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Are there Bridgerton Pride & Prejudice & Zombies AU fanfics? If not, I feel like there needs to be.
Can you imagine Kate and Anthony kicking ass at killing zombies with all that sexual tension?
I just saw this tiktok video of what I believe is an Indian drama. I'm not 100% sure if it was a show or movie. I couldn't find the name on it. But in the video, it was described that a village made its money by selling off daughters to wealthy men for marriage. The female lead was the "ugly" girl (she was not ugly) who managed a side business off this main business by having the potential grooms see her first as their bride and then showing the real girl. Basically, helping with negotiations saying, "Hey, you could've gotten me, but instead, we have this gem here. Don't you think she's worth more?" After getting the higher bride price she takes her cut.
After watching, I said I could see Kate and Penelope making a small business doing this around the ton. Not to say they aren't beautiful, they are, and the girl in the original video was beautiful too. They just don't fit society beauty standards. Actually, side note now that I think about it canonically the only one of the wives who did was Sophie. Sophie was described to fit the ton's beauty standards to a t and would probably have been the incomparable/diamond of her debute season if she was born legitimate.
Anyway, Kate probably started it. For one reason or another, they couldn't wait for Edwina to debute, and Kate wasn't having a successful season, so she thought of a way to earn some money to help her family. It started as an accident, Kate was visiting a friend the same time negotiations were happening for her friend's engagement. Her friend has never met the lord, and two just so happened to walk by the room the negotiations were happening in. The lord saw Kate before her friend and assumed she was to be his bride. He was about to be outraged until her friend turned the corner. Things went much better for the bride to be in the negotiations after that.
Kate's friend apologized for the situation, but the wheels in Kate's head were turning. She didn't care all that much about being compared to her friend. Strangers loved to unpromptly compare her to Edwina when they were together and Kate couldn't really bring herself to care she has other things to worry about. But this new development, might work in her favor.
So Kate started offering her services to get brides to be better deals on marriage negotiations. First looks from arranged marriages she'll be in front and then show the real bride. Sometimes, be part of the negotiations by giving little reminders that hey, she is still in need of a husband, and if they want to pay less, then they can negotiate with her family. Sometimes, she didn't have to do anything besides sit next to the bride to be and just talk with her as a silent reminder. Kate also offered services such as attending balls with her clients and spreading word about bride's accomplishments. Kate would get her cut, which helped her family's financial situation longer, just long enough to get Edwina married.
A few years pass, and Kate is booked, possibly overly so. She has more and more parents there who wish for her to be part of the negotiations. There are so many that there is no possible way she can do them all by herself. Unless she gets a partner.
In 1813, Kate saw a miserable wallflower standing at the edge of one of the balls. That yellow dress did not do the poor girl any favors with her complexion, nor did the shape help with her curvy figure. Her poor red hair reminded Kate of an overdone poodle. She looked to be Edwina's age, and that made Kate's big sister instincts go off.
Introductions were made, and Kate learned the girl's name was Penelope Featherington. Kate learned the girl was rather smart and witty when she relaxed around you. She, like Kate, had a good head on her shoulders and it's a shame others don't see that.
Oh well, their loss is Kate's gain.
"Penelope, how would you feel about helping me with some business?" Kate asked one night at a ball. She had a negotiation to go to tomorrow and it would be an ideal time to take her new friend to get her feet wet.
Penelope looked up at Kate. "What kind of business?"
Kate took Penelope with her to the negotiations, and the deals doubled in favor of the bride.
Kate grinned the first time her friend participated in negotiations, raising deals much more favorably for the bride. By mid-season, Penelope will be ready to go on her own. Which will be good because next season, Edwina debutes. Kate will have to focus on her while Penelope takes on the majority of the negotiation calls. When Edwina is settled then Kate can fully jump back in. Which hopefully shouldn't be too hard, Kate knows Edwina will be popular, so it's just a matter of sorting the good men from the rakes. After that Kate can fully focus on her business.
It will all go according to plan.
Wait. Are they all friends before or after becoming a bridgerton spouse? I really like the idea that they all knew each other before and slowly just introduced each member to their future spouse.
Before. I like found family (the spouses) and slightly broken chaos family (the Bridgertons) so this au is basically me trying to mix both tropes.
Simon and Penelope do have Bridgerton exposure though.Simon is Anthony's best friend since boarding school and university. They do work together on cases from time to time too. Penelope was childhood friends with the Bridgertons but when she dipped out on high society they lost contact.
Michael, Gareth and Phillip know of the Bridgertons because high society is a small world but they never met.
Kate, Sophie, and Lucy have no idea who thos people are outside of the stories Simon and Penelope tell them of the Bridgerton dumbassery.
Also when the Bridgertons do some old money high society shit they get hella roasted. But that's also how they know their accepted by the rest.
I feel like the group came together slowly through coincidences.
Like I can see Philip, Penelope, and Michel meeting in college. Philip and Penelope bonded over running away from their families and Michael took them under his wing (or rather Penelope and Philip often brought his drunk as home).
Simon and Gareth knew each other through Lady Danbury and Simon took Gareth under his wing as they bonded over shitty fathers.
Kate and Sophie meet in high school where Kate notices how bad things are for her underclassman friend and Kate's family takes her in.
The small groups come together to form the large group gradually. Kate and Sophie would meet Michael, Philip, and Penelope when they take Edwina to move her stuff into her dorm room, where Michael is the RA and Philip and Penelope are there with him. Kate gets their numbers and keeps in contact with them to make sure her baby sister is okay, but gradually their chat shifts to more casual conversation and soon they are meeting for drinks along with Sophie.
Simon and Kate actually meet when Lady Danbury sets the two up on a blind date (or rather tricked them into). The two end up realizing neither is interested in dating but like the other as a friend. So they keep in contact as well and Simon joins Kate and the others on their pub nights.
Gareth meets everyone when Simon asks Michael, Philip, and Penelope to look out for him at school. Lucy is the last to join and only because Gareth spotted her moving in by herself and his "shitty family life" sense tingle. He messages the group that night.
Gareth: I have found the eighth member for our group!
Sophie: Please stop making us sound like a cult.
Michael: Sophie's right. Our group only drinks the finest whiskey, not koolaid!
Penelope: Sometimes I think we should have left him on the doorstep of that church.
Philip: He'd have seduced the nuns.
Simon: Better than when we had to bail him out of jail that one time.
Yeah, that's how I picture it, they start with small groups then those groups mix and expand.
