Hades is typically used to being hated by everyone-gods and mortals alike. It's always been a lonely life being the God of the Underworld, but when he runs into a goddess parading as a mortal in a local coffee shop, he soon learns perhaps he doesn't have to be as lonely after all. Falling for Persephone, however, will never be so easy. Modern fantasy retelling.

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.

Modern AU, E/C. Dr. Erik Riley had always been alone, with few exceptions - he'd expected to remain that way indefinitely. However, an administrative error forced a young medical student into his life, setting in motion a series of events that would change the both of them forever, if only he would allow himself to overcome his own troubled past.

Erik Thorn is the mysterious multi-billion dollar CEO of Phantom Industries in New York. Yet when he meets Christine Daaé, he believes she's the one person he might actually be able to love. But instead of trying to romance the girl, like any normal man would, Erik instead offers her a business proposal, pure and simple. Or so it seems. (Not a 50 Shades story.)

Destitute and dodging bills after her father's passing, Christine is forced to put her musical studies on hold and move to a small coastal town to live with an old family friend while she gets her life together. Here she meets a tall, masked and extremely disagreeable man, and two strong personalities quickly clash. Phantom of the Opera re-imagined as a rom com.

Modern-day setting. Returning to her university town in the northern USA, Christine Daae meets two very different, intriguing men. R/C, E/C, angst, drama, romance, mystery. WIP.

Life can be painful and cruel and unfair, sometimes to the point where death seems like the only option. Until now. Let Second Chances Incorporated give you a second chance. Modern AU. Light sci-fi. Second Chances Incorporated. If only it were really that simple…Complete except for possible epilogue.

The Internet; the anonymous medium. What better mask for a reclusive genius? Will a certain gifted barista draw him out of hiding? Erik/Christine. Updated and Complete (cover art by Ilustrariane)

Erik has been smitten with Christine for months, and he decides to make his move at Christmas with a thoughtful gift. Little does he know that she has a surprise for him, too. E/C, Modern AU, last updated for Father's Day. 1st Pl in Not A Ghost3's 2nd Christmas Contest & 1st Runner Up in 2nd Valentine's Day Contest. Now with a rated M companion story - Unwrapped - by me.

He did not expect to meet his counterpoint on a house call, and he is shaken. Modern AU. Now a fourshot.

His Christine is such a good girl, and he will make sure she knows it. Modern. Dom!Erik. Rated M.

Death had never been a stranger to Erik, or at least not until he unknowingly walked right into her that is. Needless to say...he was smitten. Modern AU.

A plush night sky. A Ferris wheel and the woman of his dreams. Oh, and a kiss. All right, so he had to kidnap her to get it. No one's perfect. Fluff. Soft and...well...fluffy.

Deformed boy meets cynical girl. Not exactly love at first sight, but no one ever said that the road to happiness didn't conceal a few sharp stones. A modern tale of second chances. A story of friends, lovers and music, with a little of the Bard thrown in for good measure.

"Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage." AU/Kay-based. After some convincing, Erik's mother decided it would be best to send him to the asylum, after all. Turns out, some kinds of madness can be taught. E/C creepiness.

Erik and Meg spot an attractive music history lover, Christine, at the mall's food court while shopping for a wedding gift. Meg, desperate to play matchmaker, forces Erik to visit Christine at the toy store where she works. Sparks fly as Christine helps Erik get a little revenge for Meg's meddlesome ways. Fluffiness ensues. E/C, Modern AU. COMPLETE

Christine has always had the best Christmas light display of her entire neighborhood, but when a new guy moves in across the street he threatens to take all of that away from her...Modern AU. Sample entry for the 2nd annual Phantom Christmas One-Shot Contest. More info on the one-shot challenge inside! *1/1/18- Winners posted!*

They both appreciate the candlelight, and what happens there. Rated M, NSFW. E/C. Complete.

Christine Daae, psychiatrist, starts her career off with a bang when she lands a high-profile case that no one else wants. Erik is a psychopath and a genius, and soon he has fallen deeply in love with her. He will do anything to make her his. Anything. *IT'S ALIVE!* E/C, eventually. Sort of.

A little bit of fall fun.

