#prince nikolas angelovsky

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and the rest is rust and stardust by @hptriviachamp

E, WiP, Historical Romance

He crooked two fingers to beckon her near.

It didn’t occur for Edwina to do anything but to comply.

Glide forward.

Stop scarcely a breath away from him.

And his hand was on her, hot and heavy as it slid up her spine. He flexed his palm against her nape almost experimentally.

“Very well,” he told her. “You will do.”

#fic rec #love this fic #gift edit #bridgerton fic #prince of dreams fic #regency romance #a little gothic too? #bridgerton #edwina sharma #prince nikolas angelovsky #aka the crazy russian prince #fluff and smut

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and the rest is rust and stardust

Part I

He crooked two fingers to beckon her near. It didn’t occur for Edwina to do anything but to comply. Glide forward. Stop scarcely a breath away from him.  And his hand was on her, hot and heavy as it slid up her spine. He flexed his palm against her nape almost experimentally.  “Very well,” he told her. “You will do.”

thanks to @minim236 for the gorgeous edit and of course @viscountessevie and @jeanvanjer for all your help along the way.

#bridgerton #edwina sharma #edwina/crazy russian prince #prince nikolas angelovsky #lisa kleypas #crossover #bridgerton fanfiction #kate sharma #anthony bridgerton #Sharmaweek #Sharmaweekfic

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Prince Nikolai staring down Edwina Sharma after realising he was her first kiss and he wants more (circa. 1815)

anyway, read:

and the rest is rust and stardust by @hptriviachamp

#bridgerton #edwina sharma #edwina/crazy russian prince #prince nikolas angelovsky #lisa kleypas #crossover #bridgerton fanfiction #kate sharma #anthony bridgerton #Sharmaweek #Sharmaweekfic #bridgerton fic #fc: aaron taylor johnson #historical romance

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Having a Ball

A ball and Edwina helps an upset Francesca.

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Francesca, dressed in lavender and pearls, scanned the large room and courtyard, looking for a familiar man. The only man she had danced with at the past three balls they had all attended since the season begun.

She had not picked up a dance card, only wishing to dance with one man - John Stirling. Her kind hearted, witty suitor who had promised he would come to the Hasting's ball. Moved up due to Daphne's new pregnancy and Kate's progressing one, John had sworn to come to spend time with her and her family members. She did not usually believe in promises. Words were meaningless. But John did not use them carelessly. He was earnest and honest, nothing like other noblemen - and sometimes Francesca would count her brothers amongst those John was not alike.

And unlike the men of the Ton, he seemed to not be here.

Edwina, wearing a rose pink, had stood by her side, hiding with Francesca. She noticed her friend was skittish, seemingly looking for someone while hiding. She could not blame her, given she was the second most scandalous person here.

She brightened when Lady Crane appeared but seeing the apology painted on her expression. She knew that look.

"Kiltmartin is not here." Marina told her apologetic. She had decided to ask around on her behalf. The benefit of being a young widow and not a debtante is that she does not read as 'desperate'.

It is Eloise who squeezes her sister's arm in comfort. She may not know what it is to be disappointed like this by a man, having not fallen in love with one as her younger sister has, but she did not like to see Francesca upset.

"He promised." Francesca whispered, trying not to start crying. She took a deep breath, steadying herself. This was Daphne's ball - he would spend some more time with her family.

"I wish to dance." Edwina declared suddenly.

"With who?" Francesca asked, wondering why she wished to dance now. An attempt, perhaps, to encourage her to move on from John.

But she was further confused when she watched Edwina remove her dance card from her wrist, letting it fall to the floor as if she was getting rid of some impertinet thread on her dress.

Eloise could not help but follow, ridding herself of her shoes and card, so did Marina. Francesca finally did, with a giggle as Edwina pulled her to the dance floor, the stars and lights glittering above them in the cool night air.

"Ourselves, of course." They were all rather confused, "Get rid of your dance cards and take off your shoes!"The orchestra played a more upbeat tune and she smiled.

