Set during 4x01: "Rise", immediately after the swing scene. Kate is shocked by how much seeing Castle again affects her. She can't get him out of her head. "So…what? I just wait? Behave like old times? Let things crawl on like before, with neither of us admitting what we really want?"
Episode insert for the Season 6 finale - based on the bts photo of Stana Katic studying her script notes between scenes while wearing Beckett's mother's wedding dress. ONE-SHOT. COMPLETE.
My submission for the Castle Fanfic Writers Guild Drabble Challenge. Use one word (hand) in each sentence of the story. Limit of 500 words. "I have to hand it to you, Beckett. Not many people can pull off a headstand at your age and make it look so effortless." COMPLETE
Future Fic. One shot. I'm not usually one for baby fics, but this came out of left field. 'She whispers his name against his wispy soft hair, a downy layer of the lightest brown that rings his head and casts it like a halo in the light beyond, trying the moniker on for size. It suits him - her little warrior.' COMPLETE
SPOILERS: Post-ep for 6x11 'Under Fire'. 'They trudge through the front door, feet heavy, hair, clothes, everything reeking of smoke. They have sooty smudges on their faces and a pair of matching grins that are already threatening to fade to nothing – soppy, tired, over emotional. "Hey, come here," growls Castle, catching her sleeve and tugging her back towards him'. 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."
One-shot episode insert for 3x24 "Knockout" explaining how Castle and Beckett reconciled before attending the funeral. "He stares at her as she adds an extra bobby pin to secure her bun, before she drops her arms to her sides and turns her full gaze upon him. "Castle, for the love of God. Spit it out." "I…I've never seen you in uniform before," he stammers. COMPLETE
Post-Ep for '47 Seconds'. "I need a word with you." Castle's voice cuts through the hubbub of the bullpen even though he has it purposefully toned low. Low and rough, scraping at his vocal cords with a touch of something dark and smoky that tugs at Kate's gut, exciting and scaring her in equal measure.
S6 finale-fic. 'Flowers dress the pews like garlands. The light strains of organ music drift down from above. Happy faces are everywhere. Candles burn, their glow like firelight and heady perfume scents the air. But the murmur of conversation, kept low in deference to their surroundings, is an incidental background to the single, jarring thought playing over in his mind.' COMPLETE
SPOILERS: Post-ep one-shot for 6x17 'In The Belly of The Beast'. 'The small brown envelope arrived in the mail a week later, sealed with CSU tape and marked for Richard Castle's attention.' COMPLETE
Post-Ep for 4x10: 'Cuffed'. 'Her body is buzzing with energy, pure adrenalin still racing through her veins, when Castle dumps her own handcuffs into the box of belongings she's currently holding, giving her a loaded look that she's too keyed up to decipher when she slowly drags her eyes up to meet his.'