A/N: Unbetaed. Warnings for swearing, slash fanfiction, kissing, allusions to and conversations about sex, potential grammar flaws, potential canonical errors (it's been a while since I've read fangirl), differences in styles from Rainbow Rowell's, Levi/Cath adorableness, breakups, original characters, drinking, cruel professors, bad parenting, Baz/Simon fluff, OMC/OMC angst, and so much more (yes that's a list of both serious and non-serious warnings).

Cornelius is a British television crime drama that presents a contemporary detective story following a brilliant P.I. in his criminal investigations in London. It is loosely based on the books by Sir Henry McArthur. Created by Evan Sinclair and Matthew Graham, it stars Wolfgang Honeycutt as detective Cornelius Bell himself, and Scottie Hollins as his spunky sidekick, Dr. Tom Benton. Sixteen episodes have been produced, the first four of which were broadcast in 2009. Series two was broadcast in 2010, a third series was broadcast in 2011, and the fourth in 2012. A fifth season has been scheduled for release in 2013.

The fourth series has become the UK's most watched drama series since 2001.[1] Cornelius has been sold to over 250 territories, also becoming wildly popular in the United States.[2].

Critical reception has been highly positive, with many reviews praising the quality of the writing, music, costumes, performances, and direction. Cornelius has been nominated for numerous awards including: BAFTAs, Emmys and Golden Globe, winning several awards across a variety of categories.

-From Encyclowikia, the people's encyclopedia

ONE

This was probably considered unhealthily obsessed.

Or at least, Cath imagined Wren might say that if she could see her twin now, seated at her desk at five thirty in the morning, still typing away at her latest production she'd been working on since she'd said goodnight to their father seven hours ago.

But somehow it was like an unstoppable force whisking her along, whipping her fingers across the keys. Her brain kept telling her this was not night. If she stared at the illuminated light of her computer screen she could almost imagine it was day with the brightness turned up all the way.

If she could just finish this chapter she'd be done. That's what she had to keep telling herself. One more chapter.

Her phone buzzed against the hardwood of the desk. Cath jerked up and pulled her hands from the keyboard, glancing down to see the familiar name. She glanced at the time first, then picked it up to take the call.

"Hello," she sighed into the receiver.

"Hey Cather," Levi said.

"Why are you calling so early?" she asked.

"A better question is why you're answering so early." A door slammed in the background and she heard his footsteps through the receiver.

"I'm just finishing up a little work…"

"This is the third time this week," Levi pointed out. "And besides, you've already finished your chapter, why aren't you asleep?"

She sighed and slapped a hand to her forehead, shifting the weight of her heavy feeling head onto that.

"Why were you checking my FanFixx account?" she asked.

"Because I wanted to know how much you're going to have to catch me up when we get back to school," Levi said, car door slamming behind him. "And I wanted to make sure I knew some of the scoop on why you're up so late."

"How many chapters are you behind now?" Cath asked.

She couldn't remember the last time she'd read one aloud to him. With his work schedule it had been hard for him to find time to get over to see her. The ranch work had been longer hours than he'd expected, meaning he had minimal time to visit. Cath had been almost certain the job situation would be what sparked the first fight.

Instead it was good old Simon Snow.

Cath had faced plenty of Simon Snow fights. She'd spent time defending Gemma T. Leslie's worth as a writer, her perception of Baz and Simon as a couple, and a number of other more minor issues. But never in all her life had she pictured having a fight with someone about how much she was not in the mood for Simon.

Part of her felt like a traitor. All those years she'd held on. She'd read the books. She'd watched the movies. Purchased the merchandise. And then the last book was released, she'd finished Carry On, Simon, and for a while things seemed good.

The change wasn't even that noticeable. A few less readers on her newer fanfiction works. Regular readers who had stopped making appearances. And then the few friends she had on FanFixx had become less active, some even leaving completely.

When something dies there are usually signs. And for the Simon Snow fandom there were obvious signs of withering that Cath could not just ignore.

People were sympathetic to her. Her dad and Wren both noticed she'd been down in the dumps now for a while. Wren tried to persuade her that less readers wasn't a bad thing. But even so, the longer she went on, the more persuaded Cath was that Simon Snow was truly coming to an end, and that soon she was going to be left all alone in her love for Simon and Baz, for the wonderful books and the funny movies, and she couldn't face it.

It was in the midst of all this that Levi managed a visit one Saturday. She hadn't told him much about what she'd been feeling. It felt silly in some ways, mourning the impending death of fictional people. So when he showed up on the doorstep with a present for her, a lovely new Simon and Baz shirt from Artsy she had been wanting for a while, Cath lost it.

In movies when couples fight, there's a large amount of screaming and yelling and throwing things. But their first fight was nothing like that. It was Cath tearing up and Levi standing in the door with his usual crooked grin fading away. And her father ushering him to the living room while Wren took her to their room and tried to help her calm down.

