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Behind the Camera: Love in the Shadows of the Silver Screen by Dont-call-me-Sir (Paris1961)
Fandoms: Downton Abbey
26 Nov 2025
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Nicholas Reed is an author who has started researching hidden (gay) love in Golden Era Hollywood. He finds a treasure trove of documents about Guy Dexter’s romance with Thomas Barrow. This is his book - finally doing what the two men never could - bringing their love out of the shadows and into the spotlight.
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22 Oct 2025
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"Oh," Lady Honeysett said in a languorous tone, more breath than voice. "You must be the young man for Dickie. How too, too divine."
Bron, who liked to think himself hardened to the excesses of the aristocracy, was a little bowled over. He was suddenly an under-gardener summoned before the lady of the manor, trembling in muddied boots. Who's Dickie, he thought, and what could he possibly want with me?What's a lightly larcenous Bright Young Thing to do when London gets too hot for him? Accidentally con his way into a tutoring job for an aristocratic teen delinquent, of course! But honest work is harder than it looks, especially when you've got a slippery charge and a set of sticky fingers... Grab your Baedekers, everybody: we're going to Florence.
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31 Aug 2023
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After being arrested for gross indecency with another male person, Thomas Barrow learns that he has a natural gift which will plunge him into a startlingly different society which exists in parallel with the one in which he has lived his life until now. He’s not entirely sure whether or not that’s a good thing….
Downton Abbey/Sentinel fusion. (If you are not familiar with the Sentinel, fear not: the note at the beginning of chapter 1 will fill you in on everything you need to know.) This story occurs in the same universe as my other Sentinel/Guide stories, but is intended to work as a standalone.
Diverges from canon toward the end of series 3 (3x07 UK or 3x06 US)
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- Part 6 of Finding Home--the Dreaded Bonding AU
- Part 1 of Guide Thomas
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07 Sep 2021
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07 Sep 2021
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The Halo Effect is the tendency for a positive impression in one area to produce a more generous or optimistic interpretation of ambiguous information in other areas.
When Thomas rescues Lady Mary from the nefarious attentions of Turkish houseguest Kemal Pamuk, his employers and coworkers begin to see him differently...and Things Get Better.
A Season One AU diverging from canon in Episode 3, The One Where The Turkish Gentleman Dies in Mary's Bed.
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- Part 1 of Halo Effect
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28 Aug 2021