The Bennet and Darcy Arrangement by Melanie Schertz

The Darcy family tree has many branches, one of which leads to Thomas Bennet's family. The Darcy and Bennet families have long been friends, including young Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth. To protect his son from an arranged marriage to Fitzwilliam's cousin, Anne De Bourgh, his father makes an arrangement for him to marry his dearest friend, Elizabeth Bennet. Then tragedy struck, with the death of Lady Anne Darcy. The boy decides loving someone can only lead to heartache, and he does not wish to suffer loss again. What will become of Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth?

Categories:

Bennets have a son

Additional or fewer Bennet siblings

Darcy's father or mother still alive

Altered family dynamics

Death or severe illness

Prior connections between Darcys and Bennets

Violence, non-sexual

Darcy as a virgin until marriage

Altered events before novel

Mr Collins does not inherit Longbourn

More responsible Mr Bennet

Charles Bingley does not marry Jane

Consummation delayed from the wedding night

Elizabeth's or Darcy's life is threatened

More prominent Anne deBourgh

Evil or insane Caroline Bingley

Improved Mr and/or Mrs Hurst

More prominent Mr and/or Mrs Hurst

Arranged marriage

Non-Canonical Relationships:

Colonel Fitzwilliam / Jane Bennet