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1. without my wings by MidnightMisty

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

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   05 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington
   • Colin Bridgerton
   • Penelope Featherington
   • Alternate Universe
   • Roman Empire
   • Gladiators
   • Alternate Universe - Gladiators
   • Forced Marriage
   • Strangers to Lovers
   • Former Gladiator Colin Bridgerton
   • Soft Colin Bridgerton
   • Arranged Marriage
   • There Was Only One Bed
   • Eventual Smut
   • Eventual Romance
   • dark-ish themes
   • But not like actual dark
   • Farmer's daughter Penelope

   Summary

   "You are not a slave, you are not bound by chains," he says, grabbing the plate from the bed. "You are able to do as you please."

   Whatever she wants? She can leave this room? She is not bound here? There will not be guards ordering her where to go? Or someone running after her the moment she steps away?

   "There must be more."

   "No," Colin shakes his head, placing the dish in the basin. "You will want for nothing here. That is all that is needed of you."

   "There—there must be more to this," Penelope insist. "I must know why."

   "You are to be my wife."

   The one where Penelope Featherington is arranged to marry former Gladiator Colin Bridgerton.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,247

   Chapters:

   1/3

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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