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Kate and Anthony Bridgerton Bridgerton — Season 3 Trailer

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HELLO startlingly powerful energy of PASSIONATE ALL-CONSUMING LOVE

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BRIDGERTON DYNAMICS + greek words for love @pscentral anniversary event: take two 2.0 (dynamics) @lgbtqcreators creators bingo: shapes (in·sp)

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JONATHAN BAILEY AND SIMONE ASHLEY being cute during Bridgerton dance rehearsals

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HELLA'S VALENTINE'S DAY COUNTDOWN ♡ Kate x Anthony

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BRIDGERTON 2.02 | Off to the Races

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happy holidays, Jennifer @antoniosvivaldi!! ❄️🎁🌟

I do not know what to say. You do not have to say anything. I do not think there is anything else to say... other than I love you too.

Anthony Bridgerton & Kate Sharma in Bridgerton Season 2

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A draft based on a prompt from @petitepluspink. I could only get this far, but am sharing nevertheless. I will also post on AO3 along with other drafts. Thanks for the prompt! The prompt: Kathani Sharma becoming an opera singer to support her family when they move to England since Simone Ashley is opera-trained, and that’s where Anthony first sees her somehow?? Mostly I want to see more people acknowledge Simone Ashley being able to sing haha.

Anthony stopped in his tracks, his foot mid-puddle on the rough cobblestone street. He looked to his left and in the darkness the only visible features of the grand cathedral were the gargoyles near the covered lanterns, their gaping maws dripping the last of the rainwater from the recent shower. It was as if the sound were emanating from them — an ethereal tone that seemed to break open the darkness, piercing his shuttered heart with melancholic ecstasy.

He was instinctively drawn towards it. As he neared the voice changed — higher, brighter, more dynamic, and it echoed in the space beyond the oaken door wedged open with a stone, bouncing off the tall arches within, forming multitudes of the same. His heart surged with inexplicable longing.

He opened the door and entered, the smell of incense and votive candles filling his nostrils, and walked towards the nave. And there, at the center, illuminated by the few sconces left burning through the night, was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her arms were raised up, her simple frock loosened at the bodice to allow more range of movement. She took a deep draught of breath for the highest notes, which signaled the end of the aria.

He stood there without thinking, the echoing remnants his only awareness. She looked at him then, and their gazes caught and held easily, as if they had known each other all their lives, the time lengthening until only the sound of raindrops filled the space.

Anthony’s mouth opened to speak, but only air came out.

She gathered a shawl from the pew and wrapped herself, then took a first hesitant step before walking swiftly past him, his mouth gaping like the demons outside as he followed her with his eyes and turned his body. As she left the cathedral it felt as if a cord had been tugged in his chest, and suddenly he was running after her.

But by the time he was out she was gone.

It was not two days later that he saw her again. On an advertisement on the wall of the postmaster’s office, which he often walked past on his way to parliament. There was no question it was her, with her high cheekbones and defiant stare. “Kathani Sharma. Witness her power as Leonore in Fidelio,” the advertisement declared.

Anthony had recently burned a pamphlet advertising Sienna in the very same role a year ago. She had since left for a European tour arranged by her new beau. It was not Anthony’s favorite opera, but he knew he would be there on opening night.

Someone give me a prompt please.

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Hidden Chapter of Tryst - the morning after the tryst

That morning Edwina and Kate had sat with Lady Danbury and their mother at breakfast.

"Edwina, are you not excited? Today you will become Viscountess Bridgerton!" Mary said, daintily spearing a wedge of potato with her fork.

Edwina shook her head, looking over at Kate, who encouraged her with a nod. "Mother, I must tell you, last night I realized that Lord Bridgerton and I do not have a true love match."

Mary set down her fork with controlled gentility. "What do you --"

"And... and I do not intend to go through with the wedding," Edwina added hurriedly, her tears resurfacing.

Mary smiled falteringly. "Oh, my dear, it is not unusual to have cold feet..."

"It is not cold feet, Mother," Edwina insisted. "He does not love me, and I cannot imagine myself living under --"

"How can you be so sure?" Lady Danbury's eyes were mere slits.

"I... I snuck to Bridgerton House and overheard the brothers talking in the billiard room."

