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so happy together - Matthew gets engaged. Mary is heartbroken. (But will only cry in front of Carson, of course.) And then Mary meets Lavinia, and everything changes. A series of modern AU vignettes.

Part 1

( Part 2 - Somehow, Mary’s invitation to take Matthew and Lavinia out to dinner turns into Matthew and Lavinia being invited to Mary’s parents’ house for dinner. And the whole bloody family invites itself along too. )

I wanted a little backstory on this wee ficlet, and it turned into more than I expected! So I guess we have a work in progress of sorts going on here. :)

so happy together - Matthew gets engaged. Mary is heartbroken. (But will only cry in front of Carson, of course.) And then Mary meets Lavinia, and everything changes. A series of modern AU vignettes.

( Part 1 - The worst news of Mary Crawley's life comes to her, unsurprisingly, through her sister Edith. )

severalstories asked for a Mary/Lavinia fake dating modern AU. And when someone asks for a Mary/Lavinia fake dating modern AU, you don't just say no to that!

( Mary and Lavinia are out to brunch together, sans Matthew. Everyone Mary has ever met seems convinced that she and Lavinia are going to murder each other – or rather, that Mary’s going to chainsaw Lavinia into pieces while Lavinia kindly and graciously lets it happen – and if there’s one thing Mary Crawley hates, it’s doing what’s expected of her. )

Approximately eight thousand years ago, on a comment ficathon I cannot even remember anymore,

oliveoyl/the diabolical zlot left the prompt "Mary/Lavinia, a pair of bluestockings." Finally, this exists!

the movement and the spin - Downton Abbey ; Mary/Lavinia ; 3,869 words ; sequel to there is thunder in our hearts. Mary wisely chooses not to include the part where she cannot seem to want to stop kissing Lavinia Swire. Full disclosure is hardly how things are done at Downton, after all.

( How are you, m'lady? )

it's you season - Mary/Lavinia, AU fluff, for

oliveoyl's prompt: "I am a hunter. And it's you season." :D

This is Very Serious Stuff Of The Highest Order. The odious Amelia comes from Adventuring for Ladies.

( It's tradition. )

there is thunder in our hearts - downton abbey ; mary/lavinia ; 1,800 words. For

oltha_heri's prompt "Downton Abbey - Mary/Lavinia - they sicken of the calm, who knew the storm."

( Lavinia begins to lose count of them, the polite evenings spent staring across proper distances at one another, their conversation as pleasant and unsurprising and dutiful as Isis trotting along at Lord Grantham's heels. )

Some Christmastime Mary & Lavinia for the brilliant

evewithanapple! :)

where to begin - Downton Abbey ; Mary & Lavinia ; 837 words ; set between 2x06 and 2x07. They don’t have to like her, Lavinia has decided, but they must accept her. She isn’t going anywhere. She hopes the liking will come in time.

( Christmas at Downton Abbey feels like a dream. )

This was actually due on the 13th, but inspiration struck and there was nothing scheduled for today, so, boom! This is for the extremely wonderful

zombie_boogie, who asked for Mary/Matthew/Lavinia of some sort. Happy December, lady! :D

Also: I do not really know what is up with my current addiction to second person POVs.

I tell my love to wreck it all - Downton Abbey ; Matthew, Mary, & Lavinia ; ~3,600 words ; PG ; season two finale AU ; It always seems to come down to surviving the night, and Lavinia does, against all odds.

( When the morning light comes, once she’s woken and Dr. Clarkson’s allowed it, Matthew rushes in to see her. The door is left ajar. You watch them through the open space. )

Title: Do No Harm
Pairing: O'Brien/Cora
Word Count: 1,800
Rating: PG
Spoilers: through the season two finale
Summary: She’s paler than you’d like, and just watching her stand makes your heart jump, fearful, to your throat. It’s a shadow of what you felt before, her forehead burning beneath your fingers, but a shadow’s plenty bad enough.
Author's Note: So, I spent all season like 'OH MY GOD, I NEED TO WRITE RIDICULOUS INTROSPECTIVE O'BRIEN FIC BECAUSE HER CORA FEELINGS ARE KILLING ME,' so that ... is what I did. At last! I blame caffeine.

( She’s weak still, for all she says about feeling much better. )

Title: To A Happier Year
Pairing: Thomas Barrow/Edward Courtenay
Word Count: 748
Spoilers: 2x02
Summary: You're lucky I trust you. Thomas takes Lieutenant Courtenay on an outing.
Author's Note: Written for the Downton Abbey Comment Ficathon. (Everyone come hang out, it is tons of fun!) I wrote this as a sort of what-might-have-been AU, but considering how wonkily this show handles the passage of time, I guess it could fit somewhere into canon!

( 'I can arrange it,' the Lady Sybil promises, and to her credit, she does. The three of them nearly make their escape one sunny morning, before the wrath of Clarkson catches them up at the last moment. )

Rounding up some efforts from recent fic memes. :)

downton abbey | cora/robert | as you both shall live

( She steps, quite new, into his old world. )

angel | wes/cordy | starstruck

( 'I do say!' Wesley scowls ... )

doctor who | river & eleven | my hero

( She's still young, when he gets to her. )

angel | cordy | five people cordelia chase never fell in love with

( 1. Spike. What exactly is so dreamy about vampires? It's not like they have a steady job -- unless lurking counts, which, wow, that's a real go-getter occupation -- which means that you're not getting any presents, unless some guy's torn out ribcage counts. )

btvs | buffy/spike | some love small enough

( 'Are you watching me sleep??' )

The stars are not wanted now | Anne of Green Gables, Anne/Gilbert, 600 words, set during Anne's House of Dreams, written for

snowfire

( They don't speak to one another. Not for -- no, she doesn't know exactly how long. Time's turned strange. She has trouble noticing it. )

And she waiting | Downton Abbey, Anna/Bates, 324 words, written for

mollivanders

( That Daisy is all starry eyes for Thomas, and that Thomas is the last man in the world to merit it, is common knowledge below stairs at Downton. )

This love will be your downfall | Merlin, Merlin/Morgana, 700 words, written for

zombie_boogie

( One day, they will meet over coffee like old friends, waiting for Arthur to wake up. )