Marycrawley Stories

❝if i wanted that kind of life, i would have chosen someone else. but i chose you. i 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 you.❞ ❝and i choose you. 𝘨𝘰𝘥, i choose you.❞ katy byrd was an ordinary girl--until her stepfather died, and her mother told her the truth: that she's the illegitimate daughter of an american millionaire and the only heir to his massive fortune. in a matter of months, katy is a girl between worlds: on the one hand, an up-and-coming new york socialite with more money and suitors than she could have dreamed, and on the other hand, a barefoot country girl from berkshire who loves to read mystery novels and fish in the creek behind the house. katy must decide which world she truly belongs to-and whether the man she loves belongs in either. tom branson is also between worlds: he was a middle-class man, working as a chauffeur, until he married the daughter of his employer, the earl of grantham. he can't force sybil to give up her family, but he despises the idea of assimilating into the upper class--even though the prospect of a child means it will surely happen. and when tragedy strikes his family, tom is thrown deeper into crisis. his daughter is a crawley, but he is not, and he will not pretend to be. katy gives love freely to anyone who will receive it. tom gives love sparingly to few people indeed. between the grief and the heartbreak and the growing realization that they will both have to choose between the two worlds they live in, perhaps they can create a new world--together. [downton abbey original fanfiction] [tom branson x fem! oc] [extreme slowburn] [seasons 2-6 + movies] highest rankings as of 3/1/26: #1 - coracrawley #1 - fredastaire #1 - marycrawley #2 - 1910s #2 - downtonabbey #2 - edithcrawley #2 - tombranson #3 - period #3 - robertcrawley #6 - thomasbarrow #10 - 1920s

Matthew lived. He was severely injured, but he lived. Once again he wondered if it would have been better if he had died. He has nothing to give. He had forgotten everything. This is my first ever fanfiction so it's probably not very good. I'm doing my best here! All characters as well as the series Downton Abbey belong to Julian Fellows.

the moment their eyes met in the car mirror, they knew they were damned.

T R U E H E A R T S Only love matters, everything else is just detail. After a family tragedy occurs, Beatrix Crawley has to leave behind everything to knows to live in the countryside with her uncle and his family. Beatrix knows that her life would never be the same again, but to what extent? [ extended summary inside ] ⠀⠀⠀⠀downton abbey | series one ⠀⠀⠀⠀[ book one in the 'true hearts' series ] 2018 - ????

Looking back now, Mary was sure that boarding the R.M.S. Titanic hadn't been a mistake. Anyone else would have brought those people, that life, back, but not her. The R.M.S. Titanic had changed her. Forever.

In a world where the entail was smashed, the war makes rather a rebel out of Lady Mary Crawley. She fights for her title, but then somehow, ends up fighting for the chauffeur.

Emma and James are happily married and expecting their life to change in 1920. Emma expects her life to be blissful with the news of a baby on the way, but things in the Crawley family never stay serene when they are faced with challenges that threatens their household.

Downton Abbey (don't own it!). After a night of serving dinner, Lady Mary has a well-meaning reward for our lovely Under Butler. Unfortunately, she doesn't realize he won't be very happy... S3, AU-ish. probably won't be continued. Thomas' PoV.

In this version Michael Gregson isn't found until after the Drewes leave. He is found but is in hiding. Sybil and Tom are fine as well but may be moving closer to the agent office for the estate, Mary and Matthew are fine as well and Mary may be expecting? Also Harold and Miss Allsop are love interests of each other as well as Mrs Crawley and Lord Merton. Lady Rose still ends up with Atticus Aldridge. Downstairs in this version Ivy doesn't come until after Daisy has told Alfred she likes him. And Anna is expecting her son earlier in this version but still has the procedure so she doesn't miscarry. Also in this version Denker is dismissed and does leave even though she already knows about Spratt's nephew. And O'Brian is back and gets hired by Violet?

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 the second eldest Crawley sister navigates life at Downton when a new heir arrives ⇥ matthew crawley x margaret crawley (oc) ⇥ season one ━ season three ©wp_lucy2022

Laurence Ellis Levinson, the son of Cora Crawleys younger brother Harry and his wife Marie, had a normal happy childhood with his parents in America, until the robbery that was. The spring of 1908 was a though time for the young boy, between losing his parents and his left eye and being sent to live with his Aunt and her family in England, life was bleak. But he smiled, he always smiled through it all no matter what. Even becoming friends with one of the servants, and maybe over the years they would become more than just friends, maybe.

It's 1939, and the children of Downton are all grown up. Handsome young George Crawley-the image of his father Matthew-is poised to begin university when World War II breaks out. In an echo of the past, he enlists as an officer in His Majesty's army, while his fiery cousin Sybbie follows in her mother's footsteps and becomes a nurse. Meanwhile, a distant relative of Cora's from Connecticut-a Jewish girl named Miriam Levinson-is sent to Downton for her safety. George finds himself at risk of losing his heart irrevocably to the new stranger, while Sybbie seems poised on the brink of making an entirely unsuitable match...

Merlin/Downton Abbey Crossover Merlin has been Arthur's valet for a year or two. Though they did not get along at first, there has never been a closer friendship. All is well at Camelot until a visit from Uther Pendragon's friend Lord Grantham of Downton Abbey and his household turns Merlin and Arthur's friendship on its head. Merlin meets Tom Branson, the Downton Abbey chauffeur and fellow Irishman, who opens his eyes to the world of politics. Can Merlin and Arthur survive the turmoil of the anti-aristocratic movements and a the world that is changing faster than they can comprehend?

Giulia Bianchi wasn't born into a world of wealth and power, her world had consisted of days spent working her fingers to the bone hoping that one day things will get better. When Louis Crawley comes home from university and the two meet both find themselves falling deeper and deeper into feelings that neither had ever even known existed. Oc x oc Eventual Tommy Shelby x oc

In early spring 1928, Emily Atkinson is contacted by her distant male cousin, the one who inherited the Atkinson estate when her parents passed on. Now with her brother alive and well, the situation of inheritance has become more complicated and the cousin requests her to come home and settle everything. He proposes that Emily bring her entire adopted family over to Canada, staff included, for a vacation and to meet what remains of the Atkinson clan and spend time at the old homestead. While many are reluctant to take the trip, both Emily and Marius are pleased to be going home. An unexpected arrival of an acquaintance complicates their trip but the young girl even invites some old friends to visit Canada. However, everything seems too good to be true. The seemingly idyllic time comes to a sudden end one night as the group struggles to survive and unravel the secrets of their once happy vacation.

Matthew Crawley loves being a father. It's a wonderful, fruitful, and joyous thing to be. Therefore, when Thomas Barrow informs him that his son and niece are in danger, Matthew realizes he must hone in on his new fatherly instincts. Will they prove useful, or will they just lead him in the wrong direction? Second story in the "Miracle" AU.

After Matthew accidentally leaves George's teddy bear in the servants' hall, he goes to retrieve it during Dame Nellie's concert. All seems well until, along with the teddy bear, he finds a broken, cowering lady's maid who's in great need of his help.