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Out of the Woods by Wheel of Fish reviews
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.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 13 - Words: 41,414 - Reviews: 637 - Favs: 213 - Follows: 245 - Updated: 7/30 - Published: 9/14/2018 - [Christine, Erik] Persian/Daroga - Complete
Improbable Dreams by Bloody Phantom reviews
Carlynda, a runaway countess, finds herself getting rescued one night by a mysterious man. To repay his kindness, she gifts him with the deed to the one thing he always wanted to own. A blooming relationship takes hold between the two, but her past is threatening to destroy the relationship she has with the man who would not step out of the shadows.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 15 - Words: 54,528 - Reviews: 116 - Favs: 83 - Follows: 113 - Updated: 1/27 - Published: 7/7/2015 - Erik, OC
Second Chances Incorporated by Quiet2885 reviews
Life can be painful and cruel and unfair, sometimes to the point where death seems like the only option. Until now. Let Second Chances Incorporated give you a second chance. Modern AU. Light sci-fi. Second Chances Incorporated. If only it were really that simple…Complete except for possible epilogue.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Romance - Chapters: 52 - Words: 247,639 - Reviews: 1137 - Favs: 139 - Follows: 162 - Updated: 11/13/2018 - Published: 9/5/2016 - Erik, Christine, Persian/Daroga, OC - Complete
A Motley Fool by Phantom Night Owl reviews
Deformed boy meets cynical girl. Not exactly love at first sight, but no one ever said that the road to happiness didn't conceal a few sharp stones. A modern tale of second chances. A story of friends, lovers and music, with a little of the Bard thrown in for good measure.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 25 - Words: 189,305 - Reviews: 173 - Favs: 58 - Follows: 34 - Updated: 3/8/2018 - Published: 10/16/2017 - Erik, Christine - Complete
By Starlight by Wheel of Fish reviews
It's her first masked ball at the Opera, and it may very well be her last when she accidentally acquires one of the Opera Ghost's personal effects. Leroux-ish, post-canon, E/OC. COMPLETE.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 35 - Words: 127,963 - Reviews: 505 - Favs: 339 - Follows: 184 - Updated: 1/23/2018 - Published: 6/30/2016 - [Erik, OC] Persian/Daroga - Complete
Friends by Quiet2885 reviews
Four months after the horror, Christine returns. Kind of. Short modern holiday AU phic. Lots of angsty E/Cness with a cup of fluff and a teaspoon of humor. Complete!
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 6 - Words: 18,741 - Reviews: 177 - Favs: 88 - Follows: 58 - Updated: 12/6/2017 - Published: 11/20/2017 - Complete
Starved by LikeLightInGlass reviews
Erik has a nightmare. Christine is kind. Leroux. Hurt/Comfort. Touch starved.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: K+ - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,598 - Reviews: 15 - Favs: 37 - Follows: 10 - Published: 11/26/2017 - Erik, Christine
Unsung by Wheel of Fish reviews
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.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 23 - Words: 106,840 - Reviews: 655 - Favs: 384 - Follows: 210 - Updated: 6/29/2017 - Published: 2/1/2017 - Erik, Christine - Complete
Siren of the Sea by FantomPhan33 reviews
No name strikes fear into the hearts of fellow sailors more than that of the masked pirate, Captain Erik, and his crew of the Phantom. However, when Christine Daae is taken aboard, fear is the last thing that Erik seems to instill in her. Join them as they find love and adventure on the high seas.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 45 - Words: 213,310 - Reviews: 2501 - Favs: 545 - Follows: 226 - Updated: 6/26/2017 - Published: 5/29/2013 - Erik, Christine, Persian/Daroga, Raoul - Complete
Ten Months Previously by Broken-Vow reviews
There was nothing left to her but questions and a short note. How could she ever be satisfied with that?
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 30 - Words: 141,607 - Reviews: 361 - Favs: 135 - Follows: 90 - Updated: 12/16/2016 - Published: 5/27/2016 - Erik, Christine - Complete
The Secret Door by bensara91513 reviews
Erik is alone in the world, living in the darkness beneath the opera house, hiding his shameful existence from human eyes. But when a surprise visitor lands on the shores of Erik's lake, neither of their lives will ever be the same.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Romance/Fantasy - Chapters: 46 - Words: 168,388 - Reviews: 579 - Favs: 194 - Follows: 81 - Updated: 10/18/2016 - Published: 1/4/2014 - Erik, Christine, OC, Persian/Daroga - Complete
Coda by EspoirDio reviews
Bereaved after Christine's departure with Raoul, Erik finds himself confronted with and his destructive behaviour challenged by a woman who is trying to come to terms with a tragedy of her own. Erik/OC
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 20 - Words: 42,238 - Reviews: 55 - Favs: 41 - Follows: 35 - Updated: 9/3/2016 - Published: 6/21/2016 - [Erik, OC] Madame Giry, Persian/Daroga - Complete
A Lasting Spring by Wheel of Fish reviews
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.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 16 - Words: 51,863 - Reviews: 96 - Favs: 86 - Follows: 52 - Updated: 5/27/2016 - Published: 3/4/2016 - [Erik, OC] Christine, Raoul - Complete
A semblance of dreams by Liriel-eris reviews
His head full of angels, death and eternal darkness, Erik just wanted to be left alone. The last thing he needed was the practical Miss Winterwood, who thought all the talk of darkness was silly and melodramatic, and who was determined to become a friend.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 11 - Words: 44,507 - Reviews: 99 - Favs: 38 - Follows: 49 - Updated: 2/16/2016 - Published: 8/2/2005 - Erik
Doorways by TenSixths reviews
Christine is gone, but cannot be forgotten. Her daughter lives on and is bound to trouble Erik's every waking hour (and those very few spent sleeping). Yet she alone might be able to keep his madness at bay.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Drama/Family - Chapters: 25 - Words: 26,233 - Reviews: 76 - Favs: 25 - Follows: 23 - Updated: 2/12/2016 - Published: 12/5/2015 - Erik, Persian/Daroga, OC - Complete
Perfection Doesn't Exist by Vitaani reviews
Takes place when Erik has just moved into the opera house, shortly after his escape from Persia. He's given up on society but he's not totally mad with solitude quite yet. When there's an influx of new chorus members, can he find someone who can see his peculiar brand of perfection?
