17 Bookmarks by Healine
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I’ll be your mirror by SamHandwich
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
16 May 2026
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The Bridgertons are one of London’s most terrifying crime families, and four years ago they called for the murder of Archibald Featherington.
Knowing all of this, Penelope still falls for Colin. She can tell he’s different—that he’s good.
Then, the horrifying truth comes out and they have to decide what it means to choose someone knowing exactly what kind of monster they really are.
[Polin Week 2026: Mafia AU]
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- English
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21 Apr 2026
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Under a Turbulent Sky by bubulina (Flaviamig), Flaviamig
Fandoms: Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
24 May 2026
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The honeymoon is over, but the silence has just begun.
After the revelation of her secret identity, Penelope and Colin Bridgerton are living a lie in their new home at Bloomsbury. While Colin seeks refuge in his family’s house to escape the sting of betrayal, Penelope is left to face a cold, hollow marriage alone.
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21 Apr 2026
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It Was All Yellow by deathbypolin
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
20 Apr 2026
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After losing her friendship to Eloise and Colin Bridgerton, and continually being ignored by her family, Penelope is more determined than ever to marry this season. When a mysterious Lord Debling arrives and shows an immediate interest in her, Penelope thinks she has found her match. But Lord Debling may not be as perfect as he appears.
Colin returns to London intent on making amends and regaining Penelope's friendship after his impulses got the best of him last season. Now that he has found a way to keep those impulses in check, he is confident he can earn her forgiveness and everything can return to how it was. How hard is he willing to fight, however, when things do not go according to plan?
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21 Apr 2026
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When the Past Knocks, He Chooses Her, on His Knees, With His Mouth, Between the Sheets by Starship_4321
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
16 Apr 2026
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Whistledown doesn’t just hurt Colin Bridgerton-it ignites him. The betrayal, the humiliation, the fury he can’t swallow, it follows him straight into a conversation at Bridgerton House. Kisses turn punishing, hands turn possessive, and Penelope, shaking, devoted, gives him what he asks for on a breath that isn’t quite permission. Then she cracks in his arms, and Colin realises with clarity: he’s one moment away from destroying the only thing he’s ever wanted to keep.So he changes. Not with apologies, but with proof. Colin becomes relentless in his devotion, soft where he was rough, patient where he was demanding, worshipful where he once took. He makes their marriage a sanctuary one night at a time: consent spoken like scripture, pleasure treated like a promise, Penelope’s body relearned with reverence until she’s laughing through tears… and coming apart again and again and again through every orgasm he gives her.
But just when trust feels real, when their sheets hold more healing than anger, Colin’s past with a certain Contessa comes calling with a consequence he never saw coming. He’s about to learn what it truly costs to outrun the man he used to be.
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17 Apr 2026
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The age of innocence by Mdilikewhoa, Polin_dreamscape
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
27 Jan 2026
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When she moved to a new city, Penelope felt like things were going her way. Despite her nerves, she quickly realized things were different. Better. She made new friends, a boyfriend. Life was good.
Until it wasnt. Nothing could stay perfect in Penelope's life. If something could go wrong, it would. Murphy’s Law and all that.
All because the extremely handsome, brown-haired, blue eyed boy fancied himself obsessed with her.
Blackmail, fear and the spiral of teenage jealousy sparks the beginning of an unhealthy relationship between two struggling souls. Will they ever find a way to work out their issues?
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02 Apr 2026
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Once should have been enough. But for Penelope it never would be. Because how was she meant to touch Colin Bridgerton just once?
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13 Mar 2026
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Penelope Featherington stands in front of the Ton, pleading her case and waiting on the Queen’s judgement. Not even her former fiancé or best friend is coming to her aid. She is alone or so she thought.
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11 Mar 2026
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Dearest Gentle Reader,
The famous Danbury ball has breathed life into society once again, and so the world keeps on turning. Mamas form a queue at the modiste, they say their ‘good mornings’, parading their debutant daughters, hoping to catch a suitors eye. There is one suitor they all covet, of course.
Mr Colin Bridgerton.
And it certainly put the eager mama’s noses quite out of joint, as they watched him emerge from the flower shop this morning, with the largest bouquet that Mayfair has ever seen! The whole Ton is abuzz now, with two all important questions firmly on their lips: Whom were the flowers for? And is he set to marry?
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11 Mar 2026
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Penelope Featherington has been quietly in love with Colin Bridgerton for nine years. She's written it all down—every small moment, every unreturned feeling—in a document meant for her eyes only. Colin, meanwhile, has spent those same years being charming and oblivious.
