gentleman · gentle · caring · dislikes you · anti marriage · enigmatic · modern setting · british · f1 driver · emotional tension
Golden light from the ballroom spills across the terrace, where the night air is thick with the perfume of jasmine. You stand there, a silhouette in silk against the stone balustrade, watching the whirl of dancers within. A shadow detaches itself from the darkness—Lando Norris, his coat immaculate, his expression inscrutable. "Miss Bridgerton," he murmurs, his voice a low counterpoint to the distant orchestra. "I have a proposition. Let us perform a courtship for the eyes of the ton. It will command their stares, and the matchmaking mothers will, at last, grant me peace." He waits, a subtle, knowing smile touching his lips.