A series of ficlets/drabbles/one shots about "the books."

December 1962 - Sybbie Branson Langston returns to Downton, and to her beloved Donk, to help her family prepare the estate for its public opening. In the process of organizing what were once private rooms, one seemingly insignificant memento reminds everyone that we are all a part of a story that began long before we were born. (A Cobert Holiday Fanfic)

AU. Jed Bartlet leads a quiet life as an Economics professor, but everything is turned upside down when he meets Biology professor Abbey Barrington. Features the whole tww gang, though with quite a few twists thrown in.

Almost a year after their marriage, Robert and Cora set off on an adventure. Not all of the baggage they take with them can be carried in one's hands. Under the sun of a foreign and exotic land, secrets are kept, maintained and exposed. Accompanied by the Levinsons, who have their own secrets to maintain, how will their holiday mold the rest of their new and fragile marriage?

Modern AU:It is the modern day and Downton is the county seat of the Earl of Grantham and his family. In order to keep their ancestral home, they have turned Downton into a money-making enterprise. A beloved tourist attraction and wedding venue, the Crawleys and their employees navigate the sometimes dramatic, never dull world they find themselves in.

Modern Day AU (Sequel to Addicted to Love): The Crawleys cross the pond to spend a few weeks with the Levinsons to celebrate Isidore's birthday.

Cora Levinson has been given every luxury money can afford, but lacks the name to break through the upper realms of her American Society. Robert Crawley, the heir to the Earl of Grantham, has the name and family history, but is disappointed to learn that his countryseat is in danger of being lost. This is the story of a great opportunity and the way in which it presented itself.

December 1920. Christmas was always a magical time, but with the wounds of the year still fresh and swirling blizzard in Yorkshire, will Christmas magic find it's way to Downton? My entry for the Cobert Holiday Fanfic Exchange 2015. My word was 'clandestine' and my image was the snowy path.

A series of vignettes detailing pivotal moments in the early years of Cora and Robert Crawley from the setting of their dressing rooms. Ratings will vary by chapter.

A collection of Robert crack!fics.

I've been rewatching Season 1 of "Downton Abbey" and was already feeling all the feelings during episode 1. Here is a not truly "drabble" inspired by 'that scene,' and shamelessly a little bit inspired by another otp…can you guess who? ;)

Robert follows his countrymen into war and Cora handles the battles back at Downton. My take on Robert's time in the Boer War. "The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood." Otto von Bismarck

Modern AU - Robert takes Cora to America for their 30-something wedding anniversary.

When two lonely souls meet, their hearts have no choice but to either fill until they burst or remain empty. Such is the dilemma Rosamund Painswick faces whenever American playboy, Harold Levinson visits London during the summer of 1923 and begins to show an interest in her. An AU Harold x Rosamund story w/bits of Cobert and Martha x Violet snark sprinkled throughout.

Each chapter is a one-shot about Cora's relationship with her daughter, Sybil. Set from pre-Series One until Series Three.

Valentine's Contribution 2015, though it's not particularly sentimental. Based very loosely on "Have I Told You Lately" by Rod Stewart, this fic explores a pre-canon/headcanon idea. Robert & Cora travel to America to mourn for her Jewish father, leaving Downton with fresh scars of their own. Can Robert find his way to Cora through her grief? Does Cora want to be found? ANGST, ahoy

A series of loosely connected vignettes - the love story of Robert and Cora through the eyes of those around them. I'm fascinated by third person POV stories, and how different characters interpret what they see.

Cobert Holiday Fanfic Exchange 2014: Picture - Christmas Absinthe, Word - "Bestowed." Part of the Modern AU series, prequel to "Addicted to Love." (Won't be rated M until later chapters.)

a Cobert Holiday Exchange fanfic, featuring young!cobert

My contribution to the Christmas Cobert Fanfic Exchange. My prompt word was 'fraying' and my picture was stockings. I've set my story in Christmas 1924. I hope you like it.

50 companion drabbles to complete "Say When". Canon compliant through the Christmas Special. Robert and Cora face an uncertain future...together. Updated daily.

Robert struggles to understand what he feels for Cora as he sees her grow unhappy during the first year of their marriage.

1 year. 365 days. On the one hand it felt like only yesterday, on the other, like another lifetime ago. The past, the present, and the future (with a little smut thrown in for good measure).

A take on Robert's and Cora's first months of being husband and wife. Not everything is going smoothly and: "Marriage is a long business." Part of the "Cobert Valentine's fanfiction exchange". Happy Valentine's Day.

