"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.

Beckett never really thought about how lucky she truly was to have them, until she thought she might lose them. She almost lost them because they were too stubborn and too stupid and too wonderful and amazing to turn their backs on her. Knockdown-fic. No slash.