S2 AU with elements of canon. Repeated meetings and misunderstandings forge a rocky path to be traversed.

AU from the beginning, this explores how Matthew & Mary's relationship would have evolved if they had met under very different circumstances, spanning several years. Chapter 14 is up!

If two people love each other, why can't they be together? An AU based on canon and written for MM Celebration Day. Thank you, Patsan! All credit toJulian Fellowes for creating these wonderful characters and Michelle Dockery and Dan Stevens for bringing them to life.

Two unlikely survivors—a soldier and a singer—meet in a night club as London falls under siege. Matthew/Mary AU set in WW II. Part 1 of "In Love and War", a collaborative effort with piperholmes and queenlovett.

A sequel to Of Course It's The End, How Could It Not Be? - They know they've made a foolish mistake, but still they can't regret it. It was the end between them, they knew that, but what they'd shared would make the lives they must endure easier to bear. At least, that was what they told themselves... for having known each other, how could they bear it now? AU from 2x08. UPDATED!

A canon era Mary and Matthew story where love, loyalty, and trust all have their boundaries tested.

Set the world of finance, real estate, and equestrianism this is a modern Mary/Matthew story. They have all sorts of personal and professional reasons to stay away from each other...and yet they can't.

What if Matthew Crawley did not die the day his son was born? This story tells his tale through his own journal entries as a patient suffering amnesia in a London hospital. No one is searching for him and there is a grave with his name on it. Find out why. The Epilogue picks up in 1940 as many from Downton of yesteryear return to wish George a Happy Birthday as he heads off to war.

Modern AU. Mary is an up and coming actress on the cusp of global stardom. Matthew is a photographer getting back into the game after a long absence. They meet on a shoot for Rolling Stone magazine, things go from there.

As they battle to rebuild lives & livelihoods in a country irrevocably changed by war, VAD Nurse Mary Crawley & convalescing Captain Matthew Crawley are swept into a web of scandal & corruption that threatens to rip the Crawley family apart. This mystery and romance weaves real historical events into a DA retelling featuring most characters & some OC's from S2.05. Some M chapters.

A Stitch in Downton Time: our time traveling couple: Ch 10 Christmas Time

She said it was over. He grudgingly agreed. They left each other, only to be thrown together again in a different time and place. After declaring almost everything about them was all wrong, can they possibly find a way back to make it all right? A Mary and Matthew modern AU saga. First in the Celebrity series, followed by Stormbraver.

Hearts and Bones-where a lonely soldier and a disillusioned woman meet in Paris. A night becomes weeks of passion. The consequences unforeseen.

Love does conquer all. A Mary/Matthew modern AU which finds Mary in the US pursuing acting career while Matthew is in the Army. Find out how they manage the ups and downs of a modern relationship. Ch 27: Wedding Night bliss!

The Great War changed the world. The Great War changed us all. A non-linear AU tale set in Series 2. The sequel to Flirting With Convention.

Series 2 beginning at the concert in Episode 4, then going somewhere else. Strength and bravery are not only shown on the battlefield, or in the face of adversity. One must be strong to go after what one wants. One must be brave to bear the consequences. The sequel to Upon a Midnight Clear.

What might have happened at Downton Abbey had the events after the concert in series two, episode four gone a bit differently. "To say that I dont love you anymore- Well Mary, that would be lying." The story is better than the summary, I promise you that!

AU Matthew marries a very much alive Lavinia, and the show that flopped keeps flopping and the dance they danced keeps playing in their heads. Mary realizes she is not the only girl in the world, but a girl he once knew and decides to do the unexpected. While Mary comes back to life, Matthew realizes what he's given up. It's not what you think...or could it be? As of Chap 31, M.

After his injury and her engagement, Matthew and Mary move forward. Chapter 31 is up!

* What if Mary had trusted Matthew with her secret and immediately accepted his first proposal? An alternate universe starting from episode 1x06, interwoven with canon, that spans from 1914 - 1971. [M for sexual content, wartime violence, racial slurs, character death (but Matthew/Mary and Sybil/Tom end happily!)] [STEAMM]

What happens when your whole world changes? The life you have always known ripped away, and in its place a new identity, and a new love. Only time can tell what will happen. This story is a canon AU reimagining Matthew and Mary's relationship from the beginning.

