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Chapter Four of my Benophie Modern AU, You’ve Bewitched Me, has been uploaded to A03! Read it Here.

It’s a forbidden workplace romance and def a slow burn, but I hope it will be worth it. The fic takes place at the Bridgerton’s law firm where Sophie is Anthony’s assistant and Benedict is returning to the firm after a year long sabbatical to pursue an art career.

Thank you to everyone who has read it and followed me here. It means the world to me <3

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If Luke Thompson won’t stop talking about how he wants Benophie to have kids in season five, then I won’t stop spreading Violet II propaganda. It must happen. They deserve a daughter.

It’s not surprising that not too long after they are married, Benedict and Sophie Bridgerton are expecting their first child. When the latter told her husband the news, elated is an understatement. Benedict had been imagining their children far before they married—even before he was certain that he would get to spend the rest of his life with Sophie.

He never wished for their children to ever feel unwanted. It was the furthest thing from the truth. He wanted them more than anything in his life—well besides Sophie—and was determined to make sure that his children would always know how much both of their parents loved them, cherished them.

“It's a girl, I know it,” Benedict proclaimed as he rubbed his hand against Sophie’s stomach while they laid in bed. “We will be blessed with the most perfect little girl and she will look exactly like you, of course.”

Sophie rolled her eyes, but smiled. “You can not know for certain. Besides, all of your siblings had sons first. It seems to be a trend amongst all of you.”

“Which means it is time we give my mother her first granddaughter.”

“It means the next generation of Bridgerton’s is simply destined to be a bounty of boys.” Sophie pondered for a moment. Despite her insistence that their first child was to be a boy, she too could not get the vision of a little girl with dark hair and bright eyes out of her mind “If it were to be a girl, which I do not think it will be… how would you feel if we named her after your mother?”

Benedict's hand stilled against her stomach, his eyes widened as he turned his head to look at her.

“What?” He whispered.

“Well, she has done so much for us and Violet truly is a beautiful name,” Sophie explained. “Anthony and Kate already have a child named after your father, don’t you think your mother deserves the same?”

For a long moment, Benedict simply stared at her. Without saying a word, he reached up and gently brushed a loose strand of hair behind Sophie's ear before cupping her cheeks in the palms of his hands. Benedict leaned down and captured her lips in a slow, lingering kiss.

“You truly are extraordinary,” he murmured as he rested his forehead on hers. “Thank you, my love.”

Sophie laughed quietly, her nose brushing his. “What for?”

“For everything.” His hand returned to her stomach. “You and our child have filled my soul with more love than I ever could have imagined. Your love is the greatest gift I could have ever imagined.”

He bent down until his lips rested against the growing swell of her stomach, pressing a gentle kiss there.

“And you,” he whispered to their little child, “are going to be loved more fiercely than you will ever know.”

“You know,” she teased, “our child cannot actually hear you yet.”

“Perhaps not.” He kissed her stomach once more for good measure. “But I intend to tell her every day for the rest of my life.”

She had never doubted for a moment that Benedict would make a wonderful father, but watching him now, she knew their child would never spend a single day wondering if they were loved. Unlike her, their child will be surrounded by constant love and affection.

Violet Bridgerton II would have everything Sophie ever wanted. All her dreams for her child were coming true.

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I saw a tweet basically asking people who they think would die first, Benedict or Sophie, and I can't stop thinking about it.

Sophie would probably handle it better. She's had more hard things to deal with in her life, but Benedict dying would be the worst of them all. She also would want to be strong for their children.

Benedict would be absolutely miserable without Sophie and I don't think he would handle it well at all, but I think above all else, he makes Sophie's happiness his top priority and I don't think he would ever want her to feel alone even if it means she dies before him.

Now I want to write a (slightly) angsty one shot where they talk about their mortality. There are so many fics of Anthony and Kate talking about Edmunds death (which makes sense), but I want to see Benedict and Sophie talk about it as well.

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I’m working on a Benophie one shot and I’m feeling inspired by the interview where Yerin says she wants a dog and Luke says they can get one.

The question is what should the dog be named? I think Sophie insists on having naming privileges (she’s not letting him name the dog “Our Dog”) but idk what she would think is a good dog name. Also can’t decide if it’s a boy or a girl dog, but right now I’m using he/him pronouns for the dog.

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Today is my birthday and lowkey the only birthday gift I want is to be able to finish the next chapter of “You’ve Bewitched Me.” I’m trying to convince myself I don’t have writers block lol.

