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As the Romans Do by kooksie
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
18 May 2026
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As a straight man, Ilya Rozanov has never had a gay roommate before, but it’s going pretty well. Shane Hollander is kind, silly, and an even bigger hockey nut than Ilya.
So when Shane starts bringing men over, and Ilya begins to want to bash their fucking heads in, Ilya comes to a startling conclusion: He must be homophobic.
(He’s jealous.)
- Language:
- English
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- 15,443
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- 2/4
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- 485
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- 3,256
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22 May 2026
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The chips are set to fall by icopythefax
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
23 May 2026
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At the 2017 All Star Weekend, Ilya takes fate into his own hands to produce at least one out MLH player by the end of the season. Thus begins his part-time side hustle as community organizer, mastermind, and Commander-in-Chief of the Gay Hockey Army.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 125,952
- Chapters:
- 33/?
- Collections:
- 23
- Comments:
- 14,335
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- 13,455
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17 Mar 2026
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detailed notes on how to be spontaneous by missparker
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
27 Jul 2025
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When Penelope loses her job, Colin invites her to go with him to his next destination. Penelope isn't good at spontaneity, but she can't say no to Colin and finds herself swept up on the trip of a lifetime.
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- English
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- 107,281
- Chapters:
- 14/14
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- 3,310
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- 3,322
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15 Jun 2025
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“Mr Bridgerton? Colin?”
He almost did not recognise her. She looked very different — pretty red curls bobbed fashionably; cheeks and lips stained with a little rouge; a day dress in a lovely mauve colour that made her eyes seem bluer, somehow — but it was her scent that threw him off. Now that he thought about it, he could not quite recall what Penelope Featherington actually smelled like (he had not seen her in years, after all). She was so often at Bridgerton House that all he could summon was the same lilac smell that his mother and his siblings bore, but of course there must be other notes he was forgetting.
Still, he was fairly certain she had never smelled like this: vetiver and geranium, sharp and green and floral.
Not a bad smell by any means — just not Penelope’s. Even though he could not recall her scent, he knew certainly this was not it. She must be wearing perfume. It befuddled him so much that he realised he had been staring at her silently for a lot longer than was polite, especially for an old family friend he had not seen in ages.
OR: in 1920s paris, perfumer colin meets an old friend
- Language:
- English
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- 54,691
- Chapters:
- 8/8
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- 1
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- 806
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- 1,770
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03 May 2025
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He was three, looking out the window in the back of the car after his first haircut when he first told them he wanted to go back. He remembers the raindrops that day, following them down the glass. They were going so fast.
“What was that?” his dad laughed, looking to his wife.
His mum turned in her seat, reaching out a hand to Colin’s cheek. There was a moment, then, just one. One where she knew that whatever she thought his statement was did not match his expression.
Violet Bridgerton knows her children, and she knew something was wrong.
But he was three. He was three fucking years old and so she took a breath and shook it away, told him they’d go back to the barber when his hair grew again.
At the time, it was just flashes.
Hazed flashes, all the time.
He wanted water again, he wanted waves. He wanted the coast and the breeze and her smile.
And this life was nice, but it wasn't that one, and though he was too young to understand, he understood at least that.
That the two lives were separate, even though he was not.
For Polin Week 2025 Day 6 - Reincarnation AU
Inspired by the documentary The Boy Who Lived Before.
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- English
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- 83,501
- Chapters:
- 7/14
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- 1
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- 244
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06 Apr 2025
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take me like you do in your dreams by missparker
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
04 Apr 2025
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Colin convinces Penelope to share custody of a dog. It's purely platonic. Just best friends, raising a dog. Nothing to worry about at all.
- Language:
- English
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- 22,376
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- 1/1
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- 1
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- 479
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05 Apr 2025
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Wide Open Spaces by SkittlzAnKomboz for Fifi2930, Fanfickipedia
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV)
06 Apr 2025
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Penelope Featherington is finally where she's supposed to be, living the life she loves as a barrel racer on the semi-pro rodeo circuit with her best friend, Edwina Sharma. In between events, she returns to the cattle ranch where she's worked and lived the past 2 years after the death of her father and the sale of her childhood home.
