It's the offer to sleep on his side of the bed that does it. And maybe absolutely everything to do with the seashells he kept and framed and hung on the wall. Set after 6x08 and during 5x04.
"He'll never love you like I can." Late S4. Post epi for The Limey.
Post Under Fire based on a prompt. Later that night, Detective Kate and "Fireman" Rick made their own pyrophilia video called "GUNS N' HOSES"
"You don't need help fueling your imagination with the weird ones." "I like the weird ones."
Post Cops and Robbers. The first time her foot grazes his ankle beneath the table he passes it off as accidental.
They stay pressed against each other for a few seconds more, foreheads kissing just as sweetly as their lips, the warmth of the firelight dancing in her eyes and her simple, heartfelt words on a happy little loop in his head. Post epi for Dressed to Kill.
The moment his eyes dragged open Castle threw himself up and out of sleep, gasping and pushing as far back into the corner as possible. A companion to Some piece of you. Post epi 6x23
I'm the apple that didn't fall far from the tree. I barely rolled further than the roots. AU-ish Future Fic
Post epi for 7x07. She squeals and kicks the sheets, alone in the bed. She's on her honeymoon.
Episode insert for 7x07 "We got a few minutes." He smirked, hitching his thumbs in his pockets, weight heavy on his imagined spurs, eyebrows a'wagglin.
Finally alone, finally husband and wife. Post Epi for 7x06.
"Your clan of Becketts." He said eyeing the screen again, taking in the dark hair and green eyes of the man before him. He tilted his head to get a better view of the piercing, "You're an - hmm - unusual bunch." Post epi for 6x13 - Limelight.
It's a night she'll remember for as long as she lives, he told her so and he was right, breathing words of love over her as she quivered and broke apart and he followed her over the edge. He told her over and over and over again that they'd never forget this night. And he was right. Set during the golden hours between Always and After the Storm.
Post epi 7x15
"I missed this." Castle breathes, his mouth opening, hot and wet, against the thudding pulse in her throat. Post epi 7x03.
After their encounter with Serena Kaye one question seems to linger between them, "Do I belong to you?" Set during and post Eye of the Beholder.
It's his wedding shirt she wears, soft, white and no longer crisp. Post The Time Of Our Lives. For Adriana.
Her eyes search his at the door. Pupils rapid, darting back and forth, manic with something he's seen flares of before but hasn't dared put a name to. Post Cops and Robbers.
Her hair's wet against his pillow, white turning grey beneath her head as the strands leech their damp offerings into the cotton. Her skin smells like summer rain and the heat of battle and him. Between Always and After The Storm
"It's really nothing," he winces, "except it's something and, okay, I need your help." #ThankYouTerri