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    Penelope Featherington has embraced the tranquillity of village life, running The Whistling Pen bookshop as the festive season fills the air. But when a familiar figure from her past returns after years away, the peace Penelope has built begins to shift.

    As Christmas celebrations unfold—from the annual village social to cosy gatherings under twinkling lights—old memories and unresolved emotions resurface. With the encouragement of her friends and the ever-entertaining Eloise Bridgerton, Penelope must decide if she’s ready to open her heart and turn mistletoe moments into new beginnings.

    Will this holiday season bring the love she’s always dreamed of, or will it be just another season of mistletoe and memories?

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    The silence grew heavier and heavier, until Penelope let out with the most broken voice Benedict had ever heard from her “He left me”.
    He slowly took her in his arms as she sniffed softly in his shirt.
    “We Bridgertons take care of each other” Benedict offered. “If you’re pregnant, that baby will have everything they could ever need”.
    Whatever warmth that had started to crawl into Penelope faded in an instant. She got herself free of his arms and fought back the tears. Was that it? Was that his only concern? A hypothetical baby? She thought she was a part of the family, as honorary as the title got. Was that the condition under which she could be a “Bridgerton”? Have Colin’s child? Did he care so little about her as a person if she was not pregnant? Now that Colin had left, she felt like a problem that the Bridgerton family needed to solve.

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    For the better part of the last decade, Colin has been relentlessly travelling but he's returned home to spend time with his family and to support his recently widowed sister, Francesca. Amidst grief and tense family gatherings, she turns to him for a distraction, nudging him towards an old flame.

    Enter Penelope Featherington, once his dearest friend— the one he left behind with two rings in her pocket. Colin’s wish to start over evolves into an accidental plan to ease Francesca’s worries as they pretend to have rekindled their connection. To his surprise, the act brings his family closer than they’ve been in years.

    But Penelope has a secret—and a family—of her own.

    Or. A modern exes to lovers AU, with a side of fake relationship, among other things.

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    Colin never revealed his feelings to Penelope because how can a third son without a title and estate compete with Lord Debling, especially when Penelope seems so happy to be with him?
    He leaves Mayfair the day after her wedding, determined to put some distance between them or else he will lose his mind.
    He never found out she was Lady Whistledown (he would find out later). After about a year of mental upheavals while wandering the continent he returns to Mayfair to discover what he knew all along. His heart beats for Penelope alone.
    How will he deal with the distance that society forces them to keep? Will they manage to at least be friends? And what will he do when Penelope experiences a trauma that she finds difficult to deal with and becomes a shadow of herself?
    A story with a happy ending but a lot of longing and difficulties on the way to true love.

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    *complete*

    Penelope Featherington finds herself in a bind after failing to repay a debt to her eccentric ex-boyfriend and inventor, Alfred Debling. Desperate, Debling proposes a strange solution: Penelope must pose as a highly advanced humanoid robot, FPen23, to convince his wealthy investor, Colin Bridgerton, that his invention is flawless. In exchange, Debling promises to forgive her debt and even pay her.

    On the day of the big reveal, Penelope, disguised as FPen23, is delivered to Colin’s estate. Colin is immediately awed by her appearance, believing her to be the latest marvel in technology. As Penelope awkwardly navigates her role as a robot, the stage is set for more chaos and complications as she tries to pull off this wild charade without getting caught.

    Based on a kdrama- 'I'm not a robot'

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    They started the dance silently. She wondered why he had bothered to ask her to dance at all if he didn’t want to talk. There was so much left to say, but none of it in polite company. And, most importantly, none of what she had to say mattered now. They were both married.

    “I almost forgot to congratulate you-”
    “You do not need to.”
    “But I must-” She insisted.

    “I’d really rather you didn’t.” He said sternly. Colin’s face was unreadable as he couldn’t meet her eyes. Instead she stared at his clenched jaw. She supposed she wouldn’t have wanted his congratulations either after her own wedding, not that he tried to offer any.
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    1814: Colin Bridgerton realizes he is in love. It should be a joyful time, but with competition for Pen's hand and secrets that threaten to ruin them, the pair's far from a happily ever after.

    1816: Penelope Debling is trying to make peace with her new life as a Countess running an estate for an absent husband. She is determined to feel content, but when she has to host Colin Bridgerton, old feelings threaten to unravel her.

    This story will be told in 2 alternating timelines (complete with double ch drops!) until the first timeline catches up to 1816.