Set following the end of "Falling," Mary and Matthew have been married for approximately two years. Multi-chapter fic. A modern Downton Abbey AU.

What if Mary had told Matthew her secret at the garden party?

Mary and Matthew's lives intersect, mold, and shape together. Time is connected through nonlinear building blocks. Their infinite love is the common link. The essence of their journey together is perspective. "Time is an illusion." – Albert Einstein

Falling in love is easy. You have to work if you want to keep it, particularly if you're dealing with baggage from the past. A modern AU journey with Mary and Matthew in New York City. Part of the Live in My Memory series, the sequel to Epiphany, followed by Doing What's Expected.

Exiled from Downton Abbey over a scandal, Lady Mary Crawley is ruined. Meanwhile Matthew Crawley has lived a content life in Manchester with his parents, Dr. Reginald Crawley and Isobel Crawley. Before the Earl of Grantham changed his life, his eldest daughter did. An AU story in a different place with different results; created by Willa Dedalus and Apollo888.

A debate regarding the merits of Mr. Right vs. Mr. Right-Now. A Modern AU journey with Mary and Matthew for MM Celebration Day 2015. Part of the Breaking Bread AU series, the sequel to Shifting Sands and followed by Adultery.

AU beginning during dinner in episode 5 of Season 1 and continuing through the rest of Season 1 and Season 2.

Hello. Modern MM AU. How do two stubborn people fall back into love? MM divorce ...

A sudden realization about one's past can change the present and cast the future in an entirely different light. A Mary and Matthew modern AU story. The sequel to Live in My Memory. Second in a series, followed by Make You Feel Brand New.

Some say if you love someone, you should let them go. Nobody ever said you couldn't go after them, though. A Mary and Matthew modern AU one-shot story in response to an interesting prompt. First in a series, followed by Epiphany.

Modern AU. Mary is an associate at a law firm in the City. Matthew is a partner, and Mary's boss. Rather pointless fluff.

M/M AU. Set in the same universe as my one-shot, 'Hate'. Matthew travels to London, where Mary is currently residing. His arrival forces her to confront her feelings and make a decision as to whether to confess her love for him.

It's the summer of 1911 when Matthew Crawley once again enters Lady Mary's life. This time they are older and the budding feelings from years past are allowed to blossom. After a brief courtship and a beautiful wedding, Lady Mary and her new husband set off on their honeymoon in France. Sequel to Summer at Downton.

Modern MM. See this as a very late submission for the MM AU day! I don't want to give too much away here, but let's just say that Matthew and Mary are once again at odds...

The twenty-first century descendants of the Crawleys, now without titles, but ruling the new elites with far more power and wealth than Mary and Matthew could ever have imagined. Consider it the AU S55.

When Matthew lost his courage and never asked Mary to marry him, she left England. Trying her luck in America the Crawleys don't expect her to ever come back. In 1925 Parliament passes the new inheritance law, and everything changes. When Mary returns a 2nd time, it is clear that things will never be quite the same again. Will Matthew be able to convince her to stay this time?

What happens when the Crawley house in the village gets ruined in a storm? Robert offers Matthew a place to stay at Downton Abbey. A new modern story. AU (M/M)

Mary and Matthew meet at the wedding of William and Kate in 2011. Matthew is a lawyer, who has recently started his own firm, while Mary is a woman, distantly related to prince William with a very modern scandal

One-shot that I started ages ago but thought I'd finish off and submit for this wonderful MM Tribute Day! Modern MM AU. Different universe to my other fics but nothing materially different. CHAPTER NOW REPLACED - hopefully weird formatting is amended!

M/M - could be modern or canon. Mary and Matthew are recently married, and are reflecting on the wonder of being so! Short one-shot.

Christmas at Downton Abbey finds the Crawley family finding their way to each other all over again. Thank you to Julian Fellowes for his wonderful characters. Modern AU based on canon.

