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Call It What You Want by livlikespolin
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
22 Feb 2026
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After twenty years of shared secrets and whispers. Penelope and Colin are officially leaning into their "hag era" with a marriage of convenience. At thirty-eight and forty-three, they’ve traded the pressure of the marriage mart for a comfortable pact: she gets a travel partner to spice up her retired-Whistledown life, and he finally gets the constant companion he’s been chasing across four continents. It’s a perfectly sensible, purely practical arrangement... isn't it?
A mix of book and show Polin because I'm a sucker for them.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 75,190
- Chapters:
- 24/24
- Comments:
- 290
- Kudos:
- 896
- Bookmarks:
- 152
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- 26,769
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21 Feb 2026
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The Blind Date Bet by RomancingTon
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
23 Dec 2024
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After spending years scouring apps and enduring lackluster dates, Penelope is at a dead end in her quest for romance. The Bridgerton family, upon hearing this, concocts a bet to see which sibling can set her up on the best blind date. Penelope accepts, nervous at the prospect of her best friend and lifelong love, Colin, setting her up after coming home permanently from his travels.
The winner, determined by who Penelope believes her best date to be with, receives the mallet of death for a full year.
The loser? Potentially the man who didn't realize he was in love with her in the first place.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 87,373
- Chapters:
- 11/11
- Comments:
- 624
- Kudos:
- 2,191
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- 574
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- 67,287
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12 Feb 2026
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Nobody Daughter by bridgerthg
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Anastasia (1997)
08 Feb 2026
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After a fire killed more than half of the Featherington family, the youngest daughter, Penelope, is reported missing. For years, the sole survivor, Lady Portia, who now lives in Paris, has offered a reward for anyone who brings her daughter back.
With their eyes on the money, Colin and Michaela hold auditions to find the perfect girl to pose as the marchioness's daughter, and they find Anne, a young orphan who has everything it takes to pass for Penelope.
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09 Feb 2026
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Five Feet To Be Exact by KatofKanals
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
08 Oct 2024
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Colin Bridgerton is a jet-setting 28-year-old travel writer and social media influencer. He’s constantly moving from place to place and person to person. That’s the way he likes it. Everything changes when a skiing accident has him stuck back in London in his childhood home for several months while he recovers. One good thing about being home, however, is his proximity to Penelope Featherington. They’ve been good friends for years, but this newfound consistency of his presence and communication between them brings some feelings that have been simmering for a long time finally to the surface.
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- Part 1 of The Short n' Sweet World
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 70,804
- Chapters:
- 19/19
- Comments:
- 2,345
- Kudos:
- 4,896
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- 820
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- 129,254
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08 Feb 2026
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Remembering Mrs. Bridgerton by Stillpink for liziana, LightLeadingMe
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
06 Mar 2024
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When Colin awakens, the world as he knows it has changed.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 23,639
- Chapters:
- 12/12
- Comments:
- 563
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- 4,243
- Bookmarks:
- 826
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- 83,975
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08 Feb 2026
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Secret Love Song by usuallysunny
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
16 Nov 2024
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The night before Penelope marries Lord Debling, Colin leaves Mayfair, shutting his family and the world out.
Five long and silent years later, Violet's sudden illness brings him home... back to London and the woman who never stopped loving him.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 77,920
- Chapters:
- 18/18
- Comments:
- 1,682
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- 5,734
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- 967
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- 172,169
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08 Feb 2026
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A Practical Romance by KatofKanals
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
16 Jan 2026
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Penelope is quiet for a long while after he nodded his head and confirmed he was inquiring about whether or not she has changed her mind about having a baby with him.
"I…" she starts before swallowing once. "Well, I suppose as the years have gone on… I have imagined it a time or two, yes."
Colin knows she is telling the truth, and for the first time in a long time, he is also able to read her and surmise there is more still she is holding back.
"Is that something you wish for?" he asks cautiously. "A babe? One of your own?"
Pen's big, pale blue eyes blink at him twice slowly before she starts nibbling on her lip in a decidedly nervous gesture. "That is… We did not… We married for other purposes. I do not expect—"
"I am not asking what you expect," he interrupts, keeping his tone gentle, though, so as not to scare her out of this spell of vulnerability he's found her in tonight. "I am asking simply what you desire for yourself. Do you want a baby, Pen?"
"Yes."
