Ever since Anna fell in love with Mr. Bates, she has been eager for him to return the feelings. When it seems that he will never change the state of their relationship, Anna takes matters into her own hands on the most romantic day of the year. Set after 1.5.

Anna and John spend a quiet Valentine's Day at home with their daughter, but life has a surprise in store for them.

S4 AU. After overhearing the conversation in the hallway between Mrs. Hughes and Anna, Bates decides that he does not need to find out Anna's secret. At least not right away. Last chapter rated "M"

S4 Oneshot - An exploration of a way Anna and Bates might have reintroduced intimacy/closeness back into their relationship after her attack.

Wedding Weekend Smut

[AU, set after S3CS] Anna and Bates finally get to go to the fair. [Cheesy fluffy stuff].

When Anna and Bates find out that they are expecting a child, they decide to wait a while before telling anyone. But some secrets are impossible to keep in a place like Downton.

[Set in the days after S4CS] Anna learns what John was really up to on that fateful day in London. [Don't worry, it ends fluffy].

Anna Smith is 16 years old and has just been signed up for an arranged marriage. John Bates is an soldier who needs a wife to tend his home while he's off at war. Anna has always wanted to marry for love and it's love at first sight when she meet's John. But it's been reduced to a business transaction. When her husband comes home wounded is this Anna's chance to make him love her?

[Set a year after S4CS] Anna and John reflect on their lives as they embark on their next chapter together.

Two days in two summers, two perspectives, one single dream of happiness.

[AU, set sometime after S3] A mini Anna x Bates ficlet of the corny, cheesy, fluffy variety.

John and Anna Bates are enjoying a quiet morning, catching up on some sewing in the servants' hall, when they find themselves drawn in to the complicated tangle that is Thomas, Miss Baxter and Mr Molesley. One shot at the moment, but may become a mini-story. Some spoliers for series 3 and 4.

The characters and plot are not my own. I just smushed them together. John as Erric Anna as Ariel rson as King Triton and Vera as Ursula. Please review and check out the cover art. It's worth a laugh.

[Post S4; technically a sequel to another story of mine, see author's note inside] Snapshots into Anna and John's future [Fluffy, mushy stuff]

Acts of kindness never go unrewarded, especially to those who show kindness the most of all.

"War. War never changes." Twenty years post series.

AU S2 Unable to find grounds for a divorce from Vera, Bates stays away from Downton and Anna until fate intervenes with a chance meeting in London.

Modern A/U John Bates is an international acting sensation who has just bought a vacation home in St. Andrews. Anna Smith is a grad student at St. Andrews University. When John hires Anna as his house sitter will the two of them finally find forever?

Charles and Elsie fight over what's between them. I do believe it's going to get M.

It's year 1928. Anna and John had moved from Downton and were now living in a house at the sea, but they aren't alone. Who's living with them?

Anna arrives at breakfast with a marked face and haunted eyes. Thomas knows something truly awful must have happened. With the help of Mrs. Baxter, he intends to find out exactly what caused such a radical change in Downton's kindest soul and do something about it. (We also get my version of Baxter's mysterious past and a twist ending!) Please read and enjoy!

A short one-shot of Banna

What would have happened if Anna had been sicker than anyone realized? When Bates brings the tray, and she doesn't answer he is worried. He breaks all the rules to make sure she is taken care of that night. AU, set in series 1 ep 4.

After Anna lends Mr. Bates, the new valet, her copy of Jane Eyre, the theme of the novel follows them through their relationship.