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Easy Rider »
Officer Kate Beckett arrested Rick Castle for naked horse riding. Some years later, she met him again...and also met a glorious black stallion. Of course, she had to ride the stallion. Everything was going perfectly - until it didn't. AU, set in S2. CastleHalloweenBash2024
Castle, T, English, Romance, chapters: 12, words: 41k+, favs: 40, follows: 49, updated: 10/31/2024 published: 10/6/2024, Rick C., Kate B.
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Christmas Spirit »
Christmas, Beckett thought firmly, was humbug. It encouraged over-consumption, bratty behaviour, and unpleasantness – not to mention the migraine-inducing properties of tinsel, twinkling lights, or shining stars. Castle, of course, had other ideas. As did the blasted brainworm. Two chapters of Christmas Caskett.
Castle, T, English, Romance, chapters: 2, words: 7k+, favs: 27, follows: 27, updated: 1/4/2024 published: 1/2/2024, Rick C., Kate B.
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Familiarity »
"The damn cat was staring at him again. Every time he came around, the cat fixed him with a deadly stare before she decided she would deign to acknowledge him. Castle thought back to the first time he'd been allowed into Beckett's apartment, and had met, much to his surprise, a small kitten." Fluffy Hallowe'en fun. CastleHalloweenBash2023
Castle, T, English, Romance, chapters: 6, words: 21k+, favs: 44, follows: 45, updated: 10/31/2023 published: 10/18/2023, Rick C., Kate B.
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A Glass, Darkly »
"Beckett stared at the street camera footage from a cold case, wincing every time she moved the mouse. Her arm hurt. Really, really hurt, and the blood and fluid was soaking through her makeshift bandage. It hadn't hurt last night, or any time before they'd closed the sniper case. She'd wrapped it up, taken Advil every morning, and never felt a thing." Castle Ficathon 2023
Castle, T, English, Angst & Romance, chapters: 23, words: 79k+, favs: 87, follows: 121, updated: 8/27/2023 published: 7/6/2023, Rick C., Kate B., C. Burke
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(Not) Lonely this Christmas »
"Usually, Richard Castle loved Christmas: the glitter and sparkle, gift-giving and good food, presents for everyone around him, and most of all, a close and loving (if somewhat weird) family. Usually. This year, Christmas held no appeal at all, and he knew exactly why." An AU pre-series Christmas meeting. Castle Ficathon Winter 2022.
Castle, T, English, Romance, chapters: 6, words: 21k+, favs: 50, follows: 64, updated: 1/10/2023 published: 12/29/2022, Rick C., Kate B.
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L'Inconnue »
"Kate Beckett was not, most emphatically not, a ghost. For a start, she wasn't dead. And just because she could quietly and unobtrusively dissolve into a little swirl of sparks, didn't mean she was ectoplasmic. She wasn't. She was entirely solid, most of the time." A piece of Hallowe'en silliness for the Castle Hallowe'en Bash 2022. S2 AU.
Castle, T, English, Romance, chapters: 8, words: 25k+, favs: 43, follows: 61, updated: 10/31/2022 published: 10/16/2022, Rick C., Kate B.
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Perfect Words »
"The perfect words were simple. 'I love you.' If only blurting them out less than a month after meeting for the very first time wasn't needy, ridiculous, and a red flag for any relationship, ever." A S1 AU for the Castle Ficathon 2022.
Castle, T, English, Romance & Crime, chapters: 16, words: 55k+, favs: 65, follows: 87, updated: 8/14/2022 published: 7/10/2022, Rick C., Kate B.
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Better to Give »
"Kate Beckett, despite all appearances to the contrary, was not, in fact, the Grinch. This would have come as a considerable surprise to all of her friends and colleagues, who were used to her acerbic, not to say scathingly acidic, commentary on Christmas and all things related to the festive season." S2 Castle Ficathon Winter 2021
Castle, T, English, Romance, chapters: 4, words: 13k+, favs: 45, follows: 65, updated: 12/23/2021 published: 12/16/2021, Rick C., Kate B.
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Poliad »
Beckett has one secret. Castle has another secret. But New York City has the biggest secret of all... and none of them know what each other's secret is. A mildly supernatural early S1 fic for Castle Hallowe'en Bash 2021
Castle, T, English, Romance, chapters: 5, words: 17k+, favs: 43, follows: 66, updated: 10/31/2021 published: 10/21/2021, Rick C., Kate B.
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Cruel Summer »
If he wasn't going to be around, what did anything matter? Justice. Justice for the victim, justice for their families, justice and closure. Justice mattered: being the best cop she could be to deliver that justice. Whatever toll that took. Whatever price she paid. Post Castle leaving, s2. Summer Ficathon 2021
Castle, T, English, Romance & Angst, chapters: 25, words: 86k+, favs: 117, follows: 135, updated: 9/30/2021 published: 8/5/2021, Rick C., Kate B., Roy M.