Lady Mary Crawley's Diary, starting from series one. Some fluff, humour and a little hurt/comfort thrown in for good measure. Winner of two Highclere Awards! Chapter 29: The engagement party, part two. M/M

The honeymoon we never got. Both Mary and Matthew have lived their lives and are now starting out to live a life together. But what ghosts from the past will tag along, and how will their eyes be opened?

Sequel to 'Baby Fever': Downton Abbey, 1922. The Crawleys, that is, Matthew and Mary are happily settled with their son at Downton. Between Robert's old fashioned views, the chaos of the modern age and the return of familiar faces, they must work together in order to preserve their home and their future. S4 AU - Spoilers included!

As you can probably guess from the title, this is a modern AU M/M. I know you probably never thought you'd see Tinder and Downton Abbey in the same story, but there we are! Very smutty, but hopefully quite fun and entertaining too :) One-shot, with potential for more one-shots later.

**NOW COMPLETE!** Every year, the Grantham Foundation has a charity auction, and this year, the Crawley sisters are putting themselves on the auction block! For one night, they will a lucky gentleman's dinner date. So who will win that dream date? Modern AU for STEAMM Day! (Sybil/Tom, Edith/Anthony, Mary/Matthew)

In 1936 the scandal involving King Edward & Mrs. Simpson interplays with the professional and domestic lives of Matthew & Mary & their daughters. Easter Rising universe. Belated one shot for M&M AU Day.

Modern AU. Mary and Matthew are at university together and Mary is in desperate need of Matthew's help. He is reluctant to do so...so she offers him some incentive. Pretty smutty. CH.10 - the shameless smut has returned!

S1 AU. After Matthew withdraws his proposal, Mary tries to build a new life away in London where she is introduced to Charles Blake. But what happens when, two years later, she returns to Downton taking Charles with her?

My contribution to M/M Celebration Day. Modern A/U where Mary and Matthew meet during Sybil's bachelorette party in Sin City. Flirting and fluffiness all around!

A Downton Abbey AU, set in Nazi-occupied France, Mary and Matthew meet as part of the Resistance movement. For MM AU Fest, in response to a prompt on Tumblr.

Who is One-Shot? Mary wants to learn more about the bedtime story Matthew is telling George.

You must remember this... a kiss is just a kiss. A continuation of the kiss scene between Matthew and Mary in episode 3.01.

Hello. This is a ficlet surrounding the events of S3 E1's "Now Come and Kiss Me" scene. Based in Patsan's tumblr #hashtag "Did Matthew ever get that kiss..." Ch 3: The events play out... Please be kind and review! I so hope you like it! Thanks so much to Patsan for all our conversations on this scene! Sooo helpful!

M/M modern AU. Just a short, pretty pointless drabble, but fluffy as always!

From the prompt: "Mary/Matthew & the condom broke." Set in the "Cancelled" universe. Time frame is a few months after M/M finally start dating. There still remains much of their story untold as of yet up to this point... -evil plot-mistress laugh-

Wedding bells are ringing, but for which Crawley. A new Modern tale about Matthew and Mary, set in 2013.

Their first meeting was not, in fact, their first meeting. A non-linear AU tale beginning in Series 1. The first story in a series that continues with We Shall Fight.

A modern AU story of Mary and Matthew's time at university. The prequel to "Falling."

AU post-S3CS - If Matthew had been gone for a 6-month posting to India, what exactly would his homecoming be like? Pretty much an excuse for smut, I'd say... This was supposed to remain in my file of too-smutty to be published, but whoops, my fingers slipped...

Hello. I hope you like my AU ( modern) M/M story set in Oxford and Downton where two strangers meet, become lovers and then friends. Please read to find out the rest. This is my first fanfic of any kind. Grateful for all reviews!

More archiving of drabbles originally posted to tumblr. Just a quiet moment after between Mary & Matthew, inspired by a black & whie gif.

My heartfelt contribution to the MM Celebration Day. Matthew cannot sleep after the birth of his son. He must go visit Mary while she recuperates at the village hospital.

When Mary uncovers a secret of Matthew's, she realizes that their past is far different than what she knew, and that the man she loves is far more than she could have ever imagined. A one-shot in honour of Mary/Matthew Celebration Day, period AU set throughout the canon timeline and beyond.

