They had not fallen in love so much as tumbled straight down the stairs of affection into passion, and here they were at the bottom, smarting from the landing. He had claimed to love her and had promised to give her all she wanted of him if only she'd let him love her from afar. She didn't want that. She wanted him to love with her, near her. Modern AU

Christine believes she is content to perform the streets of Paris with her father. But when a reclusive maestro sets his attention upon her, her whole perception of what it means to be truly alive will crumble. Historical vampire AU, E/C, rated M for eventual smut and violence.

A selection of one-shots, based on the amazing POTO Mermaid artwork from Ilustrariane . . . . . . . ilustrariane.tumblr DOT COM

Modern AU. A kind, innocent girl is taken, and forced into a relationship filled with abuse. Can she ever escape her tragic situation? Even if she does, can her wounds ever heal so that she may experience true love with an even more damaged person than she? Very dark and twisted. Read with caution.

On the rooftop Christine told Raoul, "When the time comes we shall leave, but if I then refuse, you must carry me off by force!" Erik later said to Christine, "If you loved me, I would be as gentle as a lamb; and you could do with me as you pleased." But would either of these predictions come true? And…should they? "Your hand at the level of your eyes," said the Persian...

Christine was truly alone in the world. He was bored. What dark secrets will she uncover about her mysterious new teacher? What is the cost of becoming a muse? Modern AU. See A/N.

Erik has always been a man of destructive obsessions. A chance encounter with a mysterious, masked performer hurtles him into the next one. With a seemingly perfect life and a perfect face, what will he sacrifice to protect his latest muse? Eventual E/C, AU where Christine has the deformity, largely Kay-based.

In the summer of 1884, Christine Daaé leaves New Orleans for Wyoming, to marry Erik, a man she knows only through letters. Together they must navigate the waters of a relationship with a stranger, while the town of Contention lives up to its troubled name.

When a canoeing mishap leaves Christine stranded, she's forced into the wilderness for help—only to find a haunting stranger who does not want to be found. COMPLETE.

Leroux AU. Christine refuses Raoul's proposal to run away and returns to Erik.

Immortality is not suitable for everyone...Short, dark drabble fic for Halloween and kinktober. Vampire. E/C

Christine Daae is kidnapped the night of graduation by a man who she thought she trusted. If she ever wishes to be free, the two must learn to trust one another. What would you do to regain your freedom? Desperate times call for desperate measures and Christine is very desperate. Can fear turn to love?

Modern/1990's AU, Christine Daaé is a down-at-luck university student in desperate need of cash. When fate lands her a job as a phone sex operator, she makes an unlikely connection with a seductive-voiced peer in the trade. Will she and this mystery man be able to make the leap from purchased intimacy to real life, or will theirs be just another missed connection?

Modern AU, E/C. Dr. Erik Riley had always been alone, with few exceptions - he'd expected to remain that way indefinitely. However, an administrative error forced a young medical student into his life, setting in motion a series of events that would change the both of them forever, if only he would allow himself to overcome his own troubled past.

"Take me to the Opera" - Erik told the driver after he left the Persian's apartment after his confession to the Daroga. But what happens next? What happens in those three weeks until L'Époque" publishes the message "Erik is dead." How could the story continue? Leroux based AU, prequel to Devil's Little Face.

Erik is an assassin, moonlighting as a reclusive composer. Christine is a lonely girl, hired at the recently started business called The Friend Shop. This is their story. Rated M. INCOMPLETE. E/C. Leroux/Kay based. MODERN.

Christine, fed up with her every day life, her basic and bland relationship, and distraught over the recent loss of her father, turns to an unexpected place for comfort and uncovers a side of herself that she never knew was there.

He has been on the island for twenty years. She has only arrived, cast away with her father until their little boat fetched up here. But her father died and now Christine is alone with the island's existing resident. It is easier to not remember her past life, as she learns to survive, and learns Erik, and he learns her in turn.

Modern-day setting. Returning to her university town in the northern USA, Christine Daae meets two very different, intriguing men. R/C, E/C, angst, drama, romance, mystery. WIP.

A man who plays for Ghosts and a Woman listening for them. A plot surrounded in memory, loss and love.

Before the whole Angel of Music fiasco started, Mamma Valérius falls ill, and a desperate Christine looks for help in the only friend she has, The Voice in her dressing room. He offers his help, and in exchange, she promises to give him the only thing he has ever wished for: a living wife. Purely Leroux-based. Rating may change.

NOW AVAILABLE ON KINDLE AND PAPERBACK. Modern AU sequel. Christine's new life is being entangled and constrained again, but it's no longer by a man in a mask.

