Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes have something to get used to.

It's their wedding day - the happiest day of their lives. Finally Mrs Hughes and Mr Carson tie the know. A little one shot that stars at the wedding reception and explores her feelings. (I wish this was T)

Charles and Elsie try to adapt to retirement and marriage

An AU fic in which a little boy comes to stay with Charles and Elsie Carson during the autumn of 1939.

What are the repercussions of Mrs. Hughes offering of a steadying hand to Mr. Carson? Will they both realize the beauty of life before it has passed them by? A story of lost balance and the hardships of getting it back.

A continuation of sorts of Series 5 Episode 2. I tried to think of something that could legitimately happen and so we have this short scene with a possible route for the next 'stage' of their relationship. Tracking series 5 as it goes on...

It had happened before he realized it, but far too late to stop it.

"I suppose you never wasted a chance" He realises quickly that she knows exactly what chances he had wasted over the years, could see it in her expression, in those eyes that held him captive so easily. All those opportunities wasted and squandered to be regretted late at night when he lay alone in his bed with only regrets and shadows to keep him company.

AU: Downton Abbey in 2013. The house is a 5 star hotel run by Claire Crawley and her parents Marjorie and Richard, the Countess and Earl of Grantham. The Grantham's have three daughters. Viola is the youngest at 31 and a journalist for National Geographic. One day she discovers something in the old attic that will change her life forever and allows us to time travel with her.

Carson. Hughes. A bottle of vodka...

If all it took was a heated argument, Spanish Flu, or a world war, it would have happened years ago. So just what would it take for Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes to admit that they have feelings for each other? **UNFINISHED - sorry folks**

Set during the 6 months after Matthew's death. Carson and Hughes are tangoing over the line of propriety. O'Brien notices... WIP. Chap 5 up!

Mr. Carson tells Mrs. Hughes that he's made the decision to leave Downton Abbey to work at Haxby Park for Lady Mary. Starts with his thoughts during and after that brief conversation, and continues beyond that evening. Story will go AU at some point as changes occur in the relationship between Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes. No S4 spoilers. Winner of a Highclere Award (2014).

The London Housekeeper has disappeared and it's Lady Rose's first season. There's only one logical solution... Mrs. Hughes has to come to London immediately. Season 3 spoilers. Rated T for now, though knowing me as I do...it'll probably become an M in later chapters.

Mrs Hughes thinks about retirement and Carson struggles to understand the appeal.

The good times. The bad times. The times when they almost held hands. Set during the Christmas Special. Mr Bates and Anna-related angst.

Carson isn't sure when it happened. It just did.

Spoilers for season four! Mrs. Hughes can keep Anna's secret, but at what cost to herself? A dark look at what could happen when Mrs. Hughes gets a bit too protective.

Grigg has returned. Carson and Mrs. Hughes have very different ideas on how to deal with this situation. Based on season 4 photos and my never-ending imagination.

There are things Carson counts. There are things he doesn't.

For weeks, they've been on edge as they waited for Elsie's test results. Now the wait is over. What happens when they decide to share the wine that same evening? SPOILERS FOR SERIES THREE!

Night for Mrs. Hughes after an eventful day in Thirsk.

Mrs. Hughes has to seek help from an unwelcome source. Written for CrazyMaryT from a Tumblr prompt.

Mrs Hughes meets the Other Housekeeper

Mr. Carson has fallen ill with the Spanish flu and it's up to Mrs. Hughes to see him through the crisis.

Lady Mary Crawley causes an argument between Mr Carson and Mrs Hughes which soon, however, leads to a disagreement over love below stairs.

Collaboration fic written with the lovely Tartan Robes, based on her idea. After he'd decided he won't follow Lady Mary to Haxby, Mr. Carson sits in his pantry and tries to come to terms with certain feelings. Carson/Hughes.

There is so much he should have done. He wonders if it's too late now.

Based on a Tumblr prompt: First Encounter of Charles and Elsie. Derived from a drabble, strongly inspired by F tM's "No Light, No Light". Oneshot.

The letter was never meant to be read by him. In a fit of loneliness she had written down her feelings for him, merely as a way of dealing with the whirlwind of thoughts and emotions that his absence seemed to evoke in her. But now it was gone...

Not daring to risk his friendship with Elsie, Charles decides on a rational approach to find love. Isobel has began a scheme of her own and Richard Clarkson is dealing with some regrets. Let it never be said that Downton is a dull place.