Penelope met Phillip and Michael when the university she went to decided since she graduated a year early to make their room a coed one in hopes she'll feel more comfortable rooming with an RA. Michael was ecstatic to gain a new little freshman and immediately adopted her into their friend group. Penelope and Phillip sometimes wonder how they are more responsible than their RA who they dragged back to the dorms more than once while he was drunk off his ass. Phillip and Penelope really bonded when they researched poisonous plants together for one of Penelope's stories.
Kate and Sophie met in high school where they became pretty good friends. Sophie stayed at the Sharma's a lot to get away from her stepmother and when Araminta kicks Sophie out Mary immediately demands for Kate to bring her home to the Sharmas.
When Edwina started college Kate met up with her sister's RA to ask if he could once in a while update her on her baby sister. She was surprised when she was handed three phone numbers.
"Those are Phillip and Penelope's numbers on their as well," Michael said. "Trust me you want their numbers too."
Kate soon found out why. Phillip and Penelope were much more reliable on answering her texts. But she did like all three of them and it wasn't long before their conversations became more casual and friendly. (Edwina was so thankful for this. The trio really did her a solid when they kept their updates very basic, and they were quiet about her new relationship until she was ready to tell Kate. They really knew how to manage overprotective family members.)
It's not long until Phillip and Penelope lose a bet and now has to get a tattoo. Michael texts Kate. Your friend Sophie is a tattoo artist right?
Sophie, who was saving up to open up her own shop after she finished her apprenticeship, agreed to take them. Kate went with to the appointment because she was curious which tattoos Michael would choose for Phillip and Penelope.
Phillip ended up with a row of flower on his lower back. Sophie didn't say anything when she noticed some scars that would be covered by the design. Meanwhile Penelope got a quill pen dripping ink on her back left shoulder.
"A pen for Pen." Michael grinned.
"And a tramp stamp for Phillip," Penelope giggled as Phillip flipped Michael off.
"Oh well, Phillip will just have to get a whole garden on his back now," Michael said, not at all sorry.
"We're leaving you on the church steps next time," Phillip threatened.
After that the two groups started hanging out on a regular basis.
Simon and Gareth have known each other practically since Gareth was born mainly due to the fact they are the only relatives that Lady Danbury likes. They form a brotherly bond and Simon takes Gareth under his wing.
When Lady Danbury and Mary reconnected as friends she brought Simon along in hopes that maybe she can get a little matchmaking in.
Kate and Sophie like Simon and figure he would get along with the trio too, so they invite him out with them. They're right and the group adds one more person to their group.
Penelope accidentally outs him as the Duke of Hastings though because she remembers his name from her time as a rich kid. (That's ok, he was about to out himself anyway when he ordered one of the most expensive drinks in the bar and didn't even bat an eye at the price.) This is also the night where Kate and Sophie learn that Michael and Phillip also came from old money, but they were allowed more freedoms because they were considered the spares so they're rarely ever home. Penelope admits she grew up in high society, but her family was new money, and she hasn't been back since she left for university.
When Gareth starts university it's the same one that the trio graduated from. Simon asks Phillip and Penelope if they can show his little cousin around. Michael pretends to take offense when Kate says to him that Gareth already has Simon for a bad influence, he doesn't need Michael too.
Speaking of bad influences guess who Simon took to Sophie's shop to get a tattoo for his 18th birthday. Yup, it's Gareth. Sophie took this one out of her normal hours so the rest of the group cold meet him too. They liked him and adopted him into the group.
Lucy was the last to join. The university accidently made another coed room again this time with Gareth and Lucy. Gareth's shitty home life senses started tingling and by the end of the week he was ready to drag her to meet the group.
Gareth: Guess what!
Kate: Sophie and or Michael got arrested again? Did Penelope make another businessman cry after giving him a verbal lashing?
Sophie: THAT WAS ONE TIME!
Penelope: HE DESERVED IT! THE PRINTER BOYS NEEDED A RAISE!
Gareth: No but someone better share those stories later. I have found our eighth member! Now we'll be evened out! Four boys and four girls!
Phillip: Gareth, you have to stop making us sound like a cult.
Michael: I agree! We only drink the finest of drinks.
Simon: On my dime.
Kate: Your fancy people tastes won't let us go somewhere in our price range.
Sophie: And we're not forcing Michael to hang out at his own club on his days off.
Penelope: We should, he might start acting right if he's in his own club. At least we won't have to worry about him seducing nuns.
Michael: Hey I resent that!
Phillip: Too bad.
Gareth: GUYS! Her name is Lucy, she's coming out with us tonight. She's read all of this over my shoulder and I'm adding her to the chat now.
Lucy: Um, hi?
So did Colin and Eloise manage to get to Penelope at the ball at some point? Honestly I’d just love to know what happens next with everyone at home the ball. Part 2?
Part 2 of the ball? Really nothing much else happened. Kate and Anthony got into an argument about Kate's (accurate) description of the Bridgerton brood. Phillip and Penelope just continued moving and even took to the dance floor a few times. Michael and Francesca overheard Sophie call Benedict a nudist and busted out laughing.
Phillip and Penelope were the first ones out the door as soon as they could. Neither of them didn't want to be there in the first place. Sophie, Kate, and Lucy were right behind them. All of them had to be up early the next morning for work and school. Michael stuck around a little bit longer to say goodbye to Francesca. Simon and Gareth were stuck until much later in the evening because they very much feared Lady Danbury.
This didn't go well for Gareth later in the evening, because you know who else was there? Felicity Featherington.
Felicity took notice of how Colin and Eloise followed around Sir Crane and his plus one. Felicity could also spot her favorite sister anywhere. Even if it has been a few years since they saw one another in person. It is also well known that the four lords had friends outside of high society.
Hyacinth and Gareth had just finished a dance when Felicity cornered him.
"St. Clare," Felicity said staring him down. "Was that or was that not my sister with Sir Crane this evening."
Hyacinth turned towards Gareth. "Penelope was here?"
Gareth tensed. Penelope was going to kill him.
Michael, Phillip, and Penelope were all woken up by a loud banging on their apartment door.
Michael glared at the door like it offended his mother. "Damn, who comes to disturb the peace at seven am."
Phillip only makes a noise of agreement, but the morning grump was glaring at the door too.
Seeing neither of the boys were going to open it Penelope does. Her eyes widened when she sees who is on the other side.
"Penelope!" Hyacinth and Felicity hug her.
So I know I haven't said much about the twins in the spouses friend group universe but that's mainly because I'm still on the fence whether or not I want them to be biologically Phillip's where he's coparenting with Marina or go down the show route where they are biologically George's and Phillip ends up taking them in. Or even just having Phillip be the fun uncle.
