A visiting artist confounds and confuses newly tenured Erik, but the rules of mentor/trainee are iron clad. It's just a year. Not that long... right? Tumblr user @academialynx made a generous donation to her local food bank in exchange for a fic. Thank you for supporting your community! I hope you enjoy!

Think of this as Down Once More: the extended, modern-day, jet set remix. Gunshot wounds, fast cars, first class flights, FBI in pursuit - but it's the quiet moments, the conversations, that leave Christine shaken. Hurtling towards her inevitable decision. COMPLETE.

Rumplestiltskin returns from Neverland broken, without magic, and convinced the only selfless thing to do is to let Belle go.

Through heartbreak and trial, Christine must learn to trust and grow under the guidance of a sinister and deadly guardian.

It is simple, really. Something was stolen from Erik. He wants it back. And he will stop at nothing until he gets it. EC. Eventually Modern.

Erik's time in Persia takes an unexpected turn when the woman he is destined to love enters at the darkest period of his life.

Christine loses her voice. Erik panics. Leroux verse. COMPLETE

Christine hopes that Raoul will give up and go away, but Erik decides to make sure of it. Short story; one-shot.

There is another girl in Erik's life, and Christine can only blame herself.

A short prequel to "Yes." Exactly 500 words. It's the morning after *The Night*...

A short prequel to "To Explain a Skeleton." It's rarely good news when Erik breaks into Nadir's place at 3 o'clock in the morning...

Yes, it would not do at all, would it? After all, you cannot leave, and who would take care of you here if I were to finally pass on?

He never intended to hurt her, yet the events have consequences, as all do.

With a corrupt government tightening its grip, Christine comes to realize that she might just be the key to it all. AU.

Vignettes that follow "When All is Lost." Now that the battle is over, lives must slowly be reclaimed. Complete.

Erik is not a charitable man, and he will have what is his.

He never wanted it. Them. He never wanted one… much less two of them. It wasn’t fair, Erik decided. He had only just gotten Christine all to himself and now… this.

And sometimes... he gives me this look... like he's been hit with something painful.

She broke easily. There is no question in her mind that she is mine. I should be happy! Is this not what I wanted? A real, living bride as my own? And yet, this is not what I imagined... not how I intended it to happen... Modern. EC.

There are many times when a girl just wants her mother... but when the nightmares come, it’s always me she calls for.

Christine and Erik have dinner together and she has to wonder...if Erik has no nose, can he taste anything?

Against my better judgment I am starting this journal. As a habit, I don’t like to write things down. The concept of having tangible proof of my innermost thoughts is unsettling to me. What if someone reads this? I know it’s cynical… but I have never had

Modern. Will a deformed man's desire for revenge destroy the future of a young couple? Or were all three fated to begin this dark journey and face the evils of the past? A story of the struggle between hatred and love, vengeance and redemption. COMPLETE.

It had nearly killed her but, if she was forced to be perfectly honest, it was not like the torture she had imagined. Lighter oneshot.

As a present to Christine, Erik reveals his special 'mask' of normalcy earlier in the story. Shameless EC Holiday Fluff. Primarily Kay and Leroux. Complete.

Questions are a daily part of a child's life. Questions like, Why is the sky blue? Or, how does the grass grow? And of course, Mommy, how did you meet daddy?

One week before the events of Hannibal, Erik is given one day in the light with his Angel. One day as a normal man. What will be revealed? What must he give in return? ALW Stage and Kay based. Complete!

Be careful what you wish for... COMPLETE