"You have been indulging in too much champagne, Edwina." Francesca said, shaking her head.

The all squealed as they ran to the center of the ballroom, spreading into a circle and skipping.

"Is Eloise going to the floor?" Simon said, confused. Eloise was usually in their library, which he granted her full access during balls

"Your humor is unwelcome, Si." Daphne chastised gently, knowing her mother was always so anxious when it came to Eloise and dancing.

"No, look!" Benedict nudged her, and Anthony turned, eyes widened in shock as he nearly stepped forward to stop it at once.

But it was Violet who stopped him with her hand to his chest. She was standing next to Lady Mary, the two watching them all fondly.

The Queen, next to Lady Danbury, was rather amused by the spectacle. The four young ladies she knew had may be having a trying season, all dancing without a care or a male suitor. She could not help but smile in approval, joining in the rhymic clapping that Benedict Bridgerton started.

"This is completely-!" Lady Featheringnton huffed.

"Foreigners." Lady Cowper tutted, frowning.

"Oh, how delightful!" Queen Charlotte laughed, smiling at the scene. Her eyes slid to the ladies, who did not think she had not heard them, "Though us foreigners do know how to have more fun, do we not?"

"We do indeed." Kate agreed. She would have joined in, if not very pregnant, but was delighted to see her sisters having fun.

Edwina spun in the middle of the circle of girls, remembering how she would spin like this as a child, so carefree.

Other young ladies soon joined in, to the shock and some amusement of their mamas. Cressida Cowper surprisingly joined in, taking Francesca's hands.

She stopped slowly, seeing Friedrich watch her. And he smiled at her. It was small, but she could see a warmth in his eyes, mingled with amusement. Not how he looked at her in the garden after their first kiss, no. This was new.

#had to put in a bit of Nikolai/Edwina #Frannie and Edwina friendship #bridgerton #francesca bridgerton #edwina sharma #marina thompson #eloise bridgerton #the friendship i deserve #female friendship #regency #bridgerton ficlet #one shot #prince nikolas angelovsky

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About "the rest is rust and stardust" - what obstacles or challenges the prince has? What will him and Edwina be confronting? Or is it a spoiler?

So Nikki's backstory isn't really a spoiler because it's all outlined in Lisa's Prince of Dreams. I don't want to get too deep into his family life because it was triggering for me but the reason he's out of society for a year in my fic is because he was tortured by the tsar's secret police for killing the one of the tsar's best friends. Said friend killed Nikolas's brother so... it was vengeance.

Anyway, all of this contributes to him being all "I will never love you" to Edwina (so ironically she's in the same position as Kate was in the books when Anthony married her) but Edwina at this point doesn't even care anymore after the events of S2 and thinks love = pain so she accepts. Obviously they both regret the promise of a loveless marriage they made, but Nikki clings on more stubbornly than Edwina, but they eventually get there.

#bridgerton #edwina sharma #edwina/crazy russian prince #prince nikolas angelovsky #ask #lisa kleypas

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He crooked two fingers to beckon her near. It didn’t occur for Edwina to do anything but to comply. Glide forward. Stop scarcely a breath away from him.  And his hand was on her, hot and heavy as it slid up her spine. He flexed his palm against her nape almost experimentally.  “Very well,” he told her. “You will do.”

Edwina Sharma & Prince Nikolas Angelovsky for @hptriviachamp

#not yet published wip #my edits #gift edit #edwina sharma #edwina/crazy russian prince #hptriviachamp #bridgerton #prince nikolas angelovsky #bridgertonweek2022 #oc

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it's been lingering in my head for a while now, could you please give us any hc's for edwina and i think the tortured prince kleypas?? (i'm not sure)

This has consumed me since yesterday so THANKS. I think I might go fully unhinged with this one, but here are the vibes of a potential story:

I might do a Pippa/Cross (From One Good Earl Deserves A Lover) style sex lesson thing? But also, for anyone who's followed me long enough, you know that I have been working on 2 sex scenes for like, 8 months 😭. Trying to find the appropriately sexy words gives me anxiety lol. In that vein, if anyone has advice on how to write a tastefully M rated story (as opposed to E, which is the rating of what sex scene bits have written thus far, but can't bring myself to finish), please advise?

