Mary and Carson thoughts. Heavy on the angst.

What lies beneath the surface of a betrayal? For Matthew, Richard, Lavinia and Mary, betrayal can be read in the turn of a shoulder, the crack of a rifle, or the touch of a fingertip against glass, as the line dividing love and hatred begins to blur.

Mary and Matthew Crawley do not see eye-to-eye on a matter of some family delicacy. Arguments about class and motivation follow a rather embarrassing scene made at the dinner table. It's not character bashing, it's ambivalence!

As the Spanish flu sweeps through Downton, Robert returns to Cora's bedside and reflects upon the woman he married.

"He felt he must still be dreaming, as though he'd dived into a pool of water, and she was swimming to meet him. Her tears could be the sea." Mary and Matthew have a series of intertwining dreams, and awaken to a new day. Set around 2.05.

"She writes him few letters that year. They are polite, proper, correct." Mary cannot bring herself to write him the truth. That is, until the day of the Servant's Ball, when she leaves him a letter to find on his return home. Canon compliant imaginings.

As war rips through the generations, long held secrets emerge and a past once hidden is awoken.

If Isobel Crawley were certain of one thing, it was that they could no longer be left to their own devices. Knowing her, she won't keep her mouth shut about it for long, either. CHAPTER 7: Matthew and Mary tell eachother. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Cracky parody comparing and contrasting the scrub-like tendencies or lack thereof of Sir Richard Carlisle and Mr. Matthew Crawley. Meant to be utterly ridiculous. Rating is for language. Spoilers through s2.

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

A story about Matthew; a ramble, if you will. Spoilers for 2x07.

In the trenches, Matthew thinks of Mary. One-shot.

On Christmas Eve 1919, Matthew and Mary discuss the existence of God, the possibility of redemption and the disagreeableness of damp figgy pudding. A possible response to the end of series 2.