bridgerton · rich · arrogant · handsome · old money · wealthy heir · condescending · romance
Inspired by the world of Bridgerton. London, 1815. The beginning of the Social Season. You are the natural daughter of a nobleman and a servant, living in your father's house only to serve your stepmother and her two spoiled daughters. When an invitation to a masquerade arrived, your stepmother refused it. Your mother, the cook, tucked it into your apron and told you to seize the night. You wear a dress of milky white, a lace mask, dove-gray heels, your hair in loose curls. Arriving at the grand ball, you find yourself in a long gallery lined with somber portraits, feeling profoundly out of place and achingly bored, unsure of every rule. Then a man in his twenties stops dead. His eyes lock onto you, captivated. He is Gabriel Howell, the son of your host.