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but they were real to me by unsavorablefavors
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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- 278,106
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Bookmarked by LookingForShadows
16 Feb 2026
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The Conditions of Choice by PenelopeInBloom
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 justapoet
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!”
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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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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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Bookmarked by LookingForShadows
06 Oct 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.
.OR: post-divorce, Colin Bridgerton takes his friend Penelope on a road trip to Italy
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Bookmarked by LookingForShadows
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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tell you something you've known all along by writergirl8
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
26 Aug 2025
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At thirty years old, Penelope Featherington is still:
1. Living in the small town she grew up in;
2. Working at her family's diner;
3. Single;
4. Hopelessly in love with Colin Bridgerton.When she becomes convinced that it's time to settle, Colin is happy to help her find a husband. The rest of her friends and family in Mayfair, however, have other plans.
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- English
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- 91,640
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- 11/11
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Bookmarked by LookingForShadows
27 Aug 2025
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Me, 4/4/25, 5:39 EST: "um you said small town but you did not say GILMORE GIRL AND A CINDERELLA STORY VIBES"
Rachel is a Very Good Writer and it's infuriating.
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modern day looks into the bridgerton family and friends group chats as each of them plays out their respective love stories.
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Bookmarked by LookingForShadows
21 Aug 2025
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take me like you do in your dreams by missparker
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
04 Apr 2025
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Colin convinces Penelope to share custody of a dog. It's purely platonic. Just best friends, raising a dog. Nothing to worry about at all.
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Bookmarked by LookingForShadows
20 Apr 2025
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the heir affair by ukrainianironbelly
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
06 Mar 2025
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“...we invest the said Mr. Colin Bridgerton, and the lawful heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, to the dignity, title, style, and honor of Marquess of Hartleigh…”
His throat had gone dry. The words on the page did not make sense to him.
“Um,” he tried, chuckling hoarsely. “Your Majesty, what is - I don’t…”
“Yes?”
Eloquence escaped him. “…what is this?”
The Queen looked mildly annoyed. “Why, I should think it is obvious. You, Mr. Bridgerton, are to be the next Marquess of Hartleigh.”—
One accidental act of heroism, and Colin Bridgerton finds himself elevated to the British peerage. Yet the Queen’s reward comes with a price: as the newly minted Lord Hartleigh, he’s been given an ultimatum - produce an heir within the next eighteen months. And, of course, to do so, he requires a wife. Urgently.
So why can’t he just pick a debutante and be done with it? And why is he far more interested in spending time in the very enjoyable company of his very good friend, Penelope Featherington?
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And it’s just like old times—him and Donna and a medical professional between them.
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During the primaries, Josh & Donna are staying in the same hotel when the fire alarm goes off.
Bookmarked by LookingForShadows
11 Feb 2025
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“Well, I heard in town that you were looking for some help digging a well. And I thought I might provide my services.”
Penelope stared at him. “Now why on God’s green earth would you want to do that?” she asked, more bluntly than was perhaps proper for a young lady. “We can’t pay you.” Their father had left them with almost nothing, save this land and the house they were standing on. It was a pretty nice house - better than some of the others in the area - but life was hard.
He shook his head and turned his hat over in his hands. “No, I didn’t expect you could. I hoped you might instead pay me in kind.”
Penelope’s cheeks flushed red and she looked down, her hands smoothing the faded yellow cotton of her day dress. She didn’t suppose he meant what it sounded like he meant, being a gentleman and all, but the idea of Colin Bridgerton taking that sort of payment from her made her cheeks hot.
OR: local cowboy offers to help farmgirl dig a well (aka cowboy colin meets prairie girl pen)
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- Part 1 of Cowboy Colin
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Bookmarked by LookingForShadows
04 Feb 2025
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"It’s been so long that I don’t even know how to start… It would be different if I could talk to her face to face, but I can’t just catch a plane and knock on her door. Besides, she must be different now, you’ve seen how confident and gorgeous she looked. She’s famous, she has a boyfriend… I’m just the guy who betrayed her trust.”
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Five years after Colin and Penelope had a falling out, she's back in London for work. Their lives have changed drastically during that time, but Colin is determined to get her back as the dear friend she once was or, ideally, -now that he's finally realised the extent of his feelings for her- something more.
So much more.
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- English
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- 6/6
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- 395
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Bookmarked by LookingForShadows
27 Jan 2025
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all this time by WinterLampost for MissusTarq
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
20 Jan 2025
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Walking the delicate balance between friendship and burgeoning feelings is a struggle for Colin, particularly when he had agreed to help Penelope navigate the marriage mart. Amidst moments of vulnerability, past hurt, misunderstandings, and heartfelt confessions, both must confront their evolving connection and the risks that come with it.
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What if Colin realised his shifting feelings for Penelope a little bit sooner, and was just a touch less dense about it?
Season 3 Canon Divergence
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Bookmarked by LookingForShadows
22 Jan 2025
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Colin leans over to ruffle her hair but she shoves him off, her heart ping-ponging around her ribcage. “I knew you’d figure it out on your own. I don’t know if anyone’s told you this, but you’re a pretty smart cookie, Penelope Featherington.”
“Not that smart,” she says churlishly, to hide the way the ball of light bursts and thrums inside of her. “Eloise figured it out when she was a kid.”
“You’re only a little bit older than I was when I came out. It’s harder when you’re bi, because you can convince yourself that the attraction you feel to the opposite gender is the real attraction. You can’t be gay, can you? Not if you still fancy girls - or boys, in your case,” he adds.
Boy, she thinks. Just boy.
OR Five times Penelope and Colin celebrate Pride
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19 Dec 2024
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Being the White House Press Secretary, Josh realizes, is one of the toughest jobs in the administration to begin with. But with her co-workers' propensity for going viral, CJ certainly deserves a raise.
(The West Wing, set 20 years later.)
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- English
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- 6/6
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Bookmarked by LookingForShadows
13 Dec 2024
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I would do anything for almost any social media AU, I am weak, but this one is so freaking good
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"Please come back – you're my daughter, I'd do anything–!"
She stopped, hand half-raised and ready to cast a spell. "Anything?"
This is the old version! I'd love it if you'd read the new version instead: The Grand Vizier of Oz (2025 edition).
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- English
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- 21/21
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Bookmarked by LookingForShadows
08 Dec 2024
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the fire and the stars by all_these_ghosts
Fandoms: Wicked - All Media Types, Wicked - Schwartz/Holzman
14 Apr 2018
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“I didn’t think I could be saved.”
(This is not what happens after Elphaba and Fiyero flee the castle, but it could have been.)
Bookmarked by LookingForShadows
24 Nov 2024
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scottish bookstore au by missparker
Fandom Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
21 Dec 2024
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Bookmarked by LookingForShadows
19 Nov 2024
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In the wise words of Amy Santiago, "How dare you tempt me with a small bookstore?!"
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Thirteen things most people never cared to learn about Penelope Featherington.
A case study on resiliency.
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- Part 1 of evidentiary support
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bent right to your wind by usuallysunny
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
22 Jul 2024
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“Thank you. For all your kindness. If I secure a proposal, it will be because of you.”
She turns from him and takes one step before his hand darts out to catch hers.
“Please do not leave,” he murmurs, thumb gently tracing the inside of her wrist, feeling her pulse leap under his touch, “not yet. There is still so much I need to say.”
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Colin’s POV of the willow scene—and beyond.
Bookmarked by LookingForShadows
04 Nov 2024