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Or, regency era Penelope and Colin have been in marriage of convenience for five years and decide to have a child together—platonically of course.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 102,592
- Chapters:
- 16/16
- Comments:
- 2,210
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- 4,131
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08 Feb 2026
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Snowflakes in Her Eyelashes by KatofKanals
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
14 Sep 2024
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The Bridgertons are all jetting off to the Scottish Highlands for Christmas and Penelope Featherington is coming with them this year. She's a close family friend and gets along famously with each and every member (young and old) with one significant exception-- the third eldest son, Colin Bridgerton. They may have been best friends as children, but now, in their mid and late twenties, they couldn't be further from friends. These days they can't even be in the same room with one another without trading verbal jabs that intensify steadily until someone literally has to pull them apart. After a lot of deliberation, though, Penelope accepts Violet's invitation despite this fact. She figures they'll be staying in a huge house and there will be a crowd of other people to distract herself with. What she can't possibly know, however, is that the storm of the century and a series of unforeseen events are going to make that house and that crowd much, much smaller.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 61,485
- Chapters:
- 9/9
- Comments:
- 1,227
- Kudos:
- 3,845
- Bookmarks:
- 843
- Hits:
- 89,482
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05 Feb 2026
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searching for a trail to follow again by missparker
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
21 Dec 2024
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Penelope disappears, seemingly finished with the Bridgertons and Colin has a choice to make: let his own life slowly unravel or find her.
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- Part 2 of scottish bookstore au
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 75,750
- Chapters:
- 15/15
- Comments:
- 3,228
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- 3,778
- Bookmarks:
- 748
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- 112,553
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27 Jan 2026
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scraped up off the pavement by missparker
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
05 Sep 2024
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After Penelope falls out with Eloise over her popular gossip blog, all the Bridgertons cut contact with her. It's the worst thing that has ever happened to her, but after a few months of wallowing, Penelope moves to Scotland and buys a book shop and gets on with her life. It turns out she can live without the Bridgertons and she's happy enough with the new life she's cobbled together. No one knows anything about her here and that's how she likes it: complete and total separation from her life back in London and her old online persona.
That is, until she spots Colin Bridgerton at the coffee shop next door.
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- Part 1 of scottish bookstore au
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 46,220
- Chapters:
- 12/12
- Comments:
- 1,395
- Kudos:
- 4,968
- Bookmarks:
- 1,400
- Hits:
- 121,036
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27 Jan 2026
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Before Sunset by Bridgertonia
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Before Sunset (2004)
23 Jan 2026
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Colin lives in Paris. And when Penelope comes to his city on her book tour, it's the first time they've seen each other in two years.
Penelope only has an hour or so before she has to take a train home, so they make the most of the time they have, wandering the city, catching up.
But what starts as two friends reconnecting quickly feels like something more. Something familiar. Something irresistible.
OR: a story of Polin in Paris, inspired by the Before Sunset movie.
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- Part 1 of Polin in Paris - Before Sunset AU
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23 Jan 2026
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Christmas Hijinx by ShyMarFan74
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
23 Jan 2026
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Violet Bridgerton has spent years watching her third son, the one she has always wondered about, leave to travel the world, while the rest of her children settle and start their own families. She has always held hope that Colin would open his eyes and see Penelope as more than just a friend. Everyone can see the blossoming friendship and love between Colin and Penelope over the years...everyone except Colin and Penelope. Violet has had enough. She recruits Portia Featherington, who has also grown tired of watching their third children dance endlessly around one another, and they decide it is time to intervene.
What will happen when two meddling mamas conspire to bring their third children together with the help of the chaotic Bridgerton clan? A Christmas hijinx to remember.
Former Title: The Wonderer and The Wallflower
Bookmarked by HappyM
23 Jan 2026
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You Are In Love by livlikespolin
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
14 Jan 2026
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Colin comes back from Greece with pressure on his back for a bachelor his age. He yearns purpose, he wishes home.
Penelope has long considered herself a spinster. But her Mama still thinks otherwise, especially with Colin's return to British soil. She wants freedom, she needs respite.
What if they can conveniently get what they want?
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 49,539
- Chapters:
- 19/19
- Comments:
- 166
- Kudos:
- 755
- Bookmarks:
- 157
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- 23,565
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16 Jan 2026
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But I'd be yours, if you'd be mine by Kaitlin_With_a_K
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
06 Dec 2025
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He may have been a seasoned traveller, but this was the biggest disaster he’d seen at an airport in all his years traversing the globe. He’d been there since nine o’clock that morning, and hour after hour had gone by, with announcement after announcement stating a delay, then another, then another.
“If they’re going to cancel it, just fucking cancel it,” he mumbled, turning around abruptly and knocking his large pack against something solid, hearing a loud grunt and promptly turning around to see a body topple to the floor, much to his dismay.
“Oh my gods, I’m so sorry, are you okay?!” He reached his hand down to help the poor woman he’d apparently assaulted. She hesitated before taking his hand, letting him help her back up to standing, brushing herself off, then finally looking him in the eyes.
His breath hitched as he took her in for the first time. She was probably the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen.
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A strangers to lovers, inspired by real-life never-ending flight delays. A sort-of ode to airports in general, and what a both magical and maddening place they can be. ✈️
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- Part 1 of Airport Lovers
Bookmarked by HappyM
14 Jan 2026
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New York Times Bestselling author Colin Bridgerton is in the midst of a flop. The sales for his second romance novel are abysmal, the online reviews are even worse, and someone out there is writing fanfics of his work that far outshine the original.
