A drabble series spanning Robert and Cora's relationship, with prompts all generated from the tumblr imagineyourOTP. Each drabble will be 500 words or less and will depict various points throughout their lives. Spoiler Alert for Series Four.

A collection of drabbles, all of which have a muse word. Each chapter will be a different word, starting with a different letter, all alphabetically organized. Some are drabbles from my tumblr account, but those that are new will be denoted by an asterisk (*) after the chapter title.

A bit AU. Not long after the war, Evelyn and some comrades come to Downton. And after Cora learns of Robert's wandering eye, she takes kind and at first innocent comfort from one of their guests until she realises too late that the friendship she has formed is completely inappropriate. It especially does not sit well in parallel with her fragile marriage. Warning for cliffys.

Contribution to the 2015 Cobert Holiday Fanfic Exchange - How a little bird brings the past and present together.

At his wife's behest, a young Lord Grantham attempts to exert his relatively newfound authority ... over his mother.

Young Cora Crawley is happily settling in to her marriage to Lord Downton. All that's left are for her to have a baby and for Robert to fall in love with her, and she doesn't think either will take very much longer. Until there's a terrible accident... Precanon AU.

Robert follows his countrymen into war and Cora handles the battles back at Downton. My take on Robert's time in the Boer War. "The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood." Otto von Bismarck

based off Robert's line "someone was trying to unload a niece..." and what Cora's possible reaction to that might have been.

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?

What if Anna and Bates's S4 storyline had happened to Cora and Robert instead? What differences would class have made? Begins with S5E5, AU from there.

Cora and Robert find their way back to each other after 5.05. Loosely based on a tumblr prompt.

1923 - Warning, canon compliant: Mrs Branson visits Downton Abbey to see her son and meet her grandaughter for the first time. Her presence leads Tom to consider his future, while Cora finds an unexpected confidant.

How did Molly and Arthur end up in the Burrow? How did the Burrow get its name? A glimpse at newlyweds Arthur and Molly in their new home and Molly's first dinner as bride in the Burrow. Submitted for the QLFC Season 2 Round 2- The Falcons picked Molly as their character and 'cooking' as her action. Molly/Arthur (They're newlyweds so this is *before* kids...)

For the hundredth – the thousandth, the ten thousandth, will it ever become more bearable? – time, she is overcome with the horror of the truth. Cora's contemplations after being summoned to the Dower House to talk to Dr. Clarkson.

Picking up after the Christmas Special left off- Baxter and Molesley bond by the beach.

Cobert Summer Smut Exchange. The discovery of Cora's hidden lingerie magazine leads to a bout of heat in Robert. Nominated in M-rating in Highclere Awards 2014.

Robert Crawley, Viscount Downton has accepted that duty means sacrifice. His duty to ancestral estates will mean a trip to New York and the sacrifice of a loveless marriage. His intended wife, however, has other ideas...

Are Cora's expectations of her new life - and her new husband - aimed too high? (Set between Strangeness & Charm and Open Your Eyes.)

Unable to cope or forgive Robert after Sybil's death, Cora takes Violet's advice and travels to Newport to recover from the loss on her own. Lost without his wife, Robert soon follows her there with only one goal in mind: to win back his wife and bring her back home where she belongs.

The arrival of Cora's old suitor sets Robert's teeth on edge.

'But the bedding was part of the wedding, and the wedding was her duty; there was no room for cowardice where duty was concerned.'

Set 5 months after the Christmas special of season 3 **Season 3 SPOILERS** Cora discovers the extent of Edith's relationship with Mr Gregson. Will continue on to future chapters to inculde other people including some good Robert and Cora scenes that may get M rated as we continue.

Robert pursued Cora for her money, but Cora was in love. How was it that he swept her off her feet? A number of little things of course. Maybe this was one of them.

There's a lot we don't know about the brain - so it's possible he can hear them.