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Home Beyond the Stars by KatofKanals
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
13 May 2026
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As long as he can remember, Colin's had an insatiable sense of wanderlust. He's always had a calling to go out and look for something, even when he was a little boy and sneaking off and getting lost in the forest stretching out across the grounds of his family's country estate. There was something out there waiting for him, something that he's meant to be searching for, something that will give him that sense of purpose and fulfillment that he's been missing all his life. And this job scouting minimally explored planets allows him to do just that. The only problem, however, is that he has absolutely no sense at all of what that "something" is that he's meant to be looking for.
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Or, the fic no one asked me for where Alien Pen needs Astronaut Colin to help her repopulate her dying planet, and maybe, despite all the obstacles in their way, they just might be destined for each other too.
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11 May 2026
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I love you, I'm glad I exist by kybridge26
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
11 May 2025
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There are two things that Colin Bridgerton's family knew to be true:
1) Colin was restless, in his mind, in his body, in his soul
2) Colin did NOT share foodSo what happened when the little girl from across the street showed up and challenged everything they thought they knew?
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Snippets of Colin and Penelope's friendship over the years, through the eyes of the Bridgerton family.
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- Part 1 of On Love and Orange Peels
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- 8/8
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09 May 2026
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Penelope Featherington is seven years old when her yellow hat knocks Colin Bridgerton off his bike and into the mud, changing her life forever. With Colin and the rest of the Bridgertons by her side, Penelope learns what it means to love and be loved. Big. Far. Impossibly.
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To the Moon is a companion fic to I love you, I'm glad I exist, which is Colin and Penelope's love story told through the eyes of the various Bridgertons. This is Penelope's side of the story and can be read on its own.
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- Part 3 of On Love and Orange Peels
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09 May 2026
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somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond by kybridge26
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
08 May 2026
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Colin Bridgerton has always struggled to stay in one place—a lost boy searching for purpose, only to realize that she was right in front of him the whole time.
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This is a companion fic to I love you, I'm glad I exist, which is Colin and Penelope's love story told through the eyes of the various Bridgertons. This is Colin's side of the story, but it can absolutely be read on its own.
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- Part 4 of On Love and Orange Peels
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09 May 2026
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the small, hidden truth by Dontmakemeslayyouagain
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
08 May 2026
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Penelope and Colin’s marriage has been suffering for over two years due to Penelope’s mental health struggles. Just when she thinks things can’t get any worse, she finds out she’s pregnant at 40.
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08 May 2026
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“You look beautiful. Don't marry him.”
“I hope you had fun today. Please be with me instead.”
So he said nothing. Instead, he took the long way, stretching the moment just to share the same air with her. It calmed him, knowing she wasn't getting married today — that for now she was with him, in his car, and he was taking care of her. That way, he could let his mind drift and imagine that she was running away with him on her wedding day, with her beautiful veil on and his leather jacket wrapped around her.
The evidence that she almost belonged to another, but ended up choosing him.
or Colin picks Penelope up from her hen party and the fact she is wearing a veil fucks him up a bit.
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08 May 2026
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unstable conditions (or how to deal with the fast lane) by ohsobeautiful
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
13 May 2026
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Penelope Featherington is a young journalist in her first year covering the Formula 1 season. Colin Bridgerton is Mercedes’ lead driver:successful, composed, and on the verge of winning it all.
Then everything starts to unravel.Bookmarked by PenelopeInBloom
07 May 2026
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sometimes i forget to(catch my breath) by MidnightMisty
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
11 May 2026
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"Marry me," Colin blurts out suddenly, turning to her fully. "I did not mean to be so abrupt about it—it is just that it shall work in our favor."
Her eyes are wide. Pure shock spreading across her face, as though he has told her something scandalous. He watches as she blinks a few times, those blue eyes looking at him. It is the perfect plan, is it not?
The two of them are friends. Plenty of people in the Ton have married for similar conveniences.
"W—what did you…?"
"Marry me, Penelope," he repeats. "As the Viscount, I am expected to take a wife. If you marry me, you shall be free of all the eyes on you. You will have your own free will."
The one where Viscount Colin Bridgerton is under pressure to take a wife. Who better than to offer a marriage to than his best friend Penelope Featherington? Or Colin and Penelope enter into a marriage of convivence.
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- 4/8
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01 May 2026
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At the end of the day, it's just biology.
Penelope tells herself this endlessly. She also tells herself that Colin Bridgerton has looked right through her for ten years, that asking him to help her through her heat is purely transactional, and that she is definitely, definitely not still in love with him.
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- 2/2
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26 Apr 2026
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****She was startled back to the moment when two large hands gripped her waist and pulled her toward him over the gear shift, settling her into his lap. She giggled, even though her heart felt like it wanted to leap out of her chest. His warm, soft lips slid over hers immediately in a lazy, gentle kiss, yet one thick with desire. Penelope whimpered, clinging to his neck with one hand while the other buried her fingers in his dense chestnut curls. She had missed him—his touch. In truth, she missed him every moment he wasn't beside her, every single minute and second.
