Mary's attempt to find love outside of the English aristocracy ends abruptly with her fiancé in jail. Accepting Matthew's proposal she finds herself married to the heir. Will things work out for them? As the Dowager says, "Marriage is a long business."

Filling the gaps between the Garden Party and Branson's confession in York.

"He felt he must still be dreaming, as though he'd dived into a pool of water, and she was swimming to meet him. Her tears could be the sea." Mary and Matthew have a series of intertwining dreams, and awaken to a new day. Set around 2.05.

Had someone told her a year ago that she'd be where she was now, begging for alms on the streets of Dublin, she'd have said they were mad.

One-shot I wrote for a competition. Sir Richard's words ring in Mary's ears after he finds out about Pamuk, but she can only think of one man; and it's not Richard. Terrible summary, sorry. Please R&R :

M/M fic, set mid-series 1, Mary starts having "thoughts" about Matthew...ahem. Not smutty...yet. Title from a Killers song, because I'm obsessed and couldn't think of anything else. Please R&R, they make my day! :D

Baile de la servidumbre, enero de 1919.

"Somewhere, deep in the weary recesses of her heart, she knows he is not coming back." Two women share a midnight vigil. Mid-season 2.

Sybil would heal and was already on the mend. He however, was only just beginning to hurt and if he wasn't careful, would never mend. Because he was falling in love. Takes place after 1x06.

An A/U: What if Mary had told Matthew that she loved him in Season 2 as Carson had encouraged her to? I own nothing. Thank you JF for these wonderful characters.

Tom Branson knows that no one ever became anything overnight. Especially if the person in question is the rebellious daughter of an English nobleman. Branson and Lady Sybil talk suffrage, sometime around 1x05.

Missing Scene - between chapters 12 and 13 of The Silent Land. "I set fire to the rain, and threw us into the flames..."

Things Edward imagines

Last in the "Improper" series. An insight into Charles and Elsie's married life, and the changes they come to deal with. Rated M for a reason, and I don't mean cursewords.

How exactly does Bates find out about the wedding night Anna has planned for them and what is his reaction? Fluffy one-shot.

As Lady Mary Crawley becomes the focus of public gossip, Matthew fights against her perceptions of herself. Post-CS spec fic.

A homecoming and an anniversary. Bates and Anna have much to celebrate.

A series of one-shots on the life of the Bransons as they face a series of challenges in Dublin, beginning in January of 1920. Canon up until and including the Christmas Special.

Thomas is not the first or last to carry the war home with him.

When disaster befalls Downton Abbey it falls upon a certain Lady's Maid to play the hero... One-sided Sarah/Cora and Thomas/Sarah friendship.

Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes have a frank discussion about the staff and themselves.

Response to a request for a "first time story" with an inexperienced Matthew and Mary as a teacher. It's their wedding night and Matthew is nervous. Mary is determined to purge all memories of her other lover. Explicit! NC-17.

Mr Bates is out of prison and looking forward to the future, but not before Lord Grantham wanting to throw Anna and John a belated wedding reception.

June 1920. Downton gets ready for the wedding of the decade. Not even the arrival of an early wedding present can distract Matthew and Mary from their nervous impatience as they eagerly await the big day that will unite them forever. Fluff/Smut warning!

"Nothing has ever been ordinary for us, has it, Mary?" he asks when they break apart, his blue eyes full of affection, his fingers brushing her cheek as softly as a snowflake, only warmer. Matthew/Mary post season 2