But like I'm imagining cute scenes where the friend group take the twins on little adventures with them. Like they used to get up to some shit before the twins were born and then after Phillip would strap them babies in a stretchy wrap and take them with him as his friends dragged all three out the door.
And Phillip trusts his kids with any of friends. They're all responsible and would not let anything happen to them. Uncle Michael shows them how to make cool (non alcoholic) drinks, Aunt Penelope tells the best stories, Uncle Simon gives the best presents. Aunt Sophie and Uncle Gareth gives them cool (completely temporary and child safe) tattoos, and lets them color in their tattoos. Aunt Kate and Aunt Lucy lets them see all kinds of animals at Kate's clinic, plus Newton can tire them out and they can tire out Newton.
I'm not sure. What do you guys think?
So who is the next Bridgerton to come barging into the spouse friend group. Part of me thinks it would be Eloise or Colin because Hyacinth would totally rub it in their face that she knows where their friend is but I could also see Benedict going full prince charming mode and being determined to find the woman he met at the ball.
Hyacinth would tease and then try to auction the information off to the highest bidder and Benedict would scouring social media looking for signs of the woman he met that night with all her silver tattoos.
The next one to barge in on the friend group though is actually Anthony.
Now to be fair this tattoo appointment was scheduled before the charity ball. Anthony was teasing Simon about some of his tattoos when Simon betted him that Anthony's posh ass was too much of a pussy to get any tattoos done. Anthony said bet and Simon immediately called Sophie up to schedule Anthony for a shoulder half-sleeve.
Sophie wanting to get the final designs and thoughts from Simon's friend asked Simon to bring him down during the end of lunch since his appointment was right after.
Well the rest of the friend group just so happened to be there too all congregating together on their own lunch breaks.
"The rest of the group will probably be there too, we all tend to meet up one of the shops for lunch," Simon said as they walked in.
"Is that woman you brought with you to Lady Danbury's charity ball going to be there?" Anthony asked.
"Kate? Probably since her clinic is right next door. Unless one of her patients had an emergency."
Anthony raised an eyebrow. "That woman works in a clinic? I feel sorry for her patients-"
Penelope was the first to notice them. "Hey Simon, Hey Anthony."
Cue big brother mode.
"Penelope Featherington!"
Penelope leans back into Phillip. "I'm in trouble."
Anthony pinches one of Penelope's cheeks just like he would do to his younger sisters when they were in trouble. He doesn't notice Phillip grabbing the back of Penelope's shirt incase he needs to pull her back or the others outside of Simon tensing up. He also doesn't notice Penelope wave them off.
"Where have you been young lady?" Anthony demanded.
Penelope smirked. She's kind of missed riling up Anthony with the Bridgerton sisters. "Living with two men."
Kate was no help and added gas to the fire. "Two very attractive men."
I love the prompt about with the spouses already being friends before they meet their Bridgertons. I wonder about Colin and Eloise's reaction to seeing Pen again. I can only imagine the scene they'll make. As you wrote, their not subtle. Poor Penelope trying to get away from both but espacially Colin, and Philip trying to distract them, only to be distracted by Eloise.
Anon asked: I love how chaotic Kate is in the friends AU but she's lucky it was Anthony and not Colin. Anthony might interrogate the two on their intentions but Colin might of dragged Pen out. How do the spouses and Bridgertons start getting together in this?
Anon asked: what’s the group reaction when they realise they’re all falling in love with siblings?
and what’s the order in which the couples get together?
love this idea
Anon asked: how do the each person in the spouse group fall in love with a bridgerton? and how do they react when they realise?
Anon asked: Spouses friends group is hilarious! which one is the first to fall for a Bridgerton and which one is the last?
i can imagine that when almost everyone is with a Bridgerton they’re just making fun of each other and when the last couple get together everyone just find it an hilarious coincidence!
also i don’t know between Sophie, Kate and Lucy being the most anti - posh and so they just keep throwing shades at each other
As you can see I have a very popular request for this au.
I like to think that they still fall in love in the same order they did in the books, or start hooking up that way at least.
At the very least Simon and Daphne are the first ones to get together. They're the friendliest and don't have a weird block/history between them the way polin and franchel would have.
They might be what also gets the two groups to come together as one.
The friend group is hesitant when interacting with basically the definition of old money and posh Bridgertons with Simon being the exception. Michael and Phillip are the spares, Gareth was treated like a spare, Penelope left high society years ago, and Kate, Sophie, and Lucy were never part of that life. So when saphne started dating Daphne was determined to formally meet the people her boyfriend considered his siblings, he's met her's after all.
The boys were easy enough, all of them were gentlemen, and Simon was there to help.
Daphne was determined to meet the girls on her own and invited them over for tea. It was pretty awkward to say the least when it started. None of them were mean or anything but it was hard to find common ground. That's when Penelope took pity on Daphne and dug through her head for a common topic.
She landed on music. Daphne lit up talking about it and in turn it helped bring out the other girls artistic sides with Kate's watercolors, Sophie's tattoos, Penelope's writings and Lucy's photography.
This tea time is how the points game started. In a way it was Daphne asking for the others to let her know if she starts doing something posh and she would try to lower her score each time.
Then with Daphne coming around more often her siblings followed behind until they were all one giant group hanging out and giving the Bridgertons posh points.
you said that once simon and daphne start their relationship, the spouse friend group and the bridgertons start hanging out more and become one big group, so i was wondering how the different relationships evolve? who spends more time with who? ☺️
Kathony: These two sort of develop a rivalry between them especially after the Bridgertons introduce the friend group to pall mall. Kate is the only woman to get under Anthony's skin the way she does and it drives him insane. There's also a begrudging respect between them as well. With how close Sophie is to Kate and Simon being Anthony's best friend they often spend the most time with Benophie and Saphne.
Benophie: They bond over art. Benedict is fascinated by Sophie's signature tattoos, which include outlining the tattoos in silver. Sophie on the other hand is impressed by the landscape paintings Benedict does and all the details he manages to incorporate into each one. They sometimes have little drawing competitions.
Polin: They were friends before but now that Penelope is back in his life Colin has noticed the confidence boost she's gotten. They help edit each other's works, Colin's travel writings and Penelope's novel writings. Colin has also gotten closer to Phillip and Michael just because close proximity they have with them living with Penelope.
Philoise: With Eloise getting closer to Penelope again she has more often than not also spent a good deal of time with Phillip. Eloise found his awkward nature kind of cute, though she was definitely not prepared the first time Michael got Phillip tipsy and he started flirting.
