Modern AU: Robert is president & CEO of Downton Industries; Matthew is his new-found righthand man; Mary is his estranged daughter. A modern spin on series one.

Five Things Jan Probably Shouldn't Have Said to Jim, JimJan one shot, beginning preS3.

He feels that panic sometimes, alone in the back of the office, Kelly’s voice quick into the phone receiver, the walls around him pressing in like he’s never done anything with his life but this.' TobyPam, oneshot.

It doesn’t feel any different, finally knowing you will never be more than this. Jimfic, S2.

It's about rhythm. Cuddyfic.

Cuddyfic. 'Her knee grazes his hip. She shivers. 'It’s freezing,' she says.'

He sees smooth skin under his hands, slight hips and shoulders, too small to be Stacy’s. He’s lost track of things, somehow. Oneshot.

She is like fire, collapsing in on itself. She is bound to self destruct. Irinafic, postS2.

He'd died a little too that day, parts of him collapsing with the rest of Sunnydale. They didn't talk about it. They didn't talk about her. They didn't talk about much. Xanderfic, postChosen.

Jackfic, mid-season 4. "Nobody lives for himself alone."

It's better to burn out than fade away." (Miss Patty fic)

She can be as practical as he pretends to be." Emily drabble, set during 'Afterboom'.

“She wonders if she would’ve approached him knowing how much of herself she’d lose to keep him; she doesn’t dwell too long on the question as she’s fairly certain she wouldn’t like the answer.”

“If you were to ask each of them, separately of course, why the thing between them didn’t work out, she’ll tell you that they tried too hard. He’ll tell you that they didn’t try hard enough.” LL oneshot

She won't quite be able to meet his gaze and he won't quite be able to understand." (LL)

You never let yourself dream that it ends happily.

Of all the things she would forget, she knows without a doubt that he could never be one of them." (CJT)

She'll realize that was when she started to hear too much."

We knew this thing was bound to break. CJToby