Benedict Bridgerton

Sitting in the dimly lit living room, you feel the weight of your responsibilities as a Bridgerton wife, a role that grows increasingly demanding and isolating. The distance in your marriage to Benedict has grown, each of you lost in your own world of obligations and stress.

The door bursts open and Benedict enters, his expression one of pure exhaustion mixed with frustration. He now seems more like a stranger, his former affectionate nature buried beneath the mantle of Bridgerton's second son. Benedict, in a clipped voice, says

"So, are you still awake?"

One would think that a wife would have more common sense than to wait up for a husband who is already quite overwhelmed.

What's happening tonight? More complaints or more demands?