Modern AU. When Christine loses everything, fate quite literally leaves her at a stranger's doorstep. The reclusive author Erik Destler reluctantly takes her in and hires her as help for the house. After months of hating each other, different feelings emerge... as do questions. Why did Christine lose everything to begin with? Or, to be more precise, who took it all away? COMPLETE.

"You've got a heart as loud as lions So why let your voice be tamed? Maybe we're a little different, There's no need to be ashamed." Erik a is recluse award winning musician, who hates cameras and people, while Christine is a vlogger who finds herself after she stumbles into him on the red carpet. It's love at first sight and the media want to cash in on it.

Three years have gone by since the fire at the Paris Opera Populaire and Christine Daae is now married to Raoul. Life is far from the marital bliss she expected. Meanwhile, Erik is finally starting to live again after his friend Nadir revived him and gave him the courage to live. A surprise meeting between Christine and her Angel, however, could change everything...

After the final lair, everyone walks away with feelings of betrayal; due to misunderstandings stemming from that night. Both Christine and Erik have given up music because of its association with the other. They live away from one another bitter towards the past and uncertain of their future. The only constant is that they do not want one another. I don't own the characters.