After weeks with no letters and no visits, Bates had finally come to one simple, awful conclusion. "She's given up on me." S3 episode filler.

After a lovers quarrel, John and Anna are resigned to their separate sides of the bed, until a random act brings them back together.

John and Anna Bates' two year old hates naps. And afternoons off aren't what they used to be.

Modern Anna x Bates one shot. At a dinner party held by the Crawleys in the grand surroundings of Downton Abbey, Anna and John get the chance to explore.

[Set sometime after S4CS] Mrs. Hughes had been there for Anna during the darkest period of her life, and now the brightest.

In the space of a few hours, Anna Smith's life is turned upside down. Can a chance encounter on a Underground train change everything for the better, and guide her to where she is meant to be? Modern Anna and Bates AU, based on the film Sliding Doors. M Rated from Chapter 10. [Winner of 2014 Highclere Award for Anna/Bates Modern AU story]

A/U set after S3 - Anna and John have been blessed with a baby boy, but things are not nearly as happy as they should be. Anna falls into a deep depression. Feelings of inadequacy, failure, and insecurity cast a shadow over their lives and threaten her marriage to the love of her life. Can John pull her from the depths of darkness? Is love enough to save them?

John and Anna's 4 year old decides to ask Mr. Carson for a job at Downton Abbey. Fluff-tastic.

Modern!Anna x Bates AU ficlet. Anna appreciates seeing John in a new light.

An AU one-shot about John and his little girl.

[Post S4CS] Anna, John, and their daughter celebrate Easter together. [fluffy mushy stuff yet again]

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

Modern/AU - Inspired by this 'Imagine Your OTP' prompt on Tumblr - "Imagine Person A teaching Person B of your OTP how to kiss, and Person B ends up kissing Person A really quick, nervously asks "Like that?" and leaves Person A silent and flustered for a moment."

One year had gone by since John had left Anna to go with Vera instead. Anna had lost hope for John to actually come back to her, she had lost him forever, she had given up. One day she gets a surprise, but is it too late? R&R

Anna was distracted by a bright and colorful object which caught her eye peeking out from behind a flower pot by the front stoop.

He gazed across the bed at his wife's face, relaxed and innocent in slumber. In these moments, she looked as young and untouched by life as the first day they'd met. Rated M

"Deny me light, deny me spring, but never your laughter, for I would die." Pablo Neruda

This is what i really wanted to happen in 4x4 when Anna arrived back from London. Read and Enjoy!

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

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.

A short one-shot of Banna

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.

Trigger warning and S4 spoilers. John and Anna move towards healing after the attack. My attempt to make sense of what happened. Cannon until just before the season finale. Rated M for the depiction of the aftermath of sexual violence. Highclere Award nominee.

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.

[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]