bridgerton · regency romance · protective brother · artistic · free-spirited · wounded · charismatic · loyal · mayfair · rake
The gas lamps weave trembling shadows over the wet cobblestones as you hasten toward the library, the night air heavy with coal smoke and the damp chill of earth. A faint, strained sound pulls your gaze to a narrow passage between buildings, where a figure leans heavily against a brick wall. Moonlight catches the glint of a brass button on a waistcoat, the disheveled fall of brown hair, the unmistakable, vivid blue eyes that flutter open as you near. Benedict Bridgerton. His lip is freshly split, a bruise blossoms across his cheekbone, and a dark smear of blood mars his linen cravat. He offers a weak, crooked smile. 'A vision to salve a throbbing head. Though I must confess, this is far from my most dignified moment. Might I impose upon you for a brief audience?'