#awkward darcy

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He wished, at times, that he could express himself better, like Richard or even Charles Bingley. If he did, he’d be able to express to Elizabeth just how much he loved her, but he’d never had that gift. If I felt less, he thought, bending to place a kiss on her temple, I might be able to say more.

Melanie Rachel, Headstrong: Overcome

[janeaustenallthetime]

His face in the first frame perfects it

[janeaustenallthetime]

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'You might try to look a little less . . . forbidding,' Charlie said quietly in my ear. I nodded and plastered on a smile. 'How’s this?' He looked at me and shuddered. 'I take it back. Forbidding is better.'

Beau North, The Darcy Monologues

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For his part, Darcy knew precisely who the late arrival was without even looking. What subtle sense was responsible for it, he could not tell; yet there was no way of ignoring the staggering jolt that had forced his every known and unknown sense into almost unbearable alertness. He did not raise his eyes from the book. Pointless diligence, for he could not read a word, nor sing another note, acutely aware that her own diligence had been for naught.

Joana Starnes, The Darcy Monologues

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Will Darcy had always been quick-witted and wryly funny, but nobody beyond his family saw that part of him. He’d been shy as a boy and had grown into one of the most aloof, reserved men he knew. Only Richard understood how much of that coolness was fear.

Melanie Rachel, Headstrong: Adapt

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‘It freaks me out a little when you giggle,’ he said, bemused. ‘You’re usually so formidable. It throws me off my game.’ ‘Will Darcy,’ she said with a sigh, returning his penetrating gaze, ‘please. You have no game.’ ‘True,’ he agreed solemnly, though his lips quirked up. ‘Only too true.’

Melanie Rachel, Headstrong: Improvise