Wicked is Erik's biggest guilty pleasure, and Christine Daaé happens to be the best Glinda he's ever seen. Modern AU, E/C.

After the masquerade, Christine has to take matters into her own hands: she can no longer wait for her Angel of Music to make the first move. After all, she could blame it all to the champagne in the morning... Leroux-based. Dub-con.

When Christine suffers a small injury, it's up to Erik to help her, even if that requires more self-control than he ever thought he could have. Leroux-based. Smut. Rated M for a reason! Dub-Con.

Christine steps into a ghost story when an impromptu séance raises the spirit of a long-dead musician, enigmatic and alluring. An old house, an attic mirror, a gramophone, and a childhood sweetheart also star. 1920s AU.

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.

Christine's life changes with just one unplanned rooftop conversation. Mid-ALW AU. E/C, T rating for non-explicit descriptions of attraction and make-outs. Originally posted on tumblr.

Christine Daaé is a talented, brainy (and somewhat oblivious) junior in high school. In her diary, she chronicles, among other things, her relationship with Raoul, and the mood swings of her strange music theory teacher, Mr. Destler.

Christine loses focus easily on the stage, and must work on her composure through all manner of distractions. Fortunately, the angel of music is there to offer a helping hand. Canon-set AU, E/C Smut, Kinktober 2018

Life can be painful and cruel and unfair, sometimes to the point where death seems like the only option. Until now. Let Second Chances Incorporated give you a second chance. Modern AU. Light sci-fi. Second Chances Incorporated. If only it were really that simple…Complete except for possible epilogue.

It was one small rejection, one tiny mistake, that would ruin her life forever. Scary story written for Halloween. Dark!Erik.

Raoul had heard the voice only she should have heard. Christine knows that her Angel is an imposter. Who is he, and who is he really? E/C Leroux with inspirations from everywhere and no where.

ANCIENT GREEK AU, with lots of mysticism and lore, prophecies and monsters, fear and longing, love and hate- all that fun stuff, but all with a healthy dose of the normal Phantom that we all know and love. E/C eventually.

AU Tomione. No time travel no time turners. - 'Are you not scared of him? Tom Riddle has got a rather peculiar reputation. But I'm sure it's all stupid talk. He's Head Boy after all.' - 'What kind of a reputation' - 'Er… he's… well, he seems kinda dark.'

We all have to learn to live with the choices we make. To save Raoul's life, Christine agrees to be Erik's wife for twenty years. But how do you survive two decades with someone you don't love? Leroux-inspired Modern AU. Dark E/C. Collab.

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.

He did not expect to meet his counterpoint on a house call, and he is shaken. Modern AU. Now a fourshot.

Erik, Christine and Raoul made their choices on the night of Don Juan Triumphant, and are prepared to live with them. But beyond the walls of the opera house, how much of their life's trajectory is determined by choice, or by fate, or by the meddlesome nature of their family and friends?

There are things more dangerous than accepting lessons from a dark stranger in a bell tower, things that can destroy a man's face and his life—and Christine Daaé is soon to become intimately acquainted with them. Modern AU. ON INDEFINITE HIATUS.

Deformed boy meets cynical girl. Not exactly love at first sight, but no one ever said that the road to happiness didn't conceal a few sharp stones. A modern tale of second chances. A story of friends, lovers and music, with a little of the Bard thrown in for good measure.

"Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage." AU/Kay-based. After some convincing, Erik's mother decided it would be best to send him to the asylum, after all. Turns out, some kinds of madness can be taught. E/C creepiness.

Four months after the horror, Christine returns. Kind of. Short modern holiday AU phic. Lots of angsty E/Cness with a cup of fluff and a teaspoon of humor. Complete!

Gradually, she remembers. (Tomione. Lots of violence, It's how they express their love for each other.)

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.

Prior to the events of Leroux's original novel, Christine's adopted benefactor passes away sooner than expected. Fearing the fate that threatens a simple chorus girl in her position, this poor young woman turns to the only one she has left...and the equally fallen Angel Of Music is all too keen to embrace her. COMPLETE.

In 1920 France, the widowed Christine de Chagny returns to Paris. E/C. Complete/

Christine is taken beneath the opera house, but the Persian and Raoul are nowhere to be found. A dark version of what could happen after being forced to make an impossible decision between two terrible choices.

Esmeralda is a college student at Notre Dame University where she meets her Theology professor, Claude Frollo. At first glance, the bohemian beauty is drawn to the stoic man, but for more reasons than looks and smarts alone. They've met before, life times ago, when such love was forbidden and shamed. Fresme StudentxTeacher. M for eventual adult settings. Modern AU

"That's what I like about you," He told her, his fingers pressed against her pulse, "You don't believe in fairytales," His thumb traced the curve of her jaw and she watched his eyes flash red for a single, dream-like moment, "Do you believe in nightmares?" Tomione.