I also already have a Benophie one shot I’m working on but… now I want to write a one shot about Sophie celebrating her first birthday married to Benedict. I just know that he goes all out for her and invites his entire family to Our Cottage because she probably hasn’t had a real birthday in years.

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To everyone saying that Dr Langdon on “The Pitt” was possessed by Anthony Bridgerton for a sec there last episode, you are absolutely right. I have no notes.

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A modern Benophie headcanon of mine is their favorite date night activity is simply a movie night.

Benedict does occasionally like spoiling Sophie and doing some more “grand” date nights like fancy restaurants or trips to places Sophie has never been before. But at the end of the day, I think they both like sitting on the couch together as they share a blanket and watch a romcom together. It feels like the world is slowing down for a bit and they could enjoy each other’s company without worrying about anything else. They laugh together, cry together, make fun of the bad movies — it’s nice just being in their little movie cocoon together.

Sophie usually is the one to pick the movie partially because Benedict is easy going and will joy almost anything, but also he spends most of the time watching her instead of the movie.

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I’m feeling the urge to write a Benophie one shot (I’m still writing my modern au, don’t you worry) and I’m stuck between a couple of choices.

I’ll prob write some version of all of them eventually, but I want to see which people would want to read first (also I want an excuse to use the poll feature for the first time lol).

Which Benophie one shot should I write first?

Engaged Benophie sneaking around

Violet II Birth and/or the Bridgertons meeting her for the first time

Sophie and Anthony actually interacting (and Anthony accepting Benophie)

Voting ended onMar 31

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“Engaged Benophie sneaking around” has won! Lowkey shocked over 100 people voted. That’s just crazy to me. Thank you all, and I promise I’ll get to the other two prompts eventually.

Perhaps I’m being overly ambitious but I want to see if I can get a new chapter of “You’ve Bewitched Me” and this one shot done by this weekend. But also I think this prompt requires a longer word count (is 10k too crazy??)

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I’m feeling the urge to write a Benophie one shot (I’m still writing my modern au, don’t you worry) and I’m stuck between a couple of choices.

I’ll prob write some version of all of them eventually, but I want to see which people would want to read first (also I want an excuse to use the poll feature for the first time lol).

Which Benophie one shot should I write first?

Engaged Benophie sneaking around

Violet II Birth and/or the Bridgertons meeting her for the first time

Sophie and Anthony actually interacting (and Anthony accepting Benophie)

Voting ended onMar 31

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Benedict and Sophie's children are going to ask their parents if Papa embellished the story of the masquerade ball to fit with the fairytale and are gonna be skeptical of him until Sophie is like "yeah that's what happened, only I didn't leave my slipper, he kept my glove!"

Violet Bridgerton II gets very distressed over the idea that her parents’ love story could possibly be embellished. Or worse, a complete lie.

When she first hears about the Cinderella story from a friend who has a fairytale book, it doesn’t take her long to realize why the story sounds familiar to her. The ball, the mysterious woman running away at midnight, the clothing item left behind—this is her parents’ story. This poor little girl just starts panicking over the idea that her parents love story, the most beautiful story she’s ever been told, could be a complete lie, stolen from a book.

Violet immediately confronts her parents about this. She needs answers.

“Vivi, I promise you it’s true!” Benedict holds Violet in his arms as she cries. He never imagined that this would upset her so much. He thought she enjoyed the fact that her parents are basically a real life fairytale! “I was there, my darling, I lived it. I can confirm it happened.”

Benedict’s reassurance only seemed to make things worse. “But it’s the exact same!” Violet insisted.

Sophie just smiles, brushing a hand through her daughter’s hair. “It’s not the same.”

“It is.” Violet sniffles.

Sophie shakes her head. “It’s similar, but… I didn’t leave a glass slipper behind. Your father kept my glove.”

“You ran off before I could give it back!” Benedict argued. “Besides, I needed a way to find you again.”

“It was my necklace that made you realize who I was,” Sophie said. “The glove was just token you kept hidden in your jacket.”

“But when papa found the missing glove in your drawer, that’s how he certain that you were the Lady in Silver,” Violet said, reciting the story she had heard so many times before. Slowly, she seemed to calm down. Maybe her parents weren’t lying after all.

“That’s right, my sweet girl.” Sophie hugged her daughter tightly, wiping the tears from her eyes. “Every bit of it happened the way we always told you.” Sophie looked up at her husband. “I’m not sure I could have imagined a more perfect story for myself.”