Franchel: When the group started coming together Francesca gravitated towards Michael because he was familiar and they were already friends. It was a head scratcher until others remembered that Francesca was engaged to Michael's cousin before he passed. Phillip and Penelope weren't that surprised though, Michael has a habit of picking up quiet ones and insisting they're his friends.
Grucy: They were friendly from the beginning, probably the two that slid most naturally into friendship. They would be each other's wingmen before they got together. Gregory also found himself getting closer to Kate and wished his older brother just kissed her already.
Hyareth: These two are the mischief makers and live to give their older brothers/paternal figures (Anthony and Simon) aneurisms. They'll often team up with Gregory and Lucy to pull off more elaborate pranks.
I'm dying to know Colin and Eloise's reaction to finally meeting Penelope again after she broke off all contact when she moved away from her mother. What do they think about her big friend group with so many different people. I can imagine Colin beeing annoyed at Michael for keeping it secret that he knew where Pen was, and Eloise is confused by Philip. Michael haven't had that much contact with the Bridgertons, but he could have mentioned that he LIVED with Pen!
So in defense of Michael while he knows Penelope knew the Bridgertons once upon a time he also knows that it was her chocie to leave and if she didn't tell them where she was than that was her choice and he was gonna respect it. Plus Francesca never brought her up in conversation and that's just kinda weird to announce out of no where that the family friend she has never brought up once is living with him.
Eloise assumed Hyacinth was teasing when she bragged about seeing Penelope again with Felicity. Colin thought his younger sister was trying to get under someone's skin again.
"The two men Pen lives with are quiet handsome," Hyacinth said when Violet asked about her. She then gets a mischevious grin. "I wonder if she dated either of them."
Eloise scoffed, while Colin pretended he didn't hear.
"Actually they were roommates in college and continued living together after," Anthony said, not looking up from his newspaper.
After that Eloise manages to get the address out of Hyacinth and drags Colin with her. Also much like her sister Eloise comes banging on the door at 7am.
"Again?!" Michael groans, rolling over to bury his face into his pillow. "Why does everyone show up when we want to sleep in?!"
The roommates had a movie night the night before and all ended up sleeping in the living room.
Phillip, being the only one semi awake, goes to open the door. There he finds two Bridgertons, one is talking a mile a minute asking about where Penelope was, the other was just observing the area around him.
"Why do you all come so early in the morning?" Phillip asked. "Like you all can't wait until at least ten?"
He walks back inside while waving Colin and Eloise in. "Pen it's for you."
Penelope sits up before groaning and laying back down. "Why are you both here so early?"
"Oh Pen!" Eloise rushed forward asking a thousand questions at once. Colin was still observing those and the apartment around him. Though he often found himself tracing over Penelope's form more than once.
At least until Phillip asked if they wanted some of the food he's making.
does anyone in the spouse friends group has a flirt or spend a night together?
I'm not quite sure what you mean, but I'm guessing you mean has anyone dated within the group? If it's that then no, they're all platonic.
Now Michael/Phillip/Penelope live together in their apartment and Gareth/Lucy live together in the dorms of the University. Kate and Sophie used to live together during high school when Mary took Sophie in. After Kate went off to University and Sophie started her apprenticeship. They do live in the same building as the trio. Simon is the odd duck out among them. They all have had sleepovers at each others places, besides the dorms for obvious reasons. None of them would blink if they came home one day to find one of their friends who do not live there chilling on their couch.
As for flirting. Look there are multiple reasons they have private group chat that the Bridgertons don't see. One of them being is that they are gonna get their feelings hurt. Due to certain influences the group is not afraid to flirt with one another. It will be some of the dirtiest, nastiest flirting that would make the devil himself blush, some of which they turn around and use on their partners, and it's all platonic. They're honestly just being silly with one another. Until one of them gets competitive, then it's just a fucking challenge to see who can get the other the most red. (Simon and Gareth being the exception because damn it Simon helped raise that boy.) If their partners do express being uncomfortable with the platonic flirting though they'll stop.
I love the idea of the posh and wealthy Bridgerton siblings falling for their spouses in the spouse friend group au. Penelope and Simon constantly have to translate. They have a running competition about whose Bridgerton is the poshest. Eloise is offended at first until Philip points out that for his birthday she bought him first edition versions of some of his favorite books.
Eloise: Well I certainly wasn't going to give you a 2nd or 3rd edition! (shudders).
Philip: Just for that remark, you get another point.
OR
Sophie (staring at the ring Benedict is proposing to her with): I can not wear that thing.
Benedict: I told Anthony that I should have gone up a carat size!
Sophie: Ben, I'm pretty sure they could see that rock from SPACE! There is no way in hell I can wear that on my finger while working.
Benedict: Oh then that's no problem! I can reserve the store for us tonight to pick out a proper one! (turns around to call the jeweler).
Sophie proceeds to add two points to his score.
OR
Penelope (opening Colin's fridge): Colin, why do you have four kinds of cheese in your fridge?
Colin: I know it's sad but the store was out of the good Brie and Wensleydale so I'm a bit short today.
Penelope: I'm adding a point for every cheese in your fridge plus the two you mentioned.
This ask reminds me of @newtonsheffield lavender haze au, which I highly recommend.
I'm going to be completely honest I haven't thought that far into their relationships or the au in general, but I love the thought of the spouses only group chat just keeping score of whose Bridgerton does the most rich people posh shit. Anthony is currently in the lead. Daphne has the lowest score only because Simon won't add points for certain things because he has done some of those things. The others have to call red cards on him sometimes and then give Simon points. The Bridgertons never know their actual scores because their lovers will sometimes add points without telling them.
I have thought about how the two groups officially run paths.
I am also going to slightly redact one of my statements from my previous post. Michael and Francesca are friendly with one another. They were distantly acquainted at best when she was dating his cousin but when they got engaged and John later became sick, they bonded into a friendship. He doesn't know the rest of them though.
Lady Danbury throws a charity ball, and the boys have to go since they are the heads of their families. They beg and bribe to bring the girls as plus ones because going alone is just asking for matchmaking mamas to throw their daughters at them. The girls finally agree when Simon reveals that it's a masquerade ball so their faces will be covered.
Well guess who was also at the charity ball.
The group kind of splits off once they're at the party. Gareth and Lucy go raid the desert table before Lady Danbury pulls them to the side.
Standing next to Lady Danbury is a middle-aged woman with two others, her children most likely.
"Gareth, Lucy, this is Lady Violet Bridgerton and her children Gregory and Hyacinth," Lady Danbury introduced.
