✧. ┊ Cruel Summer, a Bridgerton fanfic written by Bee
For as long as any of them can remember, the Bridgertons and the Cartwrights have had a bitter rivalry. One that started with their great-grandfathers, no one can quite remember why or how such a rivalry happened. Even now, almost 100 years later, the Bridgertons and the Cartwrights still hold that rivalry.
Like the other Bridgertons, Miriam was well aware of her family's age-old rivalry with their neighbors. When the Cartwright's eldest son begins courting her, she's initially against it, as is the rest of her family. There's something so captivating about Cassian Cartwright, and Miriam is suddenly unable to stay away from him. Her eyes are always looking for him in the sea of people at every ball, she is always hoping he is amongst the callers come to see her.
Cassian Cartwright did not intend to fall in love with Miriam Bridgerton. It was supposed to start out as harmless fun for him and his brothers, getting the young Bridgerton girl to fall in love with him. Infuriating the Bridgertons by courting one of their own was funny to the Cartwright brothers, and by the end of the season, he would leave Miriam Bridgerton with a broken-heart and even more desirable to other suitors.
But when he suddenly has competition for Miriam's heart, he finds himself taking such a task more serious than he intended.
edited by dunbonnets | jan. 2023