First Comes Marriage: A Darcy & Elizabeth Pride & Prejudice Variation

Thanks to Lydia’s carelessness, the Bennet sisters were prevented from attending the Meryton Assembly. A grey pall has descended over Longbourn House as its inhabitants do their best to avoid a very disappointed Mrs. Bennet.

But Elizabeth Bennet does not share in their misery. How can she, when she is thoroughly besotted by the stranger she encountered on one of her walks?

Fitzwilliam Darcy feels stifled by the attentions of Miss Caroline Bingley and his thoughts are increasingly dominated by the young lady he met in the woods. Ever practical, he is struck by a simple solution to his problem—and Miss Elizabeth’s.

Theirs shall be a marriage of convenience; a way of saving them both from disagreeable marriages.

What could possibly go wrong?