John Bates makes good on his suggestion to sneak into the maids' quarters at Duneagle after the Ghillies Ball. Unfortunately, things do not go according to plan. Set during the S3 Christmas Special and based upon a deleted scene in the S3 script book. Rather fluffy one-shot (really, no angst-I promise!).

If God wouldn't give them a chance, perhaps they should make one themselves, Anna decided. But she knew God worked in mysterious ways.

It's Anna's birthday and John struggles with what kind of gift to get her. Set in Series 1.

Anna wakes up naturally on the morning of New Year's Day, and enjoys a breakfast at home with her husband. Set post S5 CS, S5 spoilers included.

Anna's birthday doesn't go entirely as either she or John planned.

One shot Banna AU. John doesn't like birthday surprises...but he'll like this one. From terriejane's weekend challenge prompts

Late entry for Terriejane's Weekend Challenge, to pick a season and write about their half-day together. Just a little thing

For Terriejane's 'Anna and Mr Bates Weekend Challenge about Mrs Bates' set in an AU somewhere towards the end of 1.07

Their greatest dream had come true once more, just in time. Spoilers for S5 CS.

A short one-shot loosely based on a song I really like called "Same Old Lang Syne" by Dan Fogelberg. Anna and John run into each in the grocery store after being apart for many years. Will it be awkward or is this exactly what both of them have been looking for?

They'd made attempts. But resuming the intimacy of married life was difficult for Anna and Bates, and each time they failed made it even more difficult to try again. Spoilers through S5E1

"We're here now, and we're both free. Let us live the present." Set after S5CS.

He could not keep his hands off of her. Spoilers for S5CS.

Modern A/U - Banna Christmas Fluff! Consider this part two to our story The Way to Wonder.

[Set post-S5; mild S5 Spoilers] Anna and John celebrate their first Christmas at their new home.

Ever since they met, their Christmases have never been quite conventional. Modern Anna x Bates AU, Christmassy fluff.

Struggling with guilt and the thought that Anna would have been better off if they'd never met, Bates must face his doubts by witnessing the world as it would have been had he died years before. *Spoilers through S5.*

She was home, and just in time for Christmas.

A bit of modern AU Banna Christmas fluff. Inspired by TerriJane's Weekend Challenge on tumblr and loosely based on the Christmas song, "Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses.

"I loved you and you left me without so much as an explanation. Vanishing from everywhere I knew. You didn't return my calls or my messages. I couldn't even know if you were still alive." Modern AU, Christmas.

Modern AU. Anna and Bates meet at a pub the night before Christmas Eve. The Game is on! Nothing but fluffy flirty fun, with maybe a touch of steam...

Anna is home, and John hopes for a quiet Christmas. Set in the S5 CS, not speculation. Now AU.

Lord Grantham gets a puppy, and Bates learns to adjust to the new addition. Spoilers through S5E8.

Set in a present day modern A/U- John Bates is a fire fighter struggling with the law and life. After a court order forces him to get the help he needs, John meets Anna, his saving grace. The timing could not be more wrong and John's past continues to haunt him. Plus, Anna has a few secrets of her own as well.

Series 1 ep 7 one shot.