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Author has written 2 stories for Phantom of the Opera.

Very new to the world of fanfic, but hoping to try putting up a few of my own short stories soon. My interests are many and far ranging but include Phantom of the Opera/Love Never Dies (Aus version), classic fiction (Austen, Gaskell etc etc), Dr Who (NuWho 9-10 mainly) Harry Potter (but mainly Professor Snape) Greek and Norse mythology in general and Lore Olympus to name a few! Oooh, I do love a dark and brooding hero/antihero! I have for a long time found myself writing short vignettes and alternative endings for stories and plots that irritated me or that I found unsatisfying. Nice to see it's not just me that does this :) x

June 2020

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Something Immortal by MulticoloredRosePetals reviews
Erik is an architect, building the Paris Opera House. While visiting his creation one night, he finds a very unexpected - and not entirely convenient - guest hiding in the construction site. A young woman, asking for help. E/C. Very, very Kay-based. M for drug use and sexual content. Hope you enjoy!
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 49 - Words: 95,111 - Reviews: 321 - Favs: 39 - Follows: 63 - Updated: 7/21 - Published: 6/7 - [Erik, Christine] Raoul
The Better Man by Flora Gray reviews
Raoul is able to give his wife everything - except for the one thing she wants most. Will a desperate situation cause his old rival to reenter their lives, changing it in ways they could never have imagined? Of course, or it wouldn't be much of a PotO story. Passion, drama, betrayal, angst, True Love, revenge, & messy relationships! Fun for everyone...except the characters.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 11 - Words: 33,092 - Reviews: 56 - Favs: 28 - Follows: 52 - Updated: 7/16 - Published: 9/2/2011 - Erik, Christine, Raoul
The Thirteenth Step by thedreadqueen reviews
Two lost, broken people hit rock bottom... and find gold. Modern, dark, gritty AU, set after the events of PotO. Trigger warning: explicit language & graphic drug use depicted.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 8 - Words: 38,667 - Reviews: 16 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 11 - Updated: 7/16 - Published: 5/26 - Erik, Christine, Persian/Daroga, OC
A Humble Request by StrangeSweetSound reviews
Modern AU. Christine has a request for her neighbor, the pianist. One shot now a multi-chapter story.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 4 - Words: 15,619 - Reviews: 39 - Favs: 33 - Follows: 44 - Updated: 7/2 - Published: 4/1 - Erik, Christine
Visitant by Melancholy's Child reviews
Christine believes she is content to perform the streets of Paris with her father. But when a reclusive maestro sets his attention upon her, her whole perception of what it means to be truly alive will crumble. Historical vampire AU, E/C, rated M for eventual smut and violence.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 17 - Words: 80,688 - Reviews: 404 - Favs: 117 - Follows: 189 - Updated: 7/2 - Published: 2/10/2019 - Erik, Christine, Persian/Daroga
A Peaceful Place by MulticoloredRosePetals reviews
Christine is thrust into the caravan of the "monstrous" freak Erik, both under the thumb of a cruel master in a Romani travelling carnival. As their lives are destroyed at the hands of other people, the unlikely pair learn to trust one another and find peace in each other's company.Heavy romance. Definitely E/C. AU. TW: sexual assault and panic attack.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 16 - Words: 37,232 - Reviews: 72 - Favs: 28 - Follows: 35 - Updated: 6/9 - Published: 5/17 - [Erik, Christine] Persian/Daroga - Complete
Peculiar Admiration by QueenOfTheDreamers87 reviews
Christine finds herself curious and fascinated when she's first taken into Erik's lair. Instead of returning her quickly, he keeps her for a little while. To her own dismay, she finds herself growing more comfortable by the hour. But the star of Hannibal can only stay missing for so long. Even after she returns above ground, her relationship with Erik is forever changed. E/C WIP
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 14 - Words: 55,484 - Reviews: 74 - Favs: 23 - Follows: 47 - Updated: 6/8 - Published: 5/20 - [Christine, Erik] Raoul, Madame Giry
Interrupting the Music of the Night by Maze-zen reviews
Erik has brought Christine to his lair to court her, but things go a little different than expected.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,258 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 19 - Follows: 7 - Published: 5/11 - [Christine, Erik] - Complete
A Solo For The Living by Tango1 reviews
The first kiss turned a ghost into a man. The second turned a girl into a woman. Two kisses, a ring, a backward glance: on such things do lives turn. In the real world outside the opera, two people struggle against themselves - while around them, France careens into military disaster. Some RC, mostly EC. WIP.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 71 - Words: 278,726 - Reviews: 1361 - Favs: 463 - Follows: 425 - Updated: 4/29 - Published: 4/23/2005 - [Erik, Christine] Raoul
Mon Couer S'Ouvre 'A Ta Voix by FleshofMidnight reviews
This Phantom novel in progress begins after Erik has finally taken his beloved Christine to his lair, where she learns he is not an angel but a man...