The efforts to get her to stop crying weren't working. Levi had waited a full hour, but eventually he had to come knock on her door, tell her he was sorry and they'd talk again soon. She didn't reply.

He had called a few times, and she didn't pick up. When that wasn't working he sent a few texts asking her if she was all right and promising that they could talk if she needed to. Cath wasn't so sure about that.

A few days later Wren found her taking down Simon Snow posters.

"You know you don't have to stop loving him just because everybody else is moving on," Wren pointed out.

Cath thought that was ironic considering Wren's attitude the year before. She just shrugged and admitted it wasn't as fun loving something by yourself.

She and Levi made up of course. She finally took one of his calls when his text threatened to skip work to come see her again if she didn't talk to him. And while he too suggested there was nothing wrong with loving Simon still, Cath couldn't help but feel too lonely to bear it.

While the fiction works had been alive and growing, she'd felt like she had a home. And the fandom had been a supplement for that between book releases. But it no longer felt right anymore. Snow was done, and she supposed she'd started to feel done too.

"I'll support your writing no matter what, Cather," Levi had said with a smile showing in his tone.

In her slump of despair Cath did what any good college student would and decided to scan NetFilms for some television to binge watch. Of course, she remembered a fellow fanfiction writer had suggested a show to her. Not in the mood to write anything, she settled on trying to reimmerse herself. She remembered watching an episode a few years back, but she hadn't been hooked. Now, however, she had time and she was willing to sit and wait. Maybe it would get better.

And that was her first experience with Cornelius.

Cath watched through all sixteen episodes in three days flat. Most of them were in rapid succession, one after the other. She quickly became absorbed in the story, losing herself in fiction the way she once had with Simon Snow. And once done with that, the best part was joining up with a fandom again.

She felt like she belonged once more. Joined up with fellow Simon Snow lovers who also adored Cornelius, meeting new people too. And soon Magicath had something new to start writing fanfiction about, and her numbers were soon boosted on all of her pieces, reviews were regularly back. A few other FanFixx writers were sharing her things, writing, "she's back but this time it's with Cornelius!" And life felt right once again.

The only minor problem was that with all the attention from Snow lovers and Cornelius ones alike, Cath felt she owed more to her readers. So she'd been putting in as much time as she could over the summer. She'd tried and failed to find a job, so really there were no obligations to hold her back and Just What the Doctor Ordered was soon a thirty-five chapter fanfiction that she was regularly plugging away at, especially when Wren went on a week long trip with a high school friend and she had the room to herself.

Levi had been a bit puzzled at first, but he gradually came to find it quite funny.

"You obsess over something else and you still write the gay stuff?" Levi laughed when she read him the summary of her latest one-shot fluff piece on Cornelius and Tom getting trapped by a criminal and confessing their feelings for one another.

"Yes," Cath had admitted. "But they're perfect together."

"Doesn't Cornelius have a girlfriend?"

"Selene is awful. Tom understands him so much better."

Levi had just shrugged and settled back on her bed to let her read the latest to him. Even after all this time she still had to blush as she read some of the more embarrassing parts.

She shook her head and came back out of her memories to find herself staring at a screen. One more chapter. That's right. Levi interrupted her thinking. "Go to bed. I'm serious. You're going to be too wiped out to concentrate in your classes on Monday."

Cath let out a sigh, running through the pros and cons of school coming so soon. Pro—seeing Levi again, having more chances to spend time together, seeing Reagan again too. Con—Schoolwork, scary classes, potentially harder professors, less gen-eds, awkward social situations… All in all she was pretending the school year was not coming.

"Cather," Levi repeated, "go on, get some sleep. I'll see you in two days, alright? Take care of yourself."

"You too," she replied. "I can't wait to see you."

He said and she could hear the smile in his voice. "Yep. Bye Cather."

She set her phone aside and yawned. He had a point. She was going to be exhausted by the time she arrived back at school. Maybe sleep would be good. She closed her laptop and promised herself she'd write more tomorrow.

CORNELIUS

This is probably considered unhealthily obsessed.

TOM

No it's not! I like writing about our crimes, alright? You're the one who can't control your glee around a dead body.

CORNELIUS

You were up 'til three in the morning writing, don't deny it. Don't think I don't keep a watch on your hours, Tom.

TOM

You aren't much better you know. Half the time I come out here in the morning and still find you sitting there looking at the wall where I left you.

CORNELIUS stares out window, folding his hands behind his back.

CORNELIUS

I suppose that just makes us good roommates then, doesn't it?

-Script from Cornelius series 1,

episode 2 "The Mute Manager"

A/N: Please review if you're enjoying! If you can keep it kind, please do! I'm really bad at taking criticism, and this really just is a fun project for me. I get discouraged pretty easily, but I'm going to do my best to keep going on this!