@astrificare SENT : Honestly, where’s your sense of adventure? (molly for colin) / EVER AFTER (1998)
She was baiting him, and he knew he would take it willingly. The challenge was a little too much for any Bridgerton, but Colin especially as a man who specifically prided himself on his sense of adventure. He had strayed further from London than anyone else in his immediate family, and continued to do so with fervour. Compared to his two oldest brothers he was freedom incarnate, a feather in the wind, the one who could act on his flight of fancies and follow a whim for as long as he liked. He had hiked forests and rocky terrain, had swam in multiple seas, had eaten some of the strangest foods he’d ever encountered ( and lived to declare it delicious ). He was not stagnant in any capacity that mattered to him, and lived to feel the thrill of life that soothed something wild in his soul.
There was a wickedness to the slow spreading grin on his lips, matched by the flicker in his green eyes. There was something perhaps kindred about them. He had known her when she was in the service of the Featherington family -- at least, he recognized her from their house on Mount Street. He hadn’t really known her, but he hadn’t been terribly surprised that she and others had left that place. The maid wars had begun in Mayfair, and it seemed everyone was jostling around these days. He’d been somewhat surprised to find they both recognized one another now, outside of the green drawing room of the large house, or maybe just surprised to find that she hadn’t gone into someone else’s service. It was something to respect her for, and Colin did. Anyone who had the strength of character to make it on their own in this world had his commendation.
And now, if she wanted adventure, he was going to ensure it.
“Try and keep up then,” he said over his shoulder with a self-satisfied look, before he broke into a dead sprint. He launched himself forward with all his might, springing up over the garden wall. He cleared it with only a few inches to spare and rolled onto his back in the grass on the other side. “Coming?”