Jane still works at the CBI but Lisbon is living a very different kind of life on the other side of the country after suffering a gruelling ordeal. A case brings them into contact again when Jane asks for her help, hoping by solving it she can banish her demons and he can find the woman he loved once again. M for both violence & sex scenes. Reviews, as ever, are much appreciated.

Sequel to Chance Encounter set eleven years later as Jane and Lisbon meet again under complicated circumstances. What has happened to each of them in the intervening years? Can they help each other confront and solve the problems in their lives now? Can they find love with each other again? Rated T but may have some M rated scenes. Multichapter. Reviews are much appreciated.

Sequel to Deception (AU) set two years later. A mysterious stranger bearing surprising news arrives as Jane and Lisbon negotiate the advance of their relationship. And does what happens next relate to their presence or are there more sinister forces at play? Reviews, as ever, are much appreciated. Multichapter.

'He isn't sure where she has gone, but it's obvious she wants to be alone. Or at least, without him. Until nearly a month into the summer when his phone chirps with a new message. From Kate Beckett.' Set during the summer after Beckett's shooting.

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.

"Detective Castle, this is Katherine Beckett, famous mystery novelist with 26 bestsellers to date, perhaps 27 soon if this all works out. And your shadow for the foreseeable future." AU.

"She's so busy trying to blink back tears, trying to avoid the look her daughter'd given her as she was wheeled away, that she doesn't notice anyone else sit down in the waiting area, not until there's a small murmur of 'excuse me' and she turns to find a man sitting beside her, a small packet of tissues in his extended hand." AU meeting.

'He doesn't truly know what they are – broken up, on a break, straddling the line between the two. All he really knows is that they can't be over.' A series of tumblr prompt fills with the common theme of being a 'post break-up AU'.

'He may have fallen in love with the city of Florence at first sight, but he thinks he fell in love with Kate Beckett even quicker.' AU. Loosely inspired by the film, 'Lost in Florence'. Two shot.

The moment they met, their lives became extraordinary. They just didn't know it yet. A pre-series meeting AU. Entry for the Castle Summer Hiatus 2015 Ficathon.

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: "It still catches him off guard, the wave of curiosity like a weight lifted off his shoulders, the wave of inspiration so very sweet, a taste of something he hasn't had in forever. Kate Beckett. She's going to be a tough nut to crack." Castle and Beckett meet in yoga class. Entry for the winter ficathon 2015.

AU. 9 years ago Kate Beckett left New York and her father. Longing to find happiness again she returns to New York, and winds up in bed with author Rick Castle. The two of them get far more than they bargained for. Starting a family with a stranger is a challenge, it's even harder for Kate who is still trying to pick up the pieces of herself after her mother's death.

AU: Castle is the fun English teacher. Beckett is the strict English teacher. All their students ship them together. (And they may ship themselves together, too). Castle Ficathon 2015 Entry.

Summary: What is it that Professor Rodgers had for his student Katherine Beckett? No one knew. Is it mutual? Will they cross the borders? Angst&Romance

'The glimpse of her face, her smile illuminating his screen, causes his chest to burn, consumed by fire that chars his heart. He loves her, but it's not enough. It's too much. And he can't take anymore.' An alternate end to season 4 that changes everything.

"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*

She broke something wonderful, tore it to shreds. She left him, and now she needs to come home. She needs to fix this, for him, for them. All of them. A post 8x02 story.

Katherine Beckett is the city's most influential women's self help journalist. What happens when she becomes more involved in her next story than she initially intended? A Caskett AU story based on "How To Lose a Guy in Ten Days" for the 2015 Castle Summer Ficathon

AU of how Jane & Lisbon meet. He works as a detective in San Diego when she is assigned as his partner. They discover tragedies in their pasts that interfere with their working relationship and their burgeoning personal one, making them reconsider choices they've made. Ongoing multichapter. Rated T but may have some M rated chapters later. *STORY CURRENTLY ON HIATUS*

After being held captive for nine months Kate Beckett is finally free, but now she must work with Detective Castle in order to solve the case that almost destroyed her. Can Detective Castle solve the case and bring justice to her? As the case unravels how will it affect both of their lives? AU & Pre-Season.

