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1. hope is a heartache by lilacsandpoppys

   Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   10 Apr 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington
   • Colin Bridgerton & Penelope Featherington
   • Colin Bridgerton
   • Penelope Featherington
   • Eloise Bridgerton
   • Anthony Bridgerton
   • Benedict Bridgerton
   • Kate Sheffield | Kate Sharma
   • Gregory Bridgerton
   • Hyacinth Bridgerton
   • Daphne Bridgerton
   • Simon Basset
   • Alfred Debling
   • Marina Thompson
   • Unrequited Love
   • as far as penelope knows
   • Eventual Smut
   • Fluff
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Colin Bridgerton Being an Idiot
   • Colin "My Wife" Bridgerton
   • Missed Connections
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Eventual Fluff
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Oblivious Colin Bridgerton
   • betaed but all mistakes are my own!!
   • it's a slow burn but that's what we like amirite
   • Minor Colin Bridgerton/Marina Thompson
   • minor debling/penelope
   • but both are MINOR
   • I promise it works out

   Summary

   "Penelope is not in love anymore.

   No, she has been working too hard over the last eight months to rid herself of the chaos that is Colin Bridgerton to end up right where she started all of those years ago. Penelope reflects on her self-help journey with a small sense of pride - she had read books on boundaries, listened to podcasts about toxic relationships, gone to therapy, and even attended yoga classes.

   Well, two yoga classes.

   Even still, she is The New Penelope Featherington, and The New Penelope Featherington is not in love with Colin Bridgerton.

   At least, that’s what she keeps telling herself."

   OR

   Penelope finds herself back in Colin's orbit when he returns to London after his travels, and despite her best efforts, she is, in fact, still desperately in love.

   Based on the song "Hope Is A Heartache" by Lèon.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   39,910

   Chapters:

   7/7

   Comments:

   136

   Kudos:

   520

   Bookmarks:

   119

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