This is a different sort of story- more of a character study of Cora (and a bit of Mrs Hughes) from the S2 timeline, taking place in the week following Lavinia's death (E8). It's a study of what Cora may have been feeling and a little of my own assumptions about whether or not she knew about Robert and Jane, the maid. Angst! Comfort. Excerpts of Hardy's 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles.'

Le plateau lourd entre ses mains tremblantes, Charles gravit les marches branlantes de l'escalier de service. En haut, un couloir, une chambre, un lit. Et dans celui-ci, le corps aux veines taillées de Thomas Barrow.

Five times Mary saw Tom naked over the course of their relationship.

Sir Anthony Strallan is the most boring man in England. No one would ever guess he could be dashing or heroic, certainly not his unsuspecting and unhappy wife.

November 1916. Matthew's thoughts upon seeing Mary for the first time in two years, in 2x01.

Cora tombe enceinte, c'est une chance inespérée ! Elle espère donner enfin un héritier à la famille Crawley, ce fils qu'ils ont attendu pendant tant d'années avec Robert !

Seasons change, and so do the feelings.

Surrounded by flowers, a little Bates family fun in the garden leads John and Anna to realize just how special their own little flower is.

Andy is a prince of the Fae Realm. He arrives at Downton Abbey in order to claim his fated mate, Thomas Barrow. Adjacent worlds. Pairing: Thomas/Andy. Warnings: Eventual male pregnancy. MATURE ADULT CONTENT

Cora and Robert are not only best friends, as everyone thinks, but also lovers. Their secret dating has been going on for a while, but they just can't settle on making it official. It's a race against time until someone finds out. – Modern Cobert AU

What if Mary had fallen ill with Spanish flu, after the dance in the hall, instead of Lavinia? Quite a lot of angst. AU from 2x08 onwards.

Matthew/Mary fluffy engagement drabble, inspired by a Tumblr prompt. Set between the S2CS and 3x01. One-shot.

Originally posted on Tumblr but I thought I would post it here too. :) I did edit it a little bit, so some of it is slightly different, but overall it's the same. Takes place after the garden scene in A New Era.

John Bates tries to see the best in people, but seeing the best in Thomas Barrow is more of a challenge than he feels obliged to accept. Then again, there's something about Thomas. (This story provides crucial Downton Abbey details that Julian Fellowes chose to omit.) HOPE TO PUBLISH CHAPTER 125 by 9-Oct-2022.

In this sequel to Getting Married, Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes, now Charlie and Elsie Carson, embark on their wedding trip to Scarborough where they discover that taking vows is only the first step in the transformation of their relationship. A Carson-Hughes honeymoon story.

Thomas returns to his childhood home

Matthew's thoughts and feelings about Mary during Sybil's debutante ball in London, in the summer of 1914. Inspired by a Tumblr prompt. One-shot.

Charles and Elsie know each other very well as work colleagues, but they now they have to learn how to be a married couple.

John comes back from France to his wife and son. Just pure family fluff and some smut !

Ethel a une question pour Isobel.

Maud Bagshaw hears about Lady Sybil's decision to marry her family's Irish chauffeur and wishes she'd been brave enough to marry the man she'd loved as well. Can be read as canon OR Lady Sybil Lives AU.

PROLOGUE - in 1935, Haunted by a tragedy of which he was blamed, a young adventurer searches an abandoned Gilded Age Manor in Newport, Rhode Island for a precious heirloom of the once Levinson family. But danger lurks around every corner as he is hunted by Mercenaries hired by a former Ottoman Noblewoman to avenge her son who died long ago in Lady Mary's bed. COMPLETE!

I've been haunted by the thought of what could have happened after THAT scene between Cora and Robert in A New Era, so here's my attempt. Angsty (very much so), kinda fluffy. One-shot.

A series based on Tom and Mary meeting every year on a particular day. They'll discuss what's happening in their lives as well as the other inhabitants of Downton Abbey.

ll Matthew Crawley/Thomas Barrow ll (Sequel to 'All Is Fair In Love And War' must be read first) Their secret doesn't just exist within Downton Abbey; it lives & breathes within its walls. During the days they have to pretend that they don't meet in each other's embrace during the nights - but there is some that wish to see Thomas Barrow knocked down from his position