"Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage." AU/Kay-based. After some convincing, Erik's mother decided it would be best to send him to the asylum, after all. Turns out, some kinds of madness can be taught. E/C creepiness.

MODERN DAY. Christine is a foreign student, and her visa is running out. Erik is her reclusive neighbor, who is willing to help. Will she let him? Fluffy. EC. This Story is continued i Let it Snow. Please Read and Review.

Raoul is able to give his wife everything - except for the one thing she wants most. Will a desperate situation cause his old rival to reenter their lives, changing it in ways they could never have imagined? Of course, or it wouldn't be much of a PotO story. Passion, drama, betrayal, angst, True Love, revenge, & messy relationships! Fun for everyone...except the characters.

In the days after the tragedy at the Opera, Christine risks returning underground to ascertain the fate of her former teacher. What she finds changes everything. Can an embittered man learn to love again? This is a new novel, and is set immediately after the ALW musical. Don't look for it to get any happier for a while. E / C Complete

AU. Peace in Giovanni Marchesi's Roman house is a fragile thing between Luciana's fractious nature and Erik's dark tempers. This fragile peace is shattered when a Swedish violinist and his daughter come to visit.

Divergence is a series of short stories in which a different path taken results in a different outcome to the 2004 movie. Each divergence is unique unto itself and not connected to the others.

He is the bravest, kindest man she has ever known. He is also her enemy. And if he knew the truth, it would destroy him. Anna/Hewlett. Spoilers for Season 2.

Time heals, but the heart does not forget. A bond forged in shadow strives for life in the light. ExC story. Complete.

Erik & Christine 2012. High school is tough and so is young love. Esp with these two crazy kids.

Everyone thinks Marian of Knighton died in the Holy Land-but she is alive, and headed back to England. Even as Robin and the gang fight to stop Prince John's designs on the throne, Marian returns to Nottingham to find herself embroiled in political intrigue, torn over her relationship with Robin, and forced to deal with someone she never expected back in her life: Guy of Gisborne.

Sherlock is visited by three women after being nearly-murdered: the first startles him enough his heart nearly stops again. The second throws papers down on his bed and calls him names. The third almost makes him forget the other two even exist. Spoilers Episode 3 series 3

She stands on tip toes on the rail around the counter, leaning so far over the bar to speak to the bartender that Sherlock grabs the back of her dress to keep her from falling.

He's fed up of taking. Despite what he has always believed, it's very unrewarding. [Sequel to The Real Thing]

He finds himself exaggerating his expressions, then glancing to Molly to see if she's noticed, his lips twisting into a smirk whenever he sees her biting her lip, her head slightly bowed, cheekbones accentuated as she tries to hide her giggles.

Green Baize Door Universe. An attack in an alley behind the Opera House marks the start of an unconventional friendship.

Modern. With her father ill and her husband severely injured in a car accident, Christine desperately turns to a darker source for hope. Once she begins to discover a new side to herself, there is no turning back. And, by the time she quits lying to herself, an inevitably tragic choice awaits her. Rewritten and completed as of December 2013.

Sequel to Beyond the Green Baize Door. Erik tries to adjust to an existence in the daylight, dealing with the women in his life and the world above ground. #73. New light through old windows.

Leroux!Erik, and a more thoughtful and mature Christine. I knew he couldn't really be an Angel, however much I wanted to believe it! But then, who was he? Why would he hide from me, unless..? EC

Written w/ SparklingTeardrops. What if Christine did not kiss Erik when she said that she would stay with him and in turn he did not let her go? When she chooses to stay, both Christine and Erik must learn to love as they face the future together forever.

AU. E/C What if Madame Giry hadn't come to the rescue? Erik is raised as the hated son of Michel de Chagny, and seeks comfort in the arms of a young prostitute named Christine.

Written with Tango1. Believed dead in the Holy Land, Marian returns to England to find herself embroiled in political intrigue, torn over her relationship with Robin, and forced to deal with someone she never expected back in her life-Guy of Gisborne.

Modern day. Christine is a woman showing a mask to the world. But soon she's going to meet someone who is going to make it difficult for her to keep her true self behind closed doors. Leroux based with musical elements.

Tales from the Opera Populaire. Events may not have transpired as you remember; vignettes, missing scenes and retellings. #44: Epilogue. Where do we go from here?

