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Penelope Featherington is a successful English teacher, Deputy Headteacher and single mum to an energetic 5 year old, Elliott. They venture to London for a few days of exploring and new experiences during the summer holidays.
Penelope’s plans include a trip to museums, a boat ride, culture and new foods. Elliott’s plans include seeing as many dinosaurs as possible and eating lots of ice cream.
What Penelope doesn’t expect however, is for her carefully managed and curated world to collide with the chaotic Bridgerton family due to chance meeting between Elliott and some of the next generation of Bridgertons.
Penelope has spent years building a coat of armour to protect herself, and by extension Elliott, from everything negative that the world could throw their way. She is determined to give Elliott a totally different upbringing from her own. Her suit of armour also serves to cover the mental and physical scars, and closely guarded secrets, that she carries thanks to her past.
Surely her armour can stay intact for a few days in London… surely?
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Penelope is a Brazilian girl chasing her dream of becoming an actress in London. Colin is a British heartthrob tired of living behind a carefully crafted image. When a chance encounter throws them into the public eye, they agree to fake a relationship — each for their own reasons. But as the lines blur between what’s real and what’s for show, neither of them is prepared for what comes next.
--Or, the one where Penelope becomes Colin’s PR girlfriend… and Colin forgets when to stop acting.
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Step In Time by Musings_at_random for yours_truly_PB
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
17 Oct 2025
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After accepting Colin's apology and help in finding a husband, Penelope meets him in Bridgerton House for a lesson. Their time spent together without the presence of a chaperone swiftly transforms into something that will surprise them both.
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It Does Not Signify by Mariequitecontrarie for alcft
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
16 Oct 2025
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Colin can’t help but catch Anthony’s dismissive words: “They’ve danced a couple of times together at a ball. Colin has done the same with Penelope Featherington. It does not signify.” But the sting those words leave behind is something Colin refuses to ignore.
He does not care at all for the way they make him feel.
A Season 1 “what if” AU.
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The particular tastes of Mr.Bridgerton by Indifly, Mdilikewhoa
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
16 Oct 2025
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Before long she would understand better, know what he wanted to be called.
Son, darling, my boy, dearest.
Soon it would be second nature to her.
Soon, she would take care of him without him having to guide her, prompt her. Soon she would be even more perfect, and maybe then the empty longing in his chest would finally be filled.
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The one where Colin has maybe, just a little, teeny, tiny mommy kink. (Maybe more than just a little…)
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A change in perspective by RemarkableIndigo for Fifi2930
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
16 Oct 2025
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Have two people ever needed to get a different perspective on their lives more than Colin and Anthony Bridgerton? Neither of them see themselves, each other or the women in their lives clearly. So what would happen if they wake up one morning only to find they have swapped bodies? Will Colin be able to see how weighed down Anthony is by his own impossibly high expectations of who he believes he needs to be to protect and love his family? Will he be able to see why Anthony may seem too hard on him? Will he see just how much Pen truly means to him?
As for Anthony, will he be able to see how hard it has been for Colin to feel invisible and unworthy? Will he be able to reconcile how his own actions may have contributed to that? Will he also see that sometimes it is important to lead with your heart, especially when it comes to falling in love? What will happen when their lives literally get mixed around, and will they ever return to their own bodies or are they destined to be trapped as one another?
Or Colin and Anthony accidentally body swap in season 2.
This story will start off as following a mixture of the show and the books until chaos throws a wrench into it!
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Penelope Featherington meets Colin Bridgerton on a fairly ordinary Sunday afternoon. When they say goodbye with a promise to see each other again, they're both filled with hope for the future. However, when tragedy strikes everything changes. Penelope and her best friend, Phillip Crane, unexpectedly find themselves in the midst of the Bridgerton family, who accept them with open arms and open hearts. The question is, will Penelope allow herself to be loved and taken care of in the way she's only ever dreamed of, or will the guilt she feels for moving forward lead to more than just her own broken heart?
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The Meadow by Rachel_writes_plays
Fandoms: Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Bridgerton (TV)
15 Oct 2025
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A young Colin Bridgerton meets a girl in the park behind his house. Yearning for friendship, Penelope is not only a new playmate, but seems to see him better than anyone else in his life. As their connection grows through summer days spent in the meadow beside the trail, he learns her better than anyone else too - to his stunning surprise.
