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When Colin proposed to Miss Thompson it was with the full expectation that this would be the right step in proving himself a man, no longer a boy.
Unfortunately for him his impulsive decision would not garner the reaction he had hoped for.
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Anthony Bridgerton's love for Kate Sharma was not enough to change her mind, the hurt they caused her sister being too much for her to ignore. Dejected and heartbroken, Anthony takes to walking at night in order to clear his mind.
When Penelope Featherington realizes the love she had dreamed of since she was young did not truly see her, her heart breaks. Her return as Lady Whistledown gives her relief, but only momentarily. As she continues to write more and more, she takes more risks, and her secret is uncovered.
Regret is a heavy burden, and one finds that a single taste is enough for a lifetime.
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The Ships That Sailed by ScarletFruit
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
08 Aug 2025
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Colin knows Penelope is Lady Whistledown.
He has yelled at her, cried, and abandoned her in that alley but now what? Fearful of a life without her but too heartbroken to even consider resolution Colin does what he does best: he leaves.
Anthony is a mess. Kate and Edwina have returned to India, and he sees no future for himself beyond his duties. Certain that one of his brothers will create an heir he resolves to withdraw from the marriage mart and concentrate on readying the estate for whichever heir comes along.
Until that is the day when his brother leaves the entire family immersed in scandal and he has to step up to protect all around him. Does Anthony have what it takes, will this be the making of him or an end?
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Penelope always talks to Violet on the phone at least once a week and her favorite part of these calls is being able to hear her mother-in-law even after they both hang up
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When The Moment Comes (Run) by Whizanon
Fandoms: Bridgerton - Fandom, Polin - Fandom, Bridgerton (TV)
17 Mar 2025
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Colin returns unexpectedly from his travels and Penelope is not prepared for the confrontation she’s been fantasizing about for months. And an unexpected friend is made in the process!
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The wedding to Miss Edwina Sharma has just been called off and, most importantly, Kate has left. Viscount Anthony Bridgerton has nothing to do to drive away his heartache but think and drink.
Miss Penelope Featherington hopes the man of her dreams is finally willing to get to know her better, but at the same time she may be losing her best friend to some foolish games. Meanwhile, she also has a business to run.
Their paths seem to keep crossing, sometimes completely accidentally, sometimes wholly and entirely planned. They slowly discover that they have much more in common than they both initially believed and that perhaps, there might not be anyone in the ton who could understand the other better.
A deep friendship ensues that comes to mean the world to Penelope, especially when she loses everything else.
Slow burn. Canon divergence after around s2e6.
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Mail order bride by Polin_dreamscape
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
01 Feb 2025
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Anthony Bridgerton, who lives with his widow mother and seven siblings in Mayfairville is getting frustrated because he has a reputation of being a rake along with anger management issues. No one in the village is ready to promise their daughter's hand in marriage to him.
He wants to take a wife this year because, a) winter is coming and, b) the cold nights feel extra longer without a wife to warm his bed.So in a desparate moment of need, he decides to go for a mail order bride.
But there are many obstacles in Anthony's path, because a) his younger brother Colin is a shit brother who can't control himself and b) his bride is not what anyone expected her to be😅 -
A Little More Convincing by Apeygirl
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
19 Dec 2024
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“Honestly, Colin. I think we’ve had enough of this silliness. You don’t want to marry me.”
“Dash it all, Penelope, I’ve just said I—”
“Have you even considered that I don’t want to marry you?”
He reared back, the look of shock on his face almost comical.What if Penelope refused Colin's proposal after the carriage incident?
What if Penelope stood firm in her refusal and Colin had to work a little bit harder for that "yes"?(An alternate take going from the end of Chapter 13 of Romancing Mr. Bridgerton. Book Canon with a few show shout-outs.)
ETA: As some of you may have noticed, I've changed the rating from M to E. I just can't help it. There's some spicy stuff coming (something the book was sorely lacking in) and I wanted it to be just wee bit spicier than what I consider M to be (though I know such things are usually subjective).
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The Lady’s Annoyingly, Beautiful, Cunning Men by Anonymous
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
20 Jul 2024
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She’s always held the title of the Ton’s wallflower, the quiet one, who’s left behind at each and every ball. Yet what happens when one chance, magical night changes it all for one Penelope Featherington.
Now no longer stuck in the shadows, Penelope has to deal with suddenly being shoved into the limelight, hoping her secrets remain just so. Plus why does it seem that the three elder Bridgerton brothers are somehow always around her. What is their purpose and what could they all possibly want with the Ton’s wallflower turned Cinderella? Read to find out.
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- Part 1 of The Love for Penelope
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grief for the living (you brought golden feeling) by scorpio159
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
18 Jul 2024
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This is the last time.
She goes home, gets changed into a cowlneck white silk dress held up by a gold chain and reaching quite a bit less than halfway down her thighs. Her heels are gold in colour too, platformed and high (and off before halfway through the night as she dances on top of the bar, sandwiched between bodies).