There was nothing left to her but questions and a short note. How could she ever be satisfied with that?

For a year, Christine has been hidden from her world, learning to live in Erik's. Follow them as they learn how to cope in the aftermath of the abduction, as well as the duration of it. Modern day, mostly Leroux/ Kay based

Book based Esmeralda fic. I'm terrible at writing summaries, please see individual chapters for more information.

"Granger," He seethed, as if he had any right to be angry while he was covered in blood on her doorstep. "Invite me inside." Her nails dug into the polished wood of the door and she contemplated slamming it in his face. "Absolutely not." Modern Vampire AU. Tomione. Also a splash of Drarry because I needed that in my life rn.

Someone at Harrison HS has been reading POTO and taking it too seriously. About bullying, peer pressure, isolation, cruelty. "T" for bad language, & mild violence. Public Service Announcement:chapter 42. NOW POSTING EPILOGUES, EXTRAS, AND DELETED SCENES.

**COMPLETE** NOW POSTING DELETED SCENES & BLOOPERS just for fun. Summary: Erik IS a bit of a Don Juan you know... What REALLY happened, as told by the Persian. Pairings: Erik/EVERYONE literally! . Rated "T" for sex. "M" chapters posted separately.

Young Swedish singer Kristina finds independence, mystery, and love in Paris's Eclectic Theater (AU.)

COMPLETE: A broken time turner shouldn't have sent me back so far. It was unprecedented. Stepping on it-smashing it-nothing should have happened. At most, I should have lost a week. At worst, I should have disappeared altogether. I shouldn't have traveled back fifty-two years; half a bloody century. This should not have happened. HG/TR.

Leroux!Erik, and a more thoughtful and mature Christine. I knew he couldn't really be an Angel, however much I wanted to believe it! But then, who was he? Why would he hide from me, unless..? EC

Frollo/Esmeralda story from the Disney version. What if Esmeralda had agreed to be with Frollo to safe herself and her friends. Is Frollo going to finally have what he wants from her; can she ever be happy with him? Rated M for detailed descriptions of sexual (plus violent in some chapters) nature. Don't like, don't read.

The future is explained through the past and everything happens for a reason. Hermione becomes an active part of the history she studies so diligently in class. A dream come true, right? Nothing is as it seems...

Through heartbreak and trial, Christine must learn to trust and grow under the guidance of a sinister and deadly guardian.

Tom Riddle: secret, brilliant heir to the biggest company in the world, VoldeMart. Hermione Granger: sent to his prestigious school on full scholarship because VoldeMart outsourced her parents' jobs to China. Bridges burn. Sparks fly. M for language.

What would you do if you woke up with no memory of who you were, looking like a monster, stuck in a room with a giant snake? Lord Voldemort is in exactly that situation when a spell delivers him into the hands of Hermione Granger. LV/HG set during DH.

Esmeralda has nothing left now besides Frollo. However, now she discovers that there is a man behind the monster. And that there is such a thing as redemption. Frollo/Esmeralda

Esmeralda chooses Frollo. Will she regret it or will she be pleasantly surprised? My first HOND chapter story.

AU, EC: A retelling of Erik and Christine's story, set in the rosy hours of Mazenderan, with a fantasy twist. Love shall not be denied.

An age old battle. A transcendence of time. A duel of intellect, power, and lust. Who will win this game of chance? Or better yet, who can leave this intrincate dance of danger unscathed? TRHG. Winner at Enchanted Grangers.

Erik is forced to have sex with Christine by paramilitaries who target the school he teaches at. This is the story of them coping afterwards... EC

Erik took Christine in as a child... but he never thought of her as a daughter. His feelings were a mystery even unto himself. And now that she's an adult... EC

Set in an alternate universe, Christine struggles to survive on the streets of a decadent city... when she finds herself an unusual and frightening guardian. Please R&R.

Erik is fostered by Christine's parents and sent off to boarding school with her. This is their story. Please read and review. ModerndayAU EC

Complete. Hermione goes back in time with one mission: to kill Tom Riddle before he comes to power. How hard can it be? Impossible, she realizes, as a love between them grows stronger than anything she's ever known. Now Hermione has a choice to make: Will

What if POTO had taken place in modern times and Erik was arrested and put on trial for his crimes? How would the modern world deal with Erik's sins? How would Erik deal with imprisonment after he let Christine go?...And Christine?