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Till Death Do Us Part by ellieclover
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
21 Oct 2025
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Genevieve sighs, “I would say that you and I know each other quite well, you know of my real heritage, we have seen many different sides of each other over the years, yes?
Benedict smirks, “I think I’ve seen every inch of you, Gen.”
Genevieve shakes her head with a snort, “Yes, well. There is another side to me that you may not know. You may not believe it, many do not.”
“To what are you referring, Gen? Speak plainly.”
“I believe I have a connection to the spirit world, to souls who have passed and also those that have yet to complete their journey.” Genevieve looks at him seriously.
Benedict blinks and throws back the rest of his drink, “You see ghosts?”
“No, I receive messages and images, usually when I dream but on occasion I will receive something while I am awake if the message is powerful enough.”
Benedict has paled, his voice just a whisper as he asks, “Penelope?”
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The 32-year-old actor Colin Bridgerton is currently filming the next season of the series which made him instantly famous a little over 10 years ago. His early marriage to the then Victoria Secret model Marina Thompson made him even more popular. But since he caught her in bed with a lover a few years ago, they have officially had an open marriage because Marina (12 years older than him) and her lover both were married and have already been secretly photographed by fans months before. That's why they remain in public as a loved-up couple, but they hardly see each other in private (except the sex after joint appearances). Colin distracts himself with various other women, but eventually Marina takes the decision that she won't accept any more flings of his (and especially the blurred photos of him with other women). So, for his fulfilment, she invites someone else into his bed.
Attention: This is 100% a Polin-Happy-Ending, but it’s going to be a long way. (Colin has sex with other too in the first two chapters, but mainly it’s Polin. Read the tags. Will update the tags as we go!)
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The Pedestal by aliterarydiscourse for Fifi2930
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
28 Sep 2025
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When one is on a pedestal, it is easy to fall from it. Colin Bridgerton finds out the hard way. After heartache by one she felt was above her, Penelope Featherington moves on to find her freedom. What happens once Colin finds himself the one worshipping her instead?
Angst with a HEA.
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Summer 2002 : I’ll be there for you by alexxou_stories24
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
28 Aug 2025
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Summer 2002. The Bridgerton siblings head to summer camp—with Penelope tagging along. Colin is still hurting from their father’s death, finding comfort in Penelope’s quiet support. For Penelope, it’s a dream come true: a whole summer away from her chaotic family and close to her longtime crush, Colin. She's hoping to finally grow closer to him. But the universe—and some mean-spirited bullies—have other plans. Still, no matter how tough things get, one thing is certain: Colin is always there for her.
Part two of : Cruel Summer : A tale of Polin Summers (Modern AU)
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with such a big age gap between colin and his elder brothers, closer in age to his younger sisters, colin grew up the only boy sitting on a blanket during pretend teatime, forever playing the role of the injured knight, or pulling pink ribbons out of his curls.
or: colin loves and protects his sisters as they love and protect him, from excitable kids to married adults. (each chapter is a different sister)
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She pulls away and looks him straight in the eyes. “Colin Bridgerton, you’re my hero.”
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After Colin heroically defends her, Penelope thanks him in the best way she knows how.
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where the sweet child sleeps by snowokay
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
12 Jul 2025
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It was 1991 when Penelope, struggling to get pregnant in her marriage to Alfred Debling, made a bold and socially frowned-upon decision for the time: artificial insemination with the help of an anonymous donor.
Four years later, after a difficult divorce from an abusive husband and raising a son who still carries the emotional scars of that past, Penelope is doing her best to rebuild her life. Until a data breach at the fertility clinic exposes identities once promised lifelong confidentiality – and a stranger, with the same eyes as her son, appears at her doorstep.
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“Is there something I can help you with?”
Penelope touched her son’s head with one hand and gripped the doorknob with the other, confusion and unease tightening in her chest as she watched the man before her regard her child with quiet curiosity.
“I… I have reason to believe I’m the biological father of your son.”
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Taking Over Me by alcopop_beetle
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
07 Jul 2025
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Penelope suffers one of the worst period cramps she’s ever had in a year, on top of a brewing migraine and a leftover hang over. She was totally content in sleeping through the pain until a certain Colin Bridgerton (who she was supposed to give a ride to the airport for his next overseas assignment) came barreling to her door and took over for her.
The same infuriating man she vowed to just let go and be content as his best friend, now walking frantically around her apartment like a busted Roomba, suitcases forgotten by the door, taking care of her more than anyone actually ever did….even offering to help her do the most unorthodox method of “healing” said period cramps…….
OR Colin “helping” his best friend Penelope curb the pains brought about by her period by bringing her to orgasm.
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- Part 1 of Taking Care of You (Polin Sick Fics)
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A rather scandalous encounter by alinaszw
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
20 Jun 2025
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What if Colin & Pen would’ve never been childhood friends and met first at her debut? Would he help her with her rather scandalous problem at her first ball?