The group talked for a little while, mainly about the four in university and how their studies were going. Lucy didn't miss though how Gregory kept sneaking looks at her.
At one point Gregory whispered something to Hyacinth who only smirked at her brother and held out her hand. Gregory rolled his eyes before placing some money into the outstretched hand. Hyacinth counted it before nodding.
"Gareth I do love this next song coming on. Come dance with me." Without waiting for answer Hyacinth dragged Gareth off.
Violet only smiled and nodded. "Oh yes the next dance is so much fun. Lucy you must join in."
"Oh, I don't know the steps," Lucy said. Gareth how dare you leave her alone with his matchmaking grandma.
Lady Danbury taps her cane to the floor. "Nonsense! Gregory can lead you can't you boy?"
Gregory nods, holding out his arm for her to take. "Of course. Shall we?"
Phillip pulls Penelope off to go see what plants are around the conservatory.
"Look at all these plants Pen!" Phillip sounded like a kid in a candy shop. He excitedly pointed to some Penelope roses. "Here's your flower!"
Penelope giggled. "You know Pip I think you take the term wallflower to a whole new level."
"Hush Pen."
As Phillip continued to show her all the different plants, Penelope couldn't help but feel like someone was staring at her. Which was weird, she was never noticed at these things growing up. Discreetly Penelope began to look around and oh no. Here she thought she be unrecognizable now. The last thing she needs is for a scene to happen and her mother find out she's here.
Penelope grips Phillip's arm gaining his full attention.
"Pen?"
"I think I've been found out."
Phillip fully turns, blocking most of Penelope's small frame out of sight. "Your mother?"
"No, the Bridgertons." Penelope gestures.
Phillip follows and sees a young woman Penelope's age and a man about Michael's age. "Which ones are they?"
"Colin and Eloise."
Phillip looked back down. "Weren't you close with them?"
"You know after that huge fight with Mama I basically ghosted everyone, I knew from high society including them. If they find out I'm here now they'll make a scene. There is no sublte bone in either of their bodies, in the whole family."
Phillip begins to tug Penelope along again. "Well, I guess we'll keep moving.
Michael and Sophie head off to dance.
During one of the dances you are supposed to switch off partners. Sophie finds herself practically swept away with how quick her new dance partner switched her from Michael.
"I apologize," he said. "Francesca wanted some time to talk to Michael."
Oh, Sophie knew of Francesca. She was engaged to Michael's cousin when he passed. During that time period when Michael wasn't with one of them, he was with her.
Sophie looked over her shoulder. None of Micahel's usual flintiness was there as he whispered something to Francesca.
"I say those are some lovely tattoos you have."
Sophie turns back towards her new dance partner bewildered. Did he seriously say lovely and tattoos in the same sentence?
"Who are you?" Sophie asked.
"Benedict Bridgerton," the man said.
Benedict. Sophie's knows that name too. He was in some of Penelope childhood stories. "The nudist?"
Meanwhile Simon and Kate kind of take it all in from the side lines.
"I see why you wanted all of us to come along," Kate joked as she watched all the older women look on in disappointment from seeing her next to Simon. "They look absolutely visous."
"They most certainly are," Simon said, his eyes still on the crowd.
Kate was about to say something else when a voice cuts her off.
"Basset!"
Simon turns towards the voice, the first smile he had all evening lighting up his face. "Bridgerton!"
A man the same age as Simon rushes forward and the two embrace. Behind him is one of the most elegant looking young ladies Kate has ever seen.
Bridgerton. Kate has heard that name before, but where? Maybe a story from one of the others? Bridgerton, Bridgerton, Bridgerton. Oh. "Bridgerton? As in the eight siblings who all share one brain cell?"
So I mentioned this before but in the Spouses Friend Group the guys still have their titles, and the girls roast them daily for it.
Simon gets the worst of it because he has the highest title and his occasion posh attitude.
“Okay Duke of Hastings, you’re getting posh points,” Kate will say to him when Simon says something in rich without Penelope there to translate.
Penelope and Phillip are constantly going back and forth about which title to call him because technically Phillip has two, he has the one from his family and the one he earned by getting his phd.
“Sir Crane.”
“Dr. Crane.”
“Mm, no it’s Sir Crane.”
“Dr. Crane. Isn’t your father a baron?”
“Yes, but I am no baroness, Sir Crane.”
“Come my little lordling, we have a staff meeting!” Sophie will say as she leads Gareth to said staff meeting.
“Earl of Kilmartin! Come bestow your presence on this lowly servant AND ANSWER YOUR PHONE!” Lucy yelled into Michael’s voice mail after calling him for the fifth time to make sure he ain’t dead or in jail again.
@browneyesandhair unearthed a bunch of my spouses friend group posts and now it has given me an idea. Set in the spouses friend group au but also throw in some omegaverse au too.
Simon was getting twitchy lately. His eye would randomly flinched, his hands would shake, and when seated he found himself more often than naught bouncing his leg. It was becoming irritating. Damn these pack instincts! This is what he gets for making friends, they trick him into becoming a pack leader and then he gains pack instincts. Those same damn instincts makes him twitchy when he goes too long without seeing all the members of his pack or smelling their scent. Anything to know they are ok!
Everyone has been away on different trips for the past two weeks as well. Kate is visiting a client’s farm since she’s one of the few vets that know how to treat peafowl in the nearby area. Sophie was traveling for a tattoo convention that she’s been excited about. The trio has traveled to Crete, Penelope for work, Phillip to go see the oldest olive tree, and Michael just refused to be left behind. Gareth and Lucy went on a college trip for an archeology class Gareth convinced Lucy to take with him. So yeah Simon really hasn't even had at least one of them around to settle himself.
Aunt Agatha is no help either, she just laughs at him whenever he goes off on rants about how his little pack, that he didn't even ask for nor does he know how he ended up as pack leader, is driving him up a wall.
But it will be ok, they are all due to come home soon. Then Simon can relax and have some help eating the dozens of cookies he's stressed baked the past week and a half. It helps that he's managed to herd them all living together in this stupidly enormous house he inherited.
Simon pulled out his phone.
*In the group chat*
Simon: All of you come straight home after you get back. No side stops.
Michael: Uh, oh, alpha daddy is daddying
Kate: Michael, Penelope, Gareth, have any of you been stressing out Simon again?
Gareth: US?!?!?
Penelope: Michael and I have been in Crete. . .WITH PHILLIP. You think he's gonna let us ruin his chances at seeing the oldest olive tree?
Phillip: I would have buried you two.