After a risky slip-up is exposed by the press, the newlywed Robinsons find themselves undercover - in Collingwood. Soon Phryne and Jack aren't only struggling with the newly found poverty and the grim chapters of their past, but also with one another. Busily "helping" Hugh in solving the murder of a young woman, they miss that there is something much darker lurking in the shadows.

What happens to a man when he goes off to war. And what happens to a family when he returns.

Robert and Cora have been married for a year, and what started out as an awkward business partnership as slowly grown into something more comfortable and familiar. But as the two grow even more as one, are the expectations of their union what either of them anticipated from one another and from others?

For the hundredth – the thousandth, the ten thousandth, will it ever become more bearable? – time, she is overcome with the horror of the truth. Cora's contemplations after being summoned to the Dower House to talk to Dr. Clarkson.

"Be My (Cobert) Valentine" Exchange: Robert whisks a nervous Cora off to London for the holiday, leaving six month old Mary with her grandparents. Word: Fortune.

Cobert Winter Wonderland Smut Exchange (2013): A confession during a late night walk alters everything for Robert and Cora.

Modern day AU: Martha and Isidore Levinson, eminent American sex therapists, decide to give their daughter, her husband, and her sexually prudish (in their opinion) in-laws free therapy sessions as a gift for their third Christmas together.

While his parents push him toward the rich Miss Whitlock, Patrick Crawley realizes he's still head over heels for his childhood friend Violet.

As the first winter after Sybil's passing arrives at Downton, the modern times torment Robert in a way which is new to him. Will Cora's attempt to help bring him back to where he belongs? - Part of the Cobert Winter Wonderland Exchange.

Cobert Summer Smut Exchange. The discovery of Cora's hidden lingerie magazine leads to a bout of heat in Robert. Nominated in M-rating in Highclere Awards 2014.

Robert and Cora spend January 1, 1890 alone together at Grantham House, reflecting on how far they've come.

Harry, Erica, and Zoe get caught in a snowstorm on Harry's February birthday. Set after SGG.

Robert meets the foreign, yet charming, Miss Levinson.

Robert Crawley, Viscount Downton has accepted that duty means sacrifice. His duty to ancestral estates will mean a trip to New York and the sacrifice of a loveless marriage. His intended wife, however, has other ideas...

Are Cora's expectations of her new life - and her new husband - aimed too high? (Set between Strangeness & Charm and Open Your Eyes.)

Violet and Patrick differ over their children's marriages, resulting in a period of strain on their own marriage that they must get through.

***SPOILER*** Set immediately after the events of the season 3 Christmas special finale. The Crawley family deals with joy and heartbreak. Will cover various major characters in response to the tragedy.

Beginning with the night of their wedding, Cora anticipates and then experiences becoming Robert's new wife. Pre-Canon; Rated M

A distracted Robert presents Cora with an unexpected opportunity, and gets even more distracted as a result. - Remarkably plotless PWP, initially planned as ending to "Thin Walls", but now I've got other plans for that. But it helps if you've read at least the first chapter of that story.

Cobert Summer Smutfic Exchange: Robert's birthday surprise for Cora doesn't go exactly as planned.

My Summer Smutfest entry! Robert tries to build a sandcastle and Cora gets bored. Very, very light M.

Part of the Cobert Summer Smutfest - Robert and Cora have been married almost a year now and this fine summer's day, everything changes...

Robert is feeling guilty after he realizes how very close he came to losing Cora.

When Robert and Cora wake up one morning in the year 2010, it's up to Carson and Mrs Hughes (with the help of rest of the household) to figure out how to get them back. A dual Cobert/Chelsie fic. Will contain some sci-fi/action.

A - not very romantic - London trip for Cora and Robert. Prequel to Heartlines.

AU. As war and the birth of a new heir comes to Downton, life is set to alter. With a sudden sense of urgency about life, the staff and Crawley family alike are determined to live life to the full. But there are somethings not even a war change.

Cora and Robert travel to Venice, leading to a surprise when they return home.

Coping with little Lady Mary and baby Edith exhausts the young lord and lady; Cora's maid begins to suspect something is amiss.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. Cobert Valentine Smut Exchange!

My contribution to the 2013 Cobert Valentine's Day Ficathon. Cora finds a letter from one of Robert's former admirers.

Cobert Smut Exchange. The perfect Valentine's Day veers off course when Robert and Cora end up stranded in a barn in the middle of the countryside…

Part of the Cobert Valentines Day Exchange. Robert whisks Cora off for a surprise evening.

Cobert Valentine's challenge.

Robert came home from London after securing Branson's freedom and he went straight to his room. Basically, he exorcises his disquiet in the arms of his wife.

