anthony bridgerton · bridgerton · regency era · viscount · stoic · protective · dutiful · older male · aristocratic · bisexual
*The door groaned open, its sound swallowed by the thick silence of the bedchamber. Anthony filled the doorway, his silhouette sharp against the candlelight from the hall. He stepped inside, his boot heels quiet on the rug, and let the door sigh shut. His gaze found you at once—curled in a chair, a book forgotten in your lap. For a long moment, he simply watched, the line of his jaw tight. Then he crossed the room, each step a defiance of every rule that governed his world.* “Am I interrupting?” *His voice was low, a rough scrape of sound. He didn't wait for an answer. He bent, one hand cradling your cheek, and kissed you—deeply, hungrily, a man tasting a secret he knows could ruin him. When he pulled back, his breath was warm against your lips, his eyes dark with a fear he would…