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Cat Calling »
A return to the insane world of the Caskett Cats, in which Castle and Beckett's twins are now teenagers...and not precisely easy. As Jim Beckett would say, grandchildren are grandparents' revenge upon their own children - and that's doubly true for the Cats. Caskett Cats #12
Castle, T, English, Romance & Family, chapters: 32, words: 110k+, favs: 47, follows: 58, updated: 5/11/2021 published: 2/28/2021, Rick C., Kate B., Jim B., OC
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Wish Upon The Star »
"In a tiny, well hidden corner of her heart, Kate Beckett wished that Christmas was, well, different. She would have loved to have had a joyful, celebratory day, full of family and fun and food, carols and cheer and camaraderie." S2 #CastleFicathonWinter2020
Castle, T, English, Romance, chapters: 8, words: 27k+, favs: 65, follows: 94, updated: 12/22/2020 published: 12/6/2020, Rick C., Kate B.
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Hunted Down »
"Hallowe'en was not a time for stupid masks, costumes, parties, fake fears, or candies. It was not even a time for the much older tradition of Guising, brought from Scotland hundreds of years ago, which seemed to have dissolved in the pathetic little trail of Trick or Treating. Hallowe'en was nothing but a bad joke..." CastleHalloweenBash2020
Castle, T, English, Romance, chapters: 4, words: 14k+, favs: 46, follows: 79, updated: 10/29/2020 published: 10/22/2020, Rick C., Kate B.
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Dear Diary »
"'Dear Diary. I'm so tired. There's so much to learn as a detective, and I'm still bailing Dad out. I told him last night was the last time, and I really meant it. I keep going back to the file but I can't see anything more. I'm missing something, I know I am.' A chill ran down Castle's spine. He frantically turned pages to the next entry." Pre-series AU meeting. CastleFicathon2020
Castle, M, English, Romance & Angst, chapters: 25, words: 85k+, favs: 136, follows: 135, updated: 7/21/2020 published: 5/26/2020
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Choral »
"It was nearly Christmas, and Castle found himself missing the joyous sounds of traditional hymns and carols; the complex harmonies of a well-drilled choir, and the companionship of other singers...he'd ask around the precinct. There must be something…" Christmas fluff, with singing. CastleFicathonWinter2019
Castle, T, English, Romance, chapters: 10, words: 34k+, favs: 69, follows: 83, updated: 1/9/2020 published: 12/17/2019, Rick C., Kate B.
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Cerulean »
"A small blue dot in her vision. But it was the wrong blue. It wasn't her blue. She wanted her blue. But it wasn't there." Fluff in three chapters.
Castle, T, English, Romance, chapters: 3, words: 10k+, favs: 122, follows: 113, updated: 11/14/2019 published: 11/10/2019, Rick C., Kate B., Jim B.
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Fire and Ice »
When she was four, she met the dragon, and wasn't impressed... She wasn't any more impressed now, when it clearly was real – and much, much bigger. Fluff, tangentially related to Hallowe'en. #CastleHalloweenBash2019
Castle, T, English, Romance, chapters: 4, words: 14k+, favs: 58, follows: 85, updated: 10/13/2019 published: 10/6/2019, Rick C., Kate B.
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Start Me Up »
He'd been pretty close to celibate for months...which had left him here, a hundred miles and more north of the city, God alone knew where, on a bike he could just about ride with a temper he could just about control and absolutely no idea where to go or what to do next. AU, Pre-series, 2-shot #CastlePornado2019
Castle, M, English, Romance, chapters: 2, words: 7k+, favs: 102, follows: 70, updated: 8/13/2019 published: 8/11/2019, Rick C., Kate B.
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Mnemosyne »
"The hell you don't remember. Do you want to know trauma? I was shot in the chest and I remember every second of it." And suddenly, she did. AU from 47 Seconds. #Castleficathon2019
Castle, T, English, Angst & Romance, chapters: 30, words: 102k+, favs: 197, follows: 236, updated: 8/8/2019 published: 6/2/2019, Rick C., Kate B., V. Gates, C. Burke
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The Language of Flowers »
"Suddenly it occurred to her that Castle was a wordsmith. A man who used language... And, therefore, she should be looking at the meaning of the plants he'd picked." Castle tries to win Beckett's heart in the oldest way possible. S1 AU, with flowers.
Castle, M, English, Romance, chapters: 4, words: 13k+, favs: 86, follows: 96, updated: 4/28/2019 published: 4/21/2019, Rick C., Kate B.