Erik begins his life anew in Paris after many years of trial and struggle, swearing to never again submit to a man's fickle emotions. Perhaps Christine Daae can change his mind . . .

Sherlock Holmes meets Molly Hooper. Pre-A Study in Pink

Erik's time in Persia takes an unexpected turn when the woman he is destined to love enters at the darkest period of his life.

It’s been several years since Christine left the opera forever years with Raoul by her side and her life apparently complete. But when events beyond her control thrust her into a new world, she must find the strength to once again live, love, and forgive.

Winter sunlight, an unexpected encounter outside a church, and a pot of displacement activity hairpins. Not quite fluff, but edging around it.

All Loki wants is revenge-the Cube may be his key. But when he hides his identity to get info from Jane Foster, something inside him shifts. And when the Cube is stolen, Loki must choose between vengeance, and the woman he fears he can never have.

A soprano, an Opera Ghost, and several glasses of doctored punch.

When Christine's world crumbles, she returns to the man who had once loved her beyond all reason. But even if they can slay their own demons, will they be able to escape the wrath of those left in their destructive wake? COMPLETE.

Season 2 finale AU. Guy takes Marian up on her offer to kill the Sheriff in Acre, but things don't quite go as planned. Near-death experiences and accidental bigamy ensue. Robin/Marian, Guy/Marian.

He closed them, not because he was afraid to die or because he did not want to see the gun explode; his death held no fear for him, it never had...

She looked him in the eyes, so close were they that she saw her reflection in them. With a delicate caress she held his face in her palm and whispered, "I love you Erik."

He had left them to a lifetime of happiness without his intervention. But when betrayal turns the tides, he is forced to seek vengeance. However, his just motives condemn the one who is innocent of the crime. Can he see her innocence before it's too late?

When Meg Giry gives Christine the Phantom's mask, she has no idea that she has set in motion a chain of events that will inevitably bring Mademoiselle Daaé and the haunting man who loved her face to face. Eventual EC based on 2004 film.

Christine is bored.. Erik is bored.. What happens when they both find a way to take up the time by emailing one another through a Pen Pal site on the Internet? The boredom ends and a friendship begins, which leads to more. Modern day, E/C... COMPLETE

Erik lies on his death bed, clinging to the hope that Christine will fulfill a promise to return for a last goodbye before her wedding. When Raoul refuses to honor his word, Christine goes against his wishes and confirms all of his worst fears. Fills in Kay's "Missing Chapters".

He never intended to hurt her, yet the events have consequences, as all do.

Brought back into her life by a strange document, the world they have both become accustomed to crashes down around them. Can they forget the past and trust each other again for their own safety? Can they ever forgive each other?

After five long years since he'd first seduced her in his enigmatic lair with his dark music, Erik, the infamous Phantom of the Opera, is reunited with Christine, his angel. Despite their tumultuous past, will the two ill-fated lovers finally become one?

A red rose, a delicate piece of paper - new traditions, and the first sparks of innocent love. Light, sweet E/C fluff. Valentine's Day oneshot.

With a corrupt government tightening its grip, Christine comes to realize that she might just be the key to it all. AU.

Offered the chance to become an assassin, Erik takes to the street as a murderous ghost once again, cold, calculating and merciless. However, when he lays eyes on his target Christine Daae, his hard heart begins to soften. AU. Dark.

While composing, Erik has an experience he has never had before. It causes him to flee the Opera House in the hopes of figuring out his new found problem.

Vignettes that follow "When All is Lost." Now that the battle is over, lives must slowly be reclaimed. Complete.

Following the events of the Masquerade, Christine is afraid of her teacher's wrath upon learning of her relationship with Raoul. But will fear turn to love?

Modern retelling: A journalist searches for the truth behind the mysterious composer, becoming his experiment. The magic singing doll he had created becomes his undoing as the mysterious composer, known only as Erik, discoveres his love for Christine Daaé

He longed to pass on his knowlege. She longed for excitement in her life. EOW, Kaybased, light and fluffy for the most part.

Christine's envy sets in when she reads a letter addressed to Erik. Chapter 5 installed.

If Erik cannot have Christine, he will at least be sure that his beloved is properly cared for in the years to come. Just a sad little oneshot.