Modern A/U. Anna and Bates are getting married. The maid of honour and best man have never met each other before - but when they do, sparks fly in an unexpected manner. Fluffy, silly, and likely to only be two chapters! CH.2 NOW REPLACED TO AMEND WEIRD FORMATTING!

A Grace-verse drabble for a special someone. Eventually it will be added to the group of Grace drabbles but this one skips ahead in time a bit. If you haven't read Grace, this won't make much sense. If you have read Grace, I hope you like it.

A Prompt from Kavan on tumblr: Matthew and George. George's first shooting party brings back memories of WWI for Matthew.

S2 and Christmas Special AU - When Matthew returns to Downton for Christmas 1917, sparks fly between him and Mary, who is now engaged to another young officer and a familiar face. Despite the presence of their fiancées, the cousins can not deny the love they still feel. Will they be allowed to act on it, or will their hearts be broken all over again...

In this modern Downton Abbey fic, Mary broke up with her college boyfriend four years ago. When he suddenly comes back into her life, her world is turned upside down as she sorts through old feelings, new acquaintances, and a man who just won't go away. Mainly Mary/Matthew, but also includes the rest of the cast (Sybil, Tom, Edith, Anna, Carson, etc).

When Matthew sees something he shouldn't, he begins to think of things that he shouldn't... and, trapped by his own fear and the very object of the thoughts he should not harbour, his control begins to unravel. S2 AU, shortly after 2x04. Rating change to M!

Sequel to Love on Any Terms. With Mary's steadfast love and fierce determination as his anchor, Matthew embarks on a long and difficult journey to complete recovery, facing heartache, loss, and other struggles along the way. Rated M for sexual content.

Mary Crawley escapes London to stay with her parents at Downton for Christmas. What happens when a figure from her past comes back into her life? Modern AU. Completely spoiler free.

Modern AU. Matthew and Mary encounter each other at a high-profile event, mere days after their relationship changed irrevocably. I don't want to give too much away! Now a multi-chapter fic. Rated M to be safe.

"Physician, heal thyself." - Luke 4:23 When Dr. Matthew Crawley learns he is to inherit a title and an estate, he moves his practice to the Yorkshire countryside where he discovers the intriguing Lady Mary...and her scandalous secret. Series 1 AU.

Modern M/M. Smut. A slightly made-over Matthew reappears in Mary's life and the two of them release the tension that has been building between them. Not much of a point to this beyond smut...

Sometimes escape is desired and achieved. Sometimes escape isn't sought. Sometimes escape is what they want... but on reflection, isn't worth the taking. Canon-set, engagement fluff.

S1x2: How dare that Matthew Crawley push into her life? Mary's musings. One-shot.

On a hot summer's night in 1921, Mary finds herself restless and irritable. Though she resists Matthew's suggestion to cool her down at first, they come to find that some things are worth waiting for. Mostly fluff, suggested smut.

One night now that they are married, settled and happy at last, Matthew seeks to fulfil a wish he's harboured for six years, since the first time they kissed. Smut alert!

Mary and Sybil have been conning men their whole life but what happens when fate and confusion threaten their game. Matthew and Tom have spent their careers protecting others until two women make them question it all. Modern AU.

AU, August 1917. On a too-rare trip home from the trenches, Matthew tries to cherish the time he has with his family, as hard as it is to forget his life at the front. One-shot sequel to With All The Time In The World, though can be read alone. Strong T rating for implied smut and language.

AU S1x5: Bets, secrets, misperceptions and stolen kisses...and a planned confrontation that goes helplessly astray! Part 3 of the "Cornered, Caught, Snagged!" trilogy.

AU Season 1x5: The aftermath of a most unexpected kiss and a bet gone awry takes both Mary and Matthew by surprise. A continuation of "Cornered".

Companion/Drabbles post "Grace." The Crawley family (M/M) & the Bransons learn a new normal. T for now. If you have not read "Grace" this will make zero sense.

Season 1, Episode 5: What if Edith had not challenged Mary over Sir Anthony after dinner? What if the challenge presented was a different one altogether?