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 44 - Words: 43,703 - Reviews: 211 - Favs: 78 - Follows: 56 - Updated: 4/11 - Published: 4/21/2001
Nothing Better to Do, Nowhere Else to Be by Maze-zen reviews
Christine is under quarantine in Erik's house by the lake. She has stayed there before, but things are a little different when you can't leave. Fluffy quarantine smut.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,281 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 32 - Follows: 6 - Published: 4/11 - Erik, Christine - Complete
Teach Me To Live by donttouchthefigs reviews
They had not fallen in love so much as tumbled straight down the stairs of affection into passion, and here they were at the bottom, smarting from the landing. He had claimed to love her and had promised to give her all she wanted of him if only she'd let him love her from afar. She didn't want that. She wanted him to love with her, near her. Modern AU
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Drama/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 29 - Words: 195,541 - Reviews: 363 - Favs: 204 - Follows: 192 - Updated: 3/28 - Published: 12/22/2018 - Erik, Christine, Meg Giry, Persian/Daroga - Complete
Whose Tongue Is Music Now? by Phantomholdsmyheart2743 reviews
"I pretended that I was as innocent as a white rosebud. I pretended that I had never woken in my bed with the sheets tangled around my legs and Erik's name on my gasping lips. I pretended that I didn't want to lean into Erik's chest and breathe in the spiced sandalwood scent of him." E/C COMPLETE
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,654 - Reviews: 11 - Favs: 20 - Follows: 8 - Published: 1/30 - Erik, Christine, Raoul - Complete
The Weight of Snow by Phantomholdsmyheart2743 reviews
A surprisingly intimate gift leads to the best Christmas Erik could ever ask for. Strong M-Rating. E/C COMPLETE
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,194 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 19 - Follows: 6 - Published: 12/26/2019 - Complete
Da Capo by HC247 reviews
A return to Madame's office is in order. But this time, Christine is calling the shots. Sequel/companion to "Interlude".
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,709 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 19 - Follows: 6 - Published: 11/14/2019 - [Christine, Erik] - Complete
Evermore by HC247 reviews
A clandestine meeting. A chilling encounter. A love that lives on. E/C. Phantom/LND compliant.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Romance/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,560 - Reviews: 20 - Favs: 19 - Follows: 5 - Published: 10/30/2019 - Complete
Out of the Woods by Wheel of Fish reviews
When a canoeing mishap leaves Christine stranded, she's forced into the wilderness for help—only to find a haunting stranger who does not want to be found. COMPLETE.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 13 - Words: 41,414 - Reviews: 650 - Favs: 279 - Follows: 259 - Updated: 7/30/2019 - Published: 9/14/2018 - [Christine, Erik] Persian/Daroga - Complete
John and Margaret: Mr and Mrs Thornton by bunnyreader reviews
John and Margaret are very newly married. Whilst they find themselves to be the focus of Milton society, John and Margaret only have eyes for eachother. Much fluff but, you know, M-Rated for a reason!
North and South - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 9 - Words: 13,472 - Reviews: 44 - Favs: 60 - Follows: 83 - Updated: 6/11/2019 - Published: 3/8/2015 - Complete
La Carlotta's dressing room by Maze-zen reviews
Carlotta has stolen Christine's silver brush and she enlists the help of the Opera Ghost to help her get it back.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,330 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 26 - Follows: 6 - Published: 5/30/2019 - Erik, Christine - Complete
Beneath the Shadows by Melancholy's Child reviews
In the 1880s, Christine and her father move to Paris for a fresh beginning that is not as joyful as it first seems. When the truth of her new circumstances starts to unravel, only one man can help her. E/C. Kay/ALW-verse. Will eventually be rated M. COMPLETED.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Romance/Suspense - Chapters: 28 - Words: 135,908 - Reviews: 717 - Favs: 308 - Follows: 247 - Updated: 11/21/2018 - Published: 10/9/2017 - Erik, Christine - Complete
Binary by Soignante reviews
The Internet; the anonymous medium. What better mask for a reclusive genius? Will a certain gifted barista draw him out of hiding? Erik/Christine. Updated and Complete (cover art by Ilustrariane)
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 43 - Words: 90,033 - Reviews: 1666 - Favs: 742 - Follows: 191 - Updated: 8/3/2018 - Published: 2/28/2006 - Erik, Christine, Meg Giry, Persian/Daroga - Complete
As Fate Would Have It by StrangeSweetSound reviews
