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Indecent by SpiceWeasel (Linny27)
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
21 Feb 2026
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*Colin has sent a pic*
"O-Oh."
"What?" Eloise Bridgerton, her best friend since childhood, mumbled from behind her.
Penelope’s cheeks burned red hot as she realized that she was still staring at the picture of Colin only dressed in his suit trousers with his braces hanging down from his hips. His chest was completely bare, except for the dusting of dark chest hair she suddenly and desperately wanted to run her fingers through.
Damn, he was fit!
;) just giving you a taste of what you missed last night when you decided to abandon me to spend the night with the girls."
I'm sorry...
Are you FLEXING your abs?!"I'm just giving the people what they want. :D
Or... Hours before their wedding, Colin sends Penelope a pic of him shirtless and it drives her absolutely feral.
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21 Feb 2026
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I Choose Us Every Time by Lovelymagnolia
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
18 Feb 2026
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You think I do not want your help? I want nothing more! But I want you to help me for the right reasons!”
“You are my wife! I took vows to protect you! What could possibly be a better reason than that?”
Tears sprung to her eyes as she all but shouted, “and that in itself is the problem!”
“You are not making any sense, Penelope!” her husband yelled. “I do not understand you! I am trying to help you and I am still somehow failing you- What do you want from me?!”
“I want you to help because I am me! Not because I am your wife!”
Silence engulfed the room as the words settled in the air between them. All Colin did was look at her, eyes wide, as if she were a painting he was trying to process the meaning of. Penelope wished to speak, but every word she thought to say rose to her throat and lodged itself there, refusing to move even an inch. Finally, in a voice so small she nearly missed it, Colin asked, “what do you mean?”
What if Colin and Penelope reconciled a little earlier in episode 8?
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19 Feb 2026
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Colin Bridgerton is given a chance to see the past through new eyes—and with it, the quiet heartbreak of the woman he’s destined to love. In the silence of memory, he discovers that the greatest wounds are the ones never spoken… and the truest love is the one that sees everything.
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18 Feb 2026
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Roaming in its Paradise by MercyBraavos
Fandom Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (TV)
11 Sep 2024
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15 Feb 2026
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It's Gold, It's Blue, It's in the Skies by MercyBraavos
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (TV)
06 Sep 2024
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After Colin discovers she is Lady Whistledown, Penelope cuts all ties and runs. A reimagining of part two of season three.
Despite the song lyrics below THIS IS A HAPPILY EVER AFTER. Yes, there is drama and angst and pain but Colin and Pen do get their well-earned HEA!!!
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We're all victims of the way it hurts when the love is gone
Forever is not for everyone
We can't undo what's been said and doneBut I am a witness to love's death
There's no blood, there's no body, there's nothing left
Oh, my darling, don't you ever forget
I wasn't prepared for the endThis is what it looks like
When two people decide
That the love has died
Oh, the love has diedSeries
- Part 1 of Roaming in its Paradise
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15 Feb 2026
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A Daisy Coming into Bloom by Fire_Lily89 for Apeygirl
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
26 Dec 2022
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Having lost the two people she cared about the most in one night, Penelope had to make a choice: Find a husband by the end of the season or face being shipped off to Ireland and live the rest of her life under her mother's thumb.
Determined to move on from Colin for good, she put her wallflower days behind her and started actively participating in the marriage mart. However, despite her efforts, she could not run from him forever.
After successfully avoiding him for the first three balls of the season, her luck had run out and she found herself trapped in a room with him, in Cressida's home, no less.
Will their friendship recover from the hurt? From the pain? Or perhaps, will their relationship take another turn altogether?
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15 Feb 2026
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Penelope snaps when Colin, Eloise, and her mother discuss how to resolve the Cressida blackmail situation without her, despite her being right in the room. Fed up with them all, she decides to take control of her own life and make people listen, even if she must shout.
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A S3 fix from when Pen is left out of the huddle through to the end of the season.If you enjoy Pen yelling at people, this is your fic!
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14 Feb 2026
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Butterfly’s Reverie by CassandraGoth
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
19 Jan 2024
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They say that when a butterfly flaps its wings it can be felt on the other side of the world. Indeed, we live in bondage with utter chaos. Even the smallest decisions might send us hurtling toward unknown fates.
What might have changed had Penelope told Colin privately that her cousin Marina Thompson was with child? Not an easy scandal from which to untangle himself without the public protection of Lady Whistledown’s society papers.
In the face of being threatened both legally and socially to see through his proposal to Marina, Colin just might embrace the adage that chaos creates the opportunities for change we need and instead offers a proposal, to marry Penelope instead.
Penelope tries her best to escape the engagement all the while working with the Bridgertons to track down Sir George Crane to make him pay for his crimes.
All is well until the moment Penelope walks down the aisle, content that she will find her freedom in this loveless marriage, Colin finally pays attention to the beating in his heart, the flutter of butterfly wings. What has he done?
Chapter 1-6 have been edited, please see author notes at chapter 6 for a brief summary.
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09 Feb 2026
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on a platter for you by zireaels
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
29 Dec 2024
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Penelope knew she was playing a dangerous game. Colin was kind and gentle, yes, but at the end of the day he was still an Alpha. Much, much better than most, but if she played and teased too close to the sun, he was bound to eat her alive.
Oh, how she hoped he would.
