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1. In their fathers' footsteps by PenguinofProse

   Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV)  

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

   13 Sep 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Anthony Bridgerton/Kate Sheffield | Kate Sharma
   • Lord Fife (Bridgerton)/Original Female Character(s)
   • Simon Basset/Daphne Bridgerton
   • Simon Basset & Anthony Bridgerton & Lord Fife
   • Anthony Bridgerton
   • Lord Fife (Bridgerton)
   • Simon Basset
   • Kate Sheffield | Kate Sharma
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Daphne Bridgerton
   • and the rest of the crew
   • bridgerton and fife and hastings are bros
   • the girls are possibly also sisters
   • there may be a sisterhood sequel
   • All of the Tropes
   • FWB
   • kanthony friends with benefits
   • Friends With Benefits
   • meet cute
   • so many meet cutes
   • or should that be meets cute
   • best friend's sister
   • lost at sea
   • locked in a closet
   • Love at First Sight
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • elopement
   • reformed rakes
   • Rating earned in later chapters
   • tropes also earned in later chapters
   • Fake Dating
   • love dodecahedron
   • Kind Of
   • there was only one bench
   • Caught in a Storm
   • straightening his cravat
   • yawn and reach
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • bros and grief

   Summary

   In which Anthony, James and Daphne are determined to marry this season, and Simon is determined not to marry this season.

   a.k.a. in which Penguin tries to fit every good trope in one fic.

   Series

   • Part 1 of In their fathers' footsteps

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   182,413

   Chapters:

   10/10

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