Modern AU. When Christine loses everything, fate quite literally leaves her at a stranger's doorstep. The reclusive author Erik Destler reluctantly takes her in and hires her as help for the house. After months of hating each other, different feelings emerge... as do questions. Why did Christine lose everything to begin with? Or, to be more precise, who took it all away? COMPLETE.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Romance/Mystery - Chapters: 21 - Words: 89,270 - Reviews: 228 - Favs: 159 - Follows: 188 - Updated: 7/28/2018 - Published: 7/8/2013 - [Erik, Christine] - Complete
Made of Stone by Morrigan24601 reviews
Very loosely based around the proposal scene from Kay. Erik asks Christine for a marriage of convenience until his impending death, but things gradually unfold rather differently than expected.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 18 - Words: 101,415 - Reviews: 368 - Favs: 235 - Follows: 281 - Updated: 6/16/2018 - Published: 6/6/2017 - Erik, Christine
Wifely Duties by Riene reviews
Sometimes a wife's duty is to take care of her husband's needs...whether he realizes it or not. Erik/Christine, complete.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,442 - Reviews: 35 - Favs: 67 - Follows: 16 - Published: 6/13/2018 - Erik, Christine - Complete
Restoration by Wheel of Fish reviews
He did not expect to meet his counterpoint on a house call, and he is shaken. Modern AU. Now a fourshot.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 4 - Words: 7,264 - Reviews: 118 - Favs: 102 - Follows: 64 - Updated: 5/17/2018 - Published: 8/1/2017 - [Erik, Christine] - Complete
Symphony in the Twilight by Angel of Mystery-145 reviews
1870- Erik resumes teaching his star pupil, while struggling with feelings far from angelic. Christine regains her dark Angel as her teacher, eager to learn his Music of the Night. While fate unveils a future unforeseen by both of them. (Sequel to APCC) E/C - R&R - COMPLETE
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 80 - Words: 467,627 - Reviews: 1044 - Favs: 360 - Follows: 320 - Updated: 2/14/2018 - Published: 4/26/2009 - Erik, Christine, Raoul, Meg Giry
Candlelight by Riene reviews
They both appreciate the candlelight, and what happens there. Rated M, NSFW. E/C. Complete.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,720 - Reviews: 23 - Favs: 62 - Follows: 14 - Published: 12/23/2017 - Erik, Christine - Complete
Friends by Quiet2885 reviews
Four months after the horror, Christine returns. Kind of. Short modern holiday AU phic. Lots of angsty E/Cness with a cup of fluff and a teaspoon of humor. Complete!
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 6 - Words: 18,741 - Reviews: 179 - Favs: 105 - Follows: 63 - Updated: 12/6/2017 - Published: 11/20/2017 - Complete
Kintsugi by Soignante reviews
Kintsugi - the art of repairing the broken with gold. Her passion was fading, her greatest talent hidden even from herself. His humanity lost, his spirit broken long ago. In the hulk of an abandoned opera house, the art of restoration begins. M for Erik's past. E/C. Very dark in places so that light can shine on others. COMPLETE
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 90 - Words: 208,425 - Reviews: 913 - Favs: 251 - Follows: 178 - Updated: 12/4/2017 - Published: 5/18/2016 - Complete
The Choices that Define Us by Melancholy's Child reviews
Immediately after the musical, Christine struggles with moving on. When she finally decides to start making choices for herself, her life and that of her Opera Ghost will collide once again. Post-canon. E/C. Sloooow burn. Eventually, will be rated M. COMPLETE.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 26 - Words: 136,843 - Reviews: 492 - Favs: 320 - Follows: 191 - Updated: 7/28/2017 - Published: 1/21/2017 - Erik, Christine - Complete
Unsung by Wheel of Fish reviews
Christine Daaé has spent eight months imagining what she might say to the Opera Ghost if she ever saw him again. Now he is here in her flat, quite by accident, and the fact of the matter is she can no longer speak. COMPLETE.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 23 - Words: 106,840 - Reviews: 688 - Favs: 485 - Follows: 239 - Updated: 6/29/2017 - Published: 2/1/2017 - Erik, Christine - Complete
Moonless by Melancholy's Child reviews
The first kiss was for him, the Vicomte who needed saving. The second kiss was for her because she needed to be sure. This night, she searches for the man she wants, and she will not be deterred. Takes place after the musical. Lightly LND-inspired ("again and then again"). Rated M for strong sexual situations. E/C. One-shot.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 9,209 - Reviews: 30 - Favs: 120 - Follows: 30 - Published: 3/19/2017 - Erik, Christine
A Touch of Comfort by Riene reviews
Rain, a music lesson, an injury. Each has the chance to care for the other. Part of the Night Encounters Series. E/C, complete.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,151 - Reviews: 17 - Favs: 26 - Follows: 4 - Published: 12/22/2016 - Erik, Christine - Complete
How Do You Like Them Apples? by Tango1 reviews
Phantom of the Opera, in a somewhat... heightened form. Written in 2007 on a wave of adrenaline after first seeing the West End show. Inspired by Cleolinda's Movies in 15 minutes. Enjoy!
