When Mary moves to London to escape painful memories of Matthew at Downton, she must face more than grief as former suitors and her estranged sister come back into her life.
Chapter 6: Sincerest ApologiesRichard and Evelyn have similar ideas, but whose execution will elicit a more favourable response from Mary?
When Mary moves to London to escape painful memories of Matthew at Downton, she must face more than grief as former suitors and her estranged sister come back into her life.
Chapter 5: Quiet On the Front
Evelyn’s familiar candour delivers unexpected new perspectives on the War, but the view from Richard’s newspaper office appears to have changed little, if at all.
For rohwyn, who requested Mary x Richard in a 21st century election campaign.
Campaign Trail
Richard’s text arrived in the middle of Mary’s dress fitting at Alexander McQueen.
Come home immediately.
She excused herself from the alterations clerk, whose irritation showed through her a taut smile and gracious words, made only because of who her client—and her client’s husband—were, and stepped off the platform to reply.
Fine—If you don’t care how I look at the gala. Otherwise, I’ll come as soon as I’ve finished my fitting.
No sooner had she tucked her iPhone back into her purse with a smug smile and stepped up onto the fitting block than another text arrived from Richard.
I don’t care.
With a sigh, Mary made her apologies to the clerk, who grudgingly agreed to squeeze her into her schedule the following day, and hastily dressed. Richard’s demands were nothing she hadn’t signed on for when they came to the mutual decision that if he was serious about the political aspirations he’d always harboured, now was the time to run for parliament, and they were seldom unreasonable. They were even less frequently delivered in so curt a fashion, she reflected on the drive home, so it must be really important. She felt sincerely sorry that nearly an hour elapsed before she blustered through the front door, breathless with apologies.
When Mary moves to London to escape painful memories of Matthew at Downton, she must face more than grief as former suitors and her estranged sister come back into her life.
When Mary ventures out into the new world of London nightlife to meet an old friend, it’s not only the venue she finds unfamiliar.
The 4th of August, 1914 marks Aurora Carlisle’s first birthday, and Downton Abbey is en fête. With the onset of another First on the same day, will it be the party that lives on in the family’s memory? [A Girl In Black ‘verse]
1913: After a rushed autumn courtship and wedding, a honeymoon to Paris gives Mary and Richard the opportunity to see a bit more of the world, and even more of each other. [sequel to A Girl in Black]
Chapter 2: Parlez-vous
The revelation of an unexpected gap in Richard’s knowledge tests just how well he and Mary can do together.
When Mary moves to London to escape painful memories of Matthew at Downton, she must face more than grief as former suitors and her estranged sister come back into her life.
Chapter 3: Pushing In
Isobel sticks her nose in the Crawley girls’ business. Will Mary or Edith take it worse? And will Isobel’s meddling bring the sisters together, or pit them against each other?
When Mary moves to London to escape painful memories of Matthew at Downton, she must face more than grief as former suitors and her estranged sister come back into her life.
Chapter 2: Cocktail Party
Dinner with Richard becomes a party of six with a little help from Aunt Rosamund, but Mary is far from at ease as a hostess when her guests bring past grievances to the table.
MaryxRichard- Somewhere Very Near by Ju-dou
Character/Pairing: MaryxRichard
Rating: M
Summary: In 1939, Richard is gone, and in 1915, Mary’s life with him is just beginning. Life means all that it ever meant.
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Title: Gloves Off
Author: mrstater
Fandom: Downton Abbey
Characters & Pairings: Mary Crawley/Richard Carlisle, Isobel Crawley, Baby Crawley
Word Count: 2024 words
Rating & Warnings: PG for references to power dynamics in relationships; spoilers for S3
Summary: Winter, 1922: Two years…
1913: After a rushed autumn courtship and wedding, a honeymoon to Paris gives Mary and Richard the opportunity to see a bit more of the world, and even more of each other. [sequel to A Girl In Black]
Chapter 1: The Morning After
As Mary adjusts to being a married woman, the papers report the society wedding of the season from an unexpected angle. But Richard has surprises of his own up his sleeve—or rather, in his briefcase.
I loved you, you know. More than you knew. And much, much more than you loved me.
Epilogue: A Girl in White
Mary and Richard welcome the newest Carlisle into the world, and so do her family—in true Crawley fashion.
Novel Length- Haxby in the Afternoon by sierrac
Character/Pairing: MaryxRichard
Rating: M
Summary: After several sleepless nights, Mary returns to Haxby one last time to find Richard and clear the air. They explore the empty mansion, revisiting the rights and wrongs of the past while speculating about a future that never was… and perhaps discovering a new way forward.
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33. The Wedding Party
Mary and Richard celebrate their marriage in high style, in the places where their relationship first began, in public with their nearest and (not so) dearest and, of course, in private.
Note: This is the last chapter of the fic (excluding the epilogue). I cannot thank you enough if you’ve read this fic from the beginning, a little more than a year ago now, or if you discovered it along the way and caught up and came along for the ride. Every moment of writing and sharing this story has been a joy. —Tater
