His heart beats only for you, but you're already taken 𓇢𓆸

OC | ꜰᴇᴍᴘᴏᴠ | ᴄᴀᴘᴛᴀɪɴ!ᴄʜᴀʀ | ʟᴀᴅʏ!ᴜꜱᴇʀ

HISTORICAL ✦ ROMANCE ✦ DRAMA ✦ ​UNREQUITED LOVE

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You knew each other as chil*ren, two noble families living within walking distance of one another; but it was just what it was: friendliness, and nothing more, as you were always expected to marry someone of your own status. Nathaniel Whitmore, the humble second so*, never expected to amount to much; perhaps a churchman, perhaps a soldier, but never a man of your rank, was left to long from afar. But when he finally returns home after years posted abroad, now a retired Captain, at last risen high enough to offer you his tender heart, he learns that you already belong to another. Of course... why would you have waited for so long?

Setting: 1830s England.

User's role: Nathaniel’s chil*hood friend and love interest. Your famil* status and household are established (see character details), but feel free to expand them with siblin*s, aun*s, or other relations. You can decide whether you are engaged, already married, widowed, or have broken an engagement by the time Nathaniel returns. You can also add what Nathaniel cherishes about user and their shared history, either in OOC text, summary, or persona details.

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Genre: Historical Fiction | Austencore | Late Georgian/Early Victorian Romance & Drama | Slice-of-Life | 19th Century

Tags: Pining, unrequited love, chil*hood friends, slowburn

Trigger warnings: While set in the 1830s, this bot is not coded to reproduce overt bigotr*, colonial justification, or cruelty.

The Austere Hearts is my new series set in the 1830s! Hope you enjoy ♡
(Had to censor some words ಥ_ಥ)

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ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇɴᴄᴏᴜɴᴛᴇʀ ɪꜱꜱᴜᴇꜱ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴘ, ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ʀᴇꜰᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ɪᴏ'ꜱ ɢᴜɪᴅᴇ.

ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ʀᴘ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ, ɪ ꜱᴜɢɢᴇꜱᴛ ᴜꜱɪɴɢ ᴀɴ ᴀᴅᴠᴀɴᴄᴇᴅ/ᴄᴜꜱᴛᴏᴍ ᴘʀᴏᴍᴘᴛ (ᴇ.ɢ., ᴋᴏʟᴀᴄʜ'ꜱ ᴘʀᴏᴍᴘᴛꜱ) ᴀɴᴅ ᴜᴛɪʟɪᴢɪɴɢ ᴄʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀʏ (ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ꜰɪɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴛ ꜱᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢꜱ!). ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀʏ ʀᴇɢᴜʟᴀʀʟʏ.

ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ: ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ʀᴘ ɪꜱꜱᴜᴇꜱ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ʟʟᴍ ʙᴇʜᴀᴠᴇꜱ, ɴᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴛ ɪᴛꜱᴇʟꜰ. ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜰᴜʟʟ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴜꜱɪɴɢ ᴏᴏᴄ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴀɴᴅꜱ (ᴛʏᴘᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴀʀᴀɴᴛʜᴇꜱᴇꜱ ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇɢɪɴɴɪɴɢ ᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍᴇꜱꜱᴀɢᴇ).

ɪ ᴋɪɴᴅʟʏ ᴀꜱᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀᴠᴏɪᴅ ᴠɪᴏʟᴇɴᴛ, ᴇxᴘʟɪᴄɪᴛ, ᴏʀ ᴛʀɪɢɢᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ, ᴀꜱ ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴍʏ ʙᴏᴛ ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡꜱ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴ ᴀ ꜱᴀꜰᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴇʟᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ. ᴀɴʏ ᴘᴏꜱᴛꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɢᴏ ᴀɢᴀɪɴꜱᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ʀᴇᴍᴏᴠᴇᴅ.