After overcoming a childhood filled with abuse, young adulthood plagued by shame, and a lifetime of solitude, Erik finds himself married to the woman he adores. A mysterious box sent thirty years ago to his cousin raises questions and stirs the ghost never far behind, while two men resurrect the horrors of his time in Persia, and an acquaintance from long ago unexpectedly returns.

Christine has struggled to raise her son and live her life without Erik. Believing he is dead, what will happen when she finds out Erik is very much alive? Sequel to ALW musical/LND rewrite with Leroux and Kay influences. In progress. [Revised 8/19/2019]

By the Shah's orders, this was his punishment — a reward for a selfless act in a moment when he had everything to lose. Erik had always reveled in shadow, but he never expected the light to abandon him in return. This darkness had been forced upon him; this was the reality of unending night. E/C eventually

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

In the 1880s, Christine and her father move to Paris for a fresh beginning that is not as joyful as it first seems. When the truth of her new circumstances starts to unravel, only one man can help her. E/C. Kay/ALW-verse. Will eventually be rated M. COMPLETED.

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

Very loosely based around the proposal scene from Kay. Erik asks Christine for a marriage of convenience until his impending death, but things gradually unfold rather differently than expected.

Vicomtesse Christine de Chagny is frantic to cure her "modern illness". In desperation, she seeks out an unusual doctor, one who doesn't advertise and hides away from the world. Victorian doctor/female hysteria AU

When Christine first meets Erik she never imagined the new path her life would take. Erik himself never imagined where their aquaintance would lead. As they travel down the path of love they will be tested and scarred by the raging fires between them.

His Christine is such a good girl, and he will make sure she knows it. Modern. Dom!Erik. Rated M.

Christine dares enter the opera box of the Ghost. Rated R for sexy times.

1870- Erik resumes teaching his star pupil, while struggling with feelings far from angelic. Christine regains her dark Angel as her teacher, eager to learn his Music of the Night. While fate unveils a future unforeseen by both of them. (Sequel to APCC) E/C - R&R - COMPLETE

They both appreciate the candlelight, and what happens there. Rated M, NSFW. E/C. Complete.

Christine found where he hid, and he whispered his goodbyes. A proper take on that night that was glossed over in Love Never Dies.

"Erik," he said to her. "I am Erik. I am no Angel and we both know it. You will call me Erik and you will understand that with this decision you will be binding yourself to me irrevocably. Think it through, Christine de Changy. If you say yes you are mine forever." Dark Erik, disturbed Christine.

Follows the events of POTO. Erik is the architect of his own destiny - or so he thinks. Will Christine breach his defenses? Will the enemies who wish to destroy him succeed? Completed story.

Immediately after the musical, Christine struggles with moving on. When she finally decides to start making choices for herself, her life and that of her Opera Ghost will collide once again. Post-canon. E/C. Sloooow burn. Eventually, will be rated M. COMPLETE.

Two years have passed since Christine left him for Raoul. Erik continues to reside underneath the burned down remains of his abandoned opera house where he has resigned himself to live alone as the Angel in Hell. Sophie stumbles into Erik's underground world one day quite by accident. He saves her, but he can not risk another angry mob, and so he takes her captive. E/OC Complete

The first kiss was for him, the Vicomte who needed saving. The second kiss was for her because she needed to be sure. This night, she searches for the man she wants, and she will not be deterred. Takes place after the musical. Lightly LND-inspired ("again and then again"). Rated M for strong sexual situations. E/C. One-shot.

In 1880 Paris, a man returns to reclaim the Opera as his sanctuary. Set before Red Rose and A Second Chance, and the ALW stage play. E/C, complete.

ALW-verse, E/C. Summary: "In the end, if it meant giving up my life for theirs, then it was worth it - I should count myself fortunate for the chance." A story of redemption and acceptance, of confronting countless ghosts and demons, of facing the past when its echoes can no longer be denied - even if that battle proves deadly.

100 years after the Phantom lost Christine and vanished, Paris Opera House intern, Rosalie Daniels finds a secret passageway down to the Phantom's lair. Could the stories really be true? Did the Phantom truly exist? And who exactly would she find down there…or more precisely, who found her!

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

Christine and Erik, together in bed at the end of the day.

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.

The fairytale isn't what she had imagined it to be. Strict 'M' rating.

Mischievousness, when it comes to the Opera Ghost, doesn't always come in the form of pulling pranks. —Based on a prompt I received on tumblr.

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

Trying to erase the estrangement before their wedding, Christine and Raoul travel to Persia. What they find there will alter their lives forever. E/C, movie based

The Phantom wallows beneath the rubble and ruin from the flames he brought upon all. Vivienne, a former ballerina, seeks shelter in Erik's domain after tragedy strikes her. However, she is an unwelcome guest under the Opera and is about to learn she is not alone. (A/N: I've rewritten the original story and I'm in the process of replacing the chapters.)

A story of one young woman's struggle to grow up…and grow wiser. ExC naturally. Mind the 'M' warning if you please.

