"Just do whatever you wanna do. You always do anyway." "What if I told you that what I want to do is you?" An AU insert for 2x5 "When the Bough Breaks." Two-shot smut.

A Castle Ficathon Winter 2017 entry. I borrowed most of the bones of this piece from a prompt (too lengthy to include here), with thanks: Set following events of late season 4, Kate and Rick are no longer partners. In fact, Kate hasn't heard from him in months, but that doesn't mean she's ready to let go…if his heart is still open to her, that is.

"Rick, this is Kate Beckett, my colleague. Beckett, this is Rick Castle, my cousin. I think you'll get along famously." - Beckett learns a little more about both her coworker and her shadow all in the same day. AU, Caskett.

She doesn't understand what happened between them, why it all went south. And at the touch of a hand it all comes rushing back to her, a wave of heavy emotion hitting her directly in the chest. Her eyes fall shut and she knows she's showing her hand, her heart, but god, she could have sworn they were headed somewhere five months ago. Probable Cause (5x05) AU

Mission: Überwachung. Subjekt: Richard Castle. Transkripte ab 27. Februar 2009. German Translation of InkyCoffee's Operation: White Wale

After Beckett returns from California (To Love And Die In L.A.), Josh finds her asleep with Royce's letter in her hand. A birthday fic for Lou, based on a prompt she gave me ages ago!

The question is on the tip of his tongue, and he doesn't want to ask it, doesn't think he wants to know the answer, but still, he has to ask. "Did she go alone?" The silence and slight shake of Ryan's head is all he needs to know. A 3x22, TLADILA AU. COMPLETE.

'Kate casts her gaze to the evening sky, momentarily ponders how she ended up here with a supposedly unlucky cat and a ludicrous writer both accompanying her home on Halloween night.' A Castle Halloween Bash 2016 entry. Set in season 3.

Her favourite author just bought her a drink? Shut. The. Front. Door. What if Castle and Beckett met five years earlier?

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

'She's fairly certain she's no one's mother. Surely she'd remember that. How many glasses of wine did she have last night? She'd needed a drink after their case, after the non-hickeys on both her and Castle's necks caused quite the commotion in the bullpen. One? Two maybe? Three tops.' Time travel fill. Two shot.

Future Fic. Rick reassures Lily that she doesn't need to face her monsters alone. Thanks to Andrew W. Marlowe & Terri Edda Miller for dreaming up some spectacular monsters and the extraordinary heroes to slay them.

"What do you weigh, a buck twenty soaking wet? How the hell did you think you survived getting shot in the heart?" An AU that picks up during 4x10 (Cuffed) and takes a serious left turn from there.

"This wasn't her typical scene, but she swallowed down the hesitation and painted on a smile. After all, he did all of this for her, to honor her mom." - Season 3 AU based around the time of the Johanna Beckett Scholarship Benefit. *2015 Winter Castle Ficathon*

AU: Violinist Kate Beckett is both nervous and excited that superstar composer Rick Castle is guest-conducting the New York Symphony's holiday concert. But when a murder takes place in Symphony Hall, Kate and Castle find themselves collaborating on more than just music. Entry for the 2015/2016 winter hiatus ficathon.

Prompt fill for #CastleThemeDay. Season 4: After the 12th Precinct's Christmas party, Beckett and Castle wake up handcuffed together - again - thanks to a combination of wine and mistletoe.

"Her thumb traces over each letter, as though she could somehow absorb his words and carry them within herself, always." A sort-of post ep for 8x05, "The Nose."

'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.

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.

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'.

An AU Caskett meeting. Because regardless of time or distance, they will find each other. Three 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.)

Based on a prompt from the castlefanficprompts blog: "Beckett accidentally texts Castle "I love you" thinking she was sending that to her dad." For the wonderful lousiemcdoogle.

tumblr prompt: They slept together after Ryan's wedding but never talked about it. Kate finds out she is pregnant but doesn't know how to tell him, especially after the events of 47 seconds (and Limey).

"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

Kate arrives at the loft for an impromptu visit and she comes bearing news. A Season 6 AU that picks up after the beginning of 6x01, Valkyrie.

