18 for the Bridgerton prompts 🙏 and maybe of them talking about how they want something different in life than everyone else
Nighttime chats on the swing with a cigarette shared between the two of them became a tradition. It was their moment of respite, away from the rest of the family and the rest of the cruel, harsh, judgmental world.
“Benedict?” Eloise asked softly one night.
“Yes, sister?”
“What did you think of your time in school?”
He sat up straight, knowing the true answer was not proper, for his time in school was filled with girls and booze and a life of debauchery.
“My time in school was....liberating.”
“How so?”
“How so? Well, I guess, because it was one of the only times in my life where no one had any expectations for me, except to learn. And I did learn. A lot, in fact,” he sighed.
“Do you ever think women will be allowed to attend?”
Of course this was the question she would ask him. He knew he had to tread carefully, answering honestly, but not offending her at the same time.
“Honestly? I think so. But it will be difficult. There are a lot of men who will not wish for it to happen.”
“And why do you think that is?”
“Perhaps because most of us realize that women are smart. And if given the opportunity, would do far greater and grander things than any man.”
“I believe you are right, brother. We would likely solve many of the problems of the world.”
He chuckled softly in response.
“I think I should like to start my own school. One for women. And men I guess. But if men attend, they have to study something ‘frivolous like sewing...or art?” she eyed him when she said this.
“El, of everyone I know, you are the most likely to do such a thing. It’s one of the reasons I love you so. You are not afraid.”
“And what about you, brother, are you afraid?”
“I don’t want to be anymore.”
“Good. So you’ll take up Mr. Granville’s offer? You’ll continue your art lessons, and show your art to the world?”
He looked at her, then stretched his hand out, flexing only his pinky.
“Only if you promise me you will start that school.”
Her face lit up with a large smile as she hooked her pinky around his.
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