After her husband's death, Christine is forced to leave France and heads to London. What happens when Christine meets a man she thought long dead? Erik/Christine Rating changed to 'M', please read author's note in chapter 17!

Perhaps there was a dark side to Christine that only Erik could bring out. Between the smudged lines of right and wrong, she had always been destined to be the Phantom's bride. She ached for every bit of him. Dark and not fluffy. E/C romance StageMusical.

Summary: Gala events at the Opera Populaire can be tedious. Luckily, there is a certain masked someone to help relieve the monotony. pure fluffy smut. Oneshot. ErikxChristine. Strict 'M' rating!

Erik is the master assassin and genius architect for the Shah of Persia. He has everything he could want, money, fame, power…everything but the one thing he knows he can never have. Love. Erik's world is quickly turned upside down when, out of gratitude for his service, the Shah presents him with a gift… and that gift comes with a name. Christine Daae!

A look into one of the nights Christine may have spent in Erik's home. A promise made and a body freely given. Rated M for explicit sexual content. (Any world is applicable.)

Follow Up to the Award Winning Reader's Choice Award 'A heart that waits.' Courtship and a new life are nothing like what Erik expects as the story continues. Please Review!

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?

On a long hold due to writer's block, but not forgotten. Days after the disastrous events at the Opera, Christine makes an impulsive, rash decision - but she is not entirely prepared for what will follow. Largely based on the world of the stage musical, sprinkled with Leroux. E/C.

Christine goes to her father's grave to find resolution, and finds instead a Ghost. Without Raoul to protect her, she cannot escape him, and the course of their lives is irrevocably altered.

When a woman has seen me, as you have, she belongs to me...she loves me forever...

"It's not your face that scared me, Angel."

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 . . .

After six months of separation, Erik attends the Masquerade Ball, desperate for one touch.

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.

In an effort to earn her happy ending, Christine accepts Erik's proposition and learns love through pretend.

My wish for what Love Never Dies would be like. Christine Daae emerges from the bowels of the opera house distraught and exhausted. Nothing will ever be the same for her again.

After their revealing night beneath a moonless sky, Christine stops Erik from leaving, and together they flee Paris to start their new lives together. But what new surprises lie in store? Alt LND.

How many years since first I saw you and dreamed of you… those long nights when our voices in union rivalled those of heaven… oh, that we could have been thus forever…

This sequel to ALW's Phantom continues, with old characters and new, happy times and sad times, adventure and romance, but most of all our favorite Opera Ghost – Erik.

How much can one tempt the darkness before it burns in return?

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.

A woman appears at the Opera determined to save the theater from the fiery fate she has seen in her dreams. But will her visions leave her at the mercy of the Opera Ghost or will she find an unexpected connection with an injured, masked man she finds deep

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...

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".

Instead of letting her go with Raoul, Erik makes Christine stay with him. In an attempt to understand what she truly wants, she proposes a game of pretend: to pretend to love each other. But where does the game end and reality begin?

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?

An alternate ending, Christine must face her darkest desires to learn what loving Erik truly means.

Believing Erik to be dead, Christine marries Raoul, hoping to finally have her happy ending. But what happens when Erik returns to claim her once again as his?

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

She was an odalisque, fated to slavery in the royal harem, abandoned by her father. And he was a genius who wore a mask, a man shunned by humanity for his death’s face. But for one night she is given as a gift…for one night only…or so they thought…

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

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...

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.

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.

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.

Raoul is jealous and wants Christine to retrieve the ring he gave to her. She finds more than she bargained for. Christine narrates. COMPLETE.

Christine is consumed with regret and grief from the mistakes of her past. As she resolves to make a new life for herself, her Angel follows...

Based on, and written in the style of: Phantom, a novel by Susan Kay. AU story, about Erik's time in Persia. What would have happened if he had not sent away the shah's gift? ErikxOdalisque, ErikxKhanum. Rated for sexual themes.

From Erik's POV. For a year, Erik has been planning for Christine's return during the 1889 World Fair. His plans and his soul slowly unravel as he learns his obsession is not what he first thought. NOT an EC Shipper. Please R&R EOC completed

In one moment, with one decision, lives can change forever. Kay based, but ALW and Leroux friendly. EC, angst. Not an alteration or continuation...simply an explanation.

You are more than just a student to me, were the words that changed a peaceful night of lessons and reading. Her discomfort provoked his anguish, which he releases through his music. Christine, drawn, is unable to resist coming to him.

A very, very dark oneshot based on Kay. Erik has one final encounter with the Khanum. Rated M for violence, language, and sexuality.

A young aspiring writer attends a performance of Don Juan Triumphant at the Opera Populaire...and her life changes forever... [COMPLETED and IN EDITING]

*COMPLETE* A unexpected reunion jolts Christine and Erik. Fluffy but fun! This story began as PG13 but rapidly escalated into an R rating. It is not possible to accurately portray such a passionate character as Erik in muted terms.