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1. there you are by abvj

   Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV)  

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

   02 Mar 2026

   Tags

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   • Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington
   • Colin Bridgerton
   • Penelope Featherington
   • s04e07: the beyond
   • Established Relationship
   • because they are marrrriiiiieeeeedddddd
   • And in love
   • but that doesn't make everything easy
   • References to canon character deaths
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Angst
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • References to Dissociation
   • complicated trauma responses
   • Regency
   • Colin "My Wife" Bridgerton
   • Character Study

   Summary

   Penelope did not know it was possible to trust like this. Did not know her heart could learn a new language after so many years of speaking only self-reliance. But Colin taught her, patiently and persistently. With every small act of care she tried to refuse, and he offered anyway.

   She learned.

   And then the unthinkable happens.

   Colin and Penelope navigate the aftermath of 4x07.

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