The Future Countess-Downton Abbey

Rose Crawley (née Carpenter) is a schoolteacher in Manchester, happily married to Matthew Crawley. Their fathers were doctors and close friends, and Rose and Matthew grew up side by side-only two years apart, Matthew born in 1885 and Rose in 1887.

By 1912, the couple live a comfortable, content life in Manchester. Matthew works as a solicitor, while their modest home is kept running smoothly with the help of a maid and a cook-though Rose's perfectly capable in the kitchen herself.

But when news breaks of the Titanic disaster, everything changes. Days later, a letter arrives informing Matthew that he is now heir to the vast Crawley estate. Overnight, Matthew and Rose-along with his mother, Isobel-are thrust into a world of titles, traditions, and expectations they neither understand nor fully accept.

Can love and integrity survive the weight of an unexpected inheritance and the scrutiny of the aristocracy?

Pairing: Matthew Crawley × Rose Crawley (née Carpenter) (OC)

Disclaimer:
I do not own Downton Abbey or its characters. Rose Carpenter and any other original characters belong to me.