Sophie: And then dig them right back up. You three would not survive without one another.
Gareth: And I've been at a dig site with Lucy. How are we gonna stress Simon out at a dig site? 💀
Lucy: TBH I thought he saw that picture of us eating that ancient jar of honey.
Simon: YOU ATE WHAT?!?!
"YOU ATE WHAT?"
Simon felt his shoulders relax when seven distinct smells hit him, followed by seven different voices. The loudest being Kate's as she's questioning Gareth and Lucy. The phone slipped from his hand and lightly landed on the countertop.
His pack was home.
Now, he had to join Kate on scolding some naughty pups. Them being in University is irrelevant.
Penelope, drunk: If God didn't want me to commit fatherless behavior, he should've given my mother better taste in men!
Simon, Kate, Sophie, Phillip, Michael, and Gareth, all of them also drunk: AMEN!
Lucy, who also drunk: Wait, isn't our dad Simon?
Spouses Friend Group Chat
Simon: Remember to hydrate today!
Kate: NOT DR. PEPPER
Sophie: *sends a photo of her designing a Dr. Pepper tattoo while drinking Dr. Pepper
Lucy: *sends a photo of her and Gareth drinking Dr. Pepper. Gareth is decked out in Dr. Pepper merch*
Michael: *sends photo of Penelope doing his makeup with a Dr. Pepper eyeshadow pallet. Phillip is in the background making a floral Dr. Pepper art piece. All of them have a Dr. Pepper drink in their hands or near them.*
Simon: . . .
Kate: You little shits
Sophie, Michael, Phillip, Penelope, Gareth, and Lucy: *proceeds to spam the group chat with all the photos they can find of Simon and Kate drinking Dr. Pepper *
Have this cute little idea I had for the spouses friend group
Phillip knows how to make perfume and does so using the plants he grew. He makes them when he (almost always) accidentally grows too many of his plants and sells them in his nursery as a side gig along with cologne, and pet friendly perfumes.
It started out as a bet between Michael and Phillip back when they were rooming together in university. Penelope had just become their roommate and Phillip as a welcoming gift grew her some of the roses that share her name. As always, Phillip accidentally grew too many.
"They smell really good," Penelope said as she picked up one of the roses. "Imagine it as a perfume!"
"Would they make a good perfume though?" Michael asked.
Phillip snapped his head towards Michael. "Watch yourself Stirling, those are fighting words talking about my babies!"
Penelope was taken aback; she had never seen Phillip that fired up. Michael grinned; he loved getting his friend this riled up.
"Oh, wanna bet?" Michael asked. "If you can make a perfume, a good one, out of your left-over plants than I will behave for a month."
Phillip raised an eyebrow. "A whole month? Even when you get bored?"
Michael nodded. Penelope's jaw dropped. One thing she quickly learned with living with these two is that getting Michael to behave when he's bored often required the wrath of his mother, and even then his head of the family cousin would often just give Michael a slap on the wrist, or Michael will sweet talk his way out of it. Now don't get her wrong Michael doesn't blow off responsibility when he needs to do it but there has been more than one rule made because of him.
It was a deal too sweet for Phillip not to take and the pride of his plants were on the line.
Phillip shook Michael's hand. "Deal."
After doing the research the boys agreed to giving Phillip six months to extract the oils from the plants, mix them together, and let the perfume age in an airtight bottle before trying it. Based on their living space and what materials he could get Phillip decided to use the enfleurage methods to extract the oils. On a sheet of glass he laid down a thin heated layer of coconut oil with a small amount of beeswax. Letting it cool Phillip proceeded to place the petals of the roses in it before setting it between a wood frame. He would then change out the petals once or twice a day until he got the desired fragrance.
Determined to win this bet Phillip even paid one of the art students to design a decorative bottle for him to put the perfume in. The glass was the same shade of creamy pink as the flower with small wires and jewels wrapped around it to form a butterfly.
"Done," Phillip said as set down the bottle in front of his friends.
Penelope picked up the bottle and sprayed a little on her wrist. "Oh, this smells delicious!'
Michael takes Penelope's wrist and sniffs. "Damn, now I have to behave for a month!"
I just read that Penelope ruined lives when she simply saved Colin from a toxic marriage to a woman who apparently did not love him and wanted to trap him. Don't get me wrong, the whole storyline was very gray, Marina wanted to save herself and her baby, and certainly Penelope could have handled the situation differently but she had very little chance. Who would have believed her rather than Marina and Portia? Maybe only Eloise.
As for Eloise, she just panicked and acted impulsively to protect her friend and her identity from the Queen. Once again, who would have believed her? She is a wallflower. She is never considered by anyone. She is constantly bullied by the ton and her family. For this reason she created LW to have a voice and to mock the hypocrisies of people who constantly belittle her. If only Eloise had not been so focused on herself and watched her best friend, she would have found out the truth much sooner. Literally all their conversations are about Eloise and her family, Eloise was never interested enough in her friend's life.
Penelope has flaws but she is maybe the only character with a complex personality in that show.
She get so much hate just because she’s not “conventionally” attractive. She’s beautiful, though.
Shit ok. You said out loud what I was thinking. Like I love Kate, Anthony and all the Bridgertons in their own right but DAMN, sometime it's obvious they have this "main character" shield. They do the most fucked up things that would usually get them in BIG trouble for that tims but there's no consequences.
Like I can understand the mistakes and wrong doings of Marina and Penelope for diverse reason because they got some kind of consequences for their action. But like can we talk about how Daphne SA Simon and acted like the victim aftrrward? And she got ehat she wanted at the end. Anthony and Kate didn't have the balls to be honest with themselves and Edwina and the only thing they got was like a week, maybe two, of bad reputation and avoidance from the ton. And then they got married when they ruined a marriage the QUEEN herself organize?!
