with petals, poetry, and a sweet fragrance, comes one of the ways to represent the act of loving and how the companionship of someone can be interpreted.
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I've had this idea for quite a while!
@itsjustmebluesilly once asked me about how do they call eachother, so I just had to do a quick sketch representation, of course
You were terrified of Bodyguard!Simon Riley. Your father had employed him after a death threat to your life. Your mother was a well-known politician in high places and so neither parent was going to take any chances
Bodyguard!Simon Riley walked into your motherโs office that first day and was like a behemoth to you. He was every bodyguard stereotype rolled into one โ he wore all black, had a buzzcut, had muscles for his muscles, and even wore a black surgical mask. Your parents reassured you that he was the best in the business, having come from a military background and now joining a company that specialised in security called 141 Protection. But the man was staring at you
Meanwhile, Bodyguard!Simon Riley couldnโt take his eyes off you. He had never been more grateful for his mask and poker face, even though he was still worried you could see the blush on his cheeks. You were just so pretty
Bodyguard!Simon Riley never shirked from his duties (which kinda frustrated you). After you got over the initial scare factor, your privacy was the next thing to go. Whether out with friends, shopping, or even in your own home, he was always there. Definitely annoying
Bodyguard!Simon Riley hardly said a word. It was certainly unnerving and you had to get used to the clipped, gravelly responses
Bodyguard!Simon Riley was always vigilant. You didnโt notice how his eyes immediately scanned a room or how he would hover a hand on your back to place himself between the exit or street
Bodyguard!Simon Riley was extremely useful fending off paparazzi and unwanted advancements from men. He would either place his body in front of you and speak to the person in that eerily calm voice of his that brokered no room for argument, or would simply usher you away, his front pressed to your back
Eventually, however, you got used to Bodyguard!Simon Riley. The death threat didnโt follow through and Simon would carry your bags for you or listen to you gossip
Whether it was the forced proximity or not, both you and Bodyguard!Simon Riley began to catch feelings well, Simon had long caught feelings
Bodyguard!Simon Riley referred to you as โmy birdโ or โthe missusโ to his coworkers. Johnny and the lot of them thought it was hilarious and teased him relentlessly. His boss, Price, pulled him aside one day and warned him to just be careful
Bodyguard!Simon Riley knew Price was right. It was outrageous for him to dream about it, more so actively try to pursue it. Simon was a rule-following soldier through and through, yet Price never really told him to stop โ the older man just discouraged it
Bodyguard!Simon Riley began to subtly change his habits. Whenever you wanted takeout, he would suggest going and sitting down at the restaurant. He would always sit across from you. And even though you had mommyโs credit card, he would pay for one or two of these โdates.โ He wouldnโt correct men who asked if you two were dating and maybe he even let the surgical mask slip
Bodyguard!Simon Riley accidentally called you โthe missusโ in front of you. Keegan called him, asking if he could work on a Saturday. With you in the room, he replied, โnah, thereโs a gala me and the missus have to attend.โ It just slipped out. You froze, mortified
Bodyguard!Simon Riley tried to backpedal but he was never good with words. Eventually, he just stood there, reverting to the stiff stance he used to use whenever a commanding officer walked past. โWas that a one time thing?โ you then asked. โOr do you really call me that?โ
Bodyguard!Simon Riley would never lie to you. โItโs instinct at this point,โ he muttered
Bodyguard!Simon Riley was sure he was about to be fired when you glanced up at him. โWell, Iโm not sure about marriage yet,โ you said, โbut Iโฆ wouldnโt say no to a date. With you as my boyfriend?โ
Bodyguard!Simon Riley had thought you were already dating, but he wasnโt going to deny you this. He nodded once, as if receiving orders, and then immediately stepped out to call Price to shove it in his face. He also called a nearby florist to schedule arrangements for the next six months
Your parents didnโt object in the slightest. They thought it was great you were dating Bodyguard!Simon Riley because now they didnโt have to pay him all the time
Bodyguard!Simon Riley just became accustomed to calling you โmissus, birdie, lovie.โ Like, those were your names now, thank you very much. You actually got worried whenever he called you by your real name, wondering if you were in trouble (you never were, it was just a slip of the tongue)
Bodyguard!Simon Riley eventually introduced you to his coworkers. You soon realised that none of them, other than Price who had handled the employment in the first place, knew your actual name. They just knew you as your nicknames
Bodyguard!Simon Riley had already installed the safest locks and security features in your home, but would triple check them now before โturning offโ his bodyguard persona whenever alone with you
Bodyguard!Simon Riley preferred to have dates at home so he could relax. It had become instinct to be on watch with you, so whenever he could truly relax, it was a plus. Of course he still took you out, but he simply preferred at home or open spaces like a park where it was less likely someone would attack you
Bodyguard!Simon Riley liked Disney movies. They reminded him of his childhood. His favourite was Princess and the Frog. He liked Mama Odie
Bodyguard!Simon Riley was scary dog privileges personified. 10/10, truly
Bodyguard!Simon Riley continued to work for 141 Protection, though he took less jobs. He had already made a lot of money with the army and bodyguarding. Heโd rather spend more time with you
Bodyguard!Simon Riley did not want any pets. You ended up with two dogs and one hypoallergenic cat. (Simon was allergic, but the cat found its favourite place was his face)
Bodyguard!Simon Riley lived in a little white townhouse with you. Eventually, he wanted to buy a house with you, but that would come later
Bodyguard!Simon Riley didnโt wear his surgical mask anymore
Bodyguard!Simon Riley who snored, but made up for it by kissing you every morning and night to remind you how much he loved you
These nicknames are the result of a three month survey I conducted using hundreds of primary sources ranging from newspapers to period literature to murder trial testimony. I have been sitting on this research for two years due to several names I was stuck on, but when I mentioned to project in a response to an ask recently I had several people encourage me to just post it as is - so here you go...
