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#and who doesn't love when there's finally an emotional outpouring because they just can't keep it in
booasaur · 2 years
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bridgertonbabe · 2 years
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I'll admit that one of my guilty pleasures is thinking about what would've happened if benedict did convince sophie to be his mistress: the only way I can see that reasonably happening is if he takes longer to figure out that he wants to marry her and in the meantime sophie becomes pregnant from the one time they slept together. But you're right she would completely isolate her ruined self from society and ben would feel waaaay too guilty to be happy at all and would ride towards Gretna Green.
So in my head for the darkest timeline AU, the only reason Sophie agrees to become his mistress is because she fell pregnant the one and only time they slept together. Instead of getting caught and being sent to jail after resigning from her position, Sophie manages to find some work in the East End of London and it's only as she's earning more money to buy herself a passage to America that she discovers she's pregnant. She feels terribly wretched that her worst fear has become realised but she simply hopes a new life across the ocean will offer better prospects for her and her child - and then Benedict turns up. He had been devastated to learn Sophie had quit and left without another word to him and he had been desperately hunting for her since and only happened upon her by accident. He manages to catch her just as she's about to board a coach to the docks to get the next ship out and he's floored when a friend Sophie had made in the time they had been apart gifts her tiny baby socks, realising she's with child; his child. Benedict pulls Sophie aside and begs her to stay, pleading with her to not leave him behind, desperate for her to stay. Sophie asks him to leave with her instead so they can start a new life together, for them to be together away from the prying eyes of the Ton with all their judgments, and for a second Sophie thinks they'll get their happy ending. However, Benedict tells her he can't leave his family behind and that his flit to America would still leave them dealing with the consequences of his scandal. Sophie understands but tells him she can't stay, only for Benedict to cry, imploring her to stay with him, to not take their baby away from him, vowing to care for them both. Sophie tries to remain strong but it's difficult, especially when the person she loves most in the world is showing such an outpouring of emotion at the thought of her leaving. Nobody in her entire life had ever been so inconsolable to see her go and Sophie doesn't think she has it in her to reject the one person who is. She would finally acquiesce, much to Benedict's utter relief, and he would embrace her tightly, once again vowing to be there for both her and the baby, showing far more love and care than Sophie's father ever did. Sophie would hold onto the hope that Benedict would marry her - however, as this is the darkest timeline, Benedict is stoic in his resolve to keep Sophie as his mistress, no matter how much he wishes he could give her more. In this alternate timeline he is heavily weighed down by what the rest of society would think, desperate to avoid scandal for the sake of his family name, and no matter how much it hurt him to see Sophie so despondent as she remains holed up in his lodgings, he stayed firm in his resolve. Being so resolute in such a decision would only lead to devastating heartbreak further on down the line, but that's a bleak insight for another day.
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