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 11 - Words: 25,733 - Reviews: 27 - Favs: 24 - Follows: 38 - Updated: 1/1/2016 - Published: 10/30/2015 - [Erik, OC]
Long Journey Home by Phantom Night Owl reviews
Two unlikely people forge an alliance and a tentative friendship in the dark days of the Paris Commune. A young ballerina is saved from a horrible fate by a deformed recluse deep in the bowels of the Paris Opera House. Together they overcome the deprivations of war, and Louise must learn to understand the paradox that is Erik. Begins ten years before the events in Leroux's book.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 44 - Words: 273,373 - Reviews: 366 - Favs: 115 - Follows: 78 - Updated: 10/10/2015 - Published: 12/5/2014 - Erik, OC - Complete
Ghost Light by Phantom Night Owl reviews
Erik Reauchard travels to a small town in the U.S. to search for a killer, and finds Christine Daae instead. When dangerous forces coalesce around them, can he keep her safe? Modern. Leroux's Erik, but with hints of Kay and ALW.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 33 - Words: 101,494 - Reviews: 208 - Favs: 112 - Follows: 57 - Updated: 7/25/2015 - Published: 8/27/2012 - Erik, Christine - Complete
A Civic Duty by KittyPimms reviews
Christine is a waitress struggling to make ends meet when a call to jury duty comes as a most inconvenient summons. Though reluctant to participate, she is intrigued by the defendant; a badly deformed man accused of blackmail and murder. Though the world seems to begrudge him his very existence, she begins to feel pity for the accused who is only a man, after all. A man named Erik.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Mystery/Crime - Chapters: 41 - Words: 166,715 - Reviews: 1100 - Favs: 268 - Follows: 191 - Updated: 5/20/2015 - Published: 9/19/2014 - [Christine, Erik] - Complete
Accompaniment by Quiet2885 reviews
Supernatural. Modern. It's been with him since birth. Always slithering in his veins and mind…in every horrific decision he's made and every action he's taken. Yet just as he's determined to be free of it, she comes along. And perhaps then there was no saving either of them. Because what chance did a fragile girl and an unhinged deformed man have against pure evil? COMPLETE
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Romance - Chapters: 44 - Words: 222,911 - Reviews: 912 - Favs: 227 - Follows: 175 - Updated: 4/20/2015 - Published: 1/18/2014 - Erik, Christine - Complete
A Stroll on Sunday by Antiquarianne reviews
Erik takes it upon himself to learn how to live. He starts with a morning stroll that has rather unforeseeable consequences. Leroux-based, E/OFC. Well and truly completed.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 44 - Words: 105,156 - Reviews: 300 - Favs: 234 - Follows: 89 - Updated: 3/8/2015 - Published: 10/24/2011 - [Erik, OC] - Complete
A Thief in the Night by Phantom Night Owl reviews
Christine Daae is a girl poised on the cusp of womanhood, when a stranger moves into the house next door and her life is changed forever.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 43 - Words: 298,474 - Reviews: 452 - Favs: 302 - Follows: 145 - Updated: 2/8/2014 - Published: 4/13/2013 - Erik, Christine - Complete
A Gypsy Caravan by xsilver-galaxyx reviews
Erik was never able to escape from his gypsy captors. Ten years later, a violinist and his young daughter join the clan for the season.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 35 - Words: 119,682 - Reviews: 323 - Favs: 165 - Follows: 129 - Updated: 12/1/2013 - Published: 5/5/2013 - Erik, Christine - Complete
Anathema by Broken-Vow reviews
Through heartbreak and trial, Christine must learn to trust and grow under the guidance of a sinister and deadly guardian.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Romance/Horror - Chapters: 46 - Words: 193,075 - Reviews: 976 - Favs: 466 - Follows: 211 - Updated: 2/1/2013 - Published: 4/20/2012 - Christine, Erik - Complete
Hearts in the Wind by Silver Diva reviews
The Phantom is dead. I am a man and I live!" 'Reborn' with new life made possible by a powerful admirer, Erik's guardian is a woman he calls his "armed nanny." Aislyne Butler takes the job of caring for an insane elderly uncle of the de'Chagnys. STORY COMPLETE!
