A man and a woman, and a pearl earring. For Sweetburgundy.

An AU which imagines that Richard and Isobel might have met before the start of Series 1, when they were working as part of the army's medical corps during the Boer War, and had an affair. The plot will follow that of Series 1, but not closely. This story will pay major homage to The English Patient.

Another drabble requested on tumblr: Isobel and Matthew, just after Matthew is born.

After Matthew's death, Isobel must deal with something she would never have expected: the sudden departure of her only friend in Downton. Left alone to think about what happened, and what was lost, Isobel starts to realize that things are not as she had assumed the previous summer. And that she wants and needs her doctor back. - Rating may change in the following chapters.

During the war nerves run high, and eventually break. When two nerves break together, it can have more serious consequences. Clarkson/Isobel fic set in/after S2Ep3.