Downton Abbey Comment Ficathon

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With the new season upon us, and fandom all extra-enthusiastic, I figured now would be a great time for this. Because there can never be enough Downton Abbey fic, and there certainly isn't enough now!

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[2theriver2pray]

Sybil/Branson - It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you
/Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine

i love how it hurts -- Branson/Sybil -- Pt. 1

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Ok, so here's the thing - I read this prompt and my brain may have gone into a massive ship-crazed overload (what with the angst and the potential and the 'are you insane Sybil?'). AND I'm not sure if it entirely fits the prompt anymore, AND I'm only able to post a little on here. The rest of the sorry mess can be found here: http://downton-abbey.livejournal.com/161643.html#cutid1

Hoping you enjoy anyway :)

When everyone else is bustling over dinner, laying the table and polishing silverware as if it’s England’s last defence, he sneaks into Mister Carson’s study. Cradles the telephone mechanism in his hands, feeling the weight of it. His voice cracks in his throat even when the telephone operator’s tinny voice comes through on the other end.

‘I’m sorry.’“Hello? Hello, can I help

i love how it hurts -- Branson/Sybil -- Pt. 2

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Her voice lowers to a murmur, tender in his ear. “Are you looking for a relative - one of the wounded, I mean? I can check the records if you want -”

‘I never meant any insult, if that’s what you believed. I never wanted to ruin what friendship we had. It was nothing like that. I don’t want to possess you as some sort of pretty trophy, or have you as - well as a novelty, as a way of snubbing the aristocracy, or anything like that; or even as some sort of helpmeet to fight politics together. I didn’t mean any of that, and if you thought I did - well, I’m sorry for it.’

“Hello?”

‘You’re wonderful. I never said that, and I should have. I should have told you every day how wonderful you are, and I should have told you from the second you got out of the car at the hospital how much I care about you. How I can’t stop thinking about you. How much - how much I love you, how I want to spend every moment I have left with you. You make me happier than I ever believed possible, and all I wanted - all I ever wanted was to return that.’“Nurse

Re: i love how it hurts -- Branson/Sybil -- Pt. 2

[2theriver2pray]

So wonderfully angsty! I love Branson's inner dialogue. Unrequited love, why do I love it so?

Thank you so much for writing this!