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    Penelope swears that she will make it Aubrey Hall if it kills her. The universe takes up her challenge.

    Sans carriage and caught in the worst storm that has struck England in living memory, Penelope bumps into a familiar face on the road (what a mystery who could it possibly be!). Their only hope of a shelter in the storm requires a degree of... creative... application of the truth and Penelope finds herself wondering how a young lady is to comport herself when the bounds of propriety have been all but swept away.

    Enter Colin, who has a suggestion or two.

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    09 Oct 2025

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    How do you go from heartbreak to healing, and then end up sharing far more than just a carriage with Colin Bridgerton? After an evening she'd rather forget, Penelope has to re-evaluate her own actions, the relationship with her best friend and any dreams she might have harboured about a future with the man she loves. The only danger of crushed hopes is a certain recklessness and perhaps a failure to notice that while your own feelings might remain the same, those of others might change.

    This is my vision of the Colin/Penelope arc for the coming seasons. It is an attempt to salvage and maintain the integrity of the characters, while finding a satisfying resolution for the dilemmas they find themselves in, and a way for their love and burning need for each other to make sense and set fire to our screens.

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    05 Oct 2025

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    While Colin travels, he and Penelope have taken to writing each other, growing closer in the process. How will their newfound closeness translate to polite society, which scrutinizes every interaction between unmarried ladies and gentlemen?

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    05 Oct 2025

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    Colin would like nothing more than to teach his dearest friend the true art that could be found in a game of pall mall, although he only wished he could do so without the help of the peanut gallery and all their meaningful 'looks'. Penelope, for her part, is determined that a slight against Lady Whistledown will not go unchallenged setting her thoughts upon a most dangerous path.

    Pall mall, rain, and midnight trips to the library. What could possibly go wrong?!

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    05 Oct 2025

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    'Come on,' Colin said. 'I ought to get you to bed.'

    Penelope released his arms, putting a hand over her heaving bosom. 'Mr. Bridgerton— I am far too intoxicated for that kind of talk.’

     

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    Penelope drinks too much at Kate and Anthony’s first ball of the season and makes a confession Colin never saw coming.

    But that’s not the only surprise of the night. Penelope and Colin’s drunken antics have attracted the attention of a few other members of the Ton, leading society to draw their own conclusions about what could possibly be going on between the pair.

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    04 Oct 2025