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1. a ring meant for another by AuburnWolf

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

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   10 Jun 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington
   • Colin Bridgerton & Penelope Featherington
   • Colin Bridgerton/Marina Thompson
   • Colin Bridgerton & Violet Bridgerton
   • Colin Bridgerton & Edmund Bridgerton
   • Colin Bridgerton
   • Penelope Featherington
   • Edmund Bridgerton
   • Violet Bridgerton
   • Anthony Bridgerton
   • Benedict Bridgerton
   • Daphne Bridgerton
   • Eloise Bridgerton
   • Francesca Bridgerton
   • Gregory Bridgerton
   • Hyacinth Bridgerton
   • Portia Featherington
   • Philippa Featherington
   • Marina Thompson
   • Archibald Featherington
   • Prudence Featherington
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Edmund is alive and well
   • No beta we die like Edmund
   • No Lady Whistledown (Bridgerton)
   • Philippa Featherington will save the day
   • Miscommunication
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Polin HEA
   • unrequited love that is in fact mutual love
   • Love Triangles
   • Jealousy
   • Protective Edmund Bridgerton
   • Protective Anthony Bridgerton
   • Protective Violet Bridgerton
   • Confounding feelings
   • Feelings Realization
   • Reconciliation
   • Slow Burn
   • Confused Colin Bridgerton
   • Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington Happy Ending
   • Penelope Featherington Needs a Hug
   • Father-Son Relationship
   • Edmund Bridgerton Lives

   Summary

   The story where Edmund Bridgerton never died, Colin proposes to Marina, and Edmund doesn’t take it well since he had always imagined Colin and Penelope ending up together. There’s no Lady Whistledown in this universe, but someone unexpected will step in to help. It’s time for self-reflection, for sorting through all these confounding feeling and mending family dynamics that have long needed healing. A happy ending awaits for almost everyone, except Marina, kinda.

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   English

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   Chapters:

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