Due to the strict social rules of the Regency era, nicknames were very rarely used in the upper classes outside of family and very close friends.
Young, unmarried women would sometimes go by a nickname publicly, but even then the rules of formal address still applied. A young woman of status would be introduced as Miss Betsey Lastname, not just Betsey. The eldest daughter would be introduced as Miss Lastname, whether or not she went by a nickname.
The same rules applied to children of a certain status that went by nicknames. Servants would refer to their young charges as Miss Sally and Master Jemmy - not just Sally and Jemmy.
Adults who went by nicknames outside of close family/friends tended to be servants (free, indentured and enslaved) or members of the lower class. A scullery maid was more likely to be a Fanny than a Frances and a stable boy was more likely to be a Jack than a John.
You do also see men in positions of authority referred to by nicknames in a "man of the people" type way - hence Ben Franklin, Sam Adams, etc.
However, this was also often used in a sarcastic manner by political opposition.
A few notes on the lists below...
Nicknames were often very regionally specific. Names with locations in parentheses were used primarily in those areas, those without locations I've found evidence of use throughout the English-speaking world.
Nicknames are listed in very rough order of popularity, starting with the most popular - (I did not actually count the hundreds of occurrences of each nickname as the sources I used were very hard to quantify, so these are based on my general observations during the project and should not be taken as academic fact.)
A general rule - Y not IE endings unless you are Scottish.
Lizzy not Lizzie, Sophy not Sophie, Charley not Charlie
IE endings were still associated with French names
Women's Names
Amelia - Am(e)y, Emily
Ann - Nancy, Nan, Nanny (northern England), Annie (Scotland)
Alexander - Aleck/Alec/Allick/Ellick, Sandy - NOT Alex#
Anthony - Tony
Benjamin - Ben(ny)
Charles - Charley, Charlie (Scotland)
Edward - Ned(dy), Ted(dy) (Ireland)
Francis - Frank(y)
George - Georgey, Geordie (Northern England/Scotland)
Henry - Harry
James - Jem(my), Jamie (Scotland), Jim(my)$
John - Jack(y), Johnny, Jock(ey) (Scotland)
Joseph - Joe(y)
Richard - Dick(y)
Robert - Bob(by), Robb(y/ie) (Scotland), Robin
Samuel - Sam(my)
Thomas - Tom(my)
William - Bill(y), Will(y)
* I have found a single instance of both Lotty (in a dictionary from 1725) and Charley (a murder trial from 1735) being used as a nickname for Charlotte in the early 18th century, but none from the Regency period itself. So both nicknames pre-date the Regency era, but I, as of yet, cannot prove whether they were in use during the early 19th century or not.
# "Alex." was used in the Regency era as an abbreviation for Alexander, but I have never seen it used in a period source as stand-alone nickname. Alexander Hamilton would occasionally sign his name "Alex Hamilton" without the period, but he also didn't use a period when he signed it "A Hamilton". It is possible it was also a spoken nickname at the time, however I have not come across any hard evidence of this pre-dating the 20th Century.
$ Jim/Jimmy did exist as a nickname in the early 19th century, but was far, FAR, less common than Jem/Jemmy. It would not overtake Jem/Jemmy in popularity until the mid-19th century.
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