Requited Attraction: A Bridgerton Story

1814 promises to be another eventful season, as This Author believes, for Merlia Bridgerton, London's most incomparable lady, has taken the captivated interest of her dear friend Lord Gilbert Blythe, London's most eligible bachelor.

Will their family ties finally seal the deal for a wedding that will have this season closing with a bang? Only time will tell...

Lady Whistledown's Society Papers,
April 1814

Merlia Bridgerton, born into high society to Mother Vicountess Violet Bridgerton and Vicount Edmund Bridgerton. She was the second oldest daughter and was given a name out of the alphabetical order that was originally chosen by her parents. She was born still born. But when what seemed like a miracle breathed life back into her, they knew she needed a name to match the miracle. And what a miracle it was indeed that she was alive, as now she has come of age to enter into society and to find a husband. But no one compared to her dear childhood best friend Gilbert Blythe. In a whirlwind romance, Merlia and Gilbert find themselves navigating the courting season together. Merlia finds Gilbert utterly infatuating and Gilbert cant help but be drawn to Merlia's alluring nature and natural artistic intensity. But with mistakes and miscommunication at every turn, it seemed Merlia was in for the love story of her life.

This is a Gilbert Blythe x OC Bridgerton and Anne with an E Alternate Universe ( AU ) fanfiction.

NSFW. All characters are 18+ in this fanfiction.