Erik is not a charitable man, and he will have what is his.

After the events of Episode 6 of season 2, Guy and Marian are trying to accept that things are changing between them. More heartache waits for Marian when they return to the castle, and Guy is confronted with memories of his past. AU of course!

A night at the theater. A private performance. A haunting encounter...

He never wanted it. Them. He never wanted one… much less two of them. It wasn’t fair, Erik decided. He had only just gotten Christine all to himself and now… this.

Christine's Angel of Music is a source of comfort and protection for her, but suddenly he begins to change and become obsessive and frightening to her...then she discovers that he and the Phantom are one and the same. EC, Raoul-friendly, rather dark Erik.

ISLAND AT WAR. Baron/Felicity. Can Felicity come to terms with her feelings for the Baron?

She broke easily. There is no question in her mind that she is mine. I should be happy! Is this not what I wanted? A real, living bride as my own? And yet, this is not what I imagined... not how I intended it to happen... Modern. EC.

There are many times when a girl just wants her mother... but when the nightmares come, it’s always me she calls for.

Determined to give Christine Daae a golden voice, Erik tutors her for three months. Desire, jealousy, violence and Erik's blindness that few know of seep to the surface of their student-teacher relationship and darkens it considerably. On temp. hiatus.

In that climatic moment upon the stage, what might have happened had Christine not wrenched the mask from the man who haunted her? A story of what if...

Sweet and slow, from Erik's point of view. E/C, naturally. Complete.

What if, after overhearing Christine's rooftop confession, Erik does not declare war upon them both, but realizes that he must change in order to win a woman's love? Slightly Leroux, a touch of ALW, but mostly AU. E/C. Rated M for violence and sensuality.

Erik enters the secret world of the opera house's cellars and passages for the first time, and soon comes to realise that not all darkness is bad...Young Erik, coming to terms with being a 'phantom'.

Against my better judgment I am starting this journal. As a habit, I don’t like to write things down. The concept of having tangible proof of my innermost thoughts is unsettling to me. What if someone reads this? I know it’s cynical… but I have never had

A tentative little poem...Erik on his deathbed, talking about his life in general.

A falsely accused magician, Erik, and his companion Nadir leave the Mazanderan palace in search of a better life. After suffering a terrible loss, Erik hopes to forget his troubles, but when he meets a beautiful stranger, he follows his desires. On hiatus

Modern. Will a deformed man's desire for revenge destroy the future of a young couple? Or were all three fated to begin this dark journey and face the evils of the past? A story of the struggle between hatred and love, vengeance and redemption. COMPLETE.

COMPLETED. A dark, modern retelling of the original tale. **SEE AUTHOR'S NOTE FOR UPDATE (4/2019)

A tribute to Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. Oneshot.

E&C, eventual Meg&Raoul, based on the 2004 movie. This is an AU, diverging from canon at the scene on the roof. How might the story have gone if Christine was just a little more self aware?

OK, so this is another stab at a fan fic. This chronicles the start of Erik and Christine's relationship, as well as the steamy stuff I know you all want. Well I do, after seeing Gerard Butler! YUM! Christine is an adult too, at least 18.

A short series of vignettes taken from the timeline of 'Too Long In Winter.' EC of course.

This Phantom novel in progress begins after Erik has finally taken his beloved Christine to his lair, where she learns he is not an angel but a man...

Christine’s attendance at her first bal masque, a year before the “strange events of the Phantom of the Opera,” results in curious encounters, as her “Angel of Music” becomes her guardian angel for the night and something far more unbelievable—a man.

Erik is supernaturally healed and starts a new life with a new identity. But will he be able to overcome his past and find happiness? A spiritual EC story mostly based on the 2004 movie.

A long time ago Christine promised Erik her first son as an heir for his world. She has almost forgotten it. He has not.

Christine returns. Don't worry about trivialities like logic or common sense. Some questions are better left unasked.

They thought that they had found Elysium, but around them the bitter winter had descended. The Fates have woven another thread into the fabric, and it will either bind them or rend them asunder. Continuation of 'An Elysian Piece.' EC

What if Christine Daaé wasn't a beautiful, perfect ingénue? What if she also had a physical flaw from birth? Will this spark a love between two aching souls trapped in imperfect cages? A retelling of ALW!STAGE canon, EC, no Raoul bashing.

