make the friendship bracelets; take the moment and taste it (Bridgerton Modern AU)
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i love you for giving me your eyes (for staying back and watching me shine) by darkesky
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
13 May 2024
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“It’s Mother’s Day,” Edmund whispers in Violet's ear. With that, he steers her into a quieter patch of the botanical gardens, a patch with the hyacinths swaying in the gentle breeze, and he goes behind her. Lately, when they stand anywhere, that has become his favorite position. He goes behind her and wraps his arms around her, holding her, and his hands find their way to her growing stomach.
‘I’m holding my whole world,’ he told her the first time.
“I’m holding my whole world,” he tells her now.
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8 times Violet celebrates Mother's Day
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i'll be one of the many saying 'look at you now, look at you now' by darkesky
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
25 Jul 2023
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When Violet sees it, she bursts out laughing.
Edmund peeks at her over the bounty of gifts. "What?"
“That,” Violet says, her gaze still on the final object, “is the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen.”
Edmund looks down at the teddy bear. “What? I think he’s rather charming.”
“He? It,” Violet corrects with a laugh. “Edmund, I don’t even know if it’s supposed to be a bear. Maybe it’s more of a weasel.”
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The Bridgertons have one teddy bear that has lasted all of their childhoods.
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stop, you're losing me (i can't find a pulse) by darkesky
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
30 May 2023
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When he sits back down at the head of the table, he kisses Gregory on the cheek. “Do you want to make a wish too?”
Gregory gurgles, entranced by the flames of the eighteen candles, tears still drying on his reddened cheeks. Gregory rarely cries—a trait that does not run in the family, something the older four make a point to remind Eloise and Francesca—but when he does, he seems to pick the worst moments.
Anthony wraps one hand around Gregory’s tiny fists as a safety precaution, and he reaches across the table, tugging the cake closer to them. He mimes it once before he starts blowing out the candles. Gregory copies him with a joyous coo.
And, mid-laugh after Gregory manages to take out precisely one of the candles, Anthony realizes he does need to make a wish, and he has nothing he wants to wish for. So, he wishes for more of the same.
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Vignettes of Anthony as an eighteen-year-old
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i'm getting tired even for a phoenix (always rising from the ashes, mending all the gashes) by darkesky
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
30 May 2024
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Edmund learned how to love with Anthony.
In many ways, he thinks it might be unfair to the rest of his children, the way his whole world opened up the second he met Anthony, the second Violet pressed the smallest, most beautiful person into his arms with a tired smile. He still remembers thinking that he would break his son by accident as he held him.
But he looked down at Anthony, and he knew his life would never be the same.
Now, his son is eighteen years old.
Now, his son is a grown man.
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Companion piece to "stop, you're losing me (i can't find a pulse)" that explores OTHER CHARACTERS' POVs of Anthony turning 18
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rain came pouring down when i was drowning (that's when i could finally breathe) by darkesky
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
19 Jun 2023
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“Happy late birthday, Ben,” Henry says as he eases down on the picnic blanket, leaning over to kiss Benedict on the cheek.
He leans closer, brushing their shoulders together, before looking back at the night sky. Henry keeps finding these hidden spots for them, places where the greenery overtakes the city and they can pretend to be out in the countryside. The first time Benedict confessed that—that he would rather live out in the wilderness than in the middle of skyscrapers—Henry laughed and told him it was very ‘brooding artist’ of him.
After that, he told Benedict he intended to make out with him in every garden in Chicago.
Benedict, obviously, has been helping with that dream.
“You should have seen the circus yesterday,” he says, moving to drape a leg over Henry’s.
Henry laughs and shoves him off. “I do not need a front row seat to the Bridgerton show, thank you very much. One Bridgerton is enough for me.”
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Vignettes of Benedict as an eighteen-year-old
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break up, break free, break through, break down by darkesky
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
01 Jun 2023
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“Kate, where are you going?” Anthony asks.
She can feel the tears starting, but she refuses to cry in front of him. “I am going to stay with Edwina for the night.”
“You don’t have to go—”
“I think,” she says, cutting him as she snatches up the keys. Her hands do not shake; she manages that much, “we need some space apart. Think about our choices.”
“Kate.”
“I am not asking you for an explanation. I am giving you space.” She almost sprints to the front door of their apartment. This time, she does not hear the footsteps echoing behind her. As she wrenches the door open, she takes a moment to breathe, one last time, before closing it tight behind her.
She thought he'd say yes when she asked him to marry her.
She really did.
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Kate proposes to Anthony.
It does not go well.
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broke your heart, i'll put it back together by darkesky
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
13 Jun 2023
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She eases open the front door.
She slams it shut.
“I think,” Benedict Bridgerton says on the other side, “I might deserve that one, Soph.”
Might?
She peeks through the peephole. He stands there, hands in his pockets, looking so bashful and boyish she almost winces. He stares up at it as if he can see her.
She forgot how much she liked his eyes, the way they always made him into someone safe for her.
“Can I come in anyway?” he asks softly.
“No,” she says.
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Sophie and Benedict fall in love (again) in a week's time
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but it's comin' down, no sound, it's all around by darkesky for Stargazing_ZaniTD
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
22 Mar 2024
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“I’ll have you know your siblings liked my gifts more than yours,” Kate says.
