Rafael Barba walked out of Olivia's life 11 months ago on a cold February afternoon and never looked back. But what happens when the DA's office tries to railroad Rafael for a crime he didn't commit? Will Olivia be able to go to extreme lengths to protect him after he broke her heart? Will they finally have to face the feelings they have for each other?

All it takes is one second, one phone call, one case, for the peace that she worked hard for, to come to an end. Olivia thought that life was finally taking it easy on her. She had her son, and her relationship with Barba was going strong and steady. But when one particular case opens up old wounds and brings up demons from her past, would she be able to survive?

Modern AU: Anna can't believe her good fortune when she lands an interview for her dream job...but when she meets the boss, she's not sure whether her luck is so good after all...

Modern AU. But it was too late. Never mind the fact that Anna would poke and pry and extract like a surgeon in the operating theatre; the tide was too far in, and he'd been swept out on an unforgiving sea of emotions, each one raging and threatening to drown him. The words continued to spill like a tsunami, and there was nothing he could do to stop the destruction.

I love all of the behind the scenes of Mariska and Raul. I started thinking of what might be going on if these pictures were "in character" If you have any pictures you would like me to write on please let me know. You can see the pictures as I write them on my Tumblr page The Magical Shipper.

A little over a year after Rafael leaves, the squad is attempting to move on with their lives. Olivia enjoys what she thinks is a morning to sleep in, but it is quickly interrupted when she receives a startling phone call. St. Theresa's Charter school is infiltrated by a sex trafficking ring, and now is holding its occupants hostage. Rated T for violent situations. Barson for sure.

Modern AU: John Bates is a football coach, an injury forcing him to retire from playing football at an early age. A visit from an old friend changes his life forever. Has John finally found something more important than football?

Barson. Picking up from a scene in 19x03 "Contrapasso", that made me feel like there was so much left to explore if the show was the type to focus on Olivia and Rafael's relationship and how it developed, as much as the cases. This story is how I think they might have navigated their personal lives. Feedback welcome.

One-shots based on the totally random assortment of songs I have on my phone. Titles will be the lyrics from the songs that strike me as inspiration.

They all look like normal people getting their morning dose of coffee. Until somebody turns out to be different, and then much more so. Modern AU, Anna/Bates

After going through a bitter divorce, the last thing John Bates is looking for is love. Upon arriving back in Downton to work with his old friend, Robert Crawley, John meets and falls for a lovely waitress named, Anna Smith. Anna is a single mother trying to escape and forget a troubled past. Will the two finally find the happy ending they are both searching for?

What happens when two oceans collide on one island? Will the island remain standing or will it fall under the waves? Olivia knows her life is not the normal but it's hers. What happens when two forces collide on her at once?

Post Ep The Undiscovered Country and forward. The aftermath of Barba leaving.

Rafael and Liv experience the first time for everything in their growing relationship. Barson One-Shots.

A series of firsts for Olivia, Noah, Rafael, and their family. Barson.

Every time she asks him, he has no idea what to say. Instead, he wallows in his life changing realizations until he doesn't have to anymore.

Season 19 AU. Barba and Olivia find happiness thanks to a blast from the past. Olivia was throwing her head back, a full-throated laugh driving pleasure from the top of her head to the tips of her toes. Her cell phone vibrated across the bar and she ignored it, taking another sip of Cabernet, allowing the stress of the week to dissolve. COMPLETE

"Right now, out of everything that had happened and everything that would happen in the future, that was all that mattered to him." Barson. One-Shot.

Come and spend Christmas with Olivia, Rafael and Noah (and maybe a few other characters too!)

I bit of fluff for Gilroy95920 as part of the Secret Santa Exchange on Tumblr. Enjoy.

One drunken night leads to a love confession. Thus begins the dating game.

Sometimes people don't see what is right in front of them. In fact, it's more common than not. But the way those two behave between them makes you want to bump your head against the wall or a better option would be their head and see if once and for all, they stop behaving like idiots.

A letter that John writes to His Lordship the evening after the "One kiss, to take with me" scene.