"She couldn't sleep, still wired after the day's events, the cold from the freezer lodged deep in her bones and not wanting to leave." A post-ep for Countdown (3x17). A fic for CastleFanficMonday

A cowardly betrayal leaves Rick Rodgers and Kate Beckett fighting for their lives. Can they learn to rely on the other; will it lead to something more? What happens when they return from exile and the world learns the truth? A/U. Complete. Giant hugs to who've taken a chance on this story and followed to the end. Which is just a beginning...

noceo - latin, 'I harm.' Noceos are shadow men, slender men, the black mass that torment children. A pre-Castle story about what happened in Hollander's Woods when Rick was 11 years old. Based off the comments from 7x02, though no real spoilers for that episode.

A little Crackfic before the premiere based on a twitter conversation from earlier today: "I really need to see Martha disarm Beckett and everyone to just (be in total shock)."

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

But then it's the way her face lights up when she sees her, and, more importantly it's the shriek of "Mommy!" that has her taking a step backwards. (Time travel AU, of a sort, set after 47 seconds)

Based on a fic prompt: Early season 5 (before anyone knows C&B are together) Castle and Captain Gates get stuck in an elevator together.

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.

When Kate gets into a car accident, the outcome of her injury is retrograde amnesia – she doesn't remember her life after 2008. Rick, as a result, is left to deal with the consequences of his wife's memory loss while she comes to terms with their life together. Based on a gifset by veraflynns on tumblr. 2014 Ficathon Entry.

"Ficlet prompt: Castle, not Kate, wakes up first after the freezer." [canon divergent - of 3x17 Setup] [Nothing changes. Sorry. Just bittersweetness.]

"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'."

Kate Beckett hates hospitals. She hates the white linoleum tiles and how she can't help but wonder how often they are stained red. She hates how the walls all look the same, that no one could paint on even an ounce of joy. But what she hates most now is that her grandfather is there and she has no idea why. Post-Undead Again.

'It's too late by the time she realizes that she's in trouble...' A Last Call post-ep.

Booze and flirting and sexy times! What more could you ask for from an M-rated Caskett fic?

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

"He's so focused on her conspiring that he doesn't notice it might not be a bad thing." Happy birthday Jennifer!

What if Castle and Beckett had gone for that drink at the end of 'Cops and Robbers' (4x07)? An AU post-ep one-shot.

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."

Six scenes of fatherhood.

Based on a seven step system determined by giraffepoliceforce on tumblr, for how to confess your love to someone. Set early season four, around the time of the rogue head and "just like us". Total crack, and I hope it makes you smile. One shot.

"Even though it was a short encounter, he can't seem to get her sparkling blue eyes, wavy blonde hair and dazzling smile out of his mind." Kevin Ryan and Jenny Duffy-O'Malley's first date. One shot, complete.

Now complete. Thanks everyone! This is my 2013/14 Winter Ficathon Entry. Cover Art courtesy of the great dtrekker. Prompt 1: "She awoke with a start. The bed beside her was cold, the room still dark save for the soft glow of the light outside filtering in through the window as it reflected off of the steadily falling snow." A/U sometime in season 6.

Castle and Beckett discuss whether Cosmo is a suitable name for a future child and other options besides. One-shot post-ep for 'The Good, The Bad and the Baby' (6x10).

More truth than Castle normally tells, and more than Beckett's ready to hear. It changes everything. Quietly. Season 3, post-Poof! You're Dead!

"If it's so adorable, why won't you sleep with me?" An AU episode insert for 03x11. For Meg, because her tags inspired it.

Kate is having a bad day at work and Castle finds a way to cheer her up. One-shot

He wiggled, trying to ease himself back from her in the dark, confined space. A soft and shocked exclamation filled the air between them and Castle froze once more. Set during Under The Gun.

"It had been happening so regularly that Eduardo had started leaving the stepladder in the roof lobby permanently..." A story about the magic of one family in particular, and a birthday present for lousiemcdoogle :)

One shot based on episode 6x10. For Lou McDougle on her birthday. Thanks for the beta suggestions.

Companion to Another Life, a place for the M-rated chapter(s)

"What was his problem? Did he have no sense of justice or morals whatsoever? He just let a killer free and all he could think about was boobs." An AU Castle/Beckett story.

