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    Some love stories begin with an unexpected meeting.

    Colin and Penelope’s began with a promise.

    They were only fifteen when they fell in love, convinced that what they had was simple, eternal, unbreakable. For years, it was.

    But time has a way of pulling people apart. Colin became consumed by work, travel, and responsibilities. Penelope stayed behind, filling the spaces he left empty, until she began to disappear from his sight altogether.

    What was once effortless love became silence. What was once certainty became doubt.

    After eighteen years together and fourteen years of marriage, one devastating argument changes everything. A slammed door. A business trip. A goodbye that never came.

    Penelope refuses to let their story end without a fight. Determined to save the marriage she still believes in, she follows Colin before the distance between them becomes impossible to cross.

    But some journeys change everything.

    And some doors should never be opened unless you’re ready for what’s waiting on the other side.

    Penelope wasn’t.

    Because when she finally finds Colin, he isn’t alone.

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    02 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 63

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    “It is vexing—far more vexing than you can possibly imagine!” Colin burst out. “Not merely the loss of your friendship, but the prospect of losing you entirely, Pen.”

    He drew a deep, uneven breath before beginning to move toward her with slow, deliberate steps. Only when scarcely an inch remained between them did he finally stop.

    “I would sooner allow myself to be utterly ruined than endure a world in which you are no longer mine to cherish, Penelope. That is a loss I find myself wholly incapable of surviving.”

    “But we are both engaged to other people, Colin!” Penelope cried breathlessly. “We are to be married, to entirely different people—”

    “I do not care!” Colin interrupted fiercely.

    He stepped even closer, desperation burning plainly within his eyes.

    “Damn me to hell if you must, Penelope, but I shall not permit this torment to continue a moment longer.”

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    OR: A Season 1 Polin fan fic nobody asked for where both Penelope and Colin got engaged to other people.

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    31 May 2026

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    Colin comes to the realization the he might be kind of an asshole.

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    27 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 81

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    She doesn’t want to be angry with Colin, but she is. She knows that his laugh wasn’t one of malice, that he was just joking around with his brothers- but still, she was the joke, and that’s the thing she can’t quite get past. Penelope had never once expected Colin to love her the way that she loved him, she’s not an idiot, but she’d hoped that- after over a decade of friendship- he’d have a little more respect for her. 

     

    Why is she crying over him anyways? Why is she crying over a man who clearly doesn’t care about her as much as he said he did? A man who’s taken her and her friendship for granted? It’s not like Colin’s so great, certainly not a guy worth spilling tears over. Colin’s… He… 

     

    Fuck. Why can’t she think of any of his flaws?

     

    Well, that’s going to change. 

     

    Penelope wipes her tears and grabs an empty notebook from her room, she sits at her desk and immediately begins writing. 

     

    Reasons Why Colin Bridgerton Isn’t That Great

     

    Penelope writes down Colin's flaws in a journal to get over him, it goes about as well as you'd expect.

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    22 May 2026

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    After Archibald Featherington’s death, Penelope was taken in by the Bridgertons. But when she was framed for stealing, they turned their backs on her and threw her out. Even Colin hated her.

    Alone and with nowhere to go, Penelope was ready to give up on life until she met an older billionaire who changed everything and became the father figure she never had.

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    17 May 2026