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  1. And This Is Good Old Boston by

    Fandom Gilmore Girls, Parks and Recreation, The West Wing

    08 Oct 2016

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    And this is good old Boston
    The home of the bean and the cod
    Where the Lowells talk only to Cabots,
    And the Cabots talk only to God.
    -- John Collins Bossidy

    This city - filled with "courage, compassion, and strength that knows no bounds" - isn't their home, but it becomes a safe haven anyway. [Favorite characters in Boston.]

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    but they were real to me by

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

    12 Jan 2026

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    Colin Bridgerton had it all: a beautiful wife, four beautiful children, and a fulfilling career.

    Saying he’s content is an understatement; he loves this life.

    That is until he’s yanked from this reality and finds himself in the hospital, awakening from a coma.

    It turns out he is not married and never has been. Penelope’s just his friend, his children don’t exist, and his perfect job is merely a pipe dream.

    On a journey of rehabilitation, self-discovery, and grief, Colin must come to terms with the life he has and build it into the one that he dreamed of.

    …trying to convince the girl he’s known as his wife of their wonderful life together shouldn’t be too tricky, right?

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    16 Feb 2026

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    The Conditions of Choice by

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

    24 Jan 2026

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    In the aftermath of her father’s death, Penelope Featherington learns how little remains when a man’s authority vanishes and a woman’s does not exist. Sent from London to the courts of Vienna and Paris, she must navigate a marriage market shaped by war, inheritance, and expectation—while guarding a secret voice that has long been her only power.

    Colin Bridgerton is traveling without purpose when he finds her again, changed and changing, in a world far from home. What begins as familiarity becomes choice, and what society demands is quietly weighed against what the heart will bear.

    A Regency-set Polin novel about agency, partnership, and the cost of being seen.

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    27 Jan 2026

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    drawn after you by

    Fandoms: Wicked - Schwartz/Holzman, Wicked - All Media Types, Wicked (Movie 2024)  

    11 Aug 2025

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    “Oh, my Oz, Elphie! They are from a secret admirer!” Galinda practically bounced in place, the paper held aloft like a prize.

    “So?” she said. “That’s hardly worth bursting an eardrum.”

    But Galinda’s eyes sparkled in a very specific, unsettling way.

    “But they’re for you!”

    Or,

    someone has been leaving flowers at Elphaba’s door for weeks, and she’s certain it’s a cruel joke—until the notes start feeling like truth, and she starts hoping, and maybe falling, for the one person she thought would never see her like that.

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    02 Dec 2025

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    how colin got his groove back by

    Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV)  

    07 Sep 2025

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    Before the fights and the couples’ therapy and the slow, inevitable drift. Before the night he came home from work to find Marina on the sofa, pale and drawn, already knowing every word that was about to come out of her mouth (because the words were already on his tongue, weren’t they?). Before the thousands spent on divorce lawyers and moving into the sad flat Anthony found for him and having to tell the fucking kids (worst bit – Oliver had gotten so quiet and Amanda had cried silently; wouldn’t let either of them touch her).

    He could have gotten out of it. Ben had called him and said we can find someone else in a way that made it very clear they probably couldn’t, and Colin being Colin (reliable; helpful – a dope, maybe), had said no, no, I’ll do it.

    Which is how he ends up in Bari, parked in a service station in a cramped hire car; forty-five; divorced; and about to embark on a two-week trip across Italy he had booked in an attempt to save his marriage. Without, you know, his wife.
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    OR: post-divorce, Colin Bridgerton takes his friend Penelope on a road trip to Italy

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    08 Sep 2025

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    Deeply upsetting how good this is. You will be emotionally flailed alive and simultaneously realize your own inadequacy as a writer and somehow you will enjoy it.

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    Page Turners by

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

    05 Oct 2025

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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.

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    06 Oct 2025