Why I will never ever take Bridgerton fandom or mainly any tv/film fandoms seriously especially the Bridgerton one because they genuinely like trash toxic disgusting characters like Eloise Anthony Kate Daphne but hate Marina Edwina Colin and Penelope and the only reason they like Kate is because she’s their self insert girl to be with the hot nasty white boy they fancy Anthony and the only reason they dislike Colin who’s perfect and the best man brother wnd Bridgerton in that whole show is because he’s Penelope friend and love interest it’s clear as day they whole fandom hatred for them is based on racism misogynior and fatphobia because you can’t tell me you genuinely like Daphne who’s a se*ual assaulte* (which btw people hate Alison in UA for as they should but they deem her as the devil worst most evil human ever that was kissing too but daphne does a whole SA rap*e but she don’t get the same energy Daphne don’t even get any energy about in fact she gets nothing is because what she did was towards a poc character so it don’t matter right and things only matter when poc/woc characters does anything or just breathes in the wrong direction or towards a yt character right they are
deemed satan sporn crucified fandom love to put woc/poc character on high standards then white characters who can just live life and do all mistakes without facing consequences or remotely anything even if it’s literally sexu*ul assaul* or crimes like plz be fr and don’t get me started on them like having understanding sympathing and making all the excuses in the world for daphne even tho she’s sexua* assaulte* but they hate Marina for doing what was best for her children and herself there’s absolutely no understanding no sympathy or empathy for her and the life she’s lived which was so sad and cruel in fact she’s lived the worst life but they have no understanding for her but can easily do for other characters who’s lived a spoiled happy privileged life like the Bridgertons but nothing for the poor sad heartbroken girl in that society being not just any girl but a woc and not a rich woc that is protected by love or money like say queen Charlotte duke was in that era
being great mother doing whatever for their kids which is another thing fandoms love Portia as they should bc she was doing what was best for her kids as a mother does and should always do (my queen except when she’s cruel to pen and her sister) when she said she was mother and her team was the 3 girls the fandom call her bad bitch best mom who loves her kids as they should bc it’s true and Georgia in G&G calling her girl boss bad bitch best mother and queen thingz for doing everything for her kids and herself but Marina doing the same in time in a society where people like her poor black woman with no high status or family meant nothing who’s opinion and life and gender was seen as less, for her it’s she’s the devil trapping Colin like he still didn’t want her afterwards saying it didn’t matter to him that she was pregnant with another man baby that he loved and would’ve helped her if he knew😂 she’s manipulative trapping him all the bla bla no she was doing what was right and best for her at that time and we shouldn’t applauded her for her mistakes for doing what was wrong to towards Colin or lying to him but understand her time and life and see she was very desperate have some sympathy for god sake she made a mistake she did something wrong we see it her it but so did everyone else there and y’all have understanding sympathy for them but can’t do the same for her why?
(at least she came clean and apologized and got her consequences more then I can say for any bridgerton character that’s not Colin because they all somehow never seem to get any consequences for their actions or the things they do and the people they hurt just disappear or are the ones getting hated on or they get their happy ending with a person they hurt) but when another white woman character does that same exact thing but it’s way worse it’s girl boss) and that’s why I can’t take any fandom but especially the Bridgerton fandom seriously and don’t even get me started on the unnecessary hate Penelope Colin and Edwina get all the time sure Penelope at least did something bad once or twice or thrice and I’m not excusing her but it’s not remotely close to anything those other characters or even Eloise did and Kate Anthony get nothing even tho they are literally the most evil characters in that show along with daphne, Eloise is horrible awful cruel human but she’s not a devil just mean whiny privileged spoiled narcissistic hypocritical bitc*h and anyone that likes these characters but hate on Penelope who tried everything to save herself and her friend can stfu and anyone who hates Edwina and Colin literally the best characters in the whole universe who’s never ever done anything wrong in their lives can fcvk off good too for all I care same can Penelope Polin and Marina haters!
you are not fooling anyone with your clear and obvious racism misogynior and fatphobia at all because if you genuinely was gonna hate on characters for being cruel or doing something manipulative nasty or just pure evil you would never eveeer hate or even think off hating on Colin and Edwina and you would be so understanding empathetic and feel for Penelope and Marina doing whatever they can in world where they are poor woman who aren’t rich spoiled privileged supported by their family nor Bridgerton girls and who the world don’t just open up for them with opportunity respect an kindness
And this is more then half the fandom all of them being the same one shade of nasty liking daphn kathony but hating Colin Edwina marina and Penelope be so fr real!
The "fat funny friend" : Maxine
My fav ❤️
I’m just gonna write everything I have about her character.
She’s Lucy’s (perfect girl) best friend
The two of them knew each other since they were babies. They are close like sisters.
Maxine have siblings, a big sister and a big brother but she’s not close to them at all.
She fell for Duncan (jock boy) the moment she saw her. At the time she wasn’t really self conscious about her appearance. She grew up mostly ignored by her family but close to Lucy and her parents.
When Duncan and Elias (sunny guy) began pursuing Lucy the four of them started hanging out together.
At this time Maxine was naive and in love. She had talked with Lucy about her crush on Duncan when they were talking about their crushes.
At this point Lucy wasn’t really sure of her feelings for Elias... or at least she wasn’t ready to say it out loud.
From the girls point of view, Lucy was coming along to hang out with Elias when Duncan and Maxine were spending time together
Of course Maxine would think that Duncan liked her. They looked at each other... well Maxine looked at Duncan... and Duncan looked at Lucy, but Maxine didn’t know that.
Duncan was being nice to her and paying some kind of attention to her. He must have had some feelings for her...
For the first few weeks the four of them went on dates where Maxine would try to spend time alone with Duncan while he would try to spend time with Lucy instead
She thought he was shy... even tho he had a teputation of being a big flirt but she thought that it was different with her because he really liked her
She finally got it when after a day where Duncan was particularly moody, she devided to surprise him after his training session
What she truly found out was that Duncan was getting sick of Elias monopolizing Lucy’s attention
He wanted to spend time with her not with her fat friend...
Maxine went back home on her own. she usually drive back with Lucy and her parents but right now she needed to be alone
... plus her father was about to get home from his buisness trip. She wanted to talk to him. He was always there to listen to her problem...
Except this time he didn’t came back and her outlook of life will change after that
Some precision, her father is not dead he just left her family. It’s important to know that even tho she was kind of neglected by her mother at the time before that, she didn’t have any issue with her appearance. But combining hearing your crush tell his friend that he’s tired of hanging out with you and your father leaving your mother for another woman (especialy if you look a lot like your mother), it can lower your perception of yourself.
I might do another post detailing the different relationships between the 4 of them and how they work.
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Two other oc of mine and are the origin of some kind of yandere curse. When I make yandere oc or when I include yandere in my stories I don’t like to attribute this terme to a certain mental illness for many reason. One I don’t like the association "mentally ill people = monsters" and two it give me more freedom in how I can explore my caracters without having to worry if my representation of a condition is accurate or not.
Now that it’s said, let me tell you the story of Mania and Ludus and how they became the Goddess of obcessive love and the god of playfull love.
Mania loved Ludus... in her own way
And Ludus loved Mania... in his own way.
It’s a shame they weren’t able to reconize the love they had for each other. They were traped in their own world, their own pain, unable to see the other as anything else but the role they needed them to play in their own life.
