This is based on S6EP5 spoilers. Mr. and Mrs. Carson have their first meal at their cottage and things don't quite go as planned. Perhaps Mrs. Patmore should have ordered Mrs. Hughes a recipe book along with that wedding dress. Carson sticks is foot in it and has to figure out how to make amends. This is my take on the BTS pictures and spoilers that have been released.

Sparked from an old OTP prompt and a conversation with YellowBrickRoad! Starts angsty and introspective before progressing into friendship, hope, and love, answering the question of what truly makes us FAMILY. Starts after S4 ending, goes AU. Most major cast members make an appearance at some point.

Response to Chelsie-Carson's little plot bunny challenge. After news of his Lordship's successful surgery, the butler and housekeeper set off for their cottage and the butler remembers he is also a husband, and, given his behavior during the last week, not a very good one.

A bit of a episode add in, fix, whatever, for 6x5. Spoilers so beware.

Modern AU — Grey's Anatomy, ER, House MD and all your favorite Downton Abbey characters (including the dead ones!) Kind of a Chelsie heavy tale but there's plenty of Cobert, Banna, Richobel and Baxley tossed in for good measure. Lots of medical drama, cussing and even some sexytimes. Stays close to canon in terms of major events, just transplanted into a modern setting! Spoiler-y?

Directly follows season 6, episode 5. Charles can't sleep following the events of the evening and Elsie has a few things to get off her chest too.

Heigh ho the derry-oh! The Carsons are on their honeymoon. NSFW, I repeat NSFW

Spoilers for S6E5. Set during and after the terrible events of the red dinner (as it will forever be known now), Mrs Carson tries to find a way to comfort her husband.

One-shot in which Elsie cares for Charles following a shock. S6 Ep 5 SPOILERS - read at your own risk if you've not seen Series 6 yet.

Requested by Phyllibee, this is a look at what might have happened if Mrs Hughes had told Mr Carson about her sister after Mr Bates interrupts them in the season 5 Christmas special. No season 6 spoilers (for once!)

SEASON 6 SPOILERS. The mental process of an old booby, and what happens when he figures out what to say.

A new day dawns for Mrs Hughes. A small fic set in season one.

Mr and Mrs Carson spend an evening in front of the fire

Spoilers for season 6 ep 7: A certain sofa moment and what might have happened had Thomas not interrupted their peace.

Exceedingly NSFW, but lovingly so. Please as a verb and please as a plea... Carson wedding night awkwardness turns amorous. Spoilerlerrrt? 6.3 because of their honeymoon location and her dress, I suppose.

What happened after Charles Carson had to cook for the first time in his life? Not what you think... A little ficlet that is supposed to fill the "gap".

Charles Carson and Elsie Hughes run a traditional school in Chicago. This is the story of how they got there.

Elsie regretted only one thing in her life. Now many years later Elsie finally understood 'maternal instinct'.

Mrs. Hughes's reactions to Mr. Barrow's attempted suicide. There is mention of suicide, but nothing graphic. Mainly just the aftermath.

Inspired by a prompt given by the lovely Daniishep on twitter when I was stuck for something to do in an airport. She suggested a story about the 'Carsons getting snowed in, in their cottage', so here we are.

His way of explaining the word 'love'

Based on a tumblr prompt I made myself (!) this explores Mrs Hughes's confrontation with Mr Green in season 4, and how Mr Carson might help her calm down after the encounter. TW's for mention of Anna's attack.

Charles Carson and Elsie Hughes work together at Crawley's Wine Merchants - he is head buyer, she is client manager. They've worked together for ten years and are close friends. Deep down both would like to be something more but it's not that simple... or is it? Modern AU. Chelsie.

Spoilers for S6E1. Inspired by the tumblr post that Charles and Elsie's first kiss tasted of champagne. This is just my little musing on that!

How Carson convinced Mrs. Hughes to have the reception in the Great Hall after all.