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  1. Rec 46

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    It's the annual Bridgerton Christmas Party and Colin has two objectives; stay long enough to get his sisters off his back, and avoid Penelope Featherington at all costs. So when Penelope finds HIM, drunk as a skunk and determined to hash everything between them out, Colin wonders what he did in a past life to warrant this kind of torture. Because he's going to look after her, isn't he? Going to make sure she gets home safe. Going to make sure she has everything she needs even as his heart gets more mangled with every worthless beat. Of course he is. And he's going to be very dramatic about it the whole time, too.

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    22 Dec 2025

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    Christmas party fic with mutual pining and obliviousness- flipped script- he fell first

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    Penelope is quiet for a long while after he nodded his head and confirmed he was inquiring about whether or not she has changed her mind about having a baby with him.

    "I…" she starts before swallowing once. "Well, I suppose as the years have gone on… I have imagined it a time or two, yes."

    Colin knows she is telling the truth, and for the first time in a long time, he is also able to read her and surmise there is more still she is holding back.

    "Is that something you wish for?" he asks cautiously. "A babe? One of your own?"

    Pen's big, pale blue eyes blink at him twice slowly before she starts nibbling on her lip in a decidedly nervous gesture. "That is… We did not… We married for other purposes. I do not expect—"

    "I am not asking what you expect," he interrupts, keeping his tone gentle, though, so as not to scare her out of this spell of vulnerability he's found her in tonight. "I am asking simply what you desire for yourself. Do you want a baby, Pen?"

    "Yes."

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    Or, regency era Penelope and Colin have been in marriage of convenience for five years and decide to have a child together—platonically of course.

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    14 Dec 2025

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    After having a 5 year marriage of convenience, Colin and Pen decide to try to have a baby.

  3. Rec 38

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    Penelope Featherington was having a terrible night, no thanks to her mother Portia, and hit up her plug, Genevieve, so she could smoke and relax. She’d been due for a quiet night in, and was looking forward to it, but then her plug responded that she had ran out. Penelope groaned, accepting that this was how her night would be. Little did she know that things were just about to turn around for the better in ways she never could’ve imagined.

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    11 Dec 2025

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    Drug dealer Colin and anxious Pen get together

  4. Rec 76

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    1960s housewife loves being dominated by her psychiatrist.

     

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    09 Dec 2025

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    Psychologist Dom Colin and married patient Penelope Debling.

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    Pen's not doing well on the apps. Colin offers to help. It goes well for her and he hates it. God, Colin just wants to be normal about Penelope. He's trying really hard to be normal about Penelope, just, SO normal. It is becoming increasingly clear that he simply cannot be normal about Penelope. It will take the power of the Bridgerton sibling group chat (and all its related splinter chats) to figure out what to do.
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    Modern AU textfic, Colin is the most down bad idiot in the universe and Penelope is the funniest woman on earth.
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    Now a fully illustrated version! Links in Chapter 10 :)

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    07 Dec 2025

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    The Unhinged text fic set around Christmas time where Colin sets up Pens Hinge profile and hooks her up w/Debbers