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For a Good Cause by SamHandwich
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
20 Jun 2026
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Penelope is convinced to attend the university’s annual winter carnival under the promise she’ll see the rarely-in-London-anymore Colin Bridgerton. When she does spot him, however, he’s running the football team’s kissing booth.
Which makes her want to throw up, quite frankly.
Perplexingly, it also puts certain things in motion Colin discovers he is not prepared for.
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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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18 Jun 2026
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marked for later by abvj for lonely_ampersand
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
17 Jun 2026
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"Everyone has their unrequited love story, yeah? My best friend, she had a brother. Well, she had four brothers, but there was one in particular. He was like the sun… and I—I was constantly pulled into his orbit."
It was a throwaway line in a throwaway interview that nobody was meant to read.
A story about missed connections and growing older and what happens when you finally stop running.
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18 Jun 2026
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Paint you so pretty by Kaitlin_With_a_K
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
17 Jun 2026
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She quirked an eyebrow, not sure exactly what was going on but open to humouring him. Moving slower this time, more deliberately, she brought her finger back to her lips, but this time she stuck her tongue out and licked the creamy substance from the pad of her fingertip, only bringing her tongue back into her mouth once it was fully clean.
She’d maintained eye contact with her boyfriend the whole time, and was equal parts turned on and fascinated by the fact that he was whimpering by the time her little show was over.
“Pen, I’m gonna need you not to judge what happens next and just trust me that it’ll be really, really good. Get your arse to the bedroom. Now.” As an afterthought, he added, “Please.”
“But the dishes,” she protested half-heartedly, clearly just poking the bear at this point.
“Fuck the dishes,” he said, already standing up and walking around to her chair. “I’ll set them on fucking fire if we’re not in the bedroom in the next five seconds.”
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Colin and Pen stop using condoms and Colin discovers a new obsession.
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17 Jun 2026
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This is a slow burn story. ❤️🔥
Colin Bridgerton was never supposed to notice Penelope Featherington — the quiet girl with the soft smile who always seemed to be somewhere on the edge of his loud, glittering world.
But when he discovers she can’t hear him, everything he thought he understood about love begins to change.
Because the more he learns her silence, the more he realises he’s the one who’s been living without sound.
A modern AU where a golden boy learns to listen — and finds the one heart that’s been speaking to him all along.
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