"Castle." She breathes, her eyes dropping, roaming over his face, like she wants to devour him and she did say dessert. The sweet treat at the end of a meal, the soft, hard, hot, cold culmination of an evening spent in promise. He can think of no better word for what is about to transpire between them. M addition to All Good Things

We base our relationships on first impressions. But then life gets involved and makes us realize that everything we think we know could be wrong. An A/U take on things. As of 'Flowers for your Grave,' yet Johanna Beckett is alive.

Beckett remembers wearing her Dress Blues at Roy's funeral. She remembers standing on the podium, and she remembers everything just going black. She doesn't remember the gun shot. Or anything else. What happens when Castle and Beckett have one less lie standing in their way? A season 4 AU, canon until 3.24 Knockout. 2013 Ficathon Entry.

A one shot circa season four, a few weeks after the Ryans' wedding. A birthday present for closingdoors and my first M rated fic. Ellie said: car sex, and I said: okay.

Spoilers for 5x24. As he watches, sees the hollow emptiness wash over her face, it all falls into place. She wants answers. She wants a reason to stay in the city. And she wants that reason to come from him. Complete.

"Kate smiles at him, a trembling, fearful thing just for him. It fills him up. She may as well have said yes. Because she's going to work on it. For him. He's soooo going to marry Kate Beckett." - - - Set sometime in late 2013 and beyond. No spoilers. **Now Complete**

After a tragic, soul crushing case, Kate peels another layer off the Castle onion.

They make everything a little sharper. Oneshot.

Kate goes to see Dr Burke because that bullet whizzing past her head has shaken her up. Cue some honesty and grown up talking. Spoilers for 5x21 (The Squab and the Quail). Fix-it fic with a rating to be safe

"Stop mocking my post-coital haze. It's your fault I'm a puddle of mush right now." A silly, sexy season five scene, no spoilers.

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.

After a vivid dream, Beckett thinks she's been given a second chance. When she begins to doubt the reality surrounding her, there is only one person she can think of who has come up with crazier things than what she's living through.

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.

Based on a prompt: What if the crime in the alley scene in 'Always' had nothing to do with Kate's shooting or her mom's murder. And the John Woo marathon went ahead. Would Kate show up at the loft and what happens next? "His footfalls greet her like an approaching army, striking fear and terror, laced with excitement and something that feels suspiciously like arousal, within her."

Happy Holidays louisemcdoogle! A Secret Santa Fanfiction Exchange. A slow day at the 12th sees the boys becoming a bit too mischievous! Set when only Ryan knows about Castle and Beckett.

"It had been a mistake. All of it really. The drinks, the company, the dress. How she had thought any of it would ease the ache in her chest was beyond her. Because it hadn't. Not at all." Four-shot - based off of The Limey/To Love and Die in LA. Now Complete.

Written for the prompt: Drunk Beckett. Kate and Lanie go out on a girls night, and Kate has a little bit too much. Cue Castle doing the gentlemanly thing and escorting her home. Silliness abounds.

"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.

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.

CASKETT. Missing scenes for "To Love and Die in LA". While in LA, Castle and Beckett sleep together.

"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

A phone call, an impossible decision, and suddenly thirteen years' worth of questions all come down to seven days' worth of answers: this was their first week together. My take on early season five.

Beckett goes into witness protection without Castle, with disastrous results. NOW COMPLETE!

If this was what really being in love felt like Kate wasn't sure she was going to survive it. Not like this was news, but obviously something was seriously wrong with her. Winner of FanFic: Best Humor in the 2012 Castle Fan Awards

He isn't afraid of Kate in the crosshairs anymore. Right now, Castle is more afraid of his partner behind a gun than in front of one.

Certain things are inevitable. Castle pushes, Beckett twists an ankle, and walls crumble. Complete.

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

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

Richard Castle discovers something unexpected when he visits Kate Beckett one December night.

Sometimes, a touch is all it takes. Based on a tiny glimpse of a scene from the Canadian preview, written before the episode aired. Warning: Contains spoilers for episode 4x10, "Cuffed".

"Not like this": as if she has a favourite way for Castle to die, as if she has an order of preference, as if *anything* could make it better. - Mid-ep scene for Cops & Robbers, you know, that time when Martha couldn't shut up.

When Castle asks Kate to have a heart-to-heart with his daughter about relationships, Beckett discovers more than he really wanted her to know about himself. COMPLETE. Now broken into chapters for easier reading.

Jake has a... problem. And Diane has the cure.