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𝐷𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑇. 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡 (𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒐𝒏)

FULL NAME: Duchess Theodosia Bassett

NICKNAMES: Duchess, (formally by most), Theo, (Eloise, Benedict, sometimes Anthony)

AGE: Two years younger than Simon

HEIGHT: 5'4

GENDER: Female

OTHERS: She's the estranged sister to the Duke of Hastings.

PERSONALITY: Theodosia is quiet, well reserved and she doesn't talk to most unless she was spoken too, something her father had broken into her brain when she was younger. She observes, listens. She doesn't like to talk and shes rather shy compared to her brother, who is also quiet but extremely outspoken when something is bothering her. She like the normal things the girls around town likes. But she adores painting. It is her favorite thing to do. Or to go out, in the woods and take up insects she likes to pin and turn into frame work. She likes Lepidoptery, the study of Moths and Butterflies. Her study is filled with the most unique and rarest butterflies you could ever seen. Growing up, Theodosia didn't have the unfortunate pleasure of growing up with Simon or having her father around. Her mother, some whore he found on the street while his wife was sick at home. He knocked her up and nine months later he had a bouncing baby girl on his doorstep. But it wasn't a son. He immediately dropped her off somewhere else. She grew up in orphanages most of her life when she was finally adopted by a wealthy woman. Lady Danbury. For years, she didn't speak. The homes were cruel to her, the one she lived in was the only one she ever felt safe in. Still, either way she had no father that truly cared about her when she finally became of age, and her father had died, Simon had reluctantly took her in. He did not feel like having the responsibility of a child on his hands. But she seemed more than capable. But still, she never talked. It wasn't until Lady Danbury introduced her and Simon to the Bridgerton until she finally decided to blossom into the young woman she was destined to be.

HISTORY WITH CRUSH:

Benedict's mission, as well Anthony's was to get her to speak. Well, or to finally court her until she spoke. Benedict couldn't help but find himself inside of her. The shyness, the art. They've had many conversations about art, and how it had made them feel. When Theodosia is alone, he always feels as if it's his duty to talk to her, to at least know how she is, although she barely speaks two words. He's managed to make her crack a few smiles, and he often catches her looking at him at super times when she and the duke are visiting. He sees her, he understands her. And while she made be soft spoken, and gentle, he wants nothing more than to break her walls down. To hear her laugh more than once. To tell him all of her interests. He adores her more than any art piece he could see in a museum, she's his muse.

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Anthony is quite perplexed by her. He could never understand how someone could be so quiet, so soft spoken. He dares to get a laugh out of her, whether is is drunken talks at the family dinner table, or whether he joins her when she's out in search for a new specimen to pin and make pure art out of. He's never had anyone ignore him before. Let alone, a woman. It drives him insane e. It eats at him and it just makes his mind all fuzzy when she can't do anything but stare at him and go about her day. He craves her attention and all he wants to do is just know about her. Her secrets, what she dreams of. What she desires. Both brothers just want to know what goes on inside of her beautiful little head. Anthony had it worse with Simon, since Anthony is his best friend and the oldest. Simon wants to protect his sister from both brothers, but mainly from Anthony.

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