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    While travelling back to Aubrey Hall for Christmas, Colin Bridgerton finds himself caught in a major snowstorm. His driver manages to get him to the nearest safe dry building, which just so happens to be the Featherington country estate. Penelope meanwhile has been left home alone for a couple of days – her mother had gone to visit a friend before the festive period – and suddenly finds herself host to a single man, her friend’s brother and the boy she’s had a crush on forever. As the storm rages on, bringing England to a standstill, it becomes clear that Colin and Penelope are going to have to put up with each other until the weather clears.

    Or Colin and Penelope play house during Christmas

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    27 Dec 2025

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    Penelope is celebrating the festive season at Aubrey Hall with her favorite family, but all she really wants for Christmas is to spend it with Colin, who is not meant to return from his tour until the start of the social season—or so she thinks.

    After his unexpected arrival home, the two share a moment in front of his family and his meddlesome siblings take it upon themselves to convince their brother to make her a Bridgerton, once and for all.

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    21 Dec 2025

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    Portia's youngest daughter is getting married, and she will not make the same mistakes she did with Penelope as she did with her eldest daughters regarding baby-making. This time, she will be specific.

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    28 Nov 2025

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    Portia Featherington would be damned if she’d let Miss Thompson swan in and steal the Bridgerton boy who had been chasing Penelope’s skirt since she was but a girl!

    Season 1 AU where Portia Featherington is a good, albeit cunning, mother who helps Penelope take her man back.

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    17 Nov 2025

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    “I can sleep out here—you should take our bed,” she offered.

    “I would not dream of it,” he replied stiffly.

    She shifted uneasily, fingers twisting together. “But the settee is small and you are—"

    “It is not befitting of a lady of your station,” he bit out, unsure why she would not cease.

    “But—"

    “Truly, Penelope, I will not hear of it.”

    Post 3x07: Strained by betrayal and the aching distance between them, Colin spends the first week of their marriage torn between anger and an unyielding love he can’t ignore. Their unresolved tension comes to a head during a confrontation over the settee. As their heartbreak unfolds, Colin must decide how to honor his feelings while taking the first steps toward healing what feels irrevocably shattered.

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    20 Oct 2025