When John Bates takes over the management and operation of the lighthouse he expects a life of quiet and serenity. What he does not expect is to save the life of prominent Council Member and fishery magnate, Robert Crawley, or to meet the manager of the day-to-day operations of the closest fishery, Anna Smith. What follows, between the tumults of wind, rain, and sea, is unknown

Post Sanctuary/Season 18. I didn't want it to end. So it's not. Rating bumped up because at some point I will need it. No clue where this is going. Stay tuned. Barson centric but others will float in and out.

Amanda Rollins is done with their crap. #Barson

From the prompt "I need you to wake up, because I can't do this on my own." From Barson Addict.

Modern AU. After weeks of live performances, football commentator John Bates has made it to the final of "Dance With Me", in no small part down to his professional dancing partner Anna Smith. And with controversial performances and backstage dramas spilling into the public eye, this night is set to change John's life in ways he couldn't have guessed. Cover art by brendanbyfanny.

They've never spoken but their paths cross every day... can you really love at first sight?

Modern AU. Anna Smith thinks she's content with her life, her teaching career the focal point. Then she meets Sergeant John Bates, and soon her feelings of friendship blossom into more. However, the road to true love is never smooth and, sometimes, in the most hopeless of hours, there is a choice between fighting and fleeing which can prove the mettle of what was there all along.

Anna Smith is 16 years old and has just been signed up for an arranged marriage. John Bates is an soldier who needs a wife to tend his home while he's off at war. Anna has always wanted to marry for love and it's love at first sight when she meet's John. But it's been reduced to a business transaction. When her husband comes home wounded is this Anna's chance to make him love her?

Modern AU. The best relationships bloom through simple, shared joys. Cover image by annambates.

AU. John Bates' only way to divorce his wife and keep his company is to prove she is having an affair. Anna Smith of Carson's Private Investigators goes undercover on the case. What starts out as an infidelity investigation becomes much more and when John finds himself in serious trouble, Anna's skills and heart are put to the test.

She'd never thought that she would meet a man like him. But John Bates is an enigma at the best of times, and Anna Smith simply can't work out whether the man that she's fallen in love with has given his heart in return.

Anna Smith was a practical woman. Which was why, on the first day of her new job, she was not Anna Smith. Modern oneshot.

Modern AU. Anna's Valentine's Day plans had not involved reeling in a stubborn Mary determined for revenge on Matthew. John had not envisaged he would spend the night trying to stop a rebounding Robert from completely spoiling things with Cora. But on the day for lovers, fate has a way of working things out.

The events of Townhouse Incident leave Barba with a question about what if something might happen to Liv. Is set after my other stories Someone Who Understands and Meltdowns and Realizations can be read alone. They have been dating for two-three months at this point. None of the characters are mine.

He had been gone for ten months, but it felt like centuries ago. For now, the memories would have to do. Modern AU.

Modern A/U - Mr. Bates and Anna have only been dating for a short time and it seems that both have struggled with what to get the other for Christmas. What will they decide on?

On their way back to London for Christmas, snow delays their flight and forces them to a night in Chicago. While Anna wants to make the most out of it, her colleague, Bates, doesn't like it at all. Modern AU.

Modern AU. She is still the main suspect of Green's murder, but finally out of prison, at least for the time being. Desperately looking for a job, while trying to put her life back together, Anna meets Mr Bates.

"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra." Modern AU: He rescued her in the express check-out, and she rescued him from a life of ordinary. Written for silly-beggar and the Team Bates Secret Santa Exchange. Please R and R.

Anna has always envied Lady Mary's beautiful clothes and is delighted to receive a gift of a beautiful nightgown, which she intends to embroider herself. And after meeting Lord Grantham's new valet, Mr Bates, she knows there is only one man she ever wants to see her wearing it. Rated M for Chapter 5! DISCLAIMER: I do not own Downton Abbey, but it is fun to borrow!

Modern A/U John Bates is an international acting sensation who has just bought a vacation home in St. Andrews. Anna Smith is a grad student at St. Andrews University. When John hires Anna as his house sitter will the two of them finally find forever?

