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1. but the wreckage of you, i no longer reside in by headphonesbaby

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

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   09 Jun 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington
   • Colin Bridgerton
   • Penelope Featherington
   • Edwina Sheffield | Edwina Sharma
   • Eloise Bridgerton
   • Francesca Bridgerton
   • Michaela Stirling
   • Gregory Bridgerton
   • Hyacinth Bridgerton
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Miscommunication
   • Second Chances
   • POV: Colin and Penelope
   • they need to talk
   • Getting Back Together
   • its angst but there's also some comedy
   • latinasmoak's Polin Week 2025
   • Polin Week 2025
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • but in true fanfic form they are horrible at communicating
   • but they're learning!!
   • points to the getting back together tag
   • Eventual Smut
   • they share one brain cell I'm afraid
   • Exes with Benefits

   Summary

   He shook his head and groaned. The last thing he needed was to think about his ex with another man, being all happy and lovey dovey and downright disgustingly in love.

   Because that used to be them.

   For a year and a half, it was them. They were so, so, very disgustingly in love as pointed out multiple times by his siblings any chance they got. Not that Colin had ever minded. He was pleased to show off how much he loved her, cherished her. That was until it all ended one night with four words that still haunted him in his nightmares.

   “We want different things.”

   Or Colin and Penelope break up because of a misunderstanding and they try to deal with the aftermath.

   (It’s also them figuring things out and inching back together.)

   Series

   • Part 2 of halloween

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