Mission: Surveillance. Subject: Richard Castle. Transcripts from 27 Feb, 2009. [Castle Summer Hiatus 2015 Ficathon Entry] See my author page for new M!rated companion to Ch 81. Now complete.

Castle and Beckett go undercover at a gated community, to investigate a string of mysterious deaths. Set Christmastime of season four, after Cuffed.

Kate Beckett lives and breathes gymnastics. Rick Castle is a freelance journalist looking for a gripping story heading into the Rio Olympics. Gymnast!AU. Inspired by a prompt on castlefanficprompts. For the Summer 2015 Ficathon.

Set after Kill Shot: Her badge is heavy on her hip, an anchor to keep her present. Little good it does as her mind races, as her body welcomes each drop of rain that hits her skin. She keeps herself still as a car putters by. Her heart hammers in her chest, her fingers twitch but she stands tall. Just noise.

'Castle plops down to the sand once she's gone, opens his notebook on his bent knees and uncaps his pen. He came here for inspiration, and he may have just found it.' Based on a gif set by katigron on tumblr.

'New York was bracing for a hurricane and Kate Beckett was terribly ill prepared. But she was even less prepared to see Richard Castle again after a summer of silence.' Set late in the summer, post season 2.

AU. Castle and Beckett meet during the bank robbery in Cops And Robbers. After the events of Montgomery's shooting, her own, and breaking up with Josh, will Beckett still learn to let Castle in? COMPLETE.

Castle steals a police horse. The arresting officer is none other than Kate Beckett. "You got yourself up there and now you're going to get back down. I want you to concentrate. Carefully lift your leg over its flank, then slide to the ground. Preferably without breaking anything. Or losing that blanket. No one wants to see your bare ass swaying in the moonlight. Least of all me."

Post-ep for 2x24 Beckett deals with the aftermath of Gina showing up at the precinct and then leaving for the summer with Castle. She makes great efforts to move on with her life, and then disaster strikes. "Make. Me. Care." She uttered the words one last time in a tissue thin voice, as cruel, embarrassing tears coursed down her cheeks. "Too late, Kate. You already do."

Based on a Tumblr prompt - 'Tyson and Nieman have been working for years, Castle is an NYPD detective and is called to investigate the murder of Kate Beckett...' full prompt at the beginning.

Support Group AU. "And until then we can just be two people trying to figure things out."

AU from Kate's shooting. Kate is recovering up at her dad's cabin five weeks after her shooting when the last straw snaps and everything starts falling apart all around her. Who does she turn to in her moment of crisis?

"Why did you come?" And she can't answer him because there isn't an answer. At least, not one that makes sense to her. (AU, S6, post RJ)

'He's been coming to her library for over a month now and she likes him, really likes him.' An AU that explores the meeting of a burdened librarian and a struggling writer. Three shot.

Written for a prompt on castlefanficprompts. "You found me drunk and crying in a bathroom bc my ex dumped me and then you brought me to a taxi and insisted on giving me your number so you'd know that I got home safe and then we start texting a lot AU"

This is her home. The place where she grew up, trekking up and down the mountains and racing through the fields. Where she learned to cook and drive and dance. The place where her memories live, where she can close her eyes and take a deep breath and almost hear the fading echo of her mother's voice. This is her home. And damned if she's going to give it up. - AU Christmas-type fic

"His seat-mate is the slip of a woman, all skinny and efficiency-sized." / An AU where Kate and Castle meet where they least expect. Immediately follows Johanna Beckett's death. Pre-series. Now complete.

A chance encounter leaves Kate questioning the decisions of her past and the road that she's currently walking with Castle. Will making a different choice lead to a new them? Or will the ghosts that haunt them both prove too much to overcome? A rewrite of 47 seconds.

"…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.

"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.

"'He pushed me off a roof much like this one,' she added, as if she had read where his thoughts lay. He suppressed another shudder. 'I hung on with one hand when I heard your voice.'" A universe where 4x23 "Always" didn't end the way it did. One-shot.

"Seven am is a cup of coffee, sweet and strong and made with love. It is a 'good morning' mumbled against each other's lips..." This is a story of twenty-four hours in the lives of Castle and Beckett. Caskett / Rated T / Complete.

Castle and Beckett defined. (Inspired by the book of the same name).