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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
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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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The Asshole Contract by missparker
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
05 Jun 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
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I Wrote Down My Feelings (But They Won't Go Away) by Lovelymagnolia
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
22 May 2026
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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
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The Bridgertons and Featheringtons are warring crime families. After Archibald Featherington sticks his nose in where it doesn’t belong, Edmund Bridgerton decides to take him down once and for all. But in the aftermath, Edmund is left with an unexpected problem: Archibald’s daughters. What will he choose to do with the three Featherington sisters?
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09 May 2026
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Ledgers, Fish, & Crimes Against Cheese by lizzylizzl, Mariequitecontrarie for TheReader2015
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
07 May 2026
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Colin discards his spectacles, tossing them on the desk. “My cheese has arrived.”
It is not a question.
“Finally.” He rises, scraping his chair against the floorboards in his haste.
For a brief, glorious moment, everything aligns. The ledgers, the responsibilities, the endless expectations, all of it seems bearable. Easy, even.
But Nicolas hesitates, and Colin’s bud of hope goes dormant.
Seemingly transfixed by a knot of wood in the floor, Nicolas clears his throat. “I’m afraid, sir, there is a difficulty.”When Colin’s long-awaited, much-anticipated delivery of cheese from the Continent sinks into the Strait of Dover, he is, predictably, devastated. Crying, mourning, and committed to wearing black for a fortnight in suitably dramatic fashion. If only his wife, who cannot tell the difference between Cheddar and Mozzarella, were available to comfort him.
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06 May 2026
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I Was Far Too Scared to Hit Him (But I Would Hit Him in a Heartbeat Now) by RedGracie
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
27 May 2026
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“So come now, Bridgerton. Are you ‘courting’ the girl?” Fife asked with a wiggle in his brow. He knew the real question. Have you taken liberties?
“Penelope Featherington?” He chuckled uncomfortably. “Are you mad?”
“I would never dream of ‘courting’ Penelope Featherington. Not in your wildest fantasies, Fife.”
“Oh.”
Colin whipped around, eyes wide.
“Pen!”
____When a misheard conversation between Colin and a group of gentlemen is heard at her family ball, Penelope accepts her true role in the eyes of the Bridgertons - Pathetic Penelope. With the illusion of her future now shattered, she runs only to find that Eloise has discovered her true identity. With her only friendships now destroyed, how Penelope survived the night is a mystery to her.
But surviving is what Featheringtons do best.Bookmarked by Acelia
29 Apr 2026
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Not Since Ibiza by AmyB_Writes
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
29 Apr 2026
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What if, after enduring more pain than she could ever imagine, Penelope finally gave in and told Colin how she felt?
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“You don’t have to say anything. I get it.”
Penelope took three steps and felt a hand on her wrist. Colin grabbed her arm, pulling firmly, and spinning her around. His hand cradled her face as he bent down to kiss her, breathing her in as his lips covered hers.
That’s all it took for Penelope’s brain to short circuit. Colin was kissing her. It was soft and gentle, but sent sparks to all of her limbs. Her body turned into gelatin.
When they broke apart, she placed her hands on his chest, feeling the thud of his heartbeat underneath his shirt. His hand remained cradling her cheek.
“Why did you do that?” she asked quietly, her heart in her throat.
“I don’t know,” he breathed. He looked so young and scared suddenly. “I just felt like I should.”
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29 Apr 2026
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I will tear the petals off of you
Rose red, I will make you tell the truthWhen Penelope needs her friends most, they fail her in the worst way.
Years later, they meet again—and she must decide if any of them deserve a second chance.
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26 Apr 2026
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For the Love of the Story by SamHandwich
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
19 Apr 2026
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When Colin agrees to work the annual Flagons & Flails Renaissance Festival with Penelope this summer, she expects him to be disappointed by the overall, well, nerdiness of it.
Instead, Penelope finds him actually paying attention to her, noticing her, and even appreciating her a bit. Certainly more than he ever did before.
And she kind of thinks it might destroy her.
[For Polin Week 2026: Medieval AU]
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Bookmarked by Acelia
17 Apr 2026
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Penelope has spent years loving Colin Bridgerton, taking whatever he was willing to give her. Lately, that’s meant late nights, stolen kisses, and a version of him that never exists in daylight. Being his for a few fleeting days before he leaves on his travels again.
Until he comes home this time… and she says no.
What follows is the unraveling of everything they were: the easy familiarity, the unspoken rules, and the fragile illusion that it meant the same to him as it did to her. It forces Penelope to rethink their entire relationship and pushes her toward something new.
Enter Alfie.
Colin has never had to imagine a life without her before.