Love Conquers All. An extensive retelling of the story that combines known versions, with a few believable changes. Most of all, it reveals what could have happened on those down times, and the characters inner most thoughts.

Erik is forced to have sex with Christine by paramilitaries who target the school he teaches at. This is the story of them coping afterwards... EC

For tonight I am Hades. And you will be my Persephone...at least until the music ends. A journey out of darkness. EC

Erik is beautiful. Just ask Christine.

Never before had he been so interested in food and the smells of a kitchen Chapter 67 Final Chapter

Late one night, the Opera Ghost overhears a snippet of carol, and life as he knows it is forever changed... A Mort Rouge Christmas drabble about the birth of obsession.

After Christine rips off the Phantom's mask and he throws a tantrum, things take a different turn. She shows her sensitivity and he shows his heart. If ALW's Phantom is high romance, this is as high as a kite.

Two hearts devoted to music, two souls scarred. One living in darkness, one clinging to the hope of a father's promise. Modern day setting.

Christine Makes A Decision That Will Affect The Lives Of All Those She Loves. EC...

Several months after his mother's death, her firstborn, Gaston de Chagny, receives a trunk of her mementoes. Thus he embarks on a quest to answer the questions the trunk raises.

Begins with Erik's thoughts on his wedding day. Very dark, very disturbed and disturbing Erik. Forewarned is forearmed.

Take the world of Gaston Leroux's novel, add equal parts Andrew Lloyd Weber and the author's imagination, sprinkle it with drama and romance, and you get Variations on a Theme of Leroux. Pairing is Erik & Christine.

Lerouxesque Erik despairs after Christine leaves with Raoul. Four months later she turns up on his doorstep! Loveable characters and much humor. You may just love this loooooong story, which spans about 24 years. I hope you enjoy.

Erik took Christine in as a child... but he never thought of her as a daughter. His feelings were a mystery even unto himself. And now that she's an adult... EC

Oh, to be a fly on the wall during a voice lesson from the Angel of Music! Oneshot. This story has been registered with the WGAw.

Something sinister is stalking Christine, and only one man can save her. As they uncover deadly secrets taken to the grave, they find that the greatest mystery of all is the human heart. A tale of intrigue, love, and redemption.

Where did Erik learn harmony and composition? This is the story of a young man...and his teacher. A love story, but not what one might think. COMPLETE! This story is registered with the WGAw.

What if Christine's plea for Raoul to spare the Phantom's life at the cemetery came too late? An EC alternative to the 2004 movie.

Erik is fostered by Christine's parents and sent off to boarding school with her. This is their story. Please read and review. ModerndayAU EC

The beginning of that which allows the reader to journey with Erik and Christine as they move from darkness into the light. R and R please! EDITED!

Christine returns to the lair in search of Erik. Dark, Leroux based Erik.

The title means Runaway Bride. This story is registered with the WGAw. COMPLETE. Thank you for reading. Your comments are gratefully accepted.

Christine returns to her angel only to find that Erik decided to kill himself before the mob gets to him. Raoul learns what happens to those that play against Erik. Based on ALW movie with bits of Leroux & Kay. EC Please Read and Review.

Erik is given a second chance at life by a surprising person. Will he be able to win Christine's love under completely different circumstances? Rating for language

Modern Retelling. Leroux Undertones. He began as an Angel that came to her one frightening night. As Christine is slowly swept up into a dangerous and passionate obsession, will she survive his dark world...and even darker past? COMPLETE

UPDATE February 23rd! Erik hears little Christine Daaé for the first time, and his life is changed forever. The classic tale of the Phantom of the Opera, retold through Erik's point of view. Based on ALW's musical and the 2004 film.

Erik visits the church on Christine's Wedding day to bid madame Giry goodbye and extract a promise from her before he leaves France for America. Thirteen years later, Christine is on the brink of widowhood and in need of her Angel even more than she knows

This is a continuation from the movie Dear Frankie. This is my first fanfiction. Weeks after reading Frankie's letter, Lizzie still thinks of the stranger and ponders what may lay ahead...

EC. Five years after Christine married Raoul, they have returned to France with young Charles. Both know that Christine will never be free of her Angel, but Erik is dead and so they ignore their ghosts and try to be happy. But then an Angel reappears . .

