My contribution to the S/T Secret Santa exchange for Kidyouhavenoidea. Late and not a one shot, so basically have broken all the rules ! The prompt was Sybil, Tom and Sybbie on their way to America. Part II now up, after an inexcusable length of time...

When a snowstorm leaves Anna Smith, a nurse from Yorkshire stranded at a cozy roadside diner run by one Mr. John Bates, could it be the start of something wonderful? Modern A/U, mostly shameless holiday fluff and cuteness.

After being married only a few months, Cora overhears Violet criticizing her yet again and wonders if she should give up on trying to make a success of her marriage to Robert.

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

My Baxley thoughts on what might have happened after their little tete a tete in the courtyard in S5 E2.

How Charles Carson persuades himself to propose to Elsie Hughes.

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

Only months after they married in Ireland, Sybil and Tom are back at Downton to celebrate Christmas as depicted in the S2 Christmas Special. Awkward and endearing reunions and revelations abound as Richard and Mary's relationship breaks down, and Bates awaits trial for murder. An S/T Secret Santa fic for Yankee Countess.

This is the companion piece to „Proper ladies and gentlemen" and it shows Matthew's POV of that particular wedding in January 1912.

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.

Baxley drabble based on an OTP prompt: An accidental/spur of the moment proposal. I could see this happening eventually...

Events covered by Series 2 Christmas Special-Daisy's valley of (in)decision regarding William's pension; Mrs. Patmore taking action. William's father taking Daisy under his wing. Julian Fellowes, and Carnival, with the exception of a few original characters, own Downton.

Spratt...Denker...a bottle of whiskey. What could possibly go wrong?

A secret is confessed on a quiet evening in the cottage.

The staff are given an evening off, except one...

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

Set immediately after S4 CS. Robert plans a surprise for Cora, in memory of the old days. Almost all upstairs characters feature and a few others, including Madeline, but I couldn't list them all.

AU Rosamund/Carlisle. Several drabbly chapters focusing around the imagined relationship of our favourite redheads: besides Sybil's Irish beaux of course.

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

The Bateses and Carsons often visited each other as they continued their lives out of service.

In response to chelsie-anon's prompt: She was due any moment & Charles Carson wanted everything to be perfect. All that was left was to clean the kitchen. He'd mastered the art of stacking the new fangled appliance all he could find was the liquid soap, it was for dishes too, he thought & leaned down to fill the cup to the very brim…what happens next?

Marigold is sick. Edith confides in Mary. Matthew and Mary try to help.

Edith Crawley needed time to think and departed London for Downton. She met a stranger on a trian and everything changed. Edith, Anthony, O.C. along with others.

Accounts of various periods in Elsie Hughes' and Charles Carson's lives; from farm girl to housekeeper of one of England's stately homes. S5 spoilers within.

Lets go back to the start, see how it all began. Who they used to be. How they became the people we know them to be now. AU - Spoilers for all episodes. Rating increase chapter 8