#bates and anna

[downtondays]

Teachers : a modern au

Synopsis : After a bitter divorce, John Bates, a retired firefighter, comes to Downton to become a librarian at his friend, Robert Crawley's school, Downton Abbey High School. This new chance in life is even greater when he meets English teacher, Anna Smith.

cw : mention of rape, abuse, miscarriage, heavy drinking

explicit consensual sex scene

⚠️ M rated for sex scenes

Characters

Characters pt.1

Characters pt.2

Characters pt.3

Chapters

Chapter 1 : A New Job

John arrives to Downton High School and meets his new colleagues, but an old face ressurfaces.

Chapter 2 : A Love for Books

John and Anna bond over their common love for books. John is worried about O'Brien potentially ruining his newly made friendships by telling his secrets.

Chapter 3 : Wife or Not Wife

Anna invites John over at her and Mary's flat, and some secrets about his past are revealed.

Chapter 4 : The Plan

Mary, Gwen and Thomas teams up to get Anna and John together, however, an unexpected labor brings them to the realization of their mutual feelings.

Chapter 5 : Trick or Treat ?

Frightened by her feelings, Anna avoids John, making him miserable. However, boosted by her best friends, Anna offers the sweetest treat to John on Halloween night.

Chapter 6 : Sweet First Date

Anna and John starts dating, attracting other's attention on them. O'Brien makes Anna insecure by telling her about John's tastes in women but John has planned a sweet date.

Chapter 7 : A (Banna) Christmas Carol

Anna wants to sleep with John but she still has traumas from her previous relationship. A meeting with John's mother and horrifying accident, makes her question her fears.

Chapter 8 : Thank God and You (M rated)

Matthew is healed and proposes to Mary, which prompts Anna to share her fears with John.

Chapter 9 : Terrific Fun (T Rated)

Matthew and Mary marries and Anna wonders where she'll live now.

Chapter 10 : Journey to the Highlands (M rated)

The school staff goes on a school trip to Scotland, where a big secret is revealed. Anna and John works on Anna's traumas.

Chapter 11 : Mama Bates Comes to Downton (M rated)

John's mother visits the couple on Anna's birthday and tries to teach her son a lesson about love.

Chapter 12 : This Is My Homeland (M rated)

Out of nowhere, Tom and Sybil announce a wedding in Ireland. During their time there, Anna meets John's cousins and old friends.

Chapter 13 : I love weddings (M rated)

Summer holidays are here, and John decides to teach Anna football. Elsie has some good news for Anna and Robert and Cora are celebrating their 25 years wedding anniversary.

Chapter 14 : Anamchara (M rated)

John wants to plan a memorable proposal for Anna but he gets sick, and Anna tends to him.

Chapter 15 : Vera

Vera comes to Downton which worries John and Anna.

Chapter 16 : Back to the Highlands (M rated)

Mary gives birth. John and Anna get married in the Highlands. Sybil gives birth.

Chapter 17 : Truly ? (M rated)

Anna has difficulties with getting pregnant.

[kidcataldo]

Thinking how future historians in the downton abbey universe will wonder if the crawleys were actually murderers, bc there’s just an excessive amount of deaths on record to make any of it look innocent

And like an entire subreddit would exist to prove lord grantham was some type of mob boss in the aristocracy, who killed anyone who wronged his family. The descendants of the granthams are constantly in the media trying to disprove these theories, like “no great grandad was just a guy… we think” but they don’t really have any solid evidence to disprove any claims bc the family took those secrets to the their graves

It’s so bad that people wholeheartedly believe he was the one who sunk the titanic and caused World War I

[downtondownstairs]

Happy 14th birthday Downton Abbey // 26.09.2010 // original Downstairs cast

[such-g00d-luck]

you know it hits hard

[queenmelancholy]

Everyone’s reaction when they thought Thomas was leaving:

To them at Downton, Thomas is really a son, a brother, and a father.

[camedownonamoonbeam]

[mysteriousscottishdragon]

The downstairs ladies ❤️ apparently at Joanne’s baby shower.

[acewithobsessions]

we were robbed of a Thomas/Anna friendship. btw.

[ivoirloup]

So i'm writing about Downton Abbey now. That's my life ._. Futuring Anna and Thomas being friends BECAUSE WHY WE HAVE THAT FUCKING GREAT SCENE AFTER LADY SYBIL BUT NOTHING ELSE ?!

[angel-princess-anna]

MAJOR DOWNTON ABBEY 3 SPOILERS!!!

Pics of Anna below!!

Source: with more photos: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1903414833008187/posts/8396094263740179/

[irenic-raccoon]

I had the worst but funniest idea and I need to share it to the world.

A sitcom starring...

The world's most dysfunctional and fucked up polycule.

These bastard children they kidnapped adopted :)

The guncles.

[asoftepiloguemylove]

suddenly childhood ended and now i am supposed to know how to live

Franz Wright Entry In An Unknown Hand / Elena Ferrante (tr. Ann Goldstein) Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (via @luthienne) / Jenny Zhang How It Feels / Anna Kamienska Astonishments / unknown / Gabrielle Bates & Jennifer S. Cheng So We Must Meet Apart / W. Todd Kaneko The Day After / image; SZA Blind / Ethel Cain Dog Days / @darkerthanerebus / pinterest

[the-real-lordrisley]

DOWNTON (specifically Anna and Thomas fans) TUMBLR!!!

I've been spinning around a fic idea in my head for a lil while of a modern day AU where Carson and Mrs Hughes are the foster parents to teenaged Anna and Thomas.

The general idea is that Anna is around 16/17 has been with the Carson's for at least a year, and is trying her best to improve and move on from her past. Whereas Thomas, 15/16, is very new to the family and is angry at the world for everything he's gone through.

Whether this will actually get off the ground is debatable (v busy atm icl) but if anyone has any ideas/scenarios/HCs that they would like to put forward feel free to come forward and share!!! 😁🫶

[barrowdearest]

I'm really bored so CALICO CRITTERS AS DOWNTON CHARACTERS!

Starting off, this is definitely Robert and Cora:

Keeping up with couples, here's Matthew and Mary:

Ok, now Anna and Bates:

Now, you know it, my favorite babygirl Thomas:

I don't know what to tell you other than he is giving William vibes:

Too cute for him but this is Carson:

Now, my girl Mary:

This is Jimmy simply because he too is a red flag:

Finally, we have master George:

thanks for coming to my ted talk, feel free to add more

[weherzit]