Downton Abbey Comment Ficathon
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dollsomeWith the new season upon us, and fandom all extra-enthusiastic, I figured now would be a great time for this. Because there can never be enough Downton Abbey fic, and there certainly isn't enough now!
Rules
1. All prompts must be for Downton Abbey. Which ... duh. :)
2. One prompt per comment, and please format your comment along the lines of: "[Pairing or character(s)] - [prompt]." Feel free to submit as many prompt-comments as you'd like. The more the better!
3. If you respond to a prompt, include the pairing/character(s) and a title in the subject line of your comment.
4. If your fic's got an R/NC-17 rating, please indicate as much in the comment subject line as well.
5. No spoilers for upcoming episodes, please!
6. PARTY ON, DOWNTONITES.
If you'd like to spread the word:
Masterlist of Responses
Mary/Matthew - I wish you'd hold me when I turn my back by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
oltha_heri - "Tell me not to go through with it."
Cora & Edith - slipping through my fingers all the time byhacash - It shames her to say this, but she’s not looked at her second daughter for some five or six years now.
Lavinia & Mary - Damaged bypromisethis - As Lavinia sobbed into her arms, Mary held her gently knowing that this is what Matthew would've wanted.
Thomas/Edward - To A Happier Year bydollsome - "I can arrange it," the Lady Sybil promises, and to her credit, she does.
Thomas, Sybil, & Edward - The Unexpected byespressolast - It’s not what she expects.
Sybil/Branson - Still Here byinafadinglight - She sees the way Mary looks at Matthew when she thinks he isn't looking, with a kind of soft sadness that speaks to a persistent internal ache, and she once thought she'd never understand it.
Sybil/Branson - Don't you worry there, my honey bytr1st3ss3du3r4 - There is a difference between being a nurse in wartime and being a nurse in peacetime.
Carson/Mrs. Hughes - Our love was comfortable, and quite broken in byhacash - You have never addressed her as anything other than ‘Mrs Hughes’; to your knowledge she has never spoken of you as other than ‘Mister Carson’.
Sybil/Branson - I love how it hurts byhacash - When everyone else is bustling over dinner, laying the table and polishing silverware as if it’s England’s last defence, he sneaks into Mister Carson’s study.
Sybil/Branson, Thomas - This fate could have been avoided if she'd had a sassy gay friend byespressolast - Branson held the door open for her as she descended, deferential in the transitional space between daughter of an earl and low-ranking nurse.
Sybil/Branson - Things best left unsaid by frostyblossom - She saw it coming.
Mary & Sybil - Playing Favourites byxx_pinkstar - Sybil is born on a sunny day in the height of August when even the consistently gray England is engulfed in heat and the slightest breeze is seen as sweet relief.
Violet & Isobel - Getting Along (and scaring everyone else in the process) by frostyblossom - “Lady Grantham!” Isobel addressed the Dowager with a happy, almost exuberant grin.
Matthew/Lavinia - Ask the Stars byfleasonparade - He can't move. He absolutely cannot move.
Sybil/Branson - the sky is getting heavy tonight bythewindwarns - Mary teaches her how to flirt and Edith demonstrates when not to; she is charming enough on her own accord and for that, Sybil never worries about her prospects.
Anna & Mary - The Midnight Vigil byhacash - On the third night of her vigil, she finds she has company.
Robert/Cora - Why the Earl of Grantham should never be allowed into his own kitchen byhacash - Robert stood there – rather pathetically, it has to be said, under the circumstances – and attempted to look manly and unafraid under the wilting stare of his wife.
Violet & Kemal Pamuk -- His Night Will End Well byespressolast - “Mr. Pamuk,” said the Dowager Countess of Grantham after dinner, “I wonder if I might have a word,” she turned to her son: “Robert, do excuse us, a moment, I would like to ask after a friend.”
Branson, Bates, William (and Carson) - Boys Night Out by frostyblossom - Carson squeezed at the bridge of his nose and screwed shut his eyes. He was getting far too old for this.
Edith - Wardian Case bythewindwarns - Sybil has causes and Mary, well Mary has (nearly) everything. Edith knows, however, that beauty fades and passion dies out.
Matthew/Mary - As We Forgive Our Debtors byfrostyblossom - She will not look at him. She will not cry. He will know her shame, and he will not forgive her.
Mary & Lavinia - Love and Life Ever After byemstapole - You stand there, in one of the front rows, watching Lavinia in white, walking slowly down towards the front, and you know she wishes she was elsewhere, that it was someone else to whom she was walking.
Sybil & Thomas - Newfound lonesome byduckface666 - After getting Carson settled, but before her Mother could instruct someone to lock the door for the night and prevent any of her children from scattering, Sybil slipped out of the house and walked back down to the hospital.
Thomas & O'Brien - after Lt. Courtenay's suicide byduckface666 - She comes out for a cigarette when he calls and he knew she would because her nicotine habit is more pronounced than even his – which they tell themselves – and she’s always been there to help him, like the phantom of the big sister he never had.
