An unexpected discovery gives Elsie an idea, one that might just help the long suffering wives of the downstairs. Their husbands might love and adore them but it never hurts to remind them, especially when they're being particularly difficult, of what they are lucky to have and to hold. Attempting some Banna and Baxley with this one, along with the Chelsie (obviously!)

Collection of my Cobert Flufftober, originally posted on tumblr and based on "gentle love" prompts from tumblr. Cobert in multiple mostly fluffy settings during the show, pre-canon, and post-canon. With a little autumn theme to it. God, I'm bad at summaries

1912: Anthony Strallan, widowed and struggling with the demands of his estate and his eleven year old son, requires a secretary and all-round factotum. Edith Crawley, daughter of a disgraced, deceased solicitor and distant cousin to the Earl of Grantham, is seeking a new job and an escape from London following a failed affair. Neither expects to find themselves falling in love...

The telegram has reached him near the Somme in March 1916. Papa is dead STOP You're the Earl now STOP Funeral planned March 15 STOP Let us know if you can get leave STOP If not let us know how you wish to proceed with everything STOP Mary. Or how Mary and Matthew's reunion during the war could have looked like if Robert died before the Battle of Somme.

Following the events of 'Dark Clouds And Silver Linings', something is wrong with Richard. Thomas experiences how his other half crumbles as trauma thought long hidden, resurfaces. How far will Richard fall? Can Thomas and his friends catch Richard before he falls to far? Deep wounds need to be mended...somehow. TW war, ptsd, trauma

Set at the end of A New Era, after Violet dies, but before Tom and Lucy bring their new baby to the Abbey. Robert and Cora celebrate Christmas with their spruce as always. But Violet's death and Cora's lingering illness create new challenges. Lots of grandparent feels and a cameo from Carson.

Halloween Special: in 1937, Hollywood goes on full parade for the arrival of popular author Lady Edith Pelham and her family party in the studio bidding war for the film rights to her smash-hit novel. Meanwhile, across town, leaders of a ignored rural farming community beg for the help of a young detective to stop a seeming monster of folklore that stalks their orchards.

Sybil recovers after giving birth, and so life goes on...

Anna wants her husband to be quiet, to not risk waking little Johnny, but will he manage it? A very-M one-shot from the bedroom of Mr and Mrs Bates. A bonus chapter 6b to 'More than a piece of paper' but works as a stand alone read.

A Cheadle, les chemins de Mrs Bird et d'Ethel se recroisent.

Matthew Crawley comes to see and adore his new family at the hospital, the morning after his son is born. Extremely fluffy one-shot, written for Tumblr's December Drabbles.

The bet between Mary and Edith after the salty pudding dinner takes a different shape... And the game between the sisters is definitely on.

Cora Misunderstands Bricker's intentions and Robert misunderstands Cora's feelings. Well, Lets just say it's a hot mess. AU of season 5 episode 6. Rated M for assault, violence, non con.

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.

After being in prison for more than a year, John Bates decides to participate in the prison's pen pal program. When Anna Smith is assigned to him, will they both find comfort in a handwritten love?

When widower and father Charles Carson comes to Downton Abbey, he develops a relationship with the family he serves. Over time, he is quite taken with a certain housekeeper. Also, the young Earl and his American wife are beginning to expand their family. This is an 1880s AU set a few years earlier than the canon backstory with Chelsie and Cobert at the forefront.

Cora (27) is in an abusive relationship with Anthony. She gets a promotion to be Creative director at Silver Linings, an advert company. Robert (30) is in a loveless relationship with Judith. He is Chef de Cuisine at his own restaurant 'Le Grantham' ! Trigger warning domestic and sexual abuse.

Modern AU: John is worried about his weight while Anna thinks he's perfect the way he is. But wait till they discover the cause of it.

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

"If you knew how many times I'd imagined this scene" Robert is back from his trip to America and he wants nothing more than to show Cora just how much he's missed her. Here's how he did that. Cobert PWP set during series 4.

When Violet receives word of the Princess, she must communicate to Igor a kind of closure, and keep herself to herself.

Night falls on Downton Abbey, and Tom and Sybil go to bed, and there, they find it within themselves, to embrace one another.

How much do we really know about the senior Mrs Bates? How much do we really know about John Bates' upbringing aside from it being 'impossible' as he once admitted to Rose? Come take a dive into their past and see what shaped them both into the people they are today. Experience both the highs and lows with them and, most important of all, the unbreakable bond of mother and son.

After his divorce, John Bates is ready for a peaceful new life as a librarian at Downton Abbey High School. Turns out, he'll find more than that when he meets English teacher, Anna May Smith

Modern AU - Cora Levinson was an art history major with a tragic family background who moved to London to earn s Masters at Cambridge. Her first job is to work for Robert Crawley who doesn't believe women should be in a management position. with opposition from him and a Simon Bricker, who is obsessed with her, can she make her own future?