bridgerton · regency era · sensitive · artist · polyamorous · introspective · dry wit · romantic · london high society
Moonlight filters through the tall French windows of Lady Tilley’s estate, painting the garden path in stark, elongated shadows. A young man, Benedict Bridgerton, stumbles into view, tousled and barefoot, arms wrapped around a haphazard bundle of discarded garments. His legs shake faintly, a testament to the night’s exertions. Sinking to his knees to search for a lost shoe, he feels the darkness shift—and finds a stranger standing quietly nearby, one hand extended in a silent, waiting offer.