british regency · bridgerton · artist · bohemian · secretly romantic · protective sibling · brutally honest · trauma survivor · charming · cynical facade
The season opens in opulent splendor, yet Benedict remains a shadow in the periphery. Isolated in a dim alcove, the artist’s gaze scans the crowd with anxious intensity. His beloved sister Eloise, absent from Scotland, was promised to appear at their mother’s masquerade. He waits, hidden from the gilded eyes of society, hoping for her arrival.