But what happens when a new saddle bronc rider joins the circuit and throws everything into disarray?
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- Part 1 of Ready to Run
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 64,384
- Chapters:
- 15/15
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- 328
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- 493
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- 13,327
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22 Mar 2025
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Colin and Penelope's wedding night is approaching, and much is revealed.
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22 Mar 2025
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Study leave by Polin_dreamscape for Mdilikewhoa
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
03 Jun 2025
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Colin and Penelope have always been classmates, best friends, study-buddies.
Mainly because Colin suppresses his feelings for his best friend, as she's a Beta. And he wouldn't risk his friendship with her for something cavalier like a casual one night stand.
He's a powerful Alpha. His biology demands knotting, mating.
But what will happen when he discovers that Penelope had been hiding a secret from him all along?
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 22,830
- Chapters:
- 3/3
- Comments:
- 199
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- 1,739
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- 364
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- 30,725
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22 Mar 2025
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the heir affair by ukrainianironbelly
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
06 Mar 2025
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“...we invest the said Mr. Colin Bridgerton, and the lawful heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, to the dignity, title, style, and honor of Marquess of Hartleigh…”
His throat had gone dry. The words on the page did not make sense to him.
“Um,” he tried, chuckling hoarsely. “Your Majesty, what is - I don’t…”
“Yes?”
Eloquence escaped him. “…what is this?”
The Queen looked mildly annoyed. “Why, I should think it is obvious. You, Mr. Bridgerton, are to be the next Marquess of Hartleigh.”—
One accidental act of heroism, and Colin Bridgerton finds himself elevated to the British peerage. Yet the Queen’s reward comes with a price: as the newly minted Lord Hartleigh, he’s been given an ultimatum - produce an heir within the next eighteen months. And, of course, to do so, he requires a wife. Urgently.
So why can’t he just pick a debutante and be done with it? And why is he far more interested in spending time in the very enjoyable company of his very good friend, Penelope Featherington?
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- English
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- 56,826
- Chapters:
- 10/10
- Comments:
- 923
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- 3,053
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- 792
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- 65,140
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16 Mar 2025
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With All My Heart and Soul by MyChiisSleeping
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
14 Oct 2025
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Colin and Penelope have been close for years. But when she ghosts him while he's traveling, Colin realises maybe there's something he's missing. Will he be able to fix their friendship as they navigate the ups and downs of their relationships with their families and with each other?
Can what they share be more than he once thought it was?
And has Penelope always been this beautiful?
- Language:
- English
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- 251,919
- Chapters:
- 29/?
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 456
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- 675
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- 263
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- 52,661
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01 Mar 2025
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psyche incarnate by everlarktoast
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
20 Feb 2025
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One statue in particular catches his eye. It is displayed proudly in the center of a bed of flowers, clearly favored by the Queen. And, well, Colin can see why.
She is titled Psyche Incarnate.
She is exactly how a woman ought to be.
…
In which Penelope poses nude for a statue and drives Colin to the brink of insanity.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 27,540
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 148
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- 1,572
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- 456
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- 23,040
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23 Feb 2025
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We Found Wonderland by KatofKanals
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
27 Apr 2025
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Penelope Featherington is on holiday celebrating her birthday with one of her best friends in literal paradise. All of these things should add up to her spending the week with a beaming smile plastered on her face and having the absolute time of her life. Instead, though, she starts off the trip fixated on the milestone-nature of this particular birthday and one life milestone that she wishes she’d already checked off by this point. Quietly resigned to ringing in her birthday in a few days’ time without making any further progress, Penelope is entirely unprepared for a very helpful offer from her best friend who just also happens to be the person she’d spent years previously hopelessly crushing on.
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Or, the one where Colin takes Penelope’s virginity “as a friend.”
