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1. Why Don't You Grow Up and See? by HoneyedWings

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

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   17 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington
   • Colin Bridgerton
   • Penelope Featherington
   • Bridgerton Family (Bridgerton)
   • Featherington Family (Bridgerton)
   • Bridgerton Siblings (Bridgerton)
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • Colin Bridgerton Loves Penelope Featherington
   • Penelope Featherington Loves Colin Bridgerton
   • Childhood Friends to Lovers
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Polin HEA
   • Eventual Smut
   • Idiots in Love
   • Modern Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • Flashbacks

   Summary

   Penelope Featherington has spent her whole life loving Colin Bridgerton quietly, convinced he could never feel the same. Colin has spent his whole life loving Penelope loudly—he just hasn’t realized that’s what it is.

   A childhood‑friends‑to‑lovers story where the love was never unrequited, they’re both just idiots.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   20,369

   Chapters:

   4/31

   Comments:

   12

   Kudos:

   92

   Bookmarks:

   38

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   2,384