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I'll be a fool for you by audbooh, audlovespolin, Ayoisha, emikowrites, FanOfFics, Indifly, Kaitlin_With_a_K, kybridge26, Mdilikewhoa, MistressofNone3645, Musings_at_random, Polin_dreamscape, preferringsleep (mellarkey), queenannieslace, SamHandwich, Snide_Piper, stolemystark17, StrawberryWhorecake, WrensSymphony
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
03 Feb 2026
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Penelope is doing her best to be a supportive best friend for Eloise's annual Galentine's Day dinner. But without a Valentine to celebrate with the next day, and her longtime crush Colin off on his travels, there's little for her to be excited about.
That is, until Colin shows up unannounced, on a mission to make Penelope his. If only his family would stop getting in his way.
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- Part 3 of Pass the baton
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A Kiss to Build a Dream On by audlovespolin, Ayoisha, Kaitlin_With_a_K, Musings_at_random, preferringsleep (mellarkey), queenannieslace, WrensSymphony for Polin_dreamscape
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV)
04 Jan 2026
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When Penelope has no one to kiss at midnight at a New Year’s Eve party, Colin volunteers. What Colin doesn’t realize is that kiss will change everything, and he makes a New Year’s resolution.
One way or another, Penelope will be his, and he has 365 days to make it happen.
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The Magic in Tears and Other Ordinary Things by preferringsleep (mellarkey)
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
02 Jan 2026
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Penelope is a witch studying under Mayfair kingdom’s most powerful sorceress, Lady Danbury. As her ward, Penelope grew up close to the Bridgertons, Mayfair’s royal family, while she learned to control and strengthen her powers. After she hears Prince Colin disparage her and her powers, she resolves to return to her family permanently, where a curious cat chooses her hut as his new home.
What happens when she receives upsetting news from Eloise that calls her back to the castle and the family she knew she would never be a part of? And why won’t this damn cat leave her alone?
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Think You're So Criminal by preferringsleep (mellarkey) for Mdilikewhoa
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
10 Dec 2025
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While investigating Debling Shipping, a front for criminal activity, Penelope loses an important lead and must find a new way in. Cue Colin Bridgerton, who she met and kissed at an undercover training program two years prior. Professionally, of course. She learns Colin has been putting his training to good use, embedded for a year with Fife, a criminal middle man, and his crew, gathering intel on several criminal organizations, including Debling Shipping.
When Fife is set to host a bad guy convention on the sea, Penelope needs to be on that ship. Even if it's as Colin's girlfriend.
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(Going) Down with Love by audlovespolin, Ayoisha, Kaitlin_With_a_K, Musings_at_random, Polin_dreamscape, preferringsleep (mellarkey), WrensSymphony for Snide_Piper
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
12 Nov 2025
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Colin comes home to confess his feelings to his longtime best friend Penelope, but his nerves get in the way as his sister and her girlfriend advise him on the best way forward. It turns out that the best way to level up his relationship might actually be to go down.
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Pass the baton by audbooh, audlovespolin, Ayoisha, Chickcentra1, emikowrites, FanOfFics, Indifly, Kaitlin_With_a_K, kybridge26, Mdilikewhoa, MistressofNone3645, Musings_at_random, Polin_dreamscape, preferringsleep (mellarkey), queenannieslace, SamHandwich, Snide_Piper, stolemystark17, StrawberryWhorecake, WrensSymphony
Fandom Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
03 Feb 2026
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Purple PEs by preferringsleep (mellarkey)
Fandom Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
19 Oct 2025
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Fanning fire by Polin_dreamscape
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
22 Feb 2026
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Colin Bridgerton is spending a quiet afternoon in his Bloomsbury townhouse when he recieves a visitor. It's a young woman who claims to be his new maid that his brother has bought for him.
"Wait? That's absurd. Surely, this is a mistake?" Wonders Colin, but he doesn't know yet that his life is about to permanently change.Bookmarked by preferringsleep (mellarkey)
16 Feb 2026
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Call It What You Want by livlikespolin
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
22 Feb 2026
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After twenty years of shared secrets and whispers. Penelope and Colin are officially leaning into their "hag era" with a marriage of convenience. At thirty-eight and forty-three, they’ve traded the pressure of the marriage mart for a comfortable pact: she gets a travel partner to spice up her retired-Whistledown life, and he finally gets the constant companion he’s been chasing across four continents. It’s a perfectly sensible, purely practical arrangement... isn't it?
A mix of book and show Polin because I'm a sucker for them.
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Bookmarked by preferringsleep (mellarkey)
08 Feb 2026
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Something to Declare by fullysplendid
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
01 Feb 2026
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Colin’s fingers twitch. He shifts his weight from foot to foot. He’s been waiting for several minutes and he’s only getting more anxious. If only he could see her. He sighs dramatically.
“Your wife?” asks the customs officer.
Colin nods, eyes still searching for any glimpse of his friend, before realising that that isn’t correct. “I mean… no…” he mutters quietly.
We’re in Fiji, he reminds himself. They’re a very friendly people. She’ll be fine.
He still cannot see Penelope but he has a clear view of the customs officer, wearing plastic gloves and raised eyebrows, as he reaches into Penelope’s suitcase and pulls out the biggest dildo Colin has ever seen.
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The Purge by Mdilikewhoa, Polin_dreamscape
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
04 Feb 2026
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It's Penelope's first Purge where she is in the country, instead of hunkering somewhere warm and sunny with Eloise, she stays behind to care for her ill mother. She ends up learning some mind-blowing things about the Bridgerton Brothers, and Colin in particular, that she never expected.
Bookmarked by preferringsleep (mellarkey)
02 Feb 2026
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Colin Bridgerton knows he’s attractive. What he doesn’t know is what it will do to him when Penelope Featherington starts calling him pretty, thirsting over his selfies, and finally deciding she’d like a closer look—preferably upstairs.
A smutty crackfic inspired by a thirst trap Instagram photo.
Bookmarked by preferringsleep (mellarkey)
01 Feb 2026