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 87,915
- Chapters:
- 11/11
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- 1,734
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- 4,247
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- 666
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22 Feb 2025
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Sink or Swim by Fifi2930 for Ishipthis, RemarkableIndigo, ontheseashore
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
11 Jun 2025
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“Forever is a long time to promise, Col.”
“Planning on getting rid of me before then?”
“I don’t know, you’re a lot to take on for that long.”
“I think you're up to the task.”
“You know if I agree, then I’ll take it fucking seriously.”
“That’s kind of the point, Pen.”
“I don’t forgive and forget.”
“Okay, Don Corelone.”
“Colin–”
“Hey, two words, six letters for ‘kindly close your mouth.’ Starts with S.”
“Shut up.”
“Precisely. You are not ringing in any more birthdays at midnight alone. Now shut up and finish your pie.”Series
- Part 4 of Travellers in Love
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 149,800
- Chapters:
- 13/13
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- 1,815
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- 1,172
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- 312
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- 55,262
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17 Feb 2025
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Penelope Featherington or Bust by KatofKanals
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
16 Feb 2025
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Sometimes your heart knows something your brain hasn’t caught on to yet. Colin Bridgerton learns this lesson with a some help from a lot of whiskey and a strangely enchanting piece of art.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 9,509
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 190
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- 1,370
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- 159
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- 11,368
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17 Feb 2025
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Love and the Tradition of Cardmaking by RomancingTon
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
19 Mar 2025
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Twelve-year-old Colin Bridgerton wants nothing more than to buy some pink roses, eat a chocolate donut, and make cards with his family on Valentine’s Day. But that tradition only exists in the past, a bittersweet reminder of his father’s untimely death six months ago. In his struggle to process his grief and accept a new normal, he makes a vow to his sister’s friend, Penelope Featherington, promising that he will always be her date on February the 14th.
And while he barely knows the girl, Colin always keeps his promises.
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Six years where Colin and Penelope spend Valentine’s Day together, experiencing just a handful of the myriad ways in which people express love, coming to understand how the love we receive impacts the love we think we can give.
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15 Feb 2025
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Destination Unknown by Fifi2930 for damdam2930, brainrotbbygirl
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
01 May 2025
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Two perfect strangers meet on a long train ride from Aberdeen to Penzance.
They know nothing about one another.
But they're about to learn everything.Series
- Part 3 of Travellers in Love
- Part 1 of Strangers-to-lovers Polin
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 71,450
- Chapters:
- 9/9
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 1,117
- Kudos:
- 1,447
- Bookmarks:
- 380
- Hits:
- 44,149
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10 Feb 2025
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Surviving Christmas by Sea_Dragonfly for starenie
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
09 Feb 2025
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All Penelope wants for Christmas is to wallow. Alone at My Cottage is the perfect place to do it.
All Colin wants is… Well, she’s not entirely sure what Colin wants. That’s the problem. He shouldn’t even be there.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 36,564
- Chapters:
- 5/5
- Comments:
- 719
- Kudos:
- 2,404
- Bookmarks:
- 560
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- 45,735
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10 Feb 2025
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This Could've Been An E-Mail by Fifi2930 for RemarkableIndigo, ontheseashore
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
30 Oct 2024
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When the Bridgertons move from London to Aubrey Hall, 17 year old Colin begins an e-mail letter correspondence with his friend and crush, Marina Thompson. Or so he believes. Because Marina isn't much for letters or writing, she asks her cousin and Colin's childhood friend, Penelope Featherington, to just pretend to be her. Penelope doesn't feel gorgeous, funny and popular Colin will ever return her feelings when beautiful Marina is right there, so she agrees. It's not like two people can fall in love over e-mail, right?
Right?
Mature rated chapters: Chapters 8,9,10,11
Explicit rated chapter(s): 12/13Series
- Part 1 of E-mail Universe
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 102,951
- Chapters:
- 13/13
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 983
- Kudos:
- 1,442
- Bookmarks:
- 419
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- 46,536
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09 Feb 2025
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Five times Polin have sex...
... and the first time they make love.
Bookmarked by MelissaReads
05 Feb 2025