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Not Her Alpha by audbooh for Polinfickipedia
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
15 Oct 2025
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Colin Bridgerton is the first beta to be born to the prestigious Bridgerton family in generations. His designation brands him as useless, no better than a bastard in the eyes of the ton. Colin drowns himself in travel and drink, trying to come to terms with the knowledge that he is a shame to the family. His only reprieve is his friendship with Penelope Featherington, the only person who does not treat him differently because he is a beta. When Colin learns that Penelope is searching for an alpha husband, his entire world is turned upside down.
Will Colin's buried instincts finally see the light? Or will he lose Penelope forever?
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Penelope tries dating but gets interrupted by a very drunk former best friend...
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When a viral cheating scandal explodes during a Coldplay concert, renowned chef Colin Bridgerton finds himself at the center of every headline — heartbroken and publicly humiliated. Enter Penelope Featherington: PR strategist, crisis expert, and the last person he ever expected to completely change his life.
What begins as a professional mission to salvage his image turns into sizzling chemistry, viral cooking livestreams, and secret clues fans can’t stop analyzing. But as their connection deepens and the world watches their every move, Colin and Penelope must decide — can a relationship born from chaos survive the spotlight and the shadows of the past?
Sweet, spicy, and packed with charm, Stirring Up Something New is a heart-stealing romance about second chances, healing in the kitchen, and finding the kind of love worth burning for.
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Penelope is in love with Colin, and Colin is in love with Penelope.
They are too afraid to try anything, fearing they will ruin their long-standing friendship.
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Two Truths and A Lie by Fifi2930 for ontheseashore, RemarkableIndigo
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
07 Oct 2025
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Colin's flight is delayed.
He texts Pen to keep him entertained.
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**COMPLETE**
Unexpectedly brought back to London by world changing events, Colin reconnects with his family and the woman he left behind...
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The Pedestal by aliterarydiscourse for Fifi2930
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
28 Sep 2025
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When one is on a pedestal, it is easy to fall from it. Colin Bridgerton finds out the hard way. After heartache by one she felt was above her, Penelope Featherington moves on to find her freedom. What happens once Colin finds himself the one worshipping her instead?
Angst with a HEA.
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Nothing But Silence by audbooh
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
23 Sep 2025
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Penelope Featherington recently cut her best friend, Colin Bridgerton, out of her life after he said cruel things to his friends. Six months later, she receives a call from a hospital in the Philippines with the news that Colin had attempted suicide in his hotel room. Penelope fights to help her friend off of the ledge while facing her own insecurities and hidden truths.
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The End Where We Begin by WickedPen
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
22 Sep 2025
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A joint party spiraled into chaos, a dinner turned bittersweet, and a wedding that forced them to see each other again.
In a whirlwind of family, memories, and words left unspoken for the past 10 years, will Colin and Penelope finally find the courage to step into the love that’s been waiting for them all along?
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Never Gonna Let You Go by Bombshelllee_007
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
21 Sep 2025
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Five years after their slow-burning, heartbreaking situationship ended, Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington find themselves back in the same city—older, changed, and still haunted by what they left behind.
Colin has built a successful life on paper, finally grounded in New York with a thriving travel company. But no achievement quiets the ache of losing the one person who ever truly saw him. Meanwhile, Penelope has carved out a life of confidence, career success, and emotional clarity. She’s no longer the girl who waited—she’s the woman who walked away and learned how to stay gone.
When fate throws them back into each other’s orbit, neither is prepared for the emotional fallout. She’s not waiting to be chosen. He’s no longer running from what he wants. But the space between them is filled with old wounds, unanswered questions, and the undeniable pull of a love that never really ended.
In a city that never sleeps, they’ll face the past, fight through the pain, and discover whether love is enough—when you finally know who you are without it.
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Lady Whistledown's Final Confession by Busy_bee_467
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
20 Sep 2025
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For reasons he does not know, newly ordained curate, Colin Bridgerton, is called to Newgate to hear the last confession of the notorious murderess, Lady Whistledown.
What he learns over the next few hours will change him forever.
This is a BLEAK/TRAGIC NON HEA. Please be aware of the tags (nothing is graphic, all implied or referenced only) and skip if not your thing.
Sorry.
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My Fault London by Bombshelllee_007
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
19 Sep 2025
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New country. New house. New stepbrother.
Penelope thought the worst part about moving to London would be leaving NYC behind.
She didn’t expect to end up living under the same roof as Colin Bridgerton — arrogant, infuriating, obscenely attractive Colin Bridgerton.He’s everything she shouldn’t want.
Which only makes her want him more.