M/M set in the 1920s! My first non-modern fic. Canon up until about 2x07/2x08. Mary feels a unique kind of hatred and her efforts to vent her emotions revisit her the following year.

How does Mary help Matthew when he is anxious? Modern M/M. Smut insures. One shot.

"Absolutely not..." What if Lavinia didn't interrupt them in 2x08? Though they are both bound to others, the bond between them is stronger than anything else, and maybe always will be. One-shot to fulfill a smut prompt, so naturally things take a turn that way.

Several months in to their marriage, Mary finds herself in the familiar position of looking after a suddenly ill Matthew. -**- 2nd Runner Up Highclere Award "One Shot" January 2014 - thank you so much! -**-

Set within 3x03, at the new 'Downton Place'. Mary and Matthew feel they've become so lost in arguments and misunderstanding, that they've lost each other. In a moment of seeking understanding, they try to see another point of view, and find their peace within the storm. High smut alert...

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

This is a new story about what could have come to pass between Lady Mary Crawley and Matthew Crawley if Season 1 of Downton had ended in different way...

Modern AU M/M. Same universe as "A Conflict of Feelings". Matthew and Mary begin to ponder the idea of them living together- are they ready for it? Very fluffy.

Henri tries to get Agnes to see herself for the beautiful woman she is. *Series One Spoilers*

Modern AU M/M. Very short one-shot featuring a little bickering session between Matthew and Mary as a married couple. Uncharacteristically, Mary soon relents. Fluff.

With the wedding only a couple of weeks away, Mary is gathering up her final trousseau purchases in London when she has a surprise visitor - and a change in her evening's plans. One-off pre-honeymoon smut. *Winner June 2013 Highclere Award for One-shot* thank you all!

M/M Modern AU. Mary Crawley: daughter of a great British political dynasty, keeper of her dysfunctional family's secrets and the woman holding the UK Government together with her bare hands, meets Matthew Crawley: politically inexperienced but with the power to make or break all she stands for. Power, romance and scandal ensue. NOW COMPLETE.

Modern AU in which Mary is a grad student in Chicago and Matthew is a hedge fund investor/ part-time lawyer/ multi-millionaire who is in need of a nanny to care for his 5 year old daughter. Romance and Angst ensue in this multi-chapter story. Long time reader, first time author.

Fill in the Blank Story from Matthew Crawley's point of view. Each chapter of this story will be from a month during the missing time frame between episode 2.08 and the Christmas Special. May 1919 - January 1920.

They've put themselves in an impossible situation; far too soon for any sort of affection, let alone love. With all the time in the world, perhaps their relationship could develop. But do they have it? Sequel to Fuel on the Fire - an AU from episode 1x02

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.

What happens after the last moments of the S3 Christmas special. Not depressing, I promise! How things would go if the world was fair.

Mary discovers Matthew's two vices and becomes his third.

One evening shortly after their engagement, Mary visits Crawley House for dinner. As the evening goes on, the snow continues to fall; and by the time she really should go, it's become quite the blizzard and Matthew tries his hardest to dissuade her. Shamelessly based on the song of the same title, purely for fun.

A short and hopefully sweet one shot where Matthew takes Mary to a jazz club for the first time.

A little simple wish-fulfilment. At Duneagle Castle, Mary tries her best to follow the doctor's advice of rest in her condition, avoiding too much excitement. But when do things ever go smoothly? M/M fluff.

While in Scotland, Matthew has a new suit that's a little different, but Mary discovers that it has a definite advantage over his other clothes. Completely gratuitous smut ensues.

Neither are sure just whose idea it was, when Mr Crawley encounters a dark haired beauty going by the name of Mrs Levinson in a London jazz club. Shamelessly M/M, and... shamelessly M. ;P

An atrocious act somehow, someway leads to joy, love, & well...Grace./ AU Halfway through Xmas Special/Matthew & Mary's happy ending, even in a seemingly impossible situation. Complete.

Missing scene from 3.08 (so slight spoilers). M/M smut.

