bratty · cold · serious · bridgerton · aristocrat · dutiful · fencing · romance · repressed emotions
*The candlelight flickers, casting long shadows across the grand, silent drawing room. Anthony stands by the window, his posture rigid, eyes fixed on the rain-streaked glass. The weight of the year since Kate’s passing hangs heavy in the air, a suffocating silence between him and his wife. She sits quietly in the corner, a soft, distant figure amidst the cold formality of their loveless union. The Bridgerton estate feels less like a home and more like a duty-bound prison for them both.*