Sybil and Tom discuss their marriage and the road ahead.
That day at the beach wasn't the first time Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes found themselves together on the beach, and the first time was certainly more eventful than the second. Inspired by Regina Spektor's song "Folding Chair." Post-S4 Christmas Special
"That man will be the death of you, Vera." This is what Vera Bates's mother told her after she married Mr. John Bates, but her mother's words never bothered Vera until now. Speculative oneshot on Vera and John Bates's marriage and when it all went wrong.
Anna always knew that John would die before her, but when the inevitable happens, she finds herself not as prepared as she thought she would be. Post-S4 AU
Just as Anna's world shattered upon his arrest, John's shattered with hers, and just as she worked to get him free, so will he, if that's what it takes to see his wife again. Spoilers for S5EP8
A short piece for Remembrance Day (ish). Daisy visits William's grave for the first and last time on her own, to tell her husband about her plans for the future. Contains spoilers (ish) for S5EP8.
Mr. Bates always loved a good book, and he knew Anna did too. Fluff. Oneshot.
A year after Charlie leaves with the Bryants, Ethel writes a letter to her son in hopes that he might one day know the story of his parents and the extent of his mother's love.
"Prayers of thanks belonged at suppertime, prayers for help and more thanks belonged at her bedside before she went to sleep, and prayers for help, thanks, and forgiveness belonged to Sundays in the stone chapel down in the village."
The moments when Anna and John can be alone as lovers are few and far between, and when these moments present themselves, it is only hidden in shadows that the valet and the head housemaid can express their love.
When Mairead Hayes comes to work at Downton Abbey in 1916, the last thing she expects is to be working under the same roof as her cousin, who is none other than Tom Branson. Neither of them are exactly who they were when Tom left to work for the Crawley family, but that doesn't change the strong ties of family loyalty between the cousins. OC, starts before S2.
A series of drabbles about Mairead's Christmases at Downton.
First, she'd put a kettle on for tea, then she'd change into dry clothes and hang her wet ones up to dry. She could decide was was ruined and what wasn't later, right now she just wanted to be warm. S/T Oneshot.
The night before her wedding to Richard Carlisle, Mary goes for a walk through Downton for the last time as Lady Mary Crawley, imagining the life she might've had if she was marrying Matthew instead of Richard.
Sybil and Tom attend a rally with Sybil's cousin Isobel, now Lady Merton. S/T Secret Valentine's Exchange for scarletcourt
A collection of drabble prompts from my tumblr.
A collection of Valentine's poems about our favorite Downton pairings, from Banna to Chelsie, to Thommy and Richobel, and everything in between.
With Anna in prison, Mrs. Hughes is having a difficult time feeling the Christmas spirit, so Mr. Carson tries to cheer her up.
His hands were valet's hands, like her husband's, but they weren't in any other way similar. **Trigger warning**
"Whether she knew it or not, Anna held the key to the prison John had made for himself out of his memories and fears, and in telling him that she loved him, that his love for her was not in vain, she'd taken the first step towards his release."