Adult Content Warning
This work could have adult content. If you continue, you have agreed that you are willing to see such content.
-
The painter’s purgatory by nutty1231
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
02 Jul 2026
Tags
Summary
"I see the darkness hidden behind your eyes— the shadows that no one else dares to look upon."
Benedict Bridgerton is a fallen noble, a gentleman painter who sells pieces of his soul for a few gold sovereigns to soothe his self-loathing in the dark alleys of Soho. Sophie is a Duchess trapped in a magnificent, cold stone prison, an ornament to her arrogant husband.
Bound by a strict one-inch distance he dares not cross, Benedict obsesses over the pure white silk ribbon from her neck—a holy relic he accidentally stains with his charcoal-covered hands. In a private hell masked as an art studio, the line between artist and sitter blurs into a ruinous, intoxicating sin.