“And do you have sources, Dr. Sharma?”
“I could call one right now.”
She starts swiping through her contacts, pointedly, and as she is looking down, flipping through the lists, she almost misses the glowing lights of the nearby car.
She doesn’t miss the way Anthony snaps his hand off her thigh and onto the steering wheel.
When she looks up, she watches another car barrel across their lane, and before Anthony can even attempt to swerve away, the other car slams against theirs with a sickening crunch, and the world starts to rotate, and rotate, and rotate, and—
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Welcome to the modern day carriage crash.
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in paper rings, in picture frames, in all my dreams (you're the one i want) by darkesky
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
29 Jun 2023
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"Dear Reader,
While this humble author swore to hang up her pen, some of her more insistent fans requested coverage on this past weekend. Why, I could not possibly imagine. It was an extraordinarily ordinary day of May 25th, 2018.
Unless, of course, one counts the extraordinarily unordinary wedding of one Mr. Colin Bridgerton and Ms. Penelope Featherington."
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Colin and Penelope try to elope. Unfortunately (or fortunately!), the Bridgertons have a plan.
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wasn’t it easier (in your firefly-catchin’ days) by darkesky
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
12 Apr 2024
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“We need to have a serious conversation,” Hyacinth says the second she slides into the passenger seat of the old junker.
Gregory adjusts his mirror for the fifth time, trying to decide whether or not he wants to attempt backing up.
“I’m listening,” he says.
“There’s a Bridgerton curse,” Hyacinth says.
That gets Gregory’s attention.
He puts the car back into park, stops white-knuckling the steering wheel, and faces her.
“Are you… going to elaborate? Or did you want to just say something dramatic?” Gregory asks.
“There’s a Bridgerton curse that activates—”
“ —activates?”
“—the second you turn eighteen, and you’ve turned eighteen, so you’re not going to be able to avoid it.” Hyacinth straightens, giving up on dabbing at the smeared mascara. “I have been training to avoid it, but you haven’t.”
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Vignettes of Gregory as an eighteen-year-old
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so long, london (stitches undone, two graves, one gun) by darkesky
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
22 Apr 2024
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“Let me go check with John," Francesca says.
“He just said he has a headache," Michael says. "Maybe you shouldn’t add to it.”
She ignores him, racing up the stairs, trying to shake out her t-shirt as she does so. Then again, white t-shirt, black bra… maybe that will be the thing to clear up his headache. It would definitely make it fun for her.
She raps on the door. “John?”
No response.
“John?”
No response.
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Francesca loses a love of her life.
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i had a bad feeling but we were dancing (dancing with our hands tied, hands tied) by darkesky
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
10 Jun 2024
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“Why are you stalking Cressida Cowper?” Penelope says.
Eloise cannot tell if her best friend is disgusted by it—because she doesn’t want Eloise to even care about their old school bully, although she was always more of Penelope’s bully—or if she is secretly delighted. “I ran into her at the coffeeshop the other day. She said, get this? She said we should catch up. Like we’re old friends.”
“God, can you imagine catching up with Cressida Cowper?” Penelope shakes her head. “What would she tell you about?”
“I don’t even know what she does,” Eloise admits, swiping through Cressida’s Instagram.
Her Instagram doesn’t give a lot of information if she’s being honest. Or it doesn’t give any good information.
There’s Cressida on a beach in Italy, posing with her glossy, perfect hair down (and Eloise doesn’t remember her hair being down in high school; she remembers it being up in elaborate twists or a strangely misshapen bun). She has sunglasses on, and she poses in a way that shows off just how attractive she is. Like she’s daring everyone to look at her and see anything else.
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Eloise and Cressida "catch up"
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when they fall in love, it's all on their faces (hangs in the air like stars in outer space) by darkesky
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
13 Jul 2023
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Nobody appreciates the sacrifices Gregory makes for this family.
He can tell the Sharma sisters apart. The moment Anthony announced to the family he was dating Edwina—the first person he ever dated! or, at least, the first person he ever admitted to dating—Gregory spent the weekend stalking her on Instagram. He knows what she wore to her high school and college graduation. He knows her favorite books. He could probably tell you her current read if given a chance to scroll on his phone.
He guides Daphne’s finger to Kate, and he grins. “That’s her! Edwina!”
“That’s Edwina?” Daphne says.
He nods, and he lies through his teeth. "Yup! That's her!"
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Gregory meddles with all of his siblings' relationships, even if they don't realize.
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don't read the last page, but i'll stay (when it's hard or it's wrong or we're making mistakes) by darkesky
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
27 Apr 2024
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She grabs his favorite book—one of those Pigeon books; Gregory loves seeing what hijinks the bird gets up to—and she makes her way back to him, plopping down.
He points. “Pidge.”
“Pigeon,” she corrects, almost idly. Then, she pulls him closer to her, ignoring his confused hum. “Gregory, I need you to know that this isn’t going to stop just because we have a new baby.”
He stares at her, confused.
“Storytime is time for us,” she tells him. She grabs his little fist, and she forces him into a pinky promise. “So, whenever you need it, we’re going to have storytime. And whenever I need it, we’re going to have storytime. Understood?”
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7 times Eloise and Gregory read together + 1 time Gregory reads without Eloise
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