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    Penelope runs a GCSE training academy.
    Colin offers to help co-teach some courses during one of his long sojourns in London.

    Everything is dandy.

    Except:

    • Colin wears glasses to work. Slutty glasses. Mind-scrambling, sanity-demolishing glasses
    • He seems to be looking at her in increasingly unplatonic ways
    • Their students keep mistaking them for a married couple and calling her Mrs. Bridgerton

    For Polin Week 2026, Day 2 prompt: Academics AU

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    26 Apr 2026

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    It’s perfectly normal to keep a secret spreadsheet of your bestie’s likes and dislikes, right? Just to keep track, just to make sure you buy their favourite snacks and stuff. And if she happens to mention some sexy stuff then it’s fine to add that to the list too, right? Just in case.

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    “Colin nestles down into his bed, adjusts his glasses and pulls up the spreadsheet on his phone.

    He adds a new category titled Sex and adds a Likes and Dislikes column.

    He busily adds various things she mentioned and because he’s a bit (quite) drunk he adds little comments too.”

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    30 Mar 2026

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    The image of Colin so badly wounded is horrifying, and Penelope hears herself letting out a choked gasp when she finally manages to take a breath.

    “Pen, hello,” Colin says from the chair near the entrance where his men have seated him, smiling through his pain. The kindness in his tone, despite how badly hurt he is, makes tears immediately spring to Penelope’s eyes. “I am fine,” he repeats, reaching with his good hand towards her.

    It is not the first time Colin Bridgerton falls off a horse, but this time it is infinitely worse. His injuries not only put an early end to his travels, they also prevent him from doing barely anything. Colin is fortunate to spend his recovery at Aubrey Hall surrounded by his family and Penelope during the off-season, but soon, he gets tired of his boring reality. He is happy enough to spend time with his dear friend and family, but his brain is restless, and with that restlessness comes a memory: what was it that Penelope wanted to tell him right before he departed for his travels?

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    19 Mar 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 94

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    Penelope and Colin get stuck in the middle of nowhere with nothing but a broken down car, a six-month grudge and each other (GRUMPY) to keep them company.

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    23 Jul 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 94

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    Penelope is done with getting snubbed at her internship, especially by her fellow intern-slash-nemesis Cressida.

    But when Colin Bridgerton shows up at Friday night drinks, she finally finds a way to one-up her.

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    25 May 2025