What if Robert had squandered Cora's fortune before the Titanic sank? What if Matthew had inherited the money needed to save Downton before he became the heir? What if Tom had made something of himself before he met Sybil? An alternate Downton universe set in season one that explores how Sybil and Tom's relationship would have developed if they'd met under different circumstances.

"Every color at the front is faded, and he finds himself struggling more and more, with every day that passes, to remember what they really look like. She's the only thing that he recalls in vivid color, and that's only because she visits his dreams every night." In which Tom Branson goes to war, changing his relationship with Lady Sybil forever. (Companion to Ripon, 1914).

"The man lunges. She screams. He feels a sudden, sharp pain in his stomach, but he grinds his teeth against the howl building in the back of his throat." In which Tom Branson is injured protecting Lady Sybil Crawley at the counting of the votes in Ripon, forcing them both to confront their feelings for each other.

London, 1947: Sybil Crawley is an MI6 agent working undercover at the BBC foreign desk who yearns to get out into the field. Tom Branson is a G2 agent who wants nothing more than to take down the organisation that tore his family apart. Infiltrating the IRA should be a dream come true for them both. The catch: they have to pretend to be married—and they hate each other.

Dublin, December 1919. It's the Bransons first Christmas together as a married couple and rather than spending money, they agree to make each other gifts. A contribution to the Tom/Sybil Secret Santa exchange for Magfreak.

After the end of her two year relationship, Sybil Crawley is convinced that love doesn't exist. But events surrounding her sister Mary's sudden engagement and whirlwind wedding force her to question everything she thinks she knows. Inspired by the movie 500 Days of Summer. *Highclere Award Winner*

An unexpected emergency tests Sybil as a wife and as a doctor.

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!

Series 2 AU oneshot. Branson gets Spanish flu after he and Sybil have announced their engagement.