Then Colin calls off his wedding and accidentally discovers what Penelope's been hiding. Suddenly, he can't stop thinking about the woman he never noticed. He wants to know her—really know her. And Penelope has no idea why he's finally paying attention.
As friendship turns into something more, Colin faces an impossible problem: he's falling for her, but she doesn't know how he learned to see her. The truth might destroy everything. But the lies might be worse.
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22 Feb 2026
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Shattered Glass by StrawberryWhorecake
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
10 Jun 2026
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Penelope gave herself to the man she’d loved for years, and he broke her heart in the same night.
Penelope wants to move on and forget, but the consequences of that single night force them together. Will she be able to forgive him or will it tear them apart?
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21 Feb 2026
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buried in the shallow grave by snowokay
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
18 Feb 2026
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In a world where the marriage ritual leaves a permanent mark on you, the word that reflects your match’s first impression of you appears in your skin.
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Penelope had known since she was eight years old who she would marry. She had heard stories about him, how brave and noble he was, and spent her whole life in love with the boy in the picture.
Something that had never crossed Penelope’s mind, however, was the possibility that Colin Bridgerton would be disappointed upon meeting her.
“Speak now, Penelope, with clarity and conviction. What is the word, bestowed upon you by the gentleman ordained as your match, that defines you in his eyes?”
The celebrant’s voice suddenly felt like a distant hum, her vision blurred by the tears welling up in her eyes. On her wrist, visible to anyone close enough to read it, was written her word with golden letters.
Shallow.
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18 Feb 2026
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An Untethering of Stars by Elizzybeth for wereadtoliveathousandlives
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
19 Jan 2025
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“Do you truly have to ask what I was doing the night before our wedding?” Colin spat, the bitterness in his tone ricocheting to lash out at them both. “I thought Lady Whistledown knew what happens everywhere in London?”
Penelope's breath caught audibly, but she said nothing, just staring at him, wide-eyed and wary.
Colin tilted his head, his voice turning mocking—cruel in a way he knew he’d regret but could not contain. “Surely the carnal customs of a stag night at White’s have not escaped her ears?”
It was a bitter conjecture, one he did not truly mean, but it was also a test. And from the way her face paled, the look of utter agony that crossed her countenance, he wished he had not posed it.
A reimagining of Season 3, Episode 7’s wedding-eve confrontation, packed with angst, passion, and steamy moments. What if that purported scene involving prostitutes had not been cut? What if we could hear what Colin says to Penelope during their kiss? What if we'd had more time to let the original script's dialogue breathe and make sense? After months of post-season 3 polin brain rot, this is my labor of love.
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18 Feb 2026
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Colin Bridgerton’s world is turned upside down when he discovers Penelope Featherington's secret identity as Lady Whistledown. Unable to reconcile his feelings, he calls off their engagement and leaves Mayfair, leaving Penelope heartbroken and hiding another secret. Months later, a heartfelt missive from Eloise reveals the truth Colin never expected.
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18 Feb 2026
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A Poison Tree by LillyWhitefield
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
23 Apr 2024
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I was angry with my friend;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.After Colin discovers Penelope's secret, there is an unfortunate event on a terrace that forces the couple to marry quite quickly. The pair must learn how to trust each other again.
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- 19/19
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17 Feb 2026
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“Perhaps you should take a seat,” said Violet.
Colin wouldn't remember the details of what his mother told him next. He would remember her hand warm on his knee, her eyes wide with concern, her voice gentle as velvet. All of it in stark contrast to the devastating news she shared.
Penelope was ruined.
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10 Feb 2026
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After the disastrous ball at Featherington House during which Penelope loses her friendship with Eloise and Colin in one night, Penelope realizes she has no one. In a moment of desperation brought on by loneliness, she writes a letter to someone she thought she would never correspond with again.
Months later, when Colin discovers Penelope is Lady Whistledown, a tear runs down his cheek as he confronts his fiancée in the street. Colin’s pain is something Penelope cannot abide, and she vows to never again be the cause of it. There is only one place she can think to go.
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29 Jan 2026
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Without a Second Thought by NLovett for tartheyes
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
11 Dec 2025
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This is an alternate story on the infamous Entrapment Scene. I know there have been many written, but this is my take because Penelope needed to fight back, Colin needed to explore his true feelings and Violet & Portia needed their time as well!
Note: This is HEA but please read the tags for trigger warnings.
(S3, Regency)
⚠️Explicit Content, Mental Health Issues**STORY IS COMPLETE**
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24 Jan 2026