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Bathrobes & Cyclones by NeonVenables
Fandoms: Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Bridgerton (TV)
12 Jun 2025
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When Colin Bridgerton invites Penelope Featherington to come to Australia, ostensibly to help her get over the break up of her relationship, a cyclone creates more chaos than they anticipate.
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Two horny idiots pining over each other, stuck in one luxurious room, in bathrobes.
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i know just the place by itsokayitsfine
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
01 Jun 2025
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When the going gets tough, she gets going. And when she’s lost to the world, his world stops.
Or, two former best friends who have been mostly estranged for a decade find themselves in the world's smallest cottage in the English countryside with no choice but to hash out ten years of miscommunications, misunderstandings, and big, complicated feelings.
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Colin is the third son of the London undergrounds longest controlling family, he lives for his family and his duty to them. However that duty comes at a high price. Is Colin ready to pay that price so that he can be with the woman he has loved since he was a young man learning the family ropes from his father or will it shatter their friendship for good.
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Kissing is for two people by Somethingaboutaredsweater
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
22 Apr 2025
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Looking very much like the cat that got the cream. She smiled at him. He could sense that she was itching to read it. Body betraying him again. He got up from the sofa. His hand wrapped tight with her shawl and made his way across the room to her side.
Colin lent in close and breathed into her ear; “Read it when you are alone.”
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After catching Penelope reading his elicit writings, Colin instead of hiding them, gives them to Penelope to read as part of her lessons. Embolden by this choice, Colin and Penelope find themselves blurring the lines between mentor and mentee and friends.
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nobody knows me the way that you do by audbooh
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
08 Apr 2025
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Colin and Penelope will always find each other, across every universe.
My entries for Polin week 2025!
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When a top-secret experiment goes wrong, a deadly virus is unleashed, turning its victims into mindless, flesh-hungry monsters. Ground Zero? St. George's Private Academy.
Penelope Featherington already had enough to deal with—bullies who never let her breathe, a family that barely noticed her, and the suffocating weight of secrets she couldn’t share. But when the infection spreads, trapping her and her classmates inside, survival becomes the only thing that matters.
With the undead clawing at their doors and trust unraveling among the living, Penelope and a small group of survivors must fight their way through the nightmare. But the virus isn’t the only danger lurking in the shadows—because some monsters wear human faces.
And not everyone wants to be saved.
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How Can I Resist You? by shoobydoobydoo
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
10 Feb 2025
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Penelope Featherington was tired of waiting for the right time, the right situation, the right man. With the success of the book series she authors under a pseudonym, she has decided that it was time to achieve her dream since childhood: to become a mom. She knows to expect some challenges, but she’s prepared to provide the very best for both her and her child, even if that means she’s doing it on her own.
After a heartbreak in his last year at uni, Colin Bridgerton has spent the past 10 years traveling the world discovering himself, filling his time with fun-filled adventures and meeting new people. But the appeal of travel seems to have recently lost its luster, and has decided to spend some time in London while he figures out his next step. To keep himself, and his mind busy, he spends his days ubering. But one day, he accepts the ride that will forever change his life.
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- Part 1 of How Can I Resist You?
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Poor Puzzled Moon by everlarktoast
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
16 Dec 2024
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He rips her into his arms and throws them to the ground next to the closest building. The cobblestone scrapes her legs as they fall together. He embraces her tightly, brick wall hard against her back, arms trapped against his chest, head ducked down into hers. Despite the hard fall, she feels safe for the first time that day. Maybe ever.
Just for a moment.
There's a clattering noise nearby.
“Colin-”
A bright light flashes.
A horrible crash pierces the sky.
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A story of fear, loss, friendship, family, and love during the second World War.
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- Part 1 of A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
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wild nights, wild nights by gentlewallflower (greyspilot) for flybyfrankie
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
14 Dec 2024
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Colin's two eldest brothers have done some stupid things in their thirty-plus years, but hiring him a call girl? That has to take the cake.
Or, the one where Colin’s brothers hire him a sex worker, who just happens to be Penelope, and it only takes one night for them to catch feelings and turn their worlds around.
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The Long Road from Ruin by LazyTuesdayMorning
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
29 Nov 2024
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Colin returns from another grand-tour to find that all is not as he has left it.
A midnight flit, scandal and the long road to Gretna Green. Colin is determined to weather it all so long as he can see his dearest friend Penelope safe from the clutches of her would be husband.
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Since her friendship with Eloise was put to the test, Pen is making every effort to keep El (and co) in her life. But is the price she is paying too high? When Colin finds out, he is not impressed.
And his Colin 'My Wife' Bridgerton mode kicks in.
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- Part 1 of The Bones
- Part 3 of My Christmas Modern AUs