When Alex and Yelina Muñoz show up at and NYPD function Barba and Olivia are attending- how will Barba handle coming face to face with his old friend? Was meant to be a one-off but got a little long so I split it in two.

Set during Series 2, Episode 8. Lord Grantham has received a telegram informing the family Matthew is injured. William's fate is unknown. Anna is grateful Mr Bates is there to comfort her as she considers, under different circumstances, what the war might have meant for her.

Modern AU. John Bates is struggling to get his life back on track after a traumatic experience. He follows his mother's advice and seeks help with a therapist, Anna Smith. Can she help him get through this difficult period and ignore the growing connection between them?

Joe Molesley is approaching a mid life crisis running the flower shop that has been in his family for generations. He is driven to distraction when a tattoo parlor opens in the shop next to his and meets the owner and head artist of the tattoo parlor- Phyllis Baxter, a woman with a past and life issues of her own. What happens when the ink is permanent?

When an affair runs its course, what direction do you turn?

Can lovers who were ripped apart in one life find each other and reconnect in the next? AU Anna/Bates reincarnation story. What would have happened if Bates had hanged? Romance with a heavy dollop of mystery as Anna and Bates's paths cross once again and they are inexplicably drawn to each other. Will they figure who they were in the past? And how does that affect their future?

Modern AU. He always left her chocolate candies on her desk. They were a secret, of course. And on Valentine's day, she expected another. After working for the man for ten months, she knew it would be forthcoming. Mister Bates was sweet like that, to think of her.

Modern AU - When John Bates knocks on the door of his goddaughter's cottage, he didn't expect to find someone else living there. Christmas fluff based on a well-known Christmas film.

She was home, and just in time for Christmas.

After Lady Mary and Jane's wedding present, Anna finds hers dreams have come true at precisely the wrong moment. Suddenly, John has more to fight for than ever before… CS12/S3 AU.

"Anna didn't know how she had managed to exist without it upon her; already it was like a piece of her, as important as a limb or a vein connected closely to her heart, as significant and as rooted as her soul." Canon one-shot, set in 2.8. Inspired by an OTP Prompt. Slight M rating.

Modern A/U: Bates and Anna's journey through the difficulties of infertility. A look into the future can be found in our fic Christmas Cheer

The shelves in bookstores or libraries hold all manner of secrets about their racy readers. John and Anna have some adventures. Slight mentions to M/M. Modern AU. The plot thickens...

Anna and Bates one shot set in series 5. My take on what happened at night, after their conversation in the servants hall. May contain some spoilers.

Modern AU. Ex-military, divorcee, lame and a penniless writer. John Bates doesn't have a lot to look forward in life until he sees her across the street.

Fluffy Anna and Bates family drabbles and scenarios in no particular order.

'Another' Modern A/U: Moving to the north of England to put his past behind him, will Anna Smith prove to be John Bates's salvation?

"Remind me why I thought going to a pub was a good idea?" she asked. John smiled at her indulgently. "You said you'd never been drunk before."

John and Anna have been friends for years but suddenly John dreams of something more.

Just a drabble about what happens after Anna left the pub in S2.

[Set sometime after S4CS]. Bates shares some good news with Robert and gets some advice in return.

After weeks with no letters and no visits, Bates had finally come to one simple, awful conclusion. "She's given up on me." S3 episode filler.

A/U set after S3 - Anna and John have been blessed with a baby boy, but things are not nearly as happy as they should be. Anna falls into a deep depression. Feelings of inadequacy, failure, and insecurity cast a shadow over their lives and threaten her marriage to the love of her life. Can John pull her from the depths of darkness? Is love enough to save them?

John and Anna's 4 year old decides to ask Mr. Carson for a job at Downton Abbey. Fluff-tastic.

"Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light." - Helen Keller :: The worlds of Anna Smith and John Bates become unexpectedly entwined, as they both question everything they've based their lives upon. :: Modern A/U

Modern/AU - Inspired by this 'Imagine Your OTP' prompt on Tumblr - "Imagine Person A teaching Person B of your OTP how to kiss, and Person B ends up kissing Person A really quick, nervously asks "Like that?" and leaves Person A silent and flustered for a moment."

