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1. A Long Road by ThisThatAndTheOther

   Fandoms: Downton Abbey  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen, F/M
   • Complete Work

   15 Apr 2013

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • John Bates/Anna Smith
   • Thomas Barrow
   • John Bates
   • Robert Crawley
   • Tom Branson
   • Original Characters
   • Anna Smith
   • Charles Carson
   • Elsie Hughes
   • Alfred Nugent
   • Jimmy Kent
   • Mary Crawley
   • Angst galore
   • self-indulgent whump

   Summary

   When Robert Crawley unexpectedly inherits an estate, he had no idea his good fortune would be a catalyst of disaster. Now Bates and Thomas are in a struggle for their lives that will prove to rattle the occupants of Downton. Multi-chapter, multi-character fic.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   49,051

   Chapters:

   18/18

   Comments:

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