Modern AU. Christine is a librarian attentive to her work, and so she notices when sections of books start disappearing at night then mysteriously re-appearing weeks later. One night, she decides to confront the mysterious borrower.

A moment of intimacy between Erik and Christine. - Erik/Christine. One-shot.

Christine Daaé has spent eight months imagining what she might say to the Opera Ghost if she ever saw him again. Now he is here in her flat, quite by accident, and the fact of the matter is she can no longer speak. COMPLETE.

A visit to Caesar and a conversation with an old friend gives Christine a method to help ease Erik's pain. E/C, complete. Please read and review.

Christine returns home late, and Erik is predictably in a fine state about it. One-shot, humor and romance, complete. Please read and review.

There was nothing left to her but questions and a short note. How could she ever be satisfied with that?

In another life, in another time, his wings are black, and he is a warrior god. In another life, in another time, she is a clan princess, his human sacrifice. The more things change, the more they stay the same. A retelling of Eros and Psyche, painted with the vivid colors of Japanese mythology.

A short little ficlet. Hades misses his wife. Oneshot Hades/Persephone fluff

All Erik has ever wanted is a normal life, and he finally has one - a wife, a child. But nothing is ever as it seems at the house across the lake. Leroux-based.

Christine is sacrificed to a dragon in a medieval, small-town world, and for some reason, she does not need saving. Meanwhile, Raoul investigates the dark secrets of her past, and Philippe tries to retreat into the solitude of simplicity. The world seems intent on misfortune for everyone, and misunderstanding and close-mindedness abounds, but in the end, love will win…right? E/C.

The beautiful Christine meets a handsome stranger at the masquerade ball that will change her life forever... She must learn to trust and overcome fear of the unknown to be with the one she loves. A classic forbiden love story with a dark twist.

"In adding a few squirts of water to your whiskey, you open up your tastebuds in new ways, allowing yourself to experience flavors that didn't exist before." Modern AU Oneshot.

There, in the darkness, with the waves crashing roughly behind her, she stands with her beloved and watches. He has done this for her, all of this. She loves him still.

For years, Erik has lived alone. He never knew that there were others like him. Christine has yet to discover her own strength. He will teach her to fly.

Christine is a waitress struggling to make ends meet when a call to jury duty comes as a most inconvenient summons. Though reluctant to participate, she is intrigued by the defendant; a badly deformed man accused of blackmail and murder. Though the world seems to begrudge him his very existence, she begins to feel pity for the accused who is only a man, after all. A man named Erik.

Erik did not believe in nymphs. But an arrow gone awry and a simple healing touch binds him to a beautiful creature in a way he never thought possible. Christine was happy living amongst the trees with her father and sisterlings, until the actions of a Knight separate her from her kin and leaves her struggling to understand a man so different from any she has ever known.

Christine's life was ordered, structured. She had a plan, and she was sticking with it. He had no plan; no order. Erik's life was chaos, but he had one thing she didn't. His heart. Doctor Christine and Patient Erik; a psychological fairy tale.

When Miss Lydia Bennet is attacked on the road to Meryton on the morning after the Netherfield Ball, suspicions arise on all fronts. Was it a local tradesman's son? Highwaymen? Are the militia men responsible, or will they be the ones to apprehend the murderer? And why has the Netherfield party run off to London the morning after their ball? Truly, a most untoward circumstance...

Modern AU. To stop the woman he loves from marrying someone else, Sokka kidnaps Toph on her wedding day! Will Toph go through with the wedding? Or will she return the feelings of her old friend who she had given up on long ago?

A new original story with the characters you thought you knew. On the cusp of a nation-wide terrorist attack, Erik makes arrangements to protect his fallen angel, but after years of being driven to madness, his overbearing actions may be the very cause that scares Christine back into the remnants of a crumbling nation. Modern, dark, EC romance. COMPLETE!

How can one simple offer turn into so much more? Toph never expected to watch a movie. She never expected a boy to explain it to her. And she never expected to fall in love with him. After all, love had never served her well in the past. JetxToph and SokkaxToph. Trigger warnings apply for some chapters (but they are marked). ON HIATUS

"he guides me with a light hand on my back, bringing me through his kingdom. he introduces me to all; i am his queen, they know this, and they bring me whatever tokens they can. flowers, twigs, morning dew. he weaves them into my dark hair and i wear them like a crown. he says my name softly and teaches me about his ways." persephone writes to her mother. oneshot.