So, post-S2, I imagine Edwina is back on the market and is probably treated as an object of pity for having been rejected by the viscount in favor of her sister, and there is probably some quiet mockery aimed at her. Plus, I feel like Anthony probably gives her a fat dowry out of guilt, so she's the target of fortune hunters who also kind of see her as spoiled goods who may or may not be compromised. My friend @jeanvanjer suggested Edwina trying to save face and act like everything is normal but under the surface, she's struggling.

So enter the exiled Prince Angelovsky who's spent the last year recovering from torture by the tsar's "Special Committee" (that's what it's called in the book lol). I imagine he'd be dismissive of women like Edwina at first but he's intrigued eventually. So Edwina goes to Nikolas to get sex lessons and figure out this *passion* thing that seems to have overtaken Kate and Anthony? It's all a very tenuous plot but I'm just putting it all out there.

He confesses to killing his brother's murderer before making out with her...?

I lowkey might have them talk about religion because Kleypas goes off about Russian orthodoxy/their inherent mysticism like a dozen times, and the vibes were kinda similar to Hinduism so... maybe...?

Also he totally has sugar daddy vibes based on how Lisa keeps talking about him as one of the richest men in Europe... which tracks, tbh. I don't think the English could comprehend what money could get you in Russia... mostly because of the serf labor.

Anyway, I reread the book and took notes so enjoy what may or may not be an actual story at some point.

#The moral of the story is #I can't think of a more boring couple than shoving Edwina with Prince Friedrich and this is how far I'm willing to go. #to fix that #bridgerton #edwina sharma #prince nikolas angelovsky #lisa kleypas #ask

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How is the Russian Prince story coming around?

You know, it's… going. Slow but steady. I'm trying to amp up the Nikolas Doing Dastardly Things To A Debutante (Edwina) factor by writing in said dastardly things fingering in the first scene they meet.

I also realized I need to include some solid Mary/Edwina scenes (already got my Kate/Edwina sister scenes planned out) and I think I need a scene where Anthony is a little hypocrite who's warning Edwina about the dastardliness of the Prince Angelovsky and Edwina is like "boi you're one to talk. At least Nikki knows what he want wants and goes for it" and it's all very pointed and excellent.

Anyway, that's how it's coming around :)

#bridgerton #edwina sharma #edwina/crazy russian prince #prince nikolas angelovsky #ask

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any chance we could get an snippet of the edwina/russian prince fic?

You can indeed!

#bridgerton #edwina sharma #prince nikolas angelovsky #prince of dreams #lisa kleypas #snippet #ask

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A snippet of the edwina/russian prince fic? The more details you reveal about the fic, the more I'm intrigued and also can't wait to read Anthony being called out

I do indeed! Edwina calling Anthony out is yet to be written, but here's Nikolas and Edwina's first first meeting:

He crooked two fingers to beckon her near. It didn’t occur for Edwina to do anything but to comply. Glide forward. Stop scarcely a breath away from him.  And his hand was on her, hot and heavy as it slid up her spine. He flexed his palm against her nape almost experimentally.  “Very well,” he told her. “You will do.”

#bridgerton #edwina sharma #edwina/crazy russian prince #prince nikolas angelovsky #snippet #ask

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Love the Russian prince idea! Can't wait if you write it.

Thanks! It's very much an *idea* that I've written about 900 words for, but hopefully there will be more!

#bridgerton #edwina sharma #prince nikolas angelovsky #ask

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I'm late for this but omg those headcanons about Edwina and the exiled prince.....thank you???? No offense to people who like the idea of her and that other prince but honestly whenever I imagine any potential love interest for her I just want her to have someone who isn't afraid of breaking the rules and they just have fun together. Like her own mother ran away from home to marry a man she wanted, I think Edwina can be given an outlandish love affair before having to settle down, it's the least she deserves and frankly what she should have after all the buildup about her marriage ending in such a sham in s2. Like she's young, let her have a prolonged engagement or something before finally marrying.

