Between her daughter and her career, single mother Kate Beckett has no time to date. But when she meets a handsome - and oddly familiar - man in a cafe, she starts to think that their burgeoning friendship might not be enough. A 2022 Castle Ficathon entry.

A collection of holiday-themed one-shots, each about a different holiday. Ratings will vary and be stated at the beginning of each installment.

He knows how it might look - a lone man, staring at a woman as if waiting for her to break off from her friends - but it's not like that. He's not a creep, he's just mesmerized by her beauty. An M-rated meeting AU. COMPLETE

At home and recovering from surgery, Kate Beckett has some wild, pain med-induced thoughts. Season 7 one-shot. COMPLETE

Even across the crowded room, even through the atmospheric fog and the low light and with her face mostly covered, she catches his eye. A one-shot meeting AU. COMPLETE

Throughout their games she'd watched his hands, his strong fingers as he'd shuffled and dealt, the dextrous way he'd handled his cards. And the thought hits her like a freight train. She wants to feel those hands on her skin. An M-rated AU, beginning post-1x08.

A chance meeting at a party sets Kate Beckett down an unexpected path. A Castle Ficathon Winter 2021 entry. Rated M.