O'Brien & Vera - First Meeting byduckface666 - When Mr Bates burst out of Mrs Hughes sitting room, looking frankly rather alarming and she would have been scared had she been some daft girl like Daisy and not Sarah O’Brien, she can’t help but wonder what happy circumstance has led to this.
Mary/Branson - I want you, I need you, but there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you bytr1st3ss3du3r4 - It isn't that he could be anyone - she has great difficulty forgetting who he is, his position, his obvious attachment to her sister - but there are times when she is just glad to be enveloped in someone's arms.
Thomas/Edward, Dr. Clarkson - their spirits must be lifted bythewindwarns - There are ghosts that follow men back from the front: allies and enemies and innocents, names and faces to haunt you, waking and dreaming.
Mary & Edith - Things We Cannot Change byinafadinglight - War changes things.
Sybil/Branson - Branson has a cold bytr1st3ss3du3r4 - He would have expected more sympathy from a nurse.
Downton Abbey from Pharoah's POV bytr1st3ss3du3r4 - All of these people. All of them.
Branson - Malevole bydizzy_whore - Sometimes he was unsure as to whether he wanted to destroy the world or celebrate it- to follow Coleridge or Collins.
Tom Branson and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week (Part 1, Part 2) byfrostyblossom - The idea came in a flash of brilliance (or rather a glob of oil) that struck like lightening in his mind (or rather splattered ignobly onto his nose).
Rules
1. All prompts must be for Downton Abbey. Which ... duh. :)
2. One prompt per comment, and please format your comment along the lines of: "[Pairing or character(s)] - [prompt]." Feel free to submit as many prompt-comments as you'd like. The more the better!
3. If you respond to a prompt, include the pairing/character(s) and a title in the subject line of your comment.
4. If your fic's got an R/NC-17 rating, please indicate as much in the comment subject line as well.
5. No spoilers for upcoming episodes, please!
6. PARTY ON, DOWNTONITES.
If you'd like to spread the word:
Masterlist of Responses
Mary/Matthew - I wish you'd hold me when I turn my back by
oltha_heri - "Tell me not to go through with it."Cora & Edith - slipping through my fingers all the time by
hacash - It shames her to say this, but she’s not looked at her second daughter for some five or six years now.Lavinia & Mary - Damaged by
promisethis - As Lavinia sobbed into her arms, Mary held her gently knowing that this is what Matthew would've wanted.Thomas/Edward - To A Happier Year by
dollsome - "I can arrange it," the Lady Sybil promises, and to her credit, she does.Thomas, Sybil, & Edward - The Unexpected by
espressolast - It’s not what she expects.Sybil/Branson - Still Here by
inafadinglight - She sees the way Mary looks at Matthew when she thinks he isn't looking, with a kind of soft sadness that speaks to a persistent internal ache, and she once thought she'd never understand it.Sybil/Branson - Don't you worry there, my honey by
tr1st3ss3du3r4 - There is a difference between being a nurse in wartime and being a nurse in peacetime.Carson/Mrs. Hughes - Our love was comfortable, and quite broken in by
hacash - You have never addressed her as anything other than ‘Mrs Hughes’; to your knowledge she has never spoken of you as other than ‘Mister Carson’.Sybil/Branson - I love how it hurts by
hacash - When everyone else is bustling over dinner, laying the table and polishing silverware as if it’s England’s last defence, he sneaks into Mister Carson’s study.Sybil/Branson, Thomas - This fate could have been avoided if she'd had a sassy gay friend by
espressolast - Branson held the door open for her as she descended, deferential in the transitional space between daughter of an earl and low-ranking nurse. Sybil/Branson - Things best left unsaid by frostyblossom - She saw it coming.
Mary & Sybil - Playing Favourites by
xx_pinkstar - Sybil is born on a sunny day in the height of August when even the consistently gray England is engulfed in heat and the slightest breeze is seen as sweet relief.Violet & Isobel - Getting Along (and scaring everyone else in the process) by frostyblossom - “Lady Grantham!” Isobel addressed the Dowager with a happy, almost exuberant grin.
Matthew/Lavinia - Ask the Stars by
fleasonparade - He can't move. He absolutely cannot move.Sybil/Branson - the sky is getting heavy tonight by
thewindwarns - Mary teaches her how to flirt and Edith demonstrates when not to; she is charming enough on her own accord and for that, Sybil never worries about her prospects.Anna & Mary - The Midnight Vigil by
hacash - On the third night of her vigil, she finds she has company.Robert/Cora - Why the Earl of Grantham should never be allowed into his own kitchen by
hacash - Robert stood there – rather pathetically, it has to be said, under the circumstances – and attempted to look manly and unafraid under the wilting stare of his wife.Violet & Kemal Pamuk -- His Night Will End Well by
espressolast - “Mr. Pamuk,” said the Dowager Countess of Grantham after dinner, “I wonder if I might have a word,” she turned to her son: “Robert, do excuse us, a moment, I would like to ask after a friend.”Branson, Bates, William (and Carson) - Boys Night Out by frostyblossom - Carson squeezed at the bridge of his nose and screwed shut his eyes. He was getting far too old for this.
