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The Long Route. by goldensunflowersandroses
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
28 Feb 2026
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He’s a CEO who never loses control.
She’s the only one who makes him want to.Bookmarked by dearest_gentle_reader
28 Feb 2026
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(nice dream) by headphonesbaby
Fandoms: Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Bridgerton (TV)
21 Feb 2026
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It slowly sinks in that he pictured his best friend while he was jerking off. God. He must be absolutely, unequivocally mental.
He hears her soft laughter again in his head and his chest aches. It is as though she is pressing on the bruise with her small fingers.
Yes, very, very much mental indeed, he decides.
Or the one where Penelope stops speaking to Colin and he, well, he has sex dreams about her.
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27 Feb 2026
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Colin Bridgerton is not chaotic, thank you very much.
That is, until he falls in love with his best friend, Penelope Featherington.
And when he finds himself alone with her one night watching the Olympics, he's about to make some uncomfortable realizations about himself.
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Chaos Colin has a mental breakdown watching luge with Penelope. Yes, it's exactly as weird as it sounds.
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25 Feb 2026
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The Matchmaking Disaster by Writer_Plume
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
22 Feb 2026
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“I wish we truly were sisters,” Hyacinth murmured dreamily.
“Oh, I should like that very much as well,” Felicity laughed, “though I suspect Gregory would not share our enthusiasm.”
“If we were sisters…” Hyacinth murmured, thinking aloud, “perhaps it might truly be possible.”
Felicity watched Hyacinth’s thoughts race ahead of her, eyes bright with sudden purpose. “Oh no, no—absolutely not.”
“I still have unmarried brothers.”
“I will not marry Gregory just so we may be sisters!” Felicity exclaimed.
“Ugh, no,” Hyacinth said with a shudder. “I was thinking of another Featherington.”
“Pen?”
“Penelope, mm-hmm,” Hyacinth nodded, a wide smile spreading across her face.
Felicity stared at her as though she had quite lost her senses. Hyacinth leaned closer. “Listen, close your eyes and imagine it. Penelope becoming a Bridgerton. You and I spending entire weekends in their new home. The holidays, the celebrations, everything, together. You and I, sisters.”Or: How Felicity and Hyacinth attempt to become real sisters, accidentally drive Colin mad with jealousy, and unleash his most chaotic Era yet.
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23 Feb 2026
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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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20 Feb 2026
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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.
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20 Feb 2026
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camp macclesfield friendship bracelets; or the slow seduction of a one p. featherington by stolemystark17
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
20 Oct 2025
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“Alright Ms. Arts and Crafts, teach me how to make one of these.”
She looked up and smirked, “And what do we say when we want something?”
He jutted out his plush lower lip and widened his deep blue eyes as he pleaded, “Please Ms. Pen. I’ll be a good boy.”
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or, welcome to Camp Polin and the language of love through friendship bracelets.
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17 Feb 2026
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for auld lang syne? by stolemystark17 for Indifly
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
07 Dec 2025
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At a winter’s ball, Colin and Penelope eschew propriety one too many times, forcing an innocent touch into a marriage proposal neither expected.
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17 Feb 2026
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Everyone is pestering Colin Bridgerton about his Valentine’s Day plans.
He’s planning to do what he always does: spend it with Penelope, eating pizza, and watching terrible romcoms.
But apparently, according to everyone he knows and loves, that’s not nearly enough for Pen. He’s supposed to be doing something romantic this year—for some reason.
None of it makes sense to Colin, because he and Penelope are JUST friends.
…right?
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16 Feb 2026
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Penelope Featherington has been quietly in love with Colin Bridgerton for nine years. She's written it all down—every small moment, every unreturned feeling—in a document meant for her eyes only. Colin, meanwhile, has spent those same years being charming and oblivious.
Then Colin calls off his wedding and accidentally discovers what Penelope's been hiding. Suddenly, he can't stop thinking about the woman he never noticed. He wants to know her—really know her. And Penelope has no idea why he's finally paying attention.