Try as he might to believe her - and how he wishes he could - Matthew just needs a little more convincing from his wife. Even if it does make her a little untidy before dinner... Mild 3x07 spoilers, nothing major.

Mary longed to perform acts such as Morpheus did in Greek Mythology. She alone longed to be the shaper of his dreams.

A life baptized in no life for a while... eyes mica-silver and blank. S3 spoilers.

"They seemed to have a rather depressing tendency for falling out on the eve of weddings. Thank God Edith was the last of them to be getting married, and then there'd be no more on the horizon to threaten them. Weren't weddings supposed to be happy occasions?" - The aftermath of M/M's argument in 3x03, and my theory on how they moved on from it. 3x03 spoilers, and definitely M.

With their wedding fast approaching, Matthew and Mary have the rare opportunity for some alone time. One-shot.

Mary and Matthew have been married for a few years. When receiving an invitation to a Costume Ball, Mary gets inspired to try some intimate changes, something which has Matthew quite worried. **Silliness, naughtiness and nosy family members.**

Modern AU. Matthew Crawley runs a successful landscaping business. Lord and Lady Grantham still reside at Downton, though Lady Mary has her own place at Grantham Park. When Mary is stuck in a tricky situation, Matthew comes to her rescue. Unfortunately their first meeting does not go smoothly, but Matthew is determined to win Mary over. The road is, as usual, filled with many bumps

Season 1 AU. Matthew's presence at Downton Abbey on the night of Kamal Pamuk's demise leads to a drastic change in the development of his relationship with Mary. Smut, smut, and more smut! Angst, explicit language, and OOC warning.

Matthew finds one of Mary's scars that has a story. Mary x Matthew. One-shot. Post-Christmas episode.

Short modern AU in which Matthew grows a beard and Mary gets burned. Slightly fluffy, slightly smutty. Inspired by pics of Dan sporting some very sexy facial hair.

On the night of their ten year anniversary, the young Earl and Countess of Grantham share an intimate moment. Short Mary and Matthew married smut, with a healthy dose of fluff. Because Mary and Matthew are going to have a beautiful life together...

Matthew's been away, and a train station really isn't the place to show Mary how much he's missed her. But the back of the car might be... Completely gratuitous hand-porn smut.

One wedding. Ten perspectives. M/M.

Modern AU! Matthew and Mary spend an evening alone together, causing them to question how they really feel about each other, and what they want from their lives. A prequel to 'An Evening In'. Ch.9 goes up to 'M' rating!

"Scars always linger, though only some are visible." The past can't be changed, and the marks remain, but the morning after their wedding, Mary and Matthew start to make new memories together.

Mary has been enjoying the garden at Crawley House, and thinks that Matthew should do the same. Which he does, just not in the quite the same way... Gratuitous newly-wed smut.

In the quiet of their wedding night, Matthew lets slip to Mary a dream he'd cherished as a younger man, and why it now can never be... and he doesn't mind that at all. Strong T-rated cuddling.

It's Matthew's birthday, and Mary has got a couple of things planned for him. Rain wasn't one of them, but they make the best of it... Smut ensues.

Recently married and even more recently returned from their honeymoon, Mary and Matthew just can't seem to help themselves, regardless of where they are or who might be around... Slightly smutty-ish, strong T.

Mary takes her teasing of Matthew one step too far, when he pays too much attention to the things she says. Married!M/M, entirely gratuitous smut, slight kink themes. Very M.

Written in response to a prompt for "modern war injured Matthew". Descends rapidly from the heights of drama and misery to fluff and innuendo - so something for everyone!

A recently married Matthew and Mary find themselves struggling, one humid summer's night, to sleep comfortably together in the unbearable heat. Tumblr prompt ficlet, "M/M restless in bed". Very restless. Strong smut warning!

Matthew's struggling through a tiring day in the office, when he finds himself distracted and faced by unanticipated questions regarding the law firm's employment policies. More romantic than it sounds!

Modern AU following the love story of Mary and Matthew. It starts with Matthew seeing Mary for the first time in a bar and instantly falling in love with her. It runs from there.

In a chance meeting the day after the princess and the sea-monster argument, Matthew and Mary's simmering bitterness and insults descend into a power-play that they were not at all prepared for and cannot control. AU 1x02 smut.

