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Her Hero by unsavorablefavors for MidnightMisty
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
21 Oct 2025
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At four-and-forty, Colin Bridgerton found himself wanting more from life than travel. Something steady. Something that lasted.
What he didn’t expect was to propose to a freshly debuted girl—Penelope Featherington—in a desperate bid to salvage her reputation.
Who cared about a twenty-seven-year age gap, anyway?
Apparently, Colin did.Series
- Part 1 of May/December
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'It’s been nearly a year since the first time they did this.
That time was rushed and frantic. Like there was a risk of someone putting a stop to it and hauling them apart. Like they would die if they didn’t have each other right then and there.
This time is the same, but different. No one is going to stop this. Certainly not her. But it is still frantic and needy. '
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Colin and Penelope have been friends for years.
They have been friends with benefits for a year.
With life and jobs and Bridgertons getting in the way, they can’t seem to get on the same page.
As time passes with missed opportunities, Colin and Penelope need to find a way to get it right.
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Colin is a new man, and he might take his pick of the Ton's beauties — so it makes little and less sense that he finds himself at a ball (he forgets whose — forgets nearly everything, in fact), struck dumb by the sight of her.
Penelope Featherington. Standing at the refreshment table with an eclair in hand, her eyes wide as she darts her gaze about to make sure no-one is watching her (not wide enough, apparently, for she does not see him).
Has she always been so… has she always been so? So much, so plump and spilling, so soft all over? Fresh and bright as the cream oozing from the end of her eclair, and he wonders if he pressed his thumb into the swell of her decolletage, how deep would it sink? How would she dimple and spill beneath his touch?
He watches, transfixed, as her pink tongue darts out to wet her plush lips, so rosy and pretty (the same colour as her round blushing cheeks). Watches those little thumb-print dimples appear as her mouth opens and she bites into the eclair, her lashes fluttering at the sweetness. God, to be the chocolate upon her tongue, the soft pillow of the pastry with the cold, clear cream within! Colin's mouth floods with saliva.
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"You might — you might pretend to court me," she says.
"You — what?" he asks dumbly. He feels dizzy, his mind working slowly as if he is wading through the lake.
"Just for a few weeks," she explains quickly. "Just to give me — room to breathe. Keep the alphas at bay for a short while."
She blinks up at him , so pretty and plump, her skin shining like polished porcelain in the moonlight. She has the loveliest little flush upon her chest now, blooming in pink patches that he cannot help but imagine beneath his lips.
"I shall pretend to court you," Colin repeats slowly, his eyes tracing over the tops of her breasts, his jaw working helplessly. "And you shall let me — let me bite?" He cannot believe the words dropping from his tongue. "Let me — let me play alpha?" There is a sort of ringing in his ears.
Penelope's eyes go very round then, her breaths coming out quick.
She nods.
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Five times Colin held Penelope’s heart, and one time she held his.
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only threw this party for you by itsokayitsfine
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
21 Jul 2025
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It sure would be a shame if Pen didn't show up to the party that Colin curated specifically for her.
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On Her Knees by LazyTuesdayMorning
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
18 Oct 2022
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Penelope overhears a less-than-flattering comment on her 'technique' in a crowded bar and runs to Eloise for comfort. But with her best friend away Penelope only has an empty flat, a bottle of whiskey and Colin to turn to... What could possibly happen....
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The Long Road from Ruin by LazyTuesdayMorning
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
29 Nov 2024
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Colin returns from another grand-tour to find that all is not as he has left it.
A midnight flit, scandal and the long road to Gretna Green. Colin is determined to weather it all so long as he can see his dearest friend Penelope safe from the clutches of her would be husband.
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“In fact, are you sure you wish to be caught conversing with me, Mr Bridgerton?” she asks. There is a tease in her voice, her eyes darting over to where Henry Granville is now half-laughing, half-shouting at Lady Danbury. She kisses the silver cigarette holder and his eyes are drawn to her mouth once more. “This is not the sort of room Bridgerton boys should be caught frequenting. Agatha might tell your mother.”
He thinks it is a test.
Well. He means to pass.
He tilts his chin, and drags his eyes up from her mouth. “I am exactly where I wish to be, Penelope,” he says decisively.
She smiles around the cigarette, smoke curling from the edges of her lips. He steps closer, and his heart is beating rather loudly.
“And what of you?” he counters, lifting an eyebrow and darting his gaze behind her, the flock of crows hovering and flapping. “I would not wish to keep you from your admirers.”
The blue starlight of her eyes meet his, direct and clear and bright. “I am exactly where I wish to be.”
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Making It Up As We Go Along by LazyTuesdayMorning
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
22 Sep 2022
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Penelope swears that she will make it Aubrey Hall if it kills her. The universe takes up her challenge.