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,679 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 1 - Published: 10/9/2016 - Erik, Christine, Raoul - Complete
Erik is Dead by MlleBree reviews
In which: Erik is very much alive and Christine's moral compass is beyond repair. Lemon for the sake of lemon with a healthy dose of underlaying angst that would make any teenage girl jealous. You've been warned. One shot.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,807 - Reviews: 11 - Favs: 48 - Follows: 12 - Published: 8/11/2016 - [Christine, Erik] - Complete
Beneath a Painted Sky by Tango1 reviews
A duet about betrayal.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: K - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 556 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 7 - Follows: 3 - Published: 4/28/2016 - [Erik, Christine]
Shadow Government by Quiet2885 reviews
Futuristic AU. Unemployment is high, the streets are violent, and the people are beginning to panic. Trapped in a cult-like community, Christine only knows that the Spirit keeps her safe from the madness on the inside and the outside. But when the son of a Senator reenters her life, she will discover just how much power the Spirit has over her—and the entire country. Complete.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Suspense/Romance - Chapters: 41 - Words: 217,828 - Reviews: 1075 - Favs: 321 - Follows: 182 - Updated: 8/18/2015 - Published: 2/24/2013 - Erik, Christine - Complete
Accompaniment by Quiet2885 reviews
Supernatural. Modern. It's been with him since birth. Always slithering in his veins and mind…in every horrific decision he's made and every action he's taken. Yet just as he's determined to be free of it, she comes along. And perhaps then there was no saving either of them. Because what chance did a fragile girl and an unhinged deformed man have against pure evil? COMPLETE
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Romance - Chapters: 44 - Words: 222,911 - Reviews: 935 - Favs: 255 - Follows: 180 - Updated: 4/20/2015 - Published: 1/18/2014 - Erik, Christine - Complete
Martyr by Quiet2885 reviews
Modern. With her father ill and her husband severely injured in a car accident, Christine desperately turns to a darker source for hope. Once she begins to discover a new side to herself, there is no turning back. And, by the time she quits lying to herself, an inevitably tragic choice awaits her. Rewritten and completed as of December 2013.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 28 - Words: 120,475 - Reviews: 659 - Favs: 224 - Follows: 116 - Updated: 12/22/2013 - Published: 4/26/2009 - Erik, Christine - Complete
Sherry by Kryss LaBryn reviews
A naughty little tale of a slightly uncomfortable evening complicated by the addition of some misunderstandings as to intentions and several glasses of sherry. Warning: Dubcon.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 9,385 - Reviews: 48 - Favs: 197 - Follows: 36 - Published: 5/15/2010 - Erik, Christine - Complete
Amongst the Living by Quiet2885 reviews
Vignettes that follow "When All is Lost." Now that the battle is over, lives must slowly be reclaimed. Complete.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 28 - Words: 121,215 - Reviews: 707 - Favs: 266 - Follows: 81 - Updated: 8/17/2009 - Published: 1/15/2008 - Erik, Christine - Complete
When All is Lost by Quiet2885 reviews
Modern. Will a deformed man's desire for revenge destroy the future of a young couple? Or were all three fated to begin this dark journey and face the evils of the past? A story of the struggle between hatred and love, vengeance and redemption. COMPLETE.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Mystery/Romance - Chapters: 74 - Words: 306,625 - Reviews: 2379 - Favs: 686 - Follows: 220 - Updated: 12/30/2007 - Published: 5/16/2006 - Erik, Christine - Complete
Gifts and Wrappings by Quiet2885 reviews
As a present to Christine, Erik reveals his special 'mask' of normalcy earlier in the story. Shameless EC Holiday Fluff. Primarily Kay and Leroux. Complete.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 4 - Words: 11,814 - Reviews: 147 - Favs: 242 - Follows: 43 - Updated: 1/11/2007 - Published: 12/24/2006 - Erik, Christine - Complete
Her Wedding Night by The Grasshopper reviews
A ring is a promise. And the promise was made.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,293 - Reviews: 54 - Favs: 88 - Follows: 5 - Published: 4/9/2005
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Lost and Found reviews
What happened after the Final Lair scene at the end of the ALW story? (not a LND tie in). Now that she has kissed the Phantom, can Christine live with her choices - and can Erik? My version of events, very much E/C. Please note - rating has increased.
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 19 - Words: 26,582 - Reviews: 29 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 17 - Updated: 7/20 - Published: 6/17
The Games We've Played
Christine recollects some early meetings with her Angel of Music. A one shot character exploration. Please R R!
Phantom of the Opera - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 726 - Favs: 1 - Published: 6/20