16 Works in Matthew Crawley/Lavinia Swire
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Modern AU. Lady Mary Crawley has just graduated and is about to go to Oxford, the school of her dreams. But a summer fling and a dreadful incident may jeopardize all of that. She will have to go under the false name of Mary Levinson and realize that life without the privileges of her title is harder than she expected.
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Modern university AU. Mary is an Oxbridge reject with a past, Anna and John are in the friendship zone, Sybil has a secret life out of school, Matthew and Lavinia are stuck in a rut, and Downton is owned by the National Trust. Drama and hijinks naturally ensue.
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I'm not as sad as I should be. That's what makes me sad. The Titanic sinks, Patrick dies, and rather than wait at home to meet the new heir of Downton, Mary tries her luck in London, where she meets Sir Richard Carlisle instead. [Alternate S1]
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Matthew is trying to move on after the death of Lavinia Swire, but he can't let go of the idea of Mary Crawley. Mary is bound to Richard Carlisle and can't see a way out. They know they can never be married, never have the life they dreamt of, but maybe, just for now, they can have each other.
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Matthew has proposed to Mary and she has accepted. He still feels responsible for Lavinia's death, though, and he knows he has to tell Mary if they are to have any chance of starting their new life together. He just hopes she can understand.
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Mary and Matthew are pulled into dreams featuring key figures from their past. Can dealing with their past help them to find a way to the future
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Lavinia is dead and you are weeping. She shuddered away, one last breath ridden with fever and then she was gone. You weep.
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This is a story of Lavinia growing up - from "the talented Miss Swire" to "just Miss Lavinia Swire". It is also a story about lucky stars, which are sometimes much nearer - or much farther - than one would expect.
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You can love two people at once. Matthew knows this because he has lived it.
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In which Matthew is pregnant, Lavinia is his wife, and Mary is the glue that holds everything together.
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I think she knows. I think she knows how much I want to go to London.
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Mary, Matthew, Richard and Lavinia; lives lived together and apart. S2 AU.
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First, familial, one-sided, romantic, tragic, intense, and true, but not necessarily perfect.
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A short scene set in an AU version of the series two finale, sometime after Lavinia sees Mary and Matthew together.
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AU. It always seems to come down to surviving the night, and Lavinia does, against all odds. When the morning light comes, once she’s woken and Dr. Clarkson’s allowed it, Matthew rushes in to see her. The door is left ajar. You watch them through the open space.
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Sometimes the only way to say something is not to say it. Surrounded by war on all sides, Matthew and Mary try to make sense of their relationship with a little help from Dickens and Austen. Vague S02 spoilers.