Sans carriage and caught in the worst storm that has struck England in living memory, Penelope bumps into a familiar face on the road (what a mystery who could it possibly be!). Their only hope of a shelter in the storm requires a degree of... creative... application of the truth and Penelope finds herself wondering how a young lady is to comport herself when the bounds of propriety have been all but swept away.
Enter Colin, who has a suggestion or two.
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Everything Has Changed by ninjamanda for nmpsr14
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
28 Jul 2022
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This was probably the worst idea Penelope Featherington had ever had.
Eloise skipped town to go visit her boyfriend, and now Pen was forced to spend 5 hours with Colin Bridgerton stuck in a car in the middle of a heat-wave to go find her.
It wouldn't be so bad if she wasn't so angry with him after the events at the party the night before. She thought they'd really shared a moment, you know? Guess not.
So here she was, driving to rescue her best friend and then their AC dies... and then their car dies and they are stuck at a motel together in the middle of nowhere... What was this, a smutty romance novel?
(A/N: No, but this is a modern AU smutty romance fanfic)
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The bi-annual Omega Auction is upon us and taking place in Mayfair this week, dear readers! All eligible debutantes may enter once again for the chance at ensnaring an Alpha mate.
Perhaps this year, even a perpetually unimpressive wallflower such as Miss Penelope Featherington will be able to secure a proposal...
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Temporal Ménage à Trois by justtothesea for Polinfickipedia, FanOfFics
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV)
15 Aug 2025
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Colin and Penelope are enjoying their belated honeymoon when a mysterious visitor arrives at their door...
AKA: the most monogamous polin threesome fic you'll ever read!
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A single flutter of wings, delicate, almost imperceptible, can stir a storm an ocean away. Such is the poetry of the butterfly effect: the notion that the smallest choices can ripple through time, bending destinies in their silent wake.
What if she had never gone to that costume party?
What if, in a rare moment of boldness, she hadn’t seized spontaneity with both hands and fallen into that captivating stranger?
What if she had never met Eloisee, never uncovered the strange, delicate threads weaving her life into his, long before they’d ever spoken a word?It takes only one decision, one heartbeat of courage or chance, to unmake the life you knew and compose an entirely new one.
Or How a steamy encounter at a costume party leads to a series of secret little dates, sparking a romance neither of them saw coming… ?
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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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THE TROUBLE WITH RED HEADS by emikowrites
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
05 Jun 2025
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Colin Bridgerton has spent years searching for a place to belong, always moving, never settling. Meanwhile, Penelope Featherington found her purpose in raising Elliott, her five-year-old son. But when Colin returns to London—unaware he’s a father—it seems that fate has brought them back into each other’s lives. Will this be the reason he finally stays?
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- Part 1 of ~The TROUBLED 😵💫 series
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Consequences of Impropriety by audbooh
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
28 May 2025
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Penelope Featherington is determined to marry after the disaster of the Featherington Ball last season. But when Colin Bridgerton corners her outside Lady Danbury's ball, his improper behaviour has devastating consequences.
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I'll Hold You, I'll Know You by SunburstsandSpearmint
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
07 Jun 2025
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Colin knows that touch has always been something he just does. Touching for touching’s sake, nothing more, for friendship, for comfort, to show affection - it's always been something he’s good at. Something he does and something he seeks out. Considering he knows this and does this, it takes him an embarrassingly long time to realize that Penelope, well, doesn’t.
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Colin Bridgerton is what you might call a touchy person. And this makes Penelope Featherington’s brain short circuit with anxiety, all while trying to avoid the fact that she desperately wants to be touched.
A story in eighteen parts about how Colin and Penelope learn to hold each other, and fall in love in the process.
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a sword needs a sheath, and a wedding needs a bedding by Chinesepapercut
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
19 Aug 2025
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“Not to worry, my dear,” Varley said, patting Penelope’s hand gently. “This world is a cruel place, specifically for women, but you have people in your court who will protect you. That’s more than most have.”
Penelope gave Varley a wan smile. She appreciated the sentiment, but was it too much to ask for protection and love?
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When Colin and Pen are forced to marry because of a misunderstanding, each find a reason to feel guilty. Penelope hates the idea that Colin will be forced to marry her out of duty rather than love, while Colin has just learned that the validity of their marriage will hinge on a barbaric centuries old wedding night tradition that Pen has no idea is coming. -
The Ward by Polin_dreamscape for Nattattack
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
31 Mar 2025
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Colin Bridgerton never intended to take another wife—not after losing Marina, the woman he truly loved. But when her favourite cousin, Penelope, arrives for her debut season, he is unprepared for the way she upends his carefully guarded world.
The bookish little girl he met just once is now a stunning young woman, full of life, hope, and impossible temptation.
Tasked with finding her a husband, Colin instead hoards her attention, sabotages her suitors, and crosses lines a guardian should never cross. But the more he fights his desire, the more he realises—he doesn’t want to protect her innocence… he wants to claim it.