When Sybil Crawley attends a university party with her older sister Mary, she doesn't expect to have a good time, and she certainly does not expect to meet anyone new. But a stolen bottle of stout sparks conversation between her and Tom Branson, and all too quickly, Sybil finds she doesn't want it to end.

The story and romance of Tom Branson and Lady Sybil Crawley is retold through a series of letters, diary entries, and personal POV thoughts, spanning from Branson's arrival at Downton in 1913, and ultimately leading to their journey to Ireland in (Part of the "Love's Journey Saga"-a *happily ever after* Downton universe) NOW COMPLETE!

What happened to Sybil and Branson during the "missing years" between Seasons 1 & 2 (late 1914 to early 1916)? A companion story to my main Sybil/Branson fic, "Love's Journey". Begins right after Chapter 40 of that fic and the end of Series 1. (Part of the "Love's Journey Saga"-a *happily ever after* Downton universe)