“Our love story is far better than the original, in my humble opinion,” Benedict added, which made Violet laugh.

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Currently debating whether I need to change the rating for my Benophie modern AU from “mature” to “explicit” on ao3…

I’m not at that point in the story yet (the slow burn is burning) and tbh I’ve never really written smut, but the more I think about it, Benedict and Sophie are certified freaks and I’m not sure I can hold them back.

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Benedict and Sophie’s children are going to be super confused one day when they hear someone talking about the Cinderella fairy tale. They’re going to be like “now wait a damn minute.”

Their parents love story is absolutely Benophie children’s favorite bed time story, especially when their parents tell it together. I think Benedict especially gets very into story time, and Sophie will shake her head at him when he goes on and on about how she was the most beautiful woman he has ever seen, but the soft smile on her face gives away her true feelings.

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I feel like most of Benophie’s children will have very dramatic love stories while one of them meets someone at a ball, falls in love, and is engaged within a month with very little fuss.

Oh absolutely. Bridgertons are known for their dramatic love stories and, as Eloise says in the books, Benophie's love story is legendary in their family. Benophie's children are basically destined to have the most dramatic love stories of all time.

I think Violet II probably has the most dramatic love story. Like her namesake, she too loves a good love story and expects nothing less than what her parents got. While, for obvious reasons, I think Benophie would be supportive of their children marrying someone of any rank (or even any gender), I like the idea of Violet II marrying up and even finding someone that's a Lord of some kind. Perhaps, he was supposed to have an arranged marriage with a Lady of higher ranking, but chose Violet II instead (elopement, maybe?)

Sophie, despite the fact that she knows they've been accepted by society, always worries that her true identity will be revealed and ruin her children's chances for joining society. But she has nothing to worry about because they all end up finding love, even if they caused her plenty of stress and grey hairs.

I imagine Alexander as the middle son probably has the most straightforward love story. His parents are lowkey shocked over how normal his engagement is.

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This is a devastating day for those of us who thought Eloise would be the season five lead.

Let me be clear, this isn’t hate for Francesca and Michaela. I do like them and will watch/enjoy their season. But it’s just getting frustrating how Eloise has the same storyline every season of hating the marriage mart and I can’t imagine that Claudia Jessie (who has been on the show since day one) and Chris Fulton (where are you my dude?) are feeling great about their season being pushed off. I know To Sir Philip, With Love is not a very popular book among fans, but I still think it has a lot of potential purely because Eloise is a fan favorite.

Also, because I’m a Benophie fan, I was really excited to see more Eloise and Benedict moments this season, but with him married and Sophie also there to give advice.

Overall, I do think the show is going to have to work extra hard to prove to me that this was the right decision because frankly I think it would have made more sense to keep it as Eloise and have Francesca spend season five slowly coming out of mourning. It does also feel like it is too soon for Fran to get into a new relationship after John TBH. The last time they changed the order of the books with season three just didn’t work for me and I would argue it is the worst season partially because of the fact that the order was changed.

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Benedict and Sophie are definitely going to create some hella dramatic and expressive children.

They mostly get it from their father, and Sophie loves to remind Benedict of that (but Benedict argues that they get it equally as much from her). Benedict also gives in easily when their kids are in trouble, especially when their little girl, Violet II, pouts her lips.

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My Benophie headcanon of the day is that Benedict decides that one of his first duties as a husband is to teach Sophie how to “leisure.”

I think even as a maid Sophie has some hobbies as we know she’s extremely well read and does needlepoint (which she would have to do to mend things like dresses as a ladies maid), but she’s not used to having essentially an endless amount of time for herself. She can’t remember the last time she had hours that she could just spend reading and there’s plenty of activities she’s never even tried.

Ultimately, I think Sophie simply prefers doing anything that involves being outside, whether she is reading or having a picnic or playing with their future children or simply going for a walk. It takes a while for her to fully relax, to understand that she no longer needs to spend her days working herself to death. Benedict reminds her that there is nothing wrong with taking time for herself, and that she deserves it.

She can simply enjoy the moment—and most of those moments are spent with her doting husband.

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I finally got around to updating my Sophie and Benedict Modern AU! It takes place at the Bridgerton’s law firm and Sophie is Anthony’s assistant, while Benedict is a lawyer returning to the firm after a year long sabbatical. 💕

Read Chapter Three on AO3