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 63 - Words: 346,259 - Reviews: 199 - Favs: 44 - Follows: 43 - Updated: 6/19/2012 - Published: 10/19/2008 - Erik - Complete
The Rising Sun by Broken-Vow reviews
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.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 64 - Words: 209,168 - Reviews: 766 - Favs: 342 - Follows: 142 - Updated: 12/10/2011 - Published: 8/1/2010 - Erik, Christine - Complete
Silence by Gabriel87 reviews
Christine loses her voice. Erik panics. Leroux verse. COMPLETE
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 9 - Words: 10,592 - Reviews: 72 - Favs: 153 - Follows: 41 - Updated: 11/25/2011 - Published: 11/17/2011 - Erik, Christine - Complete
Texts from the Infamous 'Phantom Phone' by thiswillbeourfairytale reviews
Nadir will regret the day he gave Erik the ability to 'text'...
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Friendship - Chapters: 3 - Words: 6,312 - Reviews: 68 - Favs: 31 - Follows: 36 - Updated: 6/25/2011 - Published: 6/23/2011 - Erik, Persian/Daroga
Peaches by Broken-Vow reviews
There is another girl in Erik's life, and Christine can only blame herself.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Family - Chapters: 10 - Words: 64,241 - Reviews: 79 - Favs: 117 - Follows: 37 - Updated: 3/23/2011 - Published: 12/1/2010 - Erik, Christine - Complete
Amongst the Living by Quiet2885 reviews
Vignettes that follow "When All is Lost." Now that the battle is over, lives must slowly be reclaimed. Complete.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 28 - Words: 121,215 - Reviews: 705 - Favs: 246 - Follows: 76 - Updated: 8/17/2009 - Published: 1/15/2008 - Erik, Christine - Complete
The Fetish by Quiet2885 reviews
Deformed boy meets girl. Naturally, they fall in love. But all is not as it seems...
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Parody/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,873 - Reviews: 50 - Favs: 46 - Follows: 9 - Published: 2/9/2009 - Complete
A Meeting of Eagles by PhantomFemme du Pantages reviews
Revamped, edited, and updated at last! Post LeRoux. Perhaps a woman like Jane Eyre would be a better match for Erik than Christine?
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 7 - Words: 14,436 - Reviews: 28 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 11 - Updated: 2/12/2008 - Published: 7/10/2004 - Erik
When All is Lost by Quiet2885 reviews
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.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Mystery/Romance - Chapters: 74 - Words: 306,625 - Reviews: 2372 - Favs: 648 - Follows: 210 - Updated: 12/30/2007 - Published: 5/16/2006 - Erik, Christine - Complete
Eight Legs of Love by Quiet2885 reviews
Kay Erik became really sad and angsty when Christine wanted him to kill a spider. How will Leroux Erik react in a similar situation? Just a bit of humor : Helps to have read Kay.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 610 - Reviews: 103 - Favs: 131 - Follows: 16 - Published: 4/17/2007 - Erik, Christine - Complete
The Price of Fame by Opera Cloak reviews
The Phantom movie has just gone into production, and Erik is growing tired of his celebrity status.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 23 - Words: 92,398 - Reviews: 420 - Favs: 161 - Follows: 46 - Updated: 12/20/2006 - Published: 11/8/2003 - Complete
Deception by Shirl reviews
COMPLETED. Following the Opera Populaire tragedy, Erik flees Paris to settle in London. Two years later, he meets a young woman who shares a similar gift for music. Drawn to each other for different reasons, they form an unlikely alliance. E&OW.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 27 - Words: 107,427 - Reviews: 364 - Favs: 153 - Follows: 45 - Updated: 10/11/2005 - Published: 3/10/2005 - Erik - Complete
The Sorcerer of Rouen by MastersofNight reviews
A reclusive business man, Erik imports the new American Typewriter, complete with a female Editor. With the possible sabotage of the shipment, is someone thwarting him, is she in danger, and why are there two masks? Four years post ALW. Complete.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Romance/Mystery - Chapters: 21 - Words: 57,489 - Reviews: 125 - Favs: 40 - Follows: 11 - Updated: 8/28/2005 - Published: 5/1/2005 - Complete
A Defensive Situation by Kat097 reviews
When Raoul and Christine set out to destroy the evil of phanfiction, they enlist the help of Erik. Needless to say, things don't quite go to plan. Especially when Erik and Raoul discover the joys of phanfiction and inevitable wackiness ensues.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 12 - Words: 20,582 - Reviews: 420 - Favs: 158 - Follows: 44 - Updated: 6/27/2005 - Published: 4/4/2005 - Christine, Erik - Complete
Rhapsody in Scarlet by Yumeko1 reviews
A Phantom of the Opera fic that pairs Erik with a most unusual female composer named Angelique.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 10 - Words: 77,726 - Reviews: 17 - Favs: 32 - Follows: 2 - Published: 12/10/2002 - Erik - Complete