What is more important than the life and love an innocent child?

Chelsie, Modern AU. Their paths crossed once in a hot August, forty years ago. He made a promise, and did not keep it. She has a secret, and has kept it. When their paths cross again, will they be able to get past the years separating them, or is it too much to overcome?

They survived, for the first time Jaime could look to his future, and the things he's wanted for a very long time.

"Grow old along with me, whatever fate decrees. We will see it through for our love is true ..." Glimpses into various days and scenes from the Carsons' marriage, from the most basic to the complex. Mostly fluff; canon setting.

After a mysterious woman from Dickie Merton's past arrives, a lot of lives in Downton's village are changed forever. Last chapter added.

"It was the dreams, the nightmares that came to her every time as she as much as closed her eyes. No, not dreams; not nightmares, even. Memories." Just a short story about the life worth living. Anne with an E versed.

Modern AU one shot. Charles's parents are visiting their son, daughter-in-law, and grandson.

Promises are often hard to keep, especially when the past and possibilities for the future collide. Set in the universe of Lesley Manville and Peter Mullan's Mum, Elsie Burn's life is complicated to say the least. Charles Carson is offering a steady hand, but is she willing to take it? *T* for now...

"You would make the happiest of men." Easy words but when Cora Levinson looks at Robert Crawley, she wonders if they could be true. [Prequel Robert x Cora]

A tiny, fluffy Chelsie moment, inspired by her heartfelt speech about their wedding venue in that posh drawing room.

A series of 6 drabbles that finish telling the story after a significant event in the lives of Charles Carson and Elsie Hughes. This is mostly just for me...but if you like it that makes me happy. I like to write. I don't claim to be good at it. I do it simply because I enjoy it.

Isobel Crawley and Lord Merton through the years... random collection of 'missing' scenes.

A closer look at the events of the Grigg storyline early in Series 4. What Elsie would have said to Charles, had she been free to do so.

One-shot in which Charles helps his wife deal with the aftermath of finding Mr. Barrow post-suicide attempt. T/W for slight descriptive bits of the scene itself. Can be considered a companion piece to "Filling the Cracks."

Modern AU. Elsie Hughes is exec producer for "The Granthams," a docudrama being filmed by Crawley Film Productions. Enter one old flame, Charles Carson, plus someone hell-bent on ruining the project ... what could possibly go wrong? Set in the glitz of Hollywood with some filming in Toronto and London. Rated T but a couple M chapters along the way. Chelsie fic w/many DA faves.

Where Mrs Hughes is not a pauper. Slight AU.

Starts during the CS of Series 5. AU. When a strange man comes to Downton Isobel and Dickies' lives take a dramatic turn. How will a tragic death affect their young marriage and will Violet and her returned Russian prince help them to overcome their problems before it is too late?

Isobel, Dickie and a morning in the Crawley House. Awful fluff. Oneshot.

"But you see, when your only child dies, then you're not a mother anymore. You're not anything, really. And that's what I'm trying to get used to." But Isobel IS something indeed ... in the eyes of her grandson. Leaving it open in case one day a follow-on chapter is written.

Mrs. Hughes discovers retirement might be far different from what they'd planned. First Downton fic.

Rosamund/Clarkson collection, because crack pairing is the way. Chapters are unrelated and each is going to focus on different situations actually happened on the show, but rewritten with Richamund in it.

Set after S6 CS. Two glasses of wine during the reception of a certain wedding and a talk are enough to start an unlike friendship - and eventually something more. Rosamund/Clarkson just because they needed a happy ending too.

We all want to know...how did the wedding day of Isobel and Dickie play out?

Aspiring writer Charles Carson is still healing in the aftermath of WWII. As he begins to construct a book based on a collection of journals left by a distant relative, he uncovers the tale of a secret love just as he meets a woman who has the potential to either fill or break his heart. AU that will incorporate Downton characters. Not my characters, but I love them deeply.

Where Mr and Mrs Carson are retired. [Lyrics by Rascall Flatts' Bless the Broken Road.']

The story of Isobel Crawley & Lord Merton is far from over...Last chapter added... so will or won't Isobel become Lady Merton? Let me know what you think!

A one-shot in which Charles Carson is sleepless. Based in the prompt: "You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." ― Dr. Seuss

**SPOILERS for Season 5*** How much will it take for love to bloom?

What might have happened if Violet had not interrupted Lord Merton and Isobel Crawley in the S5 Christmas Special? SPOILER ALERT! Enjoy!

The afternoon Isobel gives Lord Merton an answer to his proposal. And a night and morning that follow.

At its heart, smoking a pipe is really a social activity.