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08 Feb 2026
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The centaur followed her around all afternoon. He was rather irritating, Penelope thought, telling her she was cutting the nettles wrong and pointing out clusters of mushrooms she had already seen. He stood awfully close to her, too, his human parts looming overhead and she had to admit she was a little afraid of his hooves – especially because he liked to stamp them when he got excited. They came across a patch of wild strawberries and he danced around with such vigour that Penelope felt sure he would trample her and the berries both.
“Are they ripe?” he asked her, leaning down as far as he was able to watch her pull the little red jewels from their stems.
Penelope popped one in her mouth and her cheeks sucked in at the sudden sharp-sweet burst upon her tongue. “They are delicious,” she said, and then she realised that he was staring at her with a sort of longing on his face and she shyly held her open palm up to him. He took one of the little treats and popped it into his mouth. His eyes fluttered closed and his cheeks pinked as he chewed.
“Delicious,” he agreed.
OR: centaur colin and human penelope!
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08 Feb 2026
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In Which Colin Makes Everything Worse (and Somehow Better) by StrawberryWhorecake
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
25 Nov 2025
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Colin plans to elope with Marina, but one whiskey too many, a dizzy head, and a sea of identical windows might just lead him somewhere…unexpected.
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08 Feb 2026
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float by Mariequitecontrarie for alcft
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
27 Jan 2026
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“I do not know how to swim.”
The words come out in a rush, like a waterfall tumbling over rocks.
“No one knows,” Penelope adds miserably. “Not even Eloise.”
“I know, Pen,” Colin says, and his voice is as gentle as the lapping of water along the pond’s shore.
“H-how? All those summers we spent together. Why did you never say anything before?”
“Because you did not say anything, and I had no wish to embarrass or upset you. There is no shame, and it is never too late to learn.”
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Colin has been waiting for Penelope’s debut for years—finally, he will be able to court her properly. But when she flees the presentation hall, everything he hoped for shatters. One summer morning, a swimming lesson changes everything.
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29 Jan 2026
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First comes love, then comes marriage. Whilst Fran and Penelope are out, having their own conversation, John comes to Colin for some advice as to the next bit.
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Talking about babies makes Pen and Colin want another one of their own.
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29 Jan 2026
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The Caller by Stillpink for Lady Ticklebotham (LadyTicklebotham), DaphneJane, ArdentCastle
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
27 Oct 2024
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Penelope can't allow Colin to feel trapped in their marriage. So she comes up with another plan...
S3 AU
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18 Jan 2026
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“She gave me an offer…”
Colin leaned in closer, close enough his knee brushed against hers. She felt a shiver run up her thigh. “What kind of offer?”
Penelope took a deep breath, gathering her thoughts and composure. “The Queen wants me to go on a Grand Tour. She wants me to be her eyes and ears in Europe, to report back on the high society there.”
Colin turned away and sat in silence a moment before turning back to her, his voice steady and resolute. “What if I come with you?”
After Penelope reveals herself as Lady Whistledown, the Queen commissions Penelope to go on a Grand Tour, and Colin is determined to accompany her. As they navigate the courts of Europe, they soon see that the Napoleonic Wars had a much more significant influence on Europe than they realised. Still, as they face intrigue, secrets, and potential dangers... they also have to come face-to-face with their feelings for one another.
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18 Jan 2026
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It starts in New York. Two figments from the past intertwined between hotel bedsheets, not quite strangers, not quite friends. Their affair spans continents as Colin follows his culinary dreams to travel the world and Penelope bookends her boring life in London with occasional excursions to meet Colin. Love remains in limbo, an antiquated inconvenience for this modern arrangement until everything changes for Penelope and she disappears from Colin’s life, drawing him home to London in search of her.
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17 Jan 2026
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The Bells Of Aubrey Hall by aliterarydiscourse
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
12 Jan 2026
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Penelope Featherington knows her place. In the kitchen of Aubrey Hall. This Christmas, Penelope finds herself whisked into romance by the Laird. Is this a Christmas miracle bringing love, or will she find herself back by the hearth cleaning out the coal?
A Anthony/Penelope Tale for the 2025 A Very Merry Rare Pair Holiday - Everybody Loves Penelope
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17 Jan 2026
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“This is my fault,” the Viscount said. “I should have taken him to a brothel long ago.” He gulped down his drink. “I should take him now.”
“What use would it have?” Benedict asked. “He’s already engaged, he’d reject the offer in favour of his beloved fiancé.”
“Beloved?” Anthony laughed humorlessly. “He’s too green. I bet you all it’d take for him to abandon this nonsense is to find a willing girl to wet his wick with.”
“What does that mean?” Penelope asked. She did not mean to, but the prospect of Colin saving himself from entrapment prompted her to blurt the question out.
After accidently hearing a rather crude declaration from Colin's older brother, Penelope decides to put the put it to the test.
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14 Jan 2026
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Feather And Flight by Eris2point0
Fandom Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
30 Dec 2025
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09 Jan 2026
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“Penelope, please do not be stubborn.” He did not know why, but he felt that if she left, their friendship would be forever tarnished. “This is a great beginning to our story to the Ton. I ran into you on my first day back, the wool was pulled from my eyes, and I realized that while I have been looking at you nearly my entire life, I never truly did see you until I found you laughing over a pile of books outside the stationers.”
“A lovely story, Mr. Bridgerton,” Penelope said dryly, “but it is certainly not ours and I will not let it be mine. If you don’t mind, I really must be going.”
“Pen-”
“Good day Mr. Bridgerton.
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Colin comes back in 1816 to find that things have changed in a way he was not ready for.
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07 Jan 2026