There’s only one person who can help him fix this. The only problem? He hasn’t spoken to her in seven years.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 97,660
- Chapters:
- 20/20
- Comments:
- 1,162
- Kudos:
- 1,257
- Bookmarks:
- 338
- Hits:
- 41,766
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13 Jan 2026
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Nuzzled Noses by WrensSymphony
Fandoms: Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Bridgerton (TV)
23 Jan 2025
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From the moment of their accidental meeting as young children through the trauma of hurt and loss, the heartbreak of adolescence, and the confusion of young adulthood, Colin and Penelope's connection anchors them both.
This story aims for hurt and comfort in equal measure as it follows the "platonic best friends" (really, though?) as they grow up, with time jumps between each chapter as we see them navigate their lives together. Their story is one of true friends to lovers, where lines blur and it's hard to see where friendship ends and love begins, because perhaps they've been together all along.
*CW: This is NOT a dark fic, but does contain mature themes, specifically a child abuse storyline.*
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She was startled and looked up into his eyes for a moment, and then started giggling. It was the most beautiful sound he had ever heard. It sounded like his mom’s wind chimes on the back porch, or the bells on the ice cream truck when it rounded the corner… but even more magical. He giggled back at her.
“I’m Colin,” he said with a smile that he didn’t even have to try to make so big.
“Penelope,” said the girl with the giggle that was now his favorite song.
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- Part 1 of Nuzzled Noses
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 80,019
- Chapters:
- 10/10
- Comments:
- 854
- Kudos:
- 1,386
- Bookmarks:
- 448
- Hits:
- 40,727
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14 Nov 2025
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The sound of her silence by Alltoowelln22
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
07 Jan 2026
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At just eight years old, Penelope Featherington fell silent and no one ever learned why.
By one and eight, Penelope has mastered the art of existing quietly in the shadows, watching as life and love passes her by. Until Colin Bridgerton returns from abroad, with stories in his heart and eyes that see more than most. He doesn't need Penelope's voice to understand her.
Drawn to the quiet strength behind her silence, Colin begins to fall slowly, completely, and irrevocably. But the closer he gets, the more determined he becomes to uncover what silenced her all those years ago.
Can love break through where words once failed? And when the truth comes to light, will it heal or shatter everything they’ve begun to build?Series
- Part 1 of Her silence
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 121,251
- Chapters:
- 24/24
- Comments:
- 941
- Kudos:
- 1,257
- Bookmarks:
- 281
- Hits:
- 46,946
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05 Nov 2025
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Dancing Around the Truth by WeepingFromACedarTree
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
27 May 2023
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On the final night of the 1815 season, after spending months attempting to win back her favor, Colin finds himself alone with Penelope. Just when it seems like their relationship might return to what it once was, Penelope relays some distressing information.
Matters do not get any simpler when, just a few days later, he learns that she has fallen ill.
With the rest of the Ton already departed from Mayfair, Colin finds himself in Penelope's company once again. Closer than they've ever been before.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 60,167
- Chapters:
- 10/10
- Comments:
- 348
- Kudos:
- 2,120
- Bookmarks:
- 600
- Hits:
- 60,244
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24 Oct 2025
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This Could've Been An E-Mail by Fifi2930 for RemarkableIndigo, ontheseashore
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
30 Oct 2024
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When the Bridgertons move from London to Aubrey Hall, 17 year old Colin begins an e-mail letter correspondence with his friend and crush, Marina Thompson. Or so he believes. Because Marina isn't much for letters or writing, she asks her cousin and Colin's childhood friend, Penelope Featherington, to just pretend to be her. Penelope doesn't feel gorgeous, funny and popular Colin will ever return her feelings when beautiful Marina is right there, so she agrees. It's not like two people can fall in love over e-mail, right?
Right?
Mature rated chapters: Chapters 8,9,10,11
Explicit rated chapter(s): 12/13Series
- Part 1 of E-mail Universe
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 102,951
- Chapters:
- 13/13
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 976
- Kudos:
- 1,412
- Bookmarks:
- 409
- Hits:
- 44,885
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22 Oct 2025
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Tear down my defences by georgialee06
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
04 Jun 2023
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Colin Bridgerton had spoken the most humiliating thing about her. Devastated and broken hearted Penelope was determined to rise above the comments and remarks that followed her that next season. Yet as was always her misfortune fate had another path for her. A fate that would lead her to a renewed self.
Welcome to my newest fanfic. It is once again a complete story and I will post regularly.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 32,076
- Chapters:
- 16/16
- Comments:
- 303
- Kudos:
- 748
- Bookmarks:
- 116
- Hits:
- 22,545
Bookmarked by HappyM
17 Oct 2025