Now he has to figure out what she truly was to him, before he loses her forever.AKA: Penelope and Colin were never just friends… until she decides she won’t be anything less than everything.
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12 Apr 2026
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Ever since the beginning, ever since she opened her eyes as a babe to the roaring sea, ever since she learned to swim and even once she learned to sing like the young of her kind, Penelope's voice had always been too quiet. A siren’s call was a tricky thing to master, to be sure, but she was smart. It was simply that she thought too much about the after, about what would become of the call, about what it would mean for drunken sailors at sea who strayed a little in the wrong direction.
“There is a ship!” Philippa cried. There was always a ship.
or, an au in which penelope is a siren and colin loses his way (or finds it).
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12 Apr 2026
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Colin is horny little pervert for his friend Penelope, but he can't seem to help himself.
⚠️⚠️There are NSFW GIFs in this, read at your own risk, and maybe not in public.
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21 Mar 2026
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Viscount Edmund Bridgerton loves his daughter more than his life. But when on her deathbed, his wife reveals Penelope is a result of an adulterous affair between her and her childhood love, Edmund spirals in the endless pit of grief, but his daughter is there to save him.
The problem is... She is not his blood and that opens another can of worms called carnal desire....
What happens when an adoptive father falls in love with his daughter?
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20 Mar 2026
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Love You Better by BigDramaQuill for somethingfunnybubbly
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
28 Jan 2026
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Colin kissed his best friend Penelope only days before finding out she is the infamous Lady Whistledown. He is now confused and furious, but her eventful arrival at Aubrey Hall to join the Bridgertons for Christmastide helps him understand her reasons to start her column.
He and his family become determined to give Penelope a good Christmas, and show her how loved she is.
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18 Mar 2026
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Forgotten by Waiting_Patiently_for_the_end
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
28 Apr 2026
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long before Hyacinth, there was another “H.”
Born after Daphne Bridgerton, Eloise Bridgerton, and Francesca Bridgerton, she was once the youngest of the Bridgerton daughters — a bright, affectionate 4-year-old who adored her mother and followed her father everywhere. With Violet expecting again, the little girl only wanted to feel included in the excitement.
On a warm afternoon, she tugged her father into the gardens, joined by Anthony Bridgerton, to gather flowers as a surprise for Violet.One sting changed everything.The sudden death of Edmund Bridgerton shattered the family. And in the suffocating grip of grief, Violet Bridgerton needed someone to blame. The child who had insisted on that walk. The daughter who had been laughing moments before tragedy struck.
She was sent away — quietly, permanently — as though she had never existed.When another daughter was born and given the long-anticipated “H” name, it was not simply continuation of tradition. It was erasure.Years later, the forgotten Bridgerton returns to London at sixteen — no longer a child, no longer silent.
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14 Mar 2026
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Finding Home Again by AmyB_Writes
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
08 Mar 2026
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Amongst the chaos of raising four children, Colin and Penelope, now 45 and 42, struggle to find time for each other and balance their busy careers, while also doing their best to give their kids the attention they deserve as they grow up. A little bit of a mid-life crisis and mid-life reflection cause the two to reevaluate their priorities.
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Colin stopped short when he re-entered the bedroom at the sight of his wife sitting at the edge of the bed, her legs crossed in front of her.
“God, you’re so fucking hot.”
When he reached her, he dropped down to his knees and leaned forward to kiss her. She spread her thighs to accommodate him, sliding her hands behind his neck and pulling him closer.
“What do you want?” he asked, his voice gravelly.
“Absolutely anything.”
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- Part 2 of He Found Home
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07 Mar 2026
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A secret government organization uses a climbing gym as the perfect place to test their new experiment...
It makes the whole gym go feral, they all start fucking each other, even the agent sent to watch over the experiment eventually succumbs to its tantalizing effects
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17 Feb 2026
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Sleep is Where I Might Find You by KatofKanals
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
21 Feb 2026
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Penelope Featherington is six and ten and on the precipice of making her debut into society when she goes to spend a month at Aubrey Hall. She is so excited to visit with her favorite family, which includes her dearest friend Eloise, the always kind and motherly Lady Violet, and of course the handsome, cheerful, and dreamy Colin. She is prepared to spend several weeks enjoying how uncomplicated and carefree the Bridgertons have always seemed to her before she embarks on the likely stressful journey of entering the marriage mart. What she is not prepared for, however, is one Bridgerton family member having a certain nighttime habit that makes everything distinctly complicated and even somewhat stressful for her at Aubrey Hall instead.
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Or, the one where Colin is a sleepwalker and his sleepwalking plays a very important role in Polin finding their happily ever after.
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Bookmarked by Acelia
10 Feb 2026