"Deny me light, deny me spring, but never your laughter, for I would die." Pablo Neruda

AU S2 Unable to find grounds for a divorce from Vera, Bates stays away from Downton and Anna until fate intervenes with a chance meeting in London.

John and Anna Bates are enjoying a quiet morning, catching up on some sewing in the servants' hall, when they find themselves drawn in to the complicated tangle that is Thomas, Miss Baxter and Mr Molesley. One shot at the moment, but may become a mini-story. Some spoliers for series 3 and 4.

S4 Oneshot - An exploration of a way Anna and Bates might have reintroduced intimacy/closeness back into their relationship after her attack.

AU After three years in prison, John Bates loses all hope of being released and decides to set Anna free.

He didn't need to say the words.

Series 1 A/U - What if John had already been divorced when Anna confessed her love on the way to the flower show? Would he be able to overcome his doubts and insecurities and accept her love? This is a two-part fic.

Season 4 AU/Entire season spoilers – When Mrs. Hughes refuses to share Anna's secret with Mr. Bates, he leaves Downton Abbey.

Anna and Bates discuss courtship and fancies.

Series 1 - Slight A/U (but who knows?) - After Bates brings her the lovely tray; Anna witnesses him shoving Thomas against the wall, and goes to the courtyard to think. What happens when Bates joins her?

A one chapter AU piece. I was prompted with what might have happened if Bates had followed Anna down to the kitchen the night of the concert. Only one chapter.

Rewrite of 4.8. When the burden of the truth becomes too much to bear, Anna decides the time has come to reach out to her husband. Spoilers for S4, slight trigger warning.

AU set during series 1. Anna finds out about Bates limp corrector.

John and Anna spent months travelling on the same bus to the same job but never noticed one another. That is until now. But will they act upon their feelings?

Anna wakes up from a nightmare and John comforts her.

Modern story. Anna and John met at a party just before John left to go to war. They stayed in contact until John cut all ties after his injury. Years later they meet again under different circumstances. Through changes in both their lives, they can't be more then friends. But is friendship enough with their history?

An alternate look at what might have happened in 4X05. Contains spoilers for series four. Subject to rating change.

"There are wounds that never show on the surface that hurt more than anything that bleeds." Spoilers for series 4.

SPOILER ALERT. This takes place 6 months after Series 4, episode 3. I hesitated to write anything like this at all. But we don't get to pick what we write.

My second DA fic, this time multi-chapter. Starts at S02E03, but goes more AU from there. Finding Bates again leads Anna to make a difficult decision for the both of them, but it may be the only hope for the future they so long for together.

First Kiss prompt by The Servant's Hall. Set after 1X07 and before 2X01, Molesley's meddling during a village party leads Anna to ask Mr. Bates some unsettling questions.

One-shot. Set during S02E01. Really self-explanatory. Sweet for them, bittersweet for us.

John fights depression and tries to get his life back on track. Anna's past still torments her and she's forced to take some time away from work to move on. They both end up in a place called Calm Waters. Will they be able to help each other and cure themselves? Modern AU. M-rated from Chapter 9. Nominated for two Highclere Awards, winner of A/B angst.

AU Modern fiction. John Bates is a single father, former fireman, now a mechanic. Anna Smith is a famous singer. The two meet at Mary Crawley's 30th birthday party. The Crawleys and their daughters also feature heavily...

A sweet one-shot about the best television romance I have ever seen. My first Downton fanfic so please don't be too harsh if some of the chronological details are off!

Alternate universe. John Bates tries to find the path that will lead him to find himself when meets Anna Smith, who is facing serious changes and hard decisions after leaving Downton Abbey.

Literary banter between Bates and Anna leads to uncharted territory in the Grantham House Library. Set soon after the end of series 1. Fluffy one-shot, no angst really, I'm serious !

John Bates reflects about his past and present love - and how his life has changed. Anna/Bates throughout. Suggestions of a sexual nature.