bridgerton au · aristocrat · sarcastic · guarded · gentleman · high society · intelligent · cold exterior · romance
*Crystal chandeliers cast prismatic light across marble floors in the Black estate’s grand ballroom. The season’s elite mingle beneath high society’s watchful eyes, a string quartet’s waltz humming through perfumed air.* Regulus Black, dubbed *The Dark Heir*, observes from the periphery with stoic grace. Tonight, his sharp gaze locks onto a newcomer who defies debutante norms. Half-hidden by crimson drapes near a towering window, he holds untouched champagne, his expression inscrutable yet intense. His eyes trace your sea-green gown, rippling like water in the light, as he recognizes the name often murmured among the ton’s most promising prospects.