ranks of his Super Friends and crosses off #35 on his bucket list. Spoilers for 5x03. Author previously known as Not In The Face.

post-ep, 5x03 'Secret's Safe With Me' - Kate and Castle mend some fences with Alexis and Gates, respectively.

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 doesn't even need her to say it. ONESHOT.

"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***

Just a brief moment from Always, before Kate shows up at Castle's door.

Castle and Beckett will do anything in their power to protect an abused little girl. However, when the case threatens to reveal their secret relationship to the world, will they be forced to give it all up?

"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

AU. Castle meets Beckett in a bar/club, but someone gets in their way of having a good time. Complete.

Four years as partners, and there's still so much to learn. During their first intimate encounter, Rick learns something shocking about Kate. A lesson for him in devotion. A lesson for her in trust. Starts where 4x23 leaves off. Some may consider this AU, others call it out of character. So be warned. Now Complete.

The title says it all. Co-authored by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles. Spoilers for season four, but as you will see, quite a lot of it is. . .missing.

Revised: Kate made the first move, now they're together, but Kate's been sick, Castle's by her side, past lives are shared, Both secrets are out-So, now what happens-Enjoy, this part of their story is NOW COMPLETE, Maybe they will return in a sequel

SPOILERS for Headhunters. "She's a little girl, she's a tigress, and she's a warrior. She's insecure and she's indomitable. She's everything." -Stana Katic on Kate Beckett, Parade Magazine March 16, 2012

Beckett is waiting for Castle at the precinct when she gets a call from Alexis and finds herself rushing over to the hospital, after Castle has been involved in a car accident.

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

When caught in the eye of the storm, Castle and Beckett finally surrender to the electricity between them.

Castle receives a birthday gift from Kate. Post 47 Seconds. References a tweet from writeRCastle. Oneshot.

She met him once, long ago, thinking he was someone else, and fell in love. Caskett-Season 1 AU. -Part 1 of the WHAT'S IN A NAME series-2012 Castle Fan Awards, Fanfic: Best Alternate Universe Story nominee-

Castle and Beckett share conversation and discovery on their way back from their final visit with Joe and Vera toward the end of The Blue Butterfly. Oneshot.

Following a PTSD episode, Kate has a choice to make. Heavy angst, character death, adult situations . Spoilers for Rise, Cops & Robbers and Kill Shot. Chapter 3 up, COMPLETE.

Post-ep for the Wedding. SPOILERS. co-authored by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles. Multi-chapter.

Castle tries to convince Beckett of the magic of the season. A chapter posted every day. COMPLETE

In his study of humor, Data searches through some late 20th century comedies. Unfortunately, the program Data uses is corrupt and has a very strange effect on the entire ship, including trapping Will Riker and Deanna Troi inside the holodeck. Now complete