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Colin and Penelope have a late-night tryst in his car.Bookmarked by PenelopeInBloom
24 Apr 2026
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may, she will stay by stolemystark17
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
23 Apr 2026
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When Eloise offers Penelope three weeks of privacy at her family’s cottage Up North to write and relax after a breakup, she jumps at the chance to visit one of her favorite places from childhood. But soon after she arrives, her best friend’s brother Colin appears and claims his mother made him the same offer. Now, they’ll have to share the same space and uninterrupted time, rediscovering each other and long buried feelings.
A “Beach Read” inspired AU.
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- 4/5
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24 Apr 2026
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By the light in your eyes by WrensSymphony
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
23 Apr 2026
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When Colin learns Penelope is trying—and struggling—to find success in the dating scene, he offers his assistance. Surely that'll work out just fine.
Polin Week 2026 Day 4: Favorite Colin Moment
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23 Apr 2026
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When Colin Bridgerton breaks his ankle at a bachelor party in Santorini, the last person he expects to show up is his sister's quiet, unassuming best friend Penelope Featherington. Days of accidental proximity later, they're back in London with something neither of them quite has a name for yet — and an agreement to try being friends.
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22 Apr 2026
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Penelope Featherington is an expert at being invisible. Deep in the throes of her PhD research, away from friends and family in a small Aberdeen attic, she has perfected the act of hiding her struggles from everyone. When a trip to London confirms her worst fears, she retreats to her cosy sanctuary, ready to let the world forget her entirely.
But someone was paying closer attention than she realised.
While everyone else accepted her polite texts and vague excuses, Colin Bridgerton noticed. Haunted by a moment of thoughtless betrayal and a sudden, terrifying need to bridge the distance between them, he follows her into the cold Scottish rain to join her under the rafters of her tiny attic.Bookmarked by PenelopeInBloom
20 Apr 2026
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Just one kiss.
The question had surprised him; although it should not have, because her bravery has always been one of the many qualities he admired most about her.
It does not have to mean anything.
Still, Colin had hesitated. Not because of her, but for her. To ensure she understood the gravity of her ask. To allow her a respite to withdraw it if she wished to do so. But Penelope had not relented, instead murmuring his name and a desperate please that made him weak and ready to surrender to her.
And since he is Colin and she is Penelope, and he would do almost anything for her, he did as she asked.
They kissed, just the gentlest brush of their mouths moving together, and—
After the events of 3x02, Penelope vanishes, Colin falls apart, and a series of very different events are put into motion.
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17 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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14 Apr 2026
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A little less conversation, a little more action by Kaitlin_With_a_K
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
27 Apr 2026
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He shook his head vehemently. “No, nope, that’s not what this is about. This is about the Bridgerton name. Our name means something, Ben. At least it used to. We can change that. Just one more, one more big fucking job, and we’ll be set right again for life. Our mother, our family will get back to the lifestyle they deserve, without having to worry about every check clearing. It’ll work, I know it, Ben.”
Colin took a deep breath, knowing that the idea he’d mulled over for months in his cell was far-fetched. “The British Museum.”
“No —”
Colin stopped his interruption with a hand in the air. “Hear me out, please.”
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OR the Ocean's 11 AU - Bridgerton style. Who's ready for a heist?!
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13 Apr 2026
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the devil's in the details, but you got a friend in me by uneventfulhouses
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
12 Apr 2026
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“Can we be closer?”
“How much closer?” His eyes, blue and dark and watching her so intently, make her feel too vulnerable. But she might start crawling up the walls if she can’t get a handle on this, and that makes her braver than she ever thought she would be. She shifts, rocking her hips forward, watching his response, the way his mouth parts with a sigh and his fingers tighten against her hips. “You want me inside you?”
She knows she’s blushing; she wilts against him. Her tits press into his chest and his breath is hot along her jaw when she leans in and drags her nose along his temple. “I’ll be so still, so good,” she whispers, a barely-there plea for him to anchor her somehow. “Like maybe,” she explains, “if you fill me up, I won’t have any room to think about anything else.”
or; friends help friends
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11 Apr 2026
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feel your body closing, i can rip it open by applepuffsilver
Fandoms: Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
11 Apr 2026
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"I want your help."
Her eyes meet his. They're too fucking blue, dark and deep and surrounded by long, pretty lashes.
"Help writing?" She imagines late nights standing behind him as he writes by the glow of his laptop, bending down so their cheeks hover with only warm inches of air between them. Letting her chin rest on his shoulder for a second, her nails tapping the screen. Feeling his breath hitch as she presses herself to him. She shifts in her seat and tries to pull herself together.
He shakes his head. "No. Help with the sex."
She laughs. It startles out of her in a bubble. "You want me to help you find someone to shag?" she asks incredulously, raking her fingers through her tangled curls (she was too hungover this morning to brush them properly).
But Colin doesn't laugh, and his eyes don't leave hers. "No. I want to shag you." He grimaces. "I've never said that word before."
Or Virgin Professor Bridgerton asks his colleague Penelope for some help...
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- 12,647
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- 1/1
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11 Apr 2026
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Friday, I'm in Love by kybridge26, WrensSymphony
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
10 Apr 2026
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After six months of delivering Penelope's Friday night dinners, Colin has an extra special delivery planned for his favorite customer's birthday dinner. He only wants his family to stop calling it a date, as much as he wishes that were the case, because Pen is just his friend....isn't she?
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Polin Week 2026 - Didn't Know They Were Dating & Oral Sex
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11 Apr 2026