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All his weight is on her. Like, all of it. His face has landed somewhere near her hair, his face buried in a cloud of sweet-smelling curls. She smells like orange blossom, like the Jo Malone bottle currently sitting in Colin’s pile of gifts for her.
And he waits for her to wriggle and push him off but instead she - she moans.
More of a breathy whimper, actually, and it is, frankly, pornographic. There is no mistaking it, and something hot and sparkly starts to fizz in him, laughter bubbling in his throat.
So he doesn’t get off her. He just lifts his head. “Pen, did you just-”
Her face is red, scrunched up, her eyes shut. “Shut up,” she breathes.
Delight flutters through him at her reaction, something fizzling and crackling under his skin. He cannot help the wicked smile that breaks across his face. “Oh my god, you like it? You like me squashing you?”
OR - during Christmas at Aubrey Hall, Colin discovers Penelope enjoys getting crushed
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23 Jan 2026
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Before the fights and the couples’ therapy and the slow, inevitable drift. Before the night he came home from work to find Marina on the sofa, pale and drawn, already knowing every word that was about to come out of her mouth (because the words were already on his tongue, weren’t they?). Before the thousands spent on divorce lawyers and moving into the sad flat Anthony found for him and having to tell the fucking kids (worst bit – Oliver had gotten so quiet and Amanda had cried silently; wouldn’t let either of them touch her).
He could have gotten out of it. Ben had called him and said we can find someone else in a way that made it very clear they probably couldn’t, and Colin being Colin (reliable; helpful – a dope, maybe), had said no, no, I’ll do it.
Which is how he ends up in Bari, parked in a service station in a cramped hire car; forty-five; divorced; and about to embark on a two-week trip across Italy he had booked in an attempt to save his marriage. Without, you know, his wife.
.OR: post-divorce, Colin Bridgerton takes his friend Penelope on a road trip to Italy
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22 Jan 2026
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In Your Eyes (I am Perfect) by Nevermore_red
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
17 Apr 2024
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Penelope finds out Colin has been to brothels, but he's only ever watched. She wants to watch too and convinces him to take her. It’s supposed to be sexy and informative, but it ends up bringing old insecurities to the surface because the woman they are watching is beautiful...and looks nothing like Penelope.
Colin decides to show Penelope what beauty really is.
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21 Jan 2026
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searching for a trail to follow again by missparker
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
21 Dec 2024
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Penelope disappears, seemingly finished with the Bridgertons and Colin has a choice to make: let his own life slowly unravel or find her.
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- Part 2 of scottish bookstore au
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20 Jan 2026
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it's just that i'll always choose you by missparker
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
03 Jul 2024
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When Colin Bridgerton returns to London for a social media sabbatical, Penelope suggests that he crash with her for the duration, however long it might be. Sure, she's been in love with him forever, and sure she has a full-time job, and sure she's a secret romance writer and nobody knows it, but she's really good at hiding things, so it should be fine, right? But when she also suggests that he work with her publisher, all of the secrets she's been so carefully tending start creeping into the light.
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14 Jan 2026