Everyone is susceptible to sin; our heroes are no exception. Seven Deadly Sins themed one-shots. Currently only ATLA-centric, but might be expanded. Chapter 5: Pride (or, Aang loves his little airbender). Hurt/comfort/Family

Thirty-one days of Tokka! Will cover a wide range of themes and genres. Romance and friendship are definitely ahead, but knowing me, there will probably be some angst, too. Rating subject to change. Enjoy!

This is a tale of missing undershirts and a missing child, and the quest for a tolerable cup of coffee.

Sometimes, she wished she wasn't engaged to one of the most successful surgeons of the era. Most of the times, she just wanted more donuts. ON HIATUS

Modern. With her father ill and her husband severely injured in a car accident, Christine desperately turns to a darker source for hope. Once she begins to discover a new side to herself, there is no turning back. And, by the time she quits lying to herself, an inevitably tragic choice awaits her. Rewritten and completed as of December 2013.

Sometimes, when she's in a state of boredom, Aphrodite is glad her husband has long hair. It gives them time to talk.

Fall of Light REWRITTEN! Who was this girl? She was so wise and yet so naïve. He sighed, "All the world is good in your eyes. Must be a pleasant fantasy." "Who are you?" Persephone asked again. Hades shook his head and smiled. Persephone raised an eyebrow at him, "Are you afraid I will find you good and pleasant?" Hades actually chuckled, "If only I could be so fortunate."

"I was made for you alone," Christine said. "But you thought I betrayed you." Inspired by the short story, "The Wicker Husband". One-shot

What happened to Kitty after her three sisters were married?

"Now she is wheat trampled underfoot, unfit for consumption and heart wrenchingly pitiful." It has been called the Rape of Persephone, but perhaps the tale was not quite so simple. Rated for reference to rape.

Erik is the master assassin and genius architect for the Shah of Persia. He has everything he could want, money, fame, power…everything but the one thing he knows he can never have. Love. Erik's world is quickly turned upside down when, out of gratitude for his service, the Shah presents him with a gift… and that gift comes with a name. Christine Daae!

The moment Persephone realizes she loves the man who had abducted her and taken everything possible from her and the moments leading up to that. Rated T for mature content and language.

In the capitol of the Lands of Fire: there was a throne to the world, a proud Pharaoh seated upon it, a haughty Prince with a dangerous plan and an exotic dancer caught between it all. These are the Nights in Egypt. [Katara/Zuko] [Hiatus]

Modern day. Erik, quiet, bitter, and alone, attends a weekly group meeting for the facially disfigured so that he doesn't feel completely isolated from the world. He is a silent bystander, never involving himself with the others, until a new face with a similar penchant for music joins and takes an interest in him despite his mask. One shot. Completed.

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.

A bunch of Drabbles proclaiming my love for all things Smellershot.

Christine saved his life. Now, as his obsession with her grows, he will do anything to repay her in the only way he knows how. E/C Modern

Miserable rogue surgeon, Erik Chalon, creates his Christine when an amnesia patient falls into his lap. E/C only. Waytoointoerik style.

Hades knows he should keep his attentions fixed on Demeter, but her lovely daughter persists in catching his eye. Persephone is sunlight on roses and schoolgirl giggles tied up all pretty with a bow...It's a pity she's only thirteen. Based on Nabokov's Lolita. R&R, please.

Watchful eyes used to comfort her - until one day they refused to let her leave.

An accident causes Christine to lose her memory, and Erik seeks to rewrite their story for her.

At the end of 2004 movie, Christine stays with the Phantom but a little problem may separate them for good. This will be a 2 shot story... actually a 3 shot.

Another Persephone/Kore and Hades story. Kore is sick of singing in meadows and plaiting nymphs' hair. When Hades falls in love with her and abducts her, how will she react? Rated T for future scenes...

Zutara, Hades x Persephone inspired. In a land of gods and spirits, Katara is the daughter of the Sea, and Zuko is the powerful and reclusive God of the Fire Realms. Zuko has been pining for her for too long... so he finally takes action.