Ofc! Friedrich/Edwina seems so... bland. What Edwina truly needs is your classic HR mildly sociopathic Russian prince and and their marriage is basically a big middle finger to everyone who called Edwina a gold-digger and jealous or whatever. I feel like Nikolas's proposal would probably be a combination of him confessing that he absolutely did kill someone, telling Edwina he's hella rich, saying that if she married him she'd always have precedence over her sister, and then them making out.

it's a work in progess.

#bridgerton #ask #edwina sharma #prince nikolas angelovsky

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Ok so I know since we have a couple established historical characters in Bridgerton like the Prince of Prussia. What do you think think Daphne/Fredrich? Or like Fredrish/Edwina? And like what do you think of the implications of them doing away with his historical love interest and how that might shape the history within the world of Bridgerton?

I mean, Prince Friedrich was a plot device so I really don't know too much about him or care for him. I do think him and Edwina would probably be very similar to Jane and Bingley, who are so nice that, to take Mr. Bennet's words "every servant will cheat them" lol. I personally find that boring (especially plot-wise), but that being said, I don't think the solution for Edwina is just not marrying and "finding herself" or whatever. She's always been marriage-inclined unlike, say, show!Eloise, but I think her love interest needs to show her what a true partnership is; Not someone who will steamroll her like Anthony did, but also not someone who's kinda bland and would blindly worship her like I imagine Friedrich would. I got it in my obstinate head that Prince Nikolas Angelovsky (from Kleypas's Prince of Dreams) and her would be hysterical (and probably hot ngl) together. The vibes would be "jaded former Diamond" and "tortured, broody sugar daddy!Prince who dismisses her as bland at first, but then is amused by her disillusionment and then they're somehow both into each other and everyone is mildly horrified by this turn of events but they're very happy". I'd watch that show. Or write it if I had the will. Here's what I have to say about him.

Anyway, I think the show is such a fantasy retelling that there's literally no point in entertaining historical what-ifs at this point re. Prussia and Freddie's real wife.

#bridgerton #edwina sharma #prince nikolas angelovsky #ask #I ship it

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Prince Nikolai

alright, here's one from Prince Nikolas:

"I have never understood this English male reticence towards marriage. Tell me, is it common among your spheres, or merely your clan?"

#edwina/crazy russian prince #prince nikolas angelovsky #dialogue tag #ask

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I see what you mean about bitchy heroes. I like them if they are mean but not too mean if that makes sense. And they can't be a*holes to the heroine. Do you have other recs like that?

It's a fine line! Bitchy heroes to me are like, a particular niche that I don't see very often in newer historical romances; you have the grumpy ones that are closed off initially, the repressed ones, the *revenge* focused ones, the ones who hate the heroine initially and argue with her a lot..... but that doesn't make them bitchy imo. Bitchiness is a mindset.

St. Vincent from Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas: The thing about St. Vincent is, he's never particularly dangerous (see: his flop kidnapping attempt), BUT he is definitely a bitch to Evie in the beginning of DiW, like the time he, ya know, calls her a bitch, and also the general bitchiness of lines like "I'd never be so bourgeois to sleep with my own wife".

Nikolas Angelovsky from Prince of Dreams by Lisa Kleypas: Definitely a bitch when he threatens Emma's suitor into leaving her, gets her drunk, sleeps with her, and announces that he thought about marrying her since she was 13 after he gifted her a tiger to spite her dad, whose wife he kidnapped.

Tony from Theory of Earls by Kathleen Ayers: The kind of man who's told he's hot so often, he doesn't think twice of asking a debutante to perform the piano for him in only her chemise, and umtimately compromising her when she asked his help to compromise someone else. BUT the wildest thing about Tony is something he says when he finds out the Maggie is pregnant which...... I was NOT expecting. Was the redemption fully realized? idk but he's hot so I forgive him.

