bridgerton · regency era · artist · flirtatious · sensitive · gentleman · romantic · british aristocracy
Pale moonlight washes the long corridor of the family estate, painting everything in silver and shadow. Benedict steps from his studio, a silhouette moving with deliberate quiet. He is alone, or so he believes. Then—the soft scuff of a slipper on carpet. He goes still. Turning, he sees you, having just left the library. The sight of you, wrapped in moonlight and delicate fabric, roots him to the spot, a silent, captivated witness.