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To the Ends of the Earth. by HorseSad
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
09 Mar 2026
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For Colin, no matter how many countries he visited, how many people he met, how useful he was to the crown, he was haunted by Penelope.
After the first month he started to fill a journal with words that are written about her, for her, hoping to find his way towards understanding and forgiveness (what choice did he truly have, between forgiving her and never seeing her again?). Letters piled up unsent, but he could stop producing them - his words spilling out of him like air.
By the fifth month of his travels, he had started to hallucinate her, catching glimpses of her red hair across a piazza. One night, half-deranged, he trailed the sound of her voice through the streets to find only a dead-end and her absence.
Another night, boots frozen to cobblestones he was trapped under the glare of her bright blue eyes peaking out in shock from under a heavy cloak. A cart toppled behind him, a moment of distraction. When he looked back, the spirit had disappeared.He no longer knew if he was searching for something or fleeing from it. In the seventh month he returned home, and found it was fundamentally changed.
Penelope was gone.
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An Escape to The Country (or, The Aggravation of One Penelope Featherington). by HorseSad
Fandoms: Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Bridgerton (TV)
09 Nov 2025
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Violet Bridgerton has had enough of her three eldest sons refusing to engage with the marriage mart. She has seen her daughters Daphne and Francesca married in the last four seasons but she wants more grandchildren and she wants them now.
And so, in the week before the whole family and ton are due to descend on Aubrey Hall for the annual Hearts and Flowers Ball, Lady Violet has invited a select group of eligible ladies to the Hall to participate in a series of challenges where the ultimate prize is up for grabs: marriage to one of the three oldest Bridgerton brothers. Penelope Featherington is on her fourth year on the mart with no prospects.
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multichap fic I will correct the chapter count on update.
Whistledown exists, Colin didn’t make any foolish declarations in the Featherington gardens, Penelope and Eloise are grand. Prudence is still unmarried. This started out as a purely crack fic but I accidentally kept adding plot and making myself cry. There is still quite a lot of crack though. If you crave period accuracy, sorry. I researched some bits with fervour and then hugged an anachronism or two for the giggles.
I’m trying to be consistent, but I make the rules and my brain is wonky). -
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Colin and Penelope and Hyacinth listen to The Life of a Showgirl and have an epiphany.
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It was the morning after what should have been the happiest day of their lives, but Colin and Penelope are broken, exhausted, and not getting a chance to breathe.
Or:
A couple of months ago someone on Twitter asked if there was a fiction picking up after the “you do not have to leave”/“I wish to” exchange and so I wrote one. They’re both trying their best, okay?
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Look, basically there’s some sucking. Platonic sucking? The odd platonic nibble. You’ve met these idiots.
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“Technically,” Eloise says, all jittery and delighted, her sweaty hand clutching Penelope tight. “It’s a curtain pole, so you might have to use your imagination a bit.”
She follows Eloise’s pointed finger and sees it – a big, wooden pole wedged into the family’s perfectly manicured lawn; the rainbow of ribbons fluttering in the soft breeze, looped like a crown about the top.
“What is all this?” She blinks at everything slowly, wonders if it’s some ridiculous mirage cooked up by her wanting mind.
“You’re going to be our May Queen, of course,” Eloise says, twisting Penelope into a clumsy spin. “Colin has set the entire thing up. Isn’t it fun?”
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23 Jun 2026
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When Violet Bridgerton invites Penelope Featherington to be a guest at her destination wedding in the BVI, Penelope is grateful for the chance to relax and spend time with her second family. However, she's surprised to find old, (supposedly) unrequited feelings resurface when Colin Bridgerton shows up with his new girlfriend, Marina Thompson.
(a.k.a. undeniable chemistry, a sprinkle of jealousy, a little white lie, and lots of beach holiday clichés ... let's do this.)
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05 Jun 2026
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Because Of A Cat by SamHandwich
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
04 May 2026
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When Colin overhears Eloise talking about a certain Mr. Clawson who has been visiting their dear friend Penelope unchaperoned, he is determined to set the scoundrel straight and defend her honor.
The issue is, Mr. Clawson is an orange tabby cat.
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04 May 2026
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Colin Bridgerton is a slut (and I will die on this hill) by SamHandwich
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
27 Apr 2026
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When Penelope joins Eloise and her family on a summer holiday to Ibiza, she gets introduced to Eloise’s always-traveling and impossibly hot lifeguard of a brother and immediately loses all ability to filter her intrusive thoughts.
And strangely? It works.
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28 Apr 2026
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“Please, Pen. I know you’ll love it if you try!” he’d pleaded with her on the street outside her flat. His car parked behind him was brimming with bags and camping equipment. His eyes were so fucking sincere, she didn’t stand a chance.
And so now, she’s stomping on a foot pump trying to blow up their airbed (“Sorry, I only had a double”) while Colin gets the fire going.
She’s quite committed to hating this whole experience. She's not the outdoorsy kind. She’s a city girl.
Though she has to admit it is a bit fun.
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Colin takes his good friend Penelope camping.
[Polin Week 2026: Dry Humping]
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12 Apr 2026