Tired of the mundane life of America, a young Cora Levinson travels to Europe, full of the excitement of a new adventure. Begins pre-20th century.

Cobert Holiday Smut Fanfiction Exchange: Someone inadvertently opens Robert's Christmas gift for Cora.

Introspective drabble. Robert and Cora both looked terribly pained by the trouble in the Flintshire marriage. How do they come to terms with their insecurities about their own marriage? Post Christmas Special - no real spoilers.

Welcome to the Highlands!

Cobert Holiday Fanfic Exchange! Christmas at Duneagle has made Robert a very cranky boy.

It is Christmas Eve and Robert almost blows it... *Cobert Holiday (Smut) Fanfiction Exchange* Merry Christmas!

Robert and Cora discuss the benefits of Naughty and Nice. ***Part of the Cobert Holiday Exchange***

Cora's gift for Robert is not something that can be wrapped and put under a tree. **Cobert Holiday Exchange**

Robert and Cora attend a party and Cora doesn't like what she sees. Or does she?

For Robert and Cora Crawley, marriage came well before love, at a rather young age, and without much knowledge of the birds and the bees. How did these two find their way to loving each other? Like so many others, I'm writing a pre-canon story.

When Rosamund was six years old she managed to persuade Robert, her baby brother by three years, that if he went into the attics at midnight he could summon up ghosts and enjoy a cosy chat with a long dead grandmother and any various favourite historical figures. And so into the attics he went.

Robert is in London on business and meets a mysterious woman. Very M.

It was one of the oldest establishments in the village and had a very ignoble reputation. However, what it lacked in lush amenities it made up for in anonymity. For his purposes, the Frog and Nightgown was a most appropriate location. (Complete!)

"He didn't love her she knew. What else was going on?" Some collected snapshots of Robert and Cora's relationship from the first time they meet, up through their first year of marriage. Most of them will be from Cora's perspective. Rated T to be on the safe side.

SPOILER WARNING: set after events of Series 3 Ep5, with a focus on the fragile emotional states of Lord and Lady Grantham and the state of their marriage.

The days and weeks following Sybils death, how Cora finds her way to forgive Robert.

Robert has to tell Cora about his terrible mistake.

During his Grand Tour, Robert Crawley falls in love with a captivating French woman. He spends a few perfect months with her before the distress of DA's finances forces him back to England and into a marriage of convenience. His new wife is beautiful and sweet, he might not love her, but he is drawn to her. This is the story of Robert and Cora Crawley and their life together.

The routine is changing at Downton Abbey and Violet notices.

What if Cora and Robert had not lost their baby in season 1...

A marriage that has spanned three decades. Three beautiful daughters. The rise and fall of everything they've ever known. And still they love each other. Drabbles based on Robert and Cora's relationship, pre-series one through Christmas Special 2011. Winner of a Highclere Award for series 2013. Nominated in multi-chapter in 2014.

Inspired by recent photos of vintage cars ... I think you know the ones I mean.

This story has been written for and inspired by krisnreine, whom I dared to write what became "Best Served Cold". Rosamund tries her hand at mixing a potent drink for Robert, Cora, and Violet. Set between S2E8 and the Christmas Special.

Mary has a late-night talk with her grandmother. Not that one, the other grandmother ...

Robert and Cora are lucky enough to be madly in love whilst leading their blissful family life, but when a young Mary questions how her parents met they recall the turbulent days of when they first met.

When Cora steps off the train in Downton in the spring of 1887 for a weeklong visit, she knows what the expected outcome is. But is it the outcome she truly desires? Pre-Downton canon.

"Have I made you happy?" "Yes. That is, since you fell in love with me, which if I remember correctly was about a year after we married." "Not a year. Not as long as that." The story of how Robert and Cora fell in love.

At the beginning of their marriage, Robert didn't love Cora, but that didn't mean he wouldn't defend her honour.

At long last war had come to England. Even Downton is not untouchable. Full summary inside. Winner of a Highclere Award!

Total crack fic. Charles and the other men of the household deal with synchonicity of certain cyclical events among the women of the household. Silly fluffiness.

With the arrival of wounded soldiers to Downton, the war becomes even more of a reality. And still life continues. People fall in love, get married, laugh and cry together, keep their secrets or finally find the courage to share them. Multiple pairings.

Jed and Abbey find it isn't smooth sailing now that they're married and living in London. This is the third part of the Snapshots of the Past series. Story complete!

COMPLETE, Jed and Abbey, Pre White House, A weekend trip to Nantucket