Mary and Lady Danbury shared shocked expressions. "Overheard? You mean spied upon!" Lady Danbury exclaimed. "Tell us what happened."

"From their banter it was clear that Lord Bridgerton was not enthused about our marriage bed."

Lady Danbury tutted. "Gentlemen's talk, Edwina, that is all that --"

"And I tried to kiss him!" Edwina said, her eyes large at the confession.

"What?!" Lady Danbury said, her cutlery clattering to her dish. "What the devil were you thinking? That is not behavior becoming of a future Viscountess! I would not be surprised if he called off the wedding!"

Edwina and Kate shared a look. "I told him I did not want to proceed with it," Edwina confessed, her voice small.

Lady Danbury's eyes burned, her mouth pursed into a tight ball. "It is rare to find a match as desirable as this, and to also expect it to fulfill all your fantasies for romance? It is simply not reasonable. I can only hope he made excuse for you based on your immaturity."

Edwina stayed still, her hand at her mouth.

"Well? Did he?" Lady Danbury insisted.

"He said he would request the Queen cancel the wedding this morning," Edwina blurted out.

"Pardon?!" Lady Danbury said, her eyebrows rising impossibly. "He agreed to calling off the wedding?"

"He respected my choice," Edwina said.

Then we must try to intercept him," Lady Danbury said, her mind running swiftly through the consequences to determine the best route. "Heaven knows what damage he might incur." Her gaze landed on her footman who had just appeared at the doorway.

"My Lady, a carriage from the palace has arrived. The Queen requires Edwina's presence."

Lady Danbury got up and headed to the door in a blur. "Gather yourselves. We must go post-haste," she said behind her shoulder.

It was not quick enough. Lord Bridgerton had already made his attempt, and the Queen had already taken full control of the careening situation. Lady Danbury's attempts to mitigate the damage were quickly dispatched, leaving her to merely observe broodingly as the Queen made her calculated moves. After she dismissed them, keeping Anthony in her clutches, the four of them stood silently in the waiting room. Lady Danbury's brow was lined with dark foreboding.

"What do you think she means to do?" Edwina asked nervously.

Lady Danbury's mouth bent downward in an unoptimistic frown. "She will try to keep her reputation unscathed. Her solution may not be as favorable to ours."

Edwina paced nervously.

"Let us sit down," Mary encouraged. "We do not know for sure what she intends to do until she tells us, so we should try to keep a hopeful outlook."

Edwina and Lady Danbury begrudgingly agreed.

Kate remained standing, as if she did not feel she could remain still for long.

Brimsley reentered the waiting room and headed towards the door.

"Mr. Brimsley, I should like to get some fresh air, if it is not too much trouble," Kate said.

"Of course, my Lady, I will show you to the gardens." They left together then, the door clicking closed quietly.

"What if... what if she forces me to proceed with it?" Edwina asked.

"Then you shall," Lady Danbury intoned, brooking no argument.

Edwina buried her face in her hands. The minutes passed as they waited.

They turned as they heard the waiting room door open and stood up in shock as a peacock strutted in.

"What the devil," Lady Danbury whispered under her breath.

They watched in disbelief as Brimsley scattered grain on the rug and clucked his tongue for the peacock to follow him.

When the door to the Queen's audience room clicked shut, Edwina and Mary both looked to Lady Danbury for an explanation.

"I have no idea," Lady Danbury supplied.

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New fanfic, “Please Forgive Me”: after the failed wedding, Anthony's brothers clue in about what he needs before the Bridgerton Ball, setting off a cascade of possibilities.

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GRATUITOUS GIFS OF ANTHONY BRIDGERTON 🎩  (4/?) ↳ that dimple when he’s with kate

bonus (even when thinking of kate):

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IVES' 3K FOLLOWER CELEBRATION 🧃 + anthony bridgerton for @cal-kestis 💛

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I may never be able to see your father again. I may wake every morning and touch the pillow where he used to lay his head.

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BRIDGERTON

Off to the Races (2x02)

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“There was little that brought him more peace than simply holding her in his arms.”

— The Viscount Who Loved Me

edit done by me <3

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BRIDGERTON 2x08: “The Viscount Who Loved Me” (2022)