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

The ninety day delinquent and the night surgeon; his bloody hands are a perfect match for her artificial anatomy. Enjoy.

Years have passed, and Little Giry is all grown up. Erik isn't sure this is a good thing. A perspective on the life of a Baroness. Leroux with a few tidbits of ALW.

Fairytale of monster Erik and his bride Christine . Set in alternate world of fairytales...

Modern AU. Christine is a student at Columbia University and when she begins taking music classes, she finds herself simultaneously intimidated and entranced by her enigmatic masked professor... E/C, Raoul-friendly

For the sake of peace, two countries arrange a marriage. Of course, nothing is as easy as it seems. PotO, AU and of course E/C, but no Raoul bashing. Rating may or may not change.

Christine's life slips dangerously out of control as the shadow stalking her begins to manipulate her world. Month by month everything she believes in shatters as the stakes rise to include her life, her freedom and even her sanity. DarkModern Lerouxbased

Erik fled a dark past in Soviet Russia and built an entertainment empire. But a ruthless mobster has never quit looking for him, intent upon revenge. Must Erik abandon his one chance at happiness in order to save himself in this game of wits? Modern.

The whole of it, he had to admit, was rather embarrassing. Erik falls asleep in Christine's bed. Fluff. Erik x Christine.

He had come like a thief in the night. Oneshot.

ON HIATUS The bubonic plague has stricken Europe. Christine and her loved ones flee to Rattenberg, an isolated town untouched by sunlight in the winter. There, she meets a masked musician in an underground dungeon beneath ancient castle ruins. E/C

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.

AU. She didn't expect that she'd meet a person like him in a million years, and in a department store of all places. Zuko x Katara

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

It is Erik’s final evening, and the last night of summer. While on a walk he meets a childlike woman in a graveyard, and then witnesses her unusual death.

COMPLETED. A dark, modern retelling of the original tale. **SEE AUTHOR'S NOTE FOR UPDATE (4/2019)

Christine was not born to love Erik, she was created. Partial crossover with D.Koontz's Frankenstein.

AUPWP: Having heard a rumor about two tea servers in the lower tiers of Ba Sing Se, Katara and Toph sneak away go to investigate only to have their suspicions confirmed. ZutaraBlutara

Set in an alternate universe, Christine struggles to survive on the streets of a decadent city... when she finds herself an unusual and frightening guardian. Please R&R.

Completely complete. A retelling of the Phantom's story designed to satisfy the most tender, Romantic heart. EC, novellength.

What Shall I, a wretch, say then? To which Protector shall I appeal? King of awful majesty, O God spare the supplicant...Latin mass EM

Modern Retelling. Leroux Undertones. He began as an Angel that came to her one frightening night. As Christine is slowly swept up into a dangerous and passionate obsession, will she survive his dark world...and even darker past? COMPLETE

AU. A walk home in the rain and a chance meeting. He came to her in the dark as a savior, only to reveal himself a twisted man. Erik's face may be perfect, but his soul is not so fortunate. Please read and review, but be kind! It's my first fic

Modern day fic. He lives in apartment 5a and he's trying to forget. She lives in apartment 5b and she's trying to start a new life. Two people, two stories and one way forward. EC.

[COMPLETED!] When a mysterious stranger intrudes on Christine's life, she finds herself thrown into a mad world of hidden desires and dark emotions. A modernization of our beloved story. Please R&R.

Based on the Robert Englund film. Picks up right at the end, as the credits roll. What happens when Christine hears the street violinist playing Don Juan Triumphant? Warning: this one is fluffy. If you hate the idea of Englund fluff, skip it. COMPLETE.

Set after "Hands". Christine contemplates Erik's eyes and it does not turn out how she might have wished. Short li'll thing. Please R&R

A ring is a promise. And the promise was made.

FLUFF ALERT! Christine descovers just how beautiful Erik's hands are. R&R please

This is a completed, novella length fic. What if ALW misinterpreted Christine during the 'Twisted Every Way' scene in Act II?

The Phantom and his leading lady take a walk with unexpected consequences. Pure E/C phluff for your enjoyment. *Complete*

COMPLETE Short story with a twist - in which Erik stalks Christine once again. PLEASE read to the end! ;)

An alternate ending vignette to The Phantom of the Opera.