The Fifth Cellar Christine has returned to Erik. The problem is the police are still looking for both of them. To discourage the search, the decision is made for her to return to Madame Giry's home to meet with Raoul and Phillippe with the help of Nadir. POTOBER Day 25 – "The 5th Cellar" – Hiding / Secrecy / Labyrinth

A collection of short one shots inspired by the Potober prompts

After Christine agrees to be Erik's living wife, she learns the true consequences of jealousy. *Submission for Dark Week 2021, strictly Leroux based and mostly canon compliant.

Erik takes it upon himself to learn how to live. He starts with a morning stroll that has rather unforeseeable consequences. Leroux-based, E/OFC. Well and truly completed. Cross-posted on Ao3 with a few line edits. Chapters 45-49 are new for the 10th anniversary.

Erik seeks out some semblance of comfort beneath the opera house. One-shot, angst and pain.

POTOBER Day 24 "War between us" - Rivals / Revenge / The Chandelier. Aftermath to "The Rooftop" - Raoul in despair attempts to return to the rooftop, but Erik stops him.

Christine teaches Erik about Hallowmas. (Written for a-partofthenarrative's PotO 13 Nights of Halloween)

Christine is on the run from her abusive husband, asking for refuge from her guardian, Nadir Khan. Nadir decides that the safest place for her is somewhere no one would ever look...beneath the Paris Opera, with a powerful, cynical, and mysterious masked recluse. Kay-based AU. E/C. COMPLETE

In the confusion of Don Juan Triumphant, Erik steals a newborn baby. Though Erik finds the companion he always longed for, the child's growing curiosity about the world above threatens their relationship and Erik's sanctuary below the Opera House. Can Erik maintain his home and happiness or will his child be able to find their own happiness? T for sensitive topics. Some romance.

Submission for Potober 2021 - day 21. This scene is part of Chapter 15 (much longer) of my Love Never Dies multi-chapter Times of Reckoning. Day 21: Little Lotte - Back story/Beginnings/the Red Scarf. Upon arriving in America, Raoul visits with Christine and Gustave. He has been instrumental in assisting Gaston Leroux with his book and wants to see the effect on his former wife.

Erik is in a terrible car crash and is rushed to the hospital where Christine is his nurse. Progresses after Erik leaves the hospital. The first chapters are a bit shorter but the later chapter are longer. Sweet modern AU. E/C.

After all the obstacles they've endured, it's nice to think about the possibilities in an evening, autumnal stroll. Modern AU. EC. FLUFFTOBER.

Day 18 - Potober 2021 - Your Fears are Far Behind You: Rescue/Protection/The Rooftop - not exactly the way it was first imagined.

Switch-up to ALW ending. Erik has dug some new digs. Nadir is concerned about Christine's abduction and checks in on Erik.

Three conversations on love (and opera) during the course of lessons.

Christine had promised to come back, and she always kept her promises. One sided E/C, unhappy ending.

Christine has two rings. Submission for Potober Day 12 - The Scorpion or the Grasshopper - Begging/Choices/Ring

The Toby Theatre shut down years ago. Officially it was for financial reasons, but everybody knows they're haunted. Tonight two friends try to uncover the truth. Modern AU, R/C as ghost hunters. Now with podfic.

It does not take his eyes long to get accustomed to the dark. He has lived belowground long enough that he can see perfectly well in the absence of light. Christine on the other hand does not seem too pleased by the sudden darkness pervading her dressing room. Written for Potober day 7, for the prompts "helplessness" and "blindness".

An unmasking, the trek below and a Wedding Gown.

If he thought that after all the times he had tried to force her hand, had tried to manipulate her into choosing him, she would now willingly become his bride, he was sorely mistaken. Alternative version of the final lair, written for the Potober prompts "Down Once More" and "And Now, How You Repay Me".

A new ballet girl exploits the rumours of the Opera Ghost to further her career with dire consequences.

Erik and Gustave are playing with a Ouija Board much to Christine's chagrin. When the board begins answering questions, she wonders if their house is haunted and by whom.

Ranch is a perfectly acceptable substitute for whipped cream, is it not? I borrowed Merten's(ao3) Erik and Christine and Charles from the Nanny for this fic, but you definitely need to go read The Nanny, it's so, so, so good

How music came to the world and the Angel of Music came to be. (I had to write a myth involving music for a class. We were allowed to draw inspiration from elsewhere, so phantom definitely inspired mine, as you'll see. It's short, but I thought I'd share anyway!)