Just one line turns into three.
Just another shot turns into four more.
It's the last time.
It is the last time.
It is.
(It isn't.)
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penelope lets go, and not in a good way. the bridgertons are humbled and supportive. people fall in love.
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Cyrano De Bridgerton by BroadwayCutie16
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Cyrano (2021)
19 May 2024
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Penelope Featherington is in love. Hopelessly, madly, deliriously in love. But not with Colin Bridgerton. No, that ship has long sailed—much to his own chagrin. Still, his heartbreak does not hold him back from helping her with her new love, the handsome and charismatic but somewhat dimwitted Christian Burnwood.
Penelope wants to exchange letters with Christian and bask in his written declarations of love. But Colin soon discovers a flaw in her expectations, unbeknownst to her—Christian hasn’t a poetic bone in his body. Unwilling to let Pen be disappointed, Colin conspires with Christian to write love letters to her under Christian’s name. But just how long can Colin keep up this charade before he loses himself?
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Heat waves by LilithAfrodite04
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Bridgerton (TV) RPF
16 Nov 2023
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Unintentionally, Penelope catches Anthony engaging in solitary fencing. The sight leaves her both fascinated and disconcerted.
She flees, embarrassed, but the image of the shirtless viscount lingers in her mind, along with the waves of heat she felt as she saw him. -
Melt with You by WildflowersDontCareWhereTheyGrow
Fandoms: Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Bridgerton (TV)
29 Sep 2023
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Eloise, Francesca, and Penelope plan to escape to the mountains to celebrate Pen's 30th birthday. When word gets out to the rest of the Bridgertons, their once small ski trip becomes a full-blown Bridgerton blow-out.
Meanwhile, Penelope and Colin have not spent more than a few hours together in the same place for years but have remained close over email, text, and Instagram as he travels the world and she cranks out articles for the London Times.
Penelope is tired of yearning and looks at this trip as an opportunity for her to move forward, no holding back. But is it easier said than done?
How many incidents, the result of meddling or plain fate, do these two have to experience in one snowy weekend before they realize what's right in front of them?
Only one way to find out.
*please note this story is being rewritten. Gotta love a first fic ugly pancake draft*
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Hopes and Prayers by princessinredlipstick
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
30 Apr 2023
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Penelope sees her future as a spinster looming before her, and rather than succumb to fate she chooses to take charge of her own life.
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ie I read Hidden in Plain View by ReaderReadings and wondered what would've happened if the Earl had gotten to Penelope first.
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Between love and hate by LilithAfrodite04
Fandoms: Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Bridgerton (TV)
26 Apr 2023
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Colin and Penelope are two competing journalists. They've hated each other for years, but a compromising situation makes them allies to fulfill a deal that could be beneficial for both.
Could it be that, in addition to hatred, another feeling will arise?
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Ghosting Mr. Bridgerton by ZeroRegrets
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
20 Mar 2023
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You only appreciate something once it is no longer there. Colin Bridgerton discovers this the hard way when the one person he thought would never forsake him does. Penelope Feathertington is tired of chasing the wind and has let go of her girlhood fantasies. She takes charge of her life and sets goals for the future that do not include Colin.
**With the WGA strikes over, I am back from hiatus. After reviewing this work, I will delete several chapters, but I will wait a few days if anyone wants to see what is about to be replaced. Chapters 35-41 are up for deletion. Starting today, I am returning this work to the public platform.
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Love conquers all by LilithAfrodite04
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
01 Jan 2023
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What if Penelope had never exposed Marina's pregnancy in Lady Whistledown?
What if Colin and Marina had managed to escape to Gretna Green and finally get married?
Would Colin realize he'd made a mistake by marrying rashly?
Could Penelope be able to move on and put her love for Colin aside?
Would Marina resign herself to her own situation and try to be happy?
Fate has brought these three people's lives together, but will they ever finally find happiness? -
The Midnight Kiss by DaayChrystinne for @decodepolin on Twitter
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
30 Dec 2022
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During the Bridgertons' New Year's Eve party, a kiss at midnight changes the whole story of two friends.
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- Part 2 of Holidays
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She's a Soldier who's Returning Half Her Weight by LeighAnne_Balsdon
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
01 Dec 2022
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What if Penelope was exiled from Mayfair after the Ton found out she was Lady Whistledown?
What if Colin married Marina instead of Penelope?
What happens when, a few years later, Penelope tries to re-enter society without Lady Whistledown? Can she salvage her friendships with the Bridgerton siblings?
or will the twin flame bruise paint her blue?
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Or 5 Times Colin Bridgerton Put His Wife Before Food and One Time He Didn't.
For BeCurious who wanted something involving Colin’s love for Penelope... and for food. She wanted it fluffy, sensual, and sexy. I hope I hit the marks while keeping it clean... apart from relentless horniness, innuendo, and euphemisms, of course.
WARNING: This story has been known to drive people to snack.