Edith - Wardian Case by
thewindwarns - Sybil has causes and Mary, well Mary has (nearly) everything. Edith knows, however, that beauty fades and passion dies out.Matthew/Mary - As We Forgive Our Debtors by
frostyblossom - She will not look at him. She will not cry. He will know her shame, and he will not forgive her. Mary & Lavinia - Love and Life Ever After by
emstapole - You stand there, in one of the front rows, watching Lavinia in white, walking slowly down towards the front, and you know she wishes she was elsewhere, that it was someone else to whom she was walking.Sybil & Thomas - Newfound lonesome by
duckface666 - After getting Carson settled, but before her Mother could instruct someone to lock the door for the night and prevent any of her children from scattering, Sybil slipped out of the house and walked back down to the hospital.Thomas & O'Brien - after Lt. Courtenay's suicide by
duckface666 - She comes out for a cigarette when he calls and he knew she would because her nicotine habit is more pronounced than even his – which they tell themselves – and she’s always been there to help him, like the phantom of the big sister he never had.O'Brien & Vera - First Meeting by
duckface666 - When Mr Bates burst out of Mrs Hughes sitting room, looking frankly rather alarming and she would have been scared had she been some daft girl like Daisy and not Sarah O’Brien, she can’t help but wonder what happy circumstance has led to this.Mary/Branson - I want you, I need you, but there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you by
tr1st3ss3du3r4 - It isn't that he could be anyone - she has great difficulty forgetting who he is, his position, his obvious attachment to her sister - but there are times when she is just glad to be enveloped in someone's arms. Thomas/Edward, Dr. Clarkson - their spirits must be lifted by
thewindwarns - There are ghosts that follow men back from the front: allies and enemies and innocents, names and faces to haunt you, waking and dreaming. Mary & Edith - Things We Cannot Change by
inafadinglight - War changes things.Sybil/Branson - Branson has a cold by
tr1st3ss3du3r4 - He would have expected more sympathy from a nurse.Downton Abbey from Pharoah's POV by
tr1st3ss3du3r4 - All of these people. All of them.Branson - Malevole by
dizzy_whore - Sometimes he was unsure as to whether he wanted to destroy the world or celebrate it- to follow Coleridge or Collins.Tom Branson and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week (Part 1, Part 2) by
frostyblossom - The idea came in a flash of brilliance (or rather a glob of oil) that struck like lightening in his mind (or rather splattered ignobly onto his nose).
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Date: 2011-09-26 09:38 pm (UTC)i wish you'd hold me when i turn my back | mary/matthew
Date: 2011-09-26 09:40 pm (UTC)"Tell me not to go through with it."
He stands before her. And once upon a time she might've thought him a fitting petitioner for her but now it takes everything in her self control not to get on to her knees before him and hug his waist and never let him go again. But she can't tell him. She can't. It is the best thing for him, she wraps this belief around her to keep them both safe.
"Mary, please."
She cannot look him in the eye. "You are to be married in two days time. She is a good woman."
"I do not care if you would have me."
And she knows he must be desperate, must be half drunk and his heart as much hers as it ever was to be here at this time of night so close to his wedding. For all that he would separate himself from their aristocratic pride it runs through him as deeply as it does her; the only thing keeping tears from her eyes and promises of forever from her lips. She knows too that he will not leave until she looks at him and so she does, looks him straight in the eye, "You will marry Miss Swire."
And his looks change, from pleading to suddenly belligerent and shrewd, and she thinks now she understands why he was so praised during the war. And then he kisses her.
It is not the soft kisses of their earlier courtship. She knows he sees through her because he is claiming her with such certainty and like calls to like and she could no more easily stop her hand from pulling his body closer to her than she could stop the earth from turning.
And just as she thinks that if she has nearly gone so far with another man why should she not pull him back into her room at least for an evening he withdraw his lips. He looks at her, and the lightness in his eyes has turned dark and his hands are firm against her cheeks making sure she looks at him. "I will not be married. Whatever your answer, I will wait."
And then he leaves. Leaves her breathless and lost for anything to hold on but a slowly strengthening hope.
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Date: 2011-09-26 09:44 pm (UTC)Re: i wish you'd hold me when i turn my back | mary/matthew
Date: 2011-09-26 09:47 pm (UTC)ajdfkl;ajdf;ldkasj;fldak, THIS IS GORGEOUS.
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Date: 2011-09-26 09:52 pm (UTC)Re: i wish you'd hold me when i turn my back | mary/matthew
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