He holds her against him, his heart still caught in his throat. She's been holding back from touching him. Probably because she's had this flicker of doubt about him not wanting her. And that kills him. Because of course he wants her. He wants her more than he's ever wanted anything. Post-ep for 7x01, Driven.
"I just… I keep thinking that if the chair is in the same spot-" "I know Beckett. You don't need to explain." What happened when the janitor tried to move Castle's chair.
"How cold have I become? I didn't want to lose you by what I'd done. Caught in the the grey." - 'The Grey' by Icon For Hire. Castle's been noticing a much more subdued and dejected Ryan than he's used to, so he decides to do something about it. Post-'Always'. No slash.
'It had been an accident. Nothing more than an accident.' Post-ep of sorts for 6x23, For Better or For Worse.
Set 4x9: "The flickers of it change; sometimes Castle holds her together on the wavering grass as her life drains away, and she can't even find the strength to tell him that she loves him back. Other times the bullet hits him instead when he jumps to save her, and she can hear Alexis screaming high above the crowd when she looks down at his face, brave and giving and going."
…the more they stay the same. *Season 2- AU Caskett story* Kate Beckett is bored with life, but when a serial killer starts dedicating murders to her- someone enters the scene to aid with the investigation and her life may never be the same.
"And I don't wanna die for you, but if dying's asked of me..." Castle's enlisted himself in the Army. COMPLETELY AU.
After an awful lot of waiting, he's here.
It's time for her to lay it all on the line, to share the glorious realization she had come to as she had faced certain death, hanging from that wretched rooftop. Now is her time to make a stand. This, right here, is her confession; the most important answer to the most important question she will ever be asked.
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. 4x19. Beckett says those fateful words and Castle hears. A different response.
It barely registers-Martha's shrill yell for Kate. She doesn't even have time to turn around and look. She feels the all too familiar burn seer through her stomach before she falls forward onto the pavement. She looks down and see's red blossom up through the white of her dress. She presses her hand to the wound, trying to breathe but finding it too difficult..." 07x01.
a Beckett story featuring all the other cast
Just playing with Cops & Robbers. What happens if Kate admits to needing Rick, and he leaves the bank to be with her?
A quick oneshot/plot twist of the first episode of season 7(Driven)- in this scenario, Castle is never found.
"Castle realized it was more than just the weather that turned her fingers cold." Angsty little one-shot, season 6. In honor of daylight savings.
But that's just how life works. When everything seems perfect, that's when it is all comes crashing down.
A person is guilty of first-degree manslaughter when he or she: (a) x (b) with intent to cause the death of another person, causes the death of such person or a third person while "under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance" (c) x (d) x
A oneshot about that fateful night after the season 6 finale. Warning: Spoilers for season 6, Major character death
'He's testing the boundaries, wondering how far down her wall has really fallen.' An alternate ending to Undead Again, 4x22.
"This is the way your world ends. Not with a whimper, but a bang." Cops & Robbers AU. Oneshot.
Detective Beckett meets a stranger in the coffee shop. He helps guide her through the next period in her life. And beyond
(has nothing to do with fifty shades.) / The five stages of grief Kate goes through after she loses a loved one.
Castle talks through some of his feelings and worries at the end of the day further with Beckett. A somewhat angsty one-shot post-ep for 'Deep Cover' (6x12) that ends on a fluffy/sexy note.
What would have happened if Castle never returned to the 12th after leaving with Gina at the end of the 2nd season? My first FF.
They're meant to be celebrating; they're meant to be together. But Castle's disappeared and Kate can't make sense of spending their wedding night alone. Post season six finale.
This wasn't her. This wasn't his Kate, his Beckett. This was the hollow shell of a woman he'd met nearly seven years ago, beaten down endlessly by a case she was never going to solve. She was just older, her hair lighter, but her same cynicism surrounded her. This is the Kate, the Beckett, he spent years trying to knock down the walls of.
Alexis, when she was this age, loved to spin elaborate tales. Every trip to the park was filled with stories of dragons and princesses and lakes of lava. Nobody was ever just gone. [Caskett, No Spoilers, Family]
You don't know what you've got till it's gone, It's the oldest, truest line in the book Only, Kate Beckett doesn't need this life lesson, she already knows
Kathrine Beckett had no idea how to carry on after this. 14 moments following 6x23, spoilers.