As friendship turns into something more, Colin faces an impossible problem: he's falling for her, but she doesn't know how he learned to see her. The truth might destroy everything. But the lies might be worse.
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16 Feb 2026
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triple date by everlarktoast for nojamhands
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
15 Feb 2026
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He needs Marina to meet Penelope. It’s unfortunate that the only time he’s in London for another month is on her least favorite day of the year. But after his last two girlfriends cited her as the reason for their breakup, it’s best to introduce them early on.
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15 Feb 2026
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Your wish is my command by ancoraimparo_youknowwho
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
14 Feb 2026
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Heartbroken over her boyfriend's betrayal, Penelope decides to get over him by getting under someone new. And she does get under a handsome stranger for one passionate night. But in the morning he's nowhere to be found. Doesn't matter. He was a rebound anyway, right?
Colin Bridgerton has life altering sex with a redhead goddess, only to realise the next morning what an utter bitch she is. Doesn't matter, anyway. How likely it is to come across the same bitch when you live in a city full of 9.5 million people?
Very likely--when said bitch turns out to be your new boss.
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15 Feb 2026
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special delivery by nojamhands for unsavorablefavors
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
14 Feb 2026
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When Penelope was ten years old, she got a delivery at her house on Valentine's Day.
At first, her mother was delighted to receive the parcel from the delivery boy. She practically swooned when he placed the small box into her hands, and Penelope swore she heard a girlish giggle when Portia lifted the lid and saw what was inside.
But when her mother saw the note attached, her expression transformed from pleased to stony in less than a heartbeat. Her steps were measured as she walked over to where Penelope sat in the living room.
She thrust the package into Penelope's lap. "For you."
Penelope barely had time to take a breath before Portia whirled around and marched away. Penelope frowned after her mother, brows furrowed in concern and confusion. When she opened the box and saw the flower, she gasped. She rummaged around for the card her mother had carelessly dropped, her heart thudding so powerfully in her chest she was certain her sternum would crack, and pulled out the small slip of paper with slightly shaky hands.
Happy Valentine's Day, Penelope
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14 Feb 2026
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The secret is in the steeping by RemarkableIndigo for The Raven (ontheseashore)
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
13 Feb 2026
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Colin returns home after working abroad and invites Pen over to help him cleanse his apartment. Only Penelope has other plans, Colin has been hiding something and she intends to find out what it is, by any means necessary
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14 Feb 2026
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Here it is!
Oh… What do you mean you never asked for this?... I am pretty sure you did. 🤔
Yes! You definitely said you wanted an insane story in which Colin is a Valentine’s card and Pen is.. well.. a pen.
You didn’t? … Really?
Well shit! Here it is anyway.
The Valentine’s themed, writing in a card as symbolism for sex fic that nobody asked for.
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13 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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10 Feb 2026
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Penelope is fed up with being ignored, shoved aside, and underestimated. When a visiting relative offers her a little mystical intervention, she figures she has nothing to lose.
As her confidence grows, men start to notice, opportunities multiply, and Colin soon finds himself unsettled by a Penelope who no longer waits quietly in the wings.
After all, when the world finally starts paying attention, someone is bound to realize what he’s about to lose.
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08 Feb 2026
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Penelope knew there would be no going back for her if she stepped over the threshold and found out just how nice it’d be to be alone with Colin. Just the two of them. She had been harboring a secret crush on him for years, and lord knew her heart couldn’t take it if she started catching real feelings. Even with all this in mind, Penelope went against her better judgment and placed her hand in his.
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06 Feb 2026
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Watermelon Sugar by somethingfunnybubbly
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
31 Jan 2026
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“I wonder what mine tastes like,” she mused.
“Same.”
“What?”
“What?”
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- Part 2 of Fruits & Flowers
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04 Feb 2026