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All's Well That Ends Well To End Up With You by StardustAndCandlelight
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV)
03 Jul 2026
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Shy, sweet Colin Bridgerton has been in love with his little sister’s best friend, Penelope Featherington, ever since they were children but has never had the courage to tell her how he feels. Penelope, a popular, outgoing girl, is about to start her first year at uni, but before she heads to Oxford, she spends the summer at Aubrey Hall with her favorite family. In an attempt to increase Colin’s popularity with women, she offers to help him practice how to interact with girls, only to make the shocking discovery that she wants to be the one he’s pursuing instead…
OR: A reversal of affections + lessons + summer at Aubrey hall
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04 Jul 2026
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the lies we told by wallflowerwrites
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
17 Jun 2026
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At Eloise's wedding, Colin hatches a plan to pretend to be dating Penelope, creating wild and elaborate stories. However, when one story hits too close to be fake, the pair have to face some home truths.
("You want me to fake date you at your sister's wedding?"
"Yes." He says simply, in all seriousness. "But we commit to the bit. Fully. We make it weird. Every crazy idea you could possibly have, we do. No matter how wacky, we tell people about it. We could have a lot of fun with it."
Selfishly, she thinks it would show her what it would be like to be his. Just for one night.)
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29 Jun 2026
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The Asshole Contract by missparker
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
18 Jun 2026
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Colin comes to the realization the he might be kind of an asshole.
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29 Jun 2026
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"Pen and Alfie are having their third date on Friday night!" Hyacinth explained with the kind of giddy smile only a teenage girl could credibly muster, while simultaneously leaning over the table and attempting to steal Eloise’s wine glass. Penelope, meanwhile, looked directly up at the ceiling, mortified that once again the entire table was weighing in on her love life. Could she not have any peace?
"Hmmm." Colin pretended to consider the point, but he was mostly trying to stop his lip from curling. He did not like Alfie Debling. What kind of stupid name was that anyway? What grown man went by “Alfie”? He sounded like someone’s pet dachshund. “Ooo Alfie come here for belly rubs”, “Don’t shit on the rug, Alfie”.
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Colin Bridgerton finds himself in the unenviable position of having offered to help Penelope Featherington cook a seduction dinner for her plant-loving paramour. It just happens to be the same dinner that was prepared for Colin before he lost his virginity, and it is bringing back regrets and all kinds of feelings for his best friend that he thought he had buried away for good.
Aka the NYT Pizza Interview we all wanted, featuring the Great Auk, Alfie x Alfie and the Contessa.Bookmarked by occasionallyexcitable
29 Jun 2026
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There were three things Mary knew about love.
It was something you earned, not something freely given.
It was often louder for others than it ever was for her.
And it was completely unattainable for Mary Bennet.-
Modern AU where Mary is trying to get through University and Tom is yearning.Series
- Part 1 of feel like i’ve been hypnoticized
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29 Jun 2026