One-shot following on from 5x06. Just what was Mrs Hughes' response to Mr Carson's suggestion? Contains spoilers (obviously).

The moments when Anna and John can be alone as lovers are few and far between, and when these moments present themselves, it is only hidden in shadows that the valet and the head housemaid can express their love.

Anna always knew that John would die before her, but when the inevitable happens, she finds herself not as prepared as she thought she would be. Post-S4 AU

"He looks up to his mother when she asks him the question, but for the life of him, he doesn't know the answer. Or even if he does know, he cannot explain it. He finds it hard to search for the right words.But if his mind cannot conjure up words to answer to his mother, his heart certainly did, and he finds himself whispering, 'She brings out the best in me.'"

5x06 AU. Matthew helps Mary prepare for the race.

*Series 5 spoilers* A different take on how Robert and Cora might come back together, after he loses something dear to him and Sybbie lends a hand. One-shot

Jimmy walks in on Thomas while the under butler is getting out of the bath and gets an eyeful of his arse. Which Jimmy can then not stop thinking about.

This fic is inspired by the 1963 movie of the same name starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. While it isn't exactly the same, I will borrow on some of the movies themes and more well known lines.

Lavinia is to marry Matthew. And although Mary feels she should hate Lavinia for it, she can't bring herself to. /Marynia/

Carson and Hughes find themselves steadying the other one as much as ever. Season 5 spoiler Alert! We will start with a T rating and then move into the good stuff! :)

*SPOILER ALERT FOR S 5* The nights that let Robert and Cora return to what they were.

Cora is beside herself after the fallout from the fight between Robert and Simon Bricker. A small drabble for now, perhaps more later.

S2 - Between Ep8 and the CS - Bates hasn't seen or heard from Anna in the two months since he's been arrested due to a mandatory processing period. When a realization hits him not long after his arrest, and his mind wanders through all the possibilities, what will he do when he finally see's Anna? Will the answer he thought he'd hoped for really be the one he wanted to hear?

He is not an inarticulate man. Except when it comes to her.

Anna comes home after getting caught in a rainstorm, and Mr. Bates is there to greet her.

A trip to the theatre gives Charles Blake a chance to get rid of Tony once and for all, but at what cost to him and Mary? Inspired by the preview for 5x07. Charles/Mary.

She is her best self in the face of a challenge, and it has been so long since she has been challenged. 5x03 follow-up. Now a series of loosely connected S5 drabbles.

I am still on the verge of bawling like a baby whenever I see the scene of John and Anna reading through the letters that have been withheld from them in series 3. I just always wonder how long Anna had to wait to be able to read those letters in the privacy of her room from the time she receives them from Mrs. Hughes and what went through her head in that space of time.

Addressing a missing scene from Series 5 Episode 6. Following the discussion that John and Anna have in the cottage regarding his involvement in the murder of Mr. Green, they still have secrets and understandings that have yet to be discussed.

Continuation of 5.06 for our Butler and Housekeeper. So: spoiler alert!

A short story from the Grace Universe. When something happens to one of the original characters of Grace, the Crawley family goes back to New York and not just physically.

A one shot continuing the cottage scene between Bates and Anna in S5E06 *Spoiler warning*

Following the birth of their first child, Anna and John discuss their future.

A year after Jimmy's transformation, Thomas and Jimmy find ways to help Jimmy survive and live somewhat normal. But their normality is taken away with the return of a certain vampire.

Bates knows something is wrong. But he's going to need a little help to make things right. Just a tiny bit on the Crack side. Slight spoilers, such as they are, through S5E5.