In which Mr Farnon and Mrs Hall converse in the kitchen in the small hours of the morning. Siegfried/Audrey.

It's the middle of Transition, and Josh has stopped answering his phone. CJ is determined to figure out why.

October, 1929. Sir Richard and Mary have been married for ten years and have two children, but after the Wall St Crash are forced to return to England, to Downton and to Matthew Crawley. M/M

AU. Mary's decision to refuse Sir Richard's proposal leaves her without recourse when Mrs. Bates decides to sell her story to the press. Claiming that her ruin makes her unmarriageable, Mary convinces an injured Matthew to marry her and secure her future.

Post S2. Matthew comes back to tell Mary she will have to testify in Bates' trial about a story she never wanted told.

June 1918. "All alone, with plenty of money, and a house in Eaton Square? I can't imagine anything better." It came too soon for her, and now Lady Mary Carlisle feels nothing. Definitely AU and positively M/M.

A hasty decision leads to consequences that will change their lives. AU S2 - how it should have been! EPILOGUE NOW UP: All good things...

Post-season 2 finale. It takes time to heal some wounds, and Matthew wants his healed - but when it turns out that somebody else needs the healing more than him, he's willing to help them, whatever it takes. A dark story, eventually M/M.

A beloved four-legged friend returns from war, scarred inside and out, and Mary is determined to fix him.

New Year's Eve, 1919. On the brink of a new decade, the Crawleys welcome in the new year. The dawn of 1920 holds so much promise after years of war, but will the world be so very different? Now AU!

"Violet Crawley, young wife of the equally young Earl of Grantham, prides herself on having never been afraid." The Dowager Countess, and five moments in the birthing chamber.

Spiritual successor to Just A Title although in truth a prequel , Matthew and Mary's side of things. Lady Mary Crawley is drunk and wearing amazing shoes. Matthew Crawley is a gentleman who happens to have a twenty on him. Hijinks and vignettes ensue.

Modern AU. Sybil needs a date for her sister's wedding, and who else would she turn to but her best friend? Tom, however, isn't quite so sure about the idea of "playing boyfriend" for the weekend...

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. GSR