They had not fallen in love so much as tumbled straight down the stairs of affection into passion, and here they were at the bottom, smarting from the landing. He had claimed to love her and had promised to give her all she wanted of him if only she'd let him love her from afar. She didn't want that. She wanted him to love with her, near her. Modern AU

When a canoeing mishap leaves Christine stranded, she's forced into the wilderness for help—only to find a haunting stranger who does not want to be found. COMPLETE.

Leroux AU. Christine refuses Raoul's proposal to run away and returns to Erik.

Modern/1990's AU, Christine Daaé is a down-at-luck university student in desperate need of cash. When fate lands her a job as a phone sex operator, she makes an unlikely connection with a seductive-voiced peer in the trade. Will she and this mystery man be able to make the leap from purchased intimacy to real life, or will theirs be just another missed connection?

Life has taken a hard turn into disasterland for Christine Daaé-unemployed, directionless, and in a rut. When a neighborhood holiday game brings her world colliding with that of the masked man next door, she must decide whether she is able to get back on track, or stay adrift-and alone. Modern AU COMPLETE

A selection of one-shots, based on the amazing POTO Mermaid artwork from Ilustrariane . . . . . . . ilustrariane.tumblr DOT COM

Erik visits Christine one hour before her wedding. Leroux based. Trigger Warning for sexual violence. Dark!Erik / DubCon COMPLETE

All she wished to do was look at the books, yet Christine receives much more than she bargained for.

A drunken Meg and Christine get a wild idea, one that Erik wasn't given a choice in saying no to. However why would any man refuse their offer? One Shot

Erik is a hitman working for a powerful druglord known as the Shah. When his employer decides to use a burlesque club as a money laundering front, Erik has a chance encounter with one of the performers that leads to an unlikely friendship. EC Modern AU Leroux/Kay

Il Muto gone wrong- terribly, terribly wrong. Happy Valentine's Day!

No longer a one-shot. Modern AU. Erik bursts into Christine's tattoo parlor on an emotional, drunken whim, and lies himself into a corner regarding his cat. Hilarity ensues. (Inspired, but not exactly adhering to, a Tumblr post by little-jammes.)

A broken man and a haunted woman and the coming together of their pasts.

Set during Chapter X "The Masked Ball" of Leroux's "The Phantom of Opera." Angry at Raoul for not wanting to listen and threatening to fight the Masked Red Death figure, Christine leaves him in the opera box. She goes to find the Masked Red Death figure for herself and discovers her own intense feelings for him.

The winter of 1980 was a miserable affair in Chicago. Snow, ice, and a bad case of the blahs have left Christine Daae, music teacher and theater geek, down. Taking on a project to cheer herself up brings a strange and unusual man into her life. E/C, of course, and my annual Christmas story. Submitted for NotaGhost3's annual Christmas phic contest as well!

Christine loses focus easily on the stage, and must work on her composure through all manner of distractions. Fortunately, the angel of music is there to offer a helping hand. Canon-set AU, E/C Smut, Kinktober 2018

After a frustrating week, Christine enlists Erik's help to cheer her up. A little novelette set somewhere after Erik is revealed to be a man (and not the Angel of Music), but before the lair scene. Slightly A/U. Kay/ALW/Leroux. COMPLETE

[He is a demanding master, her Angel.] E/C, Mature

Sometimes a wife's duty is to take care of her husband's needs...whether he realizes it or not. Erik/Christine, complete.

Meg Giry has a heated encounter with the Opera Ghost after sneaking away from rehearsal. ALW-based. (Written as a gift for QueenoftheMorgue on Tumblr) *One-Shot*

Christine Daaé has spent eight months imagining what she might say to the Opera Ghost if she ever saw him again. Now he is here in her flat, quite by accident, and the fact of the matter is she can no longer speak. COMPLETE.

Christine visits Erik one last time. Based on Kay.

He is presumed dead or gone, but nine months after the infamous "Don Juan" incident, the very-much-present Phantom is tackling more challenges than ever: crippling guilt, Christine's continued presence as star soprano, that insufferable vicomte, and an unlikely houseguest. Mostly ALW-based. COMPLETE.

One night on the rooftop of the Palais Garnier, Christine dares to ask Erik a question. This short story is part of the Night Encounters series. E/C fluff, complete. Please read, and please review. :)

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.

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.