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  1. Public Bookmark 92

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    "Why do I feel like you're scheming in a way that would match any of my siblings?"

    "Because I am. I have a plan."

    "Do I get to know what this plan is?"

    Comic based on "Knock First" by Lilyofthevolume

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    11 Jan 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 45

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    He nuzzled his cheek against it and closed his eyes. This piece of fabric had been closer to Penelope’s skin than he ever would be. It had caressed her, kept her warm, and held her in ways that he could only ever imagine. How he wished he could be that, and so much more, for her.

    Or, Colin is mildly jealous of a piece of fabric and does something about it.

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    23 Nov 2024

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    The carriage scene, told from Colin's point of view, because I need to get it out of my system.

    He took a steadying breath, willing himself to be brave, strong, just as his father had been. She had given him the foundation to confess, opening the door to release all of the longing that had plagued him so, and he simply could not hold back any longer. He looked up at her through his lashes as he finally said, “What if I did have feelings for you?”

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    21 Nov 2024

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    “Is it true?”

    She had the grace to get it over with quickly.

    "They are to be married in three weeks time.”

    Hearing the words, it felt like giving up. It felt like the moment the world grew cold and still around him, his body sinking to a place where the midday sun could not reach. His mother tried to reach for him, as he stood hastily from his chair.

    "Dear–”

    His bedroom door was soon slammed behind him, the key turned firmly in the lock. Colin let the bed take the weight of his bones, wishing that it could take the weight of his broken heart. He laid there in pieces for the entire night. As his cheeks grew damp with tears, he thought of the life that he gambled away and the future he had lost because he waited too long.
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    On a dark night, without Colin Bridgerton there to stop it, Lord Debling proposes to Penelope Featherington and she reluctantly accepts. But several after long nights of nursing a broken heart, Colin learns of a very important piece of information on the evening of their betrothal party and he suddenly finds himself unable to let her go.

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    17 Nov 2024

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    Penelope is, has always been, well…beautiful. Just…objectively and scientifically speaking. It’s obviously something Colin's had to ruthlessly compartmentalize as they’ve built such a deep friendship over the years, because those kinds of thoughts are a slippery slope and Pen is simply too important to him to ogle her like a horny buffoon, like some kind of disgusting man. But none of that changes the fact that she’s…well. Kind of perfect, really. Like, those…and her…whew. Just…her things. All the things.

    Objectively speaking, of course.

    Or: The life and times of Colin Bridgerton—struggling travel writer, existential crisis-haver, nepo baby, and...Penelope's wingman? Oh boy.

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    17 Nov 2024