Anthony Bridgerton from The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn: He is. I won't elaborate.

Blackburn (aka FIGGY) from That Scandalous Evening by Christina Dodd: He's angry, confused, still turned on by Jane's *obsession* once his nude sculpture goes public, and the humiliation doesn't stop him from accosting her when she tries to apologize and press her hand to his dick and going "note the difference".

Kerrich from Rules of Engagement by Christina Dodd: Doesn't think twice about buying a child to gain respectability and hiring a governess who he IMMEDIATELY starts chasing after all while being very confused why he's into this "ugly" woman.

Asa Makepeace from Sweetest Scoundrel by Elizabeth Hoyt: Generally bitchy to Eve re her looks and buttoned-up vibe initially but he's super butthurt when she declines to paint him naked :(

Godric from Outrageous by Minerva Spencer: Again, not dangerous but he spent the entire prior book weirdly stalking the hero and heroine and generally being a little weirdo which understandably got the hero's sister Eva so concerned she kidnapped him.

#see theyre not particularly dangerous #but theyre very cutting and snarky #also more than half of them are blond #kathleen ayers #Elizabeth Hoyt #minerva spencer #christina dodd #julia quinn #bridgerton #lisa kleypas #historical romance #romance novels #book recs

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How do you feel about kink in romance novels? Do you feel like it's becoming too normalized in romance? I wish authors would put warnings at the beginning if there is going to be a kink but a lot of them don't.

Alrighty let's break this down. I'm fine with reading kink in romance novels. Some of my favorite romance novels (erotic and otherwise) have kink in them and fair few of my favorite authors write kink. I read a lot of fanfiction back in the day that a) exposed me to a variety of kinks (thanks ao3 tagging system) and b) also made me a pretty indiscriminate reader (obviously I have some limits) so I'll read anything if it's well written, regardless of whether it has kink in it or not.

As for "too normalized"... look, kink is a part of a lot of peoples' lives irl so I don't think there's such a thing as "too normalized" if reality is being reflected in our romance novels (also.... "too normalized" smacks of neo-puritanism to me). I haven't been a romance reader for very long, but I feel like (again, reflecting the fact that kink is a part of a lot of peoples' lives, in a sexual sense or otherwise) romance authors have been writing about kink for longer than we think, even if it's in subtle ways. Listen, I joke about Lisa Kleypas' recurring thing where she writes heroes with vague foot fetishes but it's a great example of subtle but present kink in older(ish) romance novels (see: Nikolas Angelovsky's her-foot-on-his-dick moment in Prince of Dreams which was written in 1995, and of course Simon Hunt in Secrets of a Summer Night, whose foot fetish I documented in this compilation). And then there's more obviously kinky books like Anne Rice's The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (written in 1983). I do think kink in romances has become more mainstream in the last decade-ish since Fifty Shades came out but even then, the quality has varied vastly. The ones I've been recced that seem more inspired by Fifty Shades, contemporary or historical, tend to be... very bland. A rich guy, a Dom/sub relationship, many a chastising "bad girl", and she's gonna get her (pardon my indelicacy) ass beat by him at some point. Other authors like Tiffany Reisz (who cites Anne Rice as one influence) and Sierra Simone (who was, in part, inspired by Tiffany Reisz) write kink more subversively and in a way that I find more entertaining to read. Also, a misconception I think a lot of people have about kink in romance novels is that it has to be BDSM, which isn't accurate. One of my favorite romance novels I've read this year, Minx by Sophie Lark, mostly dealt in pet play and exhibitionism.

As for content warnings, from what I've seen a lot of authors do include them in their books or on their websites, and yes, I agree it would be helpful for any author to include pertinent content warnings, but here's my thing: ultimately, it's your responsibility to vet the media you choose to consume if you're that worried. Go online, check out the author's website and read some reviews. As flawed as it can get with its tagging system, check out romance.io. Ultimately, it's your choice in what you consume, and dealing with it by calling kink "too normalized" because you are uncomfortable isn't it.

#romance novels #ask