i will be bound to you in every way that counts

It really was love at first sight, but she didn’t go to the ball hoping to find love. She just wanted a night of fantasy and to be in that world. She didn’t even know his name. She just saw a gentleman and actually fell in love with him for who he is … But I think after that, it was a little bit unlucky, in the sense that that night forever changes her and actually makes her yearn for love even more, that she never asked for. — Yerin Ha

“They picked their way in silence up a steep and gloomy path of darkness. There remained but little more to climb till they would touch earth's surface, when in fear he might again lose her, and anxious for another look at her, he turned his eyes so he could gaze upon her.” [Bk X:1-85 Orpheus and Eurydice, Metamorphoses] BENOPHIE + Orpheus & Eurydice pt. 2

Mr. Darcy walked so that Benedict Bridgerton could run (x)

Please, we are past the formality. Call me Benedict.

looking forward vs. looking back

“It is time now to look toward the future, whatever it may bring.” [3.08 “Into the Light”] "I could not look twice at anyone else…You’re the person I’ve been searching for all my life. I love you. I love you. I love you." [4.05 “Yes or No”]