Returning to the stage is difficult. Doing so after a family tragedy is even harder. But when Anna Smith reappears on the alternative rock scene after a year away, things are more difficult than even she imagined possible. Especially with rising jazz star, John Bates, involved.

What might have happened if Mrs. Hughes had been successful at talking Mr. Carson into joining the staff at the fair in Thirsk during the S3 Christmas Special? Here is one possibility.

This story takes place during the season 6 Christmas Special. The scene after Cora and Robert have visited Anna, we see the two of them walking the corridors of their home. Robert asks Cora a question and when she responds, Robert is transported back in time to the day that he proposed to her.

Anna faced the greatest loss any mother can imagine, but she didn't expect that it would be the end of everything: her marriage and the life she knew. But come morning light, there can be a new beginning. A story of loss, a story of hope, and a story of new beginnings. Modern AU

Elsie Hughes is the keeper of many secrets. Some of them are her own. And some of them are about to come to light. AU

Cora and Robert are kept awake on a turbulent October night in 1922. Can they comfort each other in the creepy night? A Cobert Halloween two-shot. Rating will go up for Part 2.

"I have known you as the Anna Smith who always wanted to be next to me and now I know you as the Anna Bates who can't even sleep when I'm not there. What have I done to you to make you stop loving me?" "I haven't stopped loving you." "How can I believe you, when you can't even look at me?" A post rape Anna-centered FF and how I think things could have been.

John Bates is the newest doctor on rotation in an aid camp in the DRC, run by Anna Smith. It comes under fire from corporations, locals, the government, and local militias as they try to undermine the work being done there. Spiritual sequel to "The Importance of Being Kind".

A series of October related drabbles for any and everyone at Downton Abbey.

A sequel to April Showers, when Matthew suffered a bad concussion after he slips on ice on Easter Monday, 2020. Here's how he recovers.

This is a brief one-shot that takes place after the Dowager and Daisy have their talk in S2E9, Daisy thinks hard about what the Dowager said and decides that she needs to go to William's grave.

A one shot of a single moment, a decision that would have changed the course of Mary and Matthew's lives.

It's Halloween 1898 and Robert wants to share his favorite game with his young daughters while Cora reminisces about Halloween in America. Will something happen to put a damper on the evening? A fluffy one-shot for Halloween. I hope you enjoy it and please review

In 1912 Elsie wondered what her life would be like had she gone another way. Soon after, that choice is made for her. How will things play out for her? Minorly editing and shamelessly posting from AO3 for more reads and reviews.

Thomas Barrow/Matthew Crawley War takes you far away, war changes you, war you carry with you - but isn't everything fair in love and war? At least that is what Matthew Crawley convinces himself, or tries to, as he hide whenever he can in a dugout with Thomas Barrow. A footman seen as vile but seen as something else in Matthew's sky-blue eyes. How long can he use war as an excuse?

"She has no time to properly clothe herself, instead propelling herself out the door with only her thin nightgown to cover her. In the hallway she is met with fire, lighting up the corridor but making it so impossibly hot. She has only one thought. She needs to get out." In which I write dramatic plotlines for a Downton prequel/sequel. Cora/Robert origin. Enjoy. Completed unedited.

Moon drunk monster/Beautiful and Strange. Howl your melancholy question/and tell me/which you dread more: the Echo or the Answer? Or do you hope/When sing the violins/and the pale candle flames/ Light up your sins/To drive/ Some mocking nightmare far apart/And cool the flame/ Hell lighted in your heart Life is a curse and death beautiful release. So thinks the eternal Anna Smith

Modern M/M fic. Mary has been passed over by her father twice. When Matthew comes to take the position she believes she deserves, Mary is determined to make his life difficult. What happens when they meet?

Quand la ménopause frappa Rosamund, ce fut pour elle comme un grand deuil, une blessure à accepter pour avancer.

Mrs. Hughes has a most serious conversation with Mr. Carson about the young footmen. The conversation leads to some very personal questions.

John/Anna and Matthew/Mary both hit different types of bumps in their marriages that challenge all they hold dear. Modern Day AU. Complete

"I scream for everything that has gone wrong/ I scream for everything broken in our lives"- Marie Lu Champion Anna works as a political consultant to help John Bates become Prime Minister and leader for Labour.

Thomas Barrow runs into Chris in the village, the first time he's seen him since the night they were arrested.

January 1892 - Cora is pregnant with their second child, and when Robert finds her sick one winter morning, he tries his best at being a caring and doting husband. Cobert one-shot. Tumblr prompt: Robert is looking after a sick pregnant Cora

After a few months of marriage Charles Carson questions his skills as a lover when he discovers a book in Elsie's dressing table.