The wedding night fic that goes after chapter 11 of 'At Last My Love Has Come Along'. : It's been a long day, and they are finally alone...

The conclusion to Hunting Ghosts. It is two days before the wedding, but there are still ghosts that haunt Mary and Matthew.

Mary's attempt to find love outside of the English aristocracy ends abruptly with her fiancé in jail. Accepting Matthew's proposal she finds herself married to the heir. Will things work out for them? As the Dowager says, "Marriage is a long business."

"'Can you... feel that' she breathed. Matthew paled. 'Yes.'" Post-recovery AU, in response to a tumblr challenge based on a rather inspiring picture. M/M smut.

Missing scene from The Silent Land. This is a gift, it comes with a price...

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

Events taking place in the summer of 1919 changes things for Mary, and brings Matthew back into her life. Set right after Lavinia Swire's death and explores Matthew's and Mary's lives from there on. AU.

Lady Mary Crawley has acquired some very naughty reading materials, most certainly not suitable for a lady. Matthew walks in on her reading and one thing leads to another as the two enjoy a lovers' encounter.

A boring party. A couple of newly-weds. An empty library. Smut ensues. A reworking of *that* scene from Atonement. Very M.

Recently married and in the middle of their first argument, it takes a room with a lock and an interfering parent to get Mary and Matthew talking again.

Matthew Crawley is taking a walk on the Downton Estate on a sunny winter day when he happens to run into Lady Mary Crawley. Getting caught in a snow storm the two seek shelter in a nearby hunting lodge.

It does trouble him, very much. But why? And what will come of finding out? Oneshot AU extension of the 1x04 handshake scene. Definitely M.

In which Matthew has a love/hate relationship with a small white dog...

Spoilers for series 2! My take on the series 2 ep3 previews! some spoilers for some following series 2 eps also Mary/Matthew with probably more of a Mary focus. Despite Mary's wishes to remain silent on the matter, Matthew is made aware of her feeling

Based on the itv trailer for the Christmas Special. My take on the events of the ball. No copyright infringement etc. intended. No real spoilers. Chapter 2 most definitely M.

One ball. Three sisters. Three entirely different experiences. A three-part drabble set during a ball held at Downton Abbey.

The wedding is nearly here, but Matthew's not sure he can still dance. One shot - only spoiler - S2x08 teaser trailer

What Matthew considers a perfectly innocent comment leads to an awakening of feelings that he'd long thought dormant. S2 spoilers up to 2x07 previews. Very M!

"You WERE sure." Why was Matthew so certain Mary would give him an answer, and why did it seem he was so sure it was in his favor? S1, a bit of a S2 spoiler.

She was there, and he was there, and he was filthy. But to her, he'd never looked more handsome. One-shot, AU s2 - no spoilers at all.

One-shot missing scene from Any Other World. Violet walks the halls of Downton Abbey at night. No spoilers, except for my own story.

When a badly wounded Matthew returns from the front, the only person he wants is Mary... but he doesn't know that.

The day after Sybil's ball Matthew takes Mary rowing on the Serpentine. Involves rain snogging and Matthew with his shirt sleeves rolled up. Blatant and irrelevant fanservice. Enjoy!

More Fluffiverse smut. Matthew is working late into the night and needs some refreshment to keep him going. Mary is, naturally, happy to keep him company. Clearly, massive smut ensues. Rated M with very good reason!

Mary reflects on Matthew's kiss and proposal, and everything it means to her. One-shot, Episode 6 missing scene.

Fluffiverse fic! Mary and Matthew go to the races. Mary is bored. Matthew's wearing a very attractive new suit. Massive smut ensues. Rated M with good reason!

AU/RST version of Strawberry Fields Forever. A little less UST and a little a lot! more RST. Mary and Matthew pick strawberries on a hot summer's day and get.. a little carried away!

Pure fluff, apparently I can't help myself. Mary is a little confused when she wakes up one morning.

Set immediately after the end of Series 1. My take how a resolution between Mary and Matthew could be reached. Cue lots of soul searching and a good old argument!