They were kids at first, born from neglecting fathers and either overprotective or uninterested mothers. The scars from their younger years left a hole where their hearst was suppose to be. A huge void, empty of feelings and compassion.
Doctors from all around the kingdom were called yo heal the young prince, the only heir to the throne. But none of them could do anything, the prince had to stay with this hole in his chest.
Mania’s mother was a witch, therefore she knew why this hole had appeared and she knew that the only person who could heal her was herself.
The whole in his heart kept Ludus from becoming a knight. He was unable to run, jump or laugh. Keeping him locked in this castle a silent castle. The rumors of his void in his chest driving people away and making him the hole in his chest grow larger as he grew up.
The two of them fanaly met when Ludus’s father, the king, decided that it was time for him to learn how to be a proper king. He move him in the royal castle, bigger than the one he grew up in. Mania’s mom was the right hand of the king, therefre the two of them lived in the castle since as long as Mania can remember.
It only took one look for them to reconize the familiar hole in each other’s chest.
They quickly became friends, bonding over what they had in common. Mania was studying magic with her mother. She was able to potions ans spells, allowing Ludus to run faster, jump higher and laugh louder.
Ludus’s cute attentions changed Mania’s frown into a smile, shocking the servants in the castle.
The holes in their chest closed slowly , progressively.
But nothing last forever, their intense feelings died down. Going from a explosive fireworks to a warm fireplace. Comforting for Mania but insufficient for Ludus. After spending such a long time in heavy silence calm didn’t please him. He looked for the fireworks, he had found with Mania, in others. Piercing the heart of his friend, who had previously healed him.
Ludus went after meaningless relationship, short love that he quickly grew tired of. The more relationship he had the less intense and fun they became.
While he ran around, Mania’s heart bled until it became as cold as ice.
Ludus didn’t deserve such a vivid throbing heart... not after wha he had done to Mania.
So she pulled it out ofhis chest. Still warm... still throbing... he couldn’t run anymore...
Soon Mania wasn’t able to run too, the ice of her heart frooze her flesh and bones... even her tears refused to spill out of her eyes.
You meet him again, years after high school. You reconize him but he doesn’t reconize you.
You were at a park on a bench
You were thinking about your life until now
After High school you went through a glow up phase
Becoming unreconizable, prettier, more confident in your way of speaking
You manage to get yourself many friends in collage and you cut all contact with the few people you knew from high school
You also changed your name and your fashion style a lot
You never want anyone to link you to your oast self. This part of you is dead and you are their revenge, the protector they never had
Your were lost in your thought when you heard a familiar voice
Your heart sank when you saw him
He had changed too. His style of clothing was different, his hair was gone but it was him...
You never forgot... how could you?
He was there, acting as if nothing happen, flirting with you even... did he really not reconize you?
Did he forgot about you? Were you really that unimportant to him
You got up quickly, faking an emergency and ignoring the sad look in his eyes...
And he was following you, stalking you, giving you a rose a’d acting all nice and kind as if he didn’t broke your heart
You were mad at him. Furious even. You wanted to make him pay for what he had done to you. Make him wail just like he made the teen you wail. And now you had ways of doing so.
Tags: yandere x yandere, toxic, unrequited love
Amelia and Adhor are two yanderes
They live together in a small town far from any other big cities
Their relation is complicated
They hate eachother but they need eachother to get to the one they love
They met in theur senior year of high school
Adhor had just tranfered from another school and he was new to town.
Amelia on the other hand was born and grew up in this town.
They didn’t really got along. They were both loners and had trouble socialising with their peers for different reason.
Adhor just had trouble in social setings and Amelia...
Well... Amelia had a bad reputation that kept others away...
Adhor’s love interest is Maria and Amelia’s love interest is Diego
They’re respectivel, the pompom girl’s leader and the captain of the football’s team
And the two of them are obviously dating... sort of... you see they have been flirting with eachother for as long as they knew each other but nothing serious
When Adhor met Maria it was like a shockwave went through him. He had spend the majority of his life feeling lonely, seeing the world in shades of black and grey and here come the pompom girl’s leader. An explosing of colors, in her appearance and her personnality. She helped him pick up a book than had sliped from his hand. They looked into eachother’s eyes and Adhor had never seen someone as beautifull as her. She said sorry and her voice sounded like birds singing, she told him her name and it was wonderfull how well it suited her. She was the sun, he was the moon. They were meant to be together.
Amelia grew up in this small town. She knew all of those people. All their hopes, dreams and secrets... she learn how to be discret because everytime someone would attract attention something horrible would happen to them. One time her father won the lotterie and the next day he was gone. Her mom started drinking and in an impulsive decision she took Amelia in the car and tried to drive toward the next big city while drunk. Well Amelia lost her mother and she had to stay under intense medical care for a few weeks. During those days the only one who came to visit was Diego.
Diego~
He brought her flowers... no one ever brought her flowers. He was so nice to her, he never looked down on her because of her looks. He was handsome and cute and athletic and... perfect. If only his cute attentions stayed the same after she was healed. If onky his eyes and smile didn’t always drift to Maria...
Imagine if you knew Peter back in high school but he doesn’t remember you...
Ok so the two of you were together in high school when he was still in his goth era.
Everyone was afraid of him except you for some reason
He was an outcast and you were too in some way
You would share classes together and everything and laybe you got a little crush on him but at the time you weren’t really confident...
Maybe it was the pimples that you never manage to get rid of
Or maybe your body was changing in a way you weren’t comfortable with
Or maybe you were a bit overweight
And it didn’t help that you were quiet
You secretly hoped that he would notice you
When you two had class together you would sit next to him just so you could steal glances at him
The way his eyes looked piercing through his hair was just... hypnotising...
Sometime his face would snap back at you and you would look away embarassed
One time the teacher put the two of you together on a project and you were secretly very happy because you had an excuse to talk to him
You plan a rendez-vous so the two of could work on the project
You thought it went well but...
He ghosted you after that and you had to finish the project on your own...
The last time you interracted with him in high school was on valentine’s day
You made him a valentine’s card and slip it in his locker
You waited not too far away, pretending like you were busy just to see how he would teact
He open his locker and the card fell on the floor
He picked it up and you felt like your heart was going to burst out of your chest
He read it and at first he frowned, he looked up and your eyes met, you looked away
If you had looked into his eyes at this moment you would have combust
When you looked back he was gone and the valentine’s card was pined on his locker
You waited until less people were around and you went to picked up the card
A part of you was hoping that it’ll be something sweet or nice...
"Fuck off you ugly bitch"