Summary: As the second son of a Duke, Klaus Mikaelson has the means and all the time in the world to indulge in every manner of wild activity with very little respect for the regiment of polite society. That is until his brother decides he's had enough of his vulgar ways and gives him an ultimatum. Caroline Forbes is a young debutante in search of true love and adventure. Except her aunt wishes for her to marry a somber Viscount who's already buried three wives. When their paths cross, they realize they might yet strike a deal that could satisfy their relatives and benefit them both.
[AH Regency!AU inspired by Bridgerton and a dozen other period novels I have been reading lately.]
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Chapter 2: Unexpected Allies ✨
As soon as Bonnie is done, Lady Fell will expect her to take her place for a rendition of Haydn's Concerto in G Major to follow Bonnie's perfect Irish folk tune. Aunt Liz promised Caroline would do a fantastic job.
Well, not only will Caroline destroy her marriage prospects, she will also be an embarrassment to her dear aunt. She has no idea why Auntie Liz would lie so unabashedly. She was there through Caroline's painful practice hours. She knows how poorly a musician her niece is. It's incomprehensible why she'd want to bring shame upon her house of her own volition.
This is something out of a nightmare. Caroline feels sick to her stomach, anxiety eating away at her like a fever. Her palms are sweating, her head feels airy and she wouldn't be surprised if she were to faint before she even made it to the piano. Which of the two is more favorable: to be widely acknowledged as a terrible entertainer or to be of such fragile health? Both make her poor marriage material, she supposes, but at least the second won't be no fault of her own.
When the door to the library flies open, Caroline half expects it to be her aunt, ready to drag her out if need be. Bonnie's music booms loud and fatally beautiful into the room as she stares blankly at the man standing with his hand on the doorknob, the two of them locked in a staring contest, both of them taken aback by the other’s presence.
Slowly, however, the man's stunned expression morphs into a slow smile, lips curving into a smirk that puts dimples into his cheeks. Caroline can’t remember ever seeing him and yet he looks terribly familiar.
"We have to stop meeting like this," he says, taking a bold step into the library and shutting the door behind him.
Read the full chapter here on AO3
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Thank you so, so much to @diaz-eddie for this stunning, stunning moodboard! 😭❤️ And for sprinting this chapter with me! And also to @recyclingss, who read this a billion years ago and gave me her thumbs up gif 🐑👍 when it was still a first draft. 🥺 Hope you guys enjoy it ! ✨
Secrets: He’s incredibly lonely. His favourite child is glam rock freddy.
Singing voice headcannon: Baritone
Relations: First son of Frederick Fritzgerald Fazbear, Oldest brother of Funtime Freddy, Elizabeth, Nightmare Freddy, Toy Freddy and Father of Rockstar Freddy and Glamrock freddy.
even though about me pages have generally burned me before, i’ve decided to make one anyway for the aesthetic appeal of my bio just being links lol. here’s some general info about me.
—anna
—she/her
—under eighteen, pls don’t be weird
—bisexual
—creator, graphics, moodboards, and the occasional gif
—enjoys books and tv
—rebekah mikaelson and (supposedly) evil female characters enthusiast
—give me all the enemies to lovers, i just adore this trope so much
—currently watching tvd, b99, the originals, & jane the virgin
—reading list: beach read, serpent & dove
content you’ll see on this blog mostly
—tvd (steroline, klaroline, forwood, elena/girls, elena/bonnie/caroline, beklena or caroline/rebekah, elejah, klaulena, beremy, klaus/bonnie, bamon, mikaelson siblings, and i am very much anti d*mon and de/ena so be warned, klaus mikaelson’s defense lawyer*) *while i do acknowledge the shitty things he has done and have no interest in woobifying him
—the originals (klamille, rebekah enthusiast, rebekah/marcel, haybekah, haylijah, elijah/gia, kolvina, and klayley, as well as all the mikaelson siblings family dynamics because i am absolutely trash for this chaotic and dysfunctional family that has so much love; also yes klavina as a guilty pairing crackship but not really romo because they’re just klaulena 2.0 new orleans style okay?? *hides in the trash can*)
—b99 (jake and amy, pretty much all the characters and pairings tbh)
—jane the virgin (i adore petra and luisa so much and think they deserve better, i’m team petra and michael and rafael because being team one love interest is boring and jane deserves all the love and affection)
—legends of tomorrow (i’m just a multishipping mess because this team is practically a polycule, but i don’t like ca/ity l/otz or ava/ance. mostly zarlie, hellstar, darhkatom, esperastra, and mixen)
—f.r.i.e.n.d.s once in a blue moon
—the 100 (because even though jroth and fandom turned this show into a nightmare i can’t quit, pro clexa, braven, becho, and more, but slightly bellarke and clarke critical, i adore spacekru and i stand by spacekru over c/arke always, josephine lightbourne enthusiast)
—legacies (hizzie****, handon, fosie, jaleb, jed/alyssa/kaleb and not sorry about it, kaleb/cleo, cleo/landon, vehemently anti alaric, j/osie, and ho/aric, sometimes h/osie critical but i do show some appreciation for them)
—lucifer (#1 mazeve stan, deckerstar isn’t a hyperfixation for me but they’re perfect for each other, i haven’t been in this fandom for a while so idk what else is really going on, and i miss charlotte richards and ella lopez)
—shadow and bone (i’d choose malina over dark/ina in a heartbeat but i prefer alina & girls because zoyalina/genyalina love triangle would make for a much more interesting show, and i adore zoya and nina sfm; also the grishaverse in general)
—cobra kai (sam/tory, any femslash ship on the show, tory/robby)
—community (jeff + annie aren’t really my cup of tea, i prefer jeffbritta and firmly believe in trobed and trobedison)
books
—the folk of the air (#1 jurdan stan, cardan’s defense lawyer)
—the lunar chronicles (cresswe// critical, carswell thorne & rampion crew enthusiast, wolflet & jacinter stan)
—soc duology (nothing even remotely bad to say about soc or the characters/pairings)
—the hunger games (katniss, ever/ark, and ga/eniss neutral, mostly clato, odesta, and hayffie, as well as f/f pairings, career tributes and effie apologist, also katniss and gale are not white i don’t care what hollywood told you jlaw was not supposed to be able to represent the struggles lower class poc suffer through and not equipped to give a powerful performance)
—the hating game (critical enthusiast, idk i just think there are better romance books but i did enjoy reading)
—the unhoneymooners by christina lauren
—you deserve each other by “i forgot the author lol sorry”
—fan of any and all enemies to lovers books in general
—anti sjm, don’t even compare jurdan anywhere near one of her romances bye
—fic recs
—edits
—fanfiction
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading all of your stories and looking at your moodboards! Thank you for taking part in my Movie Inspired challenge. Without further ado, here is the collection:
Anastasia
Once Upon A December - @stuckonjbbarnes [Royalty AU Moodboard]