It's Christmas Eve and Erik wants to show Christine the beauty of Paris. While up there they find what beauty truly is.

A retelling of the classic Phantom of the Opera story with some twists, turns, and sexiness, using all of the mediums of Phantom. Written to entertain all the possibilities of EC

[COMPLETED!] When a mysterious stranger intrudes on Christine's life, she finds herself thrown into a mad world of hidden desires and dark emotions. A modernization of our beloved story. Please R&R.

Revised edition. Christine has surrendered to her true heart's desire, but is she strong enough to bring her angel into the light? EC. ALW Movie based. COMPLETE

Christine has chosen Erik instead of Raoul. Now two fragile, emotional people must resolve their differences, work through their problems and learn to live and love together while escaping from Paris. ALW with Kay and Leroux detail.

Leroux makes it clear that every once in a while Erik braves the streets of Paris to buy provisions and supplies. How does each seller react to this mysterious masked man?

AU: Civil War. Erik Black is a disfigured Southern soldier, sworn to protect the talented Christine Day. But when circumstances divide them across the shattered nation, what becomes of true love?

The Phantom's story retold.Darkly so.Based on the 2004 movie.R&R to your heart's content, criticism is welcome. Warning:The rating may go up as the story develops.Well, will you open the Pandora's box?

Begins immediately after the end of the 2005 movie. No characters belong to me. Reviews are always welcome. Nothing ever happens as you plan it, and sometimes what the heart wants is surprising. COMPLETE

Right before Don Juan, Christine decides to disappear for a while, not wanting to betray her Angel or become his prisoner. As this sets into motion a long chain of events, is it possible for our three main characters to ever find peace? EC. COMPLETE

Set around the movie not the book. Time- Six Months after the fire at the Opera house, Christine is now a married woman, but still her Angel calls to her. COMPLETE

Raoul reflects on everything Christine gave him... and the one thing she did not. A short resolution of events.

-COMPLETE! ...for the time being- A mere week after the events in the basement of the Opera Populaire, Christine is plagued by nightmares by night and a haunting question by day... EC, but Raoul friendly.

Instead of the "Down Once More" sequence, the Phantom is arrested, and Christine lives in regret as he is once again caged and humiliated. Written in a series of vignettes.

What if Christine had not sung at the Paris Opera House as a teenager and was engaged to Raoul before ever meeting Erik? Perhaps she will appreciate her angel more after a taste of life without song. EC COMPLETED

Little blurb I wrote a few nights ago while I couldn't sleep. Erik is sick, Nadir wants to help, Christine saves her beloved Angel!

Christine, now Erik’s wife, requests to see Erik’s childhood home. Upon reaching the place, they find Erik’s mother still alive, and Erik is about to receive all the love he ever wished he could have.

Rating to be safe Erik muses on what life has given him when Christine returns to him while pregnant with Charles. EC. EDITED!

Erik cannot contain his feelings for Christine any longer, and on the night of her first performance, he lures her through the mirror to profess his love.

Set nine years after my Red Rose story, Erik and Christine celebrate the holidays. Much sweetness and romance. Merry Christmas, everyone!

The 1st violent unmasking & surrounding scenes from a strong Christine's POV. Leroux, Kay & other. Ficlet. PG-13-Erik's scary when he's angry.

This is a completed, novella length fic. What if ALW misinterpreted Christine during the 'Twisted Every Way' scene in Act II?

COMPLETE Short story with a twist - in which Erik stalks Christine once again. PLEASE read to the end! ;)

Several years after the affair at the Opera House, Christine discovers a new novel by Gaston Leroux. Intrigued, she shares it with her husband ... Based on Leroux of course, some Kay influences. Short, sweet, light and fun.

It is Valentine's Day, and although Christine has made plans with Raoul, something draws her back to the Opera. What ensues is pure E/C fluff for everyone's favourite couple :)

Complete, novel length. At the end of the musical and book, Christine and Raoul leave, and Erik prepares to die. But events have a way of not working out as we think! E/C, though Raoul lovers will like this. Please Read and Review!

Pure sap :) Christine is at the company's annual masquerade ball ... but when Raoul is called away unexpectedly, who knows how the evening might turn out?