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    One thing about Penelope Featherington had been true since she was 14 years old and met her best friend’s older brother for the first time: she was completely, irrevocably, head-over-heels in love with him.

    The sky was blue, the grass was green, and Penelope Debling (née Featherington) was in love with Colin Bridgerton.

    So, when her husband tells her it's over and is no longer holding her back, what happens then?

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    the one when Debling has come back home after years and dared to talk to Penelope at a ball.
    he didn't take it well, the husband

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    Penelope Featherington is a very stupid and fearful girl, since since she was little she suffered abuse and humiliation from her family who have made her believe that she is of no use and that she is only a hindrance, which has damaged her self-esteem as the years go by. . . . . . He thought everything would change when he entered college and was away from his horrible family. She had planned to focus on herself, make friends, and maybe get a boyfriend, but all those hopes and dreams came crashing down when she met Professor Colin Bridgerton.

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    Penelope Featherington married Alfred Debling two years ago, and then everything changed. He changed. Became distant. Started working till late, stopped showing her affection, and then one day, Penelope met her, his assistant. Then everything made sense. He’s been cheating on her for a while now. He has no idea that she knows.

    The wife always knows.

    Suddenly, her best friend, and first love, Colin Bridgerton, who left two years ago to go on tour with his band, returns to their small town with his charming smile and knee-buckling denim blue eyes she forgot how much she loves, and volunteers to work on her ranch for the summer which rekindles a fire inside of her that she thought she had lost long ago.

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    What if Penelope Featherington married Lord Debling after Colin Bridgerton's confession?

    As Penelope prepares for her marriage to Lord Debling, she can’t help but wonder if she’s making the right choice. After years of loving Colin Bridgerton in secret, she now faces a future with a man she hardly knows. Lord Debling is kind, thoughtful, and offers security, but their marriage feels more like a transaction than the passionate love story she’s always dreamed of.

    While adjusting to her new role as Lady Debling, Penelope is drawn deeper into her husband’s world of trade and politics, where she begins to question his true motives. At the same time, Lady Whistledown remains her biggest secret—one that could unravel everything if exposed. As tensions rise and hidden desires surface, Penelope must navigate society’s expectations, the complicated dynamics of her new marriage, and the lingering feelings she has for Colin.

    Will Penelope find true love in the most unexpected place, or will her heart always belong to someone else?

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    When Penelope arrives at Bridgerton house in tears, the Bridgertons rally together to help her through the seven stages of a break up.
    “Penelope just said to me that maybe what Alfie did wasn’t so bad and they could work through it.”
    “What the hell?” Colin fumed. “He slept with somebody else. He was unfaithful to her. Why would she even think-“
    “Denial. Stage two, gotta love it. And the answer to stage two…ice cream sandwiches,”

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    What if Colin is able to somehow express what he wants at the innovations ball?

    Many thanks to PolinBridgerton user lemonsaltwater and Nefer from Polin Discord for the beta review!

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    "Are you mad? I would never dream of courting Penelope Featherington." Brokenhearted from the words she heard from her childhood love, Penelope Featherington had decided to change her ways and prove herself worthy of being loved. As the 1815 London season starts, she comes back at the ton with determination, confidence and charms enough to find a husband to marry.

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    Disclaimer: La historia aún no está terminada. Es mi primera vez usando Ao3, y no sé cómo cambiar el estado de la historia a "en progreso". Agradezco su comprensión y paciencia.

    En un universo paralelo, Colin Bridgerton, el encantador tercer hijo de Violet y Edmund Bridgerton, se encuentra atrapado en un matrimonio infeliz con Marina Thompson, una joven de la que se enamoró precipitadamente. Dos años después, con gemelos a su cargo y una esposa sumida en la depresión, Colin se encuentra en un callejón sin salida, buscando desesperadamente consuelo y consejo.

    Al mismo tiempo, Penélope Featherington, su amiga de toda la vida, ha encontrado su propio camino al casarse con el excéntrico Lord Debling. A pesar de su nueva vida, Penélope sigue siendo el refugio seguro de Colin. Desesperado y sin rumbo, Colin acude a Penélope en busca de orientación sobre su desdichado matrimonio. Sin embargo, durante sus conversaciones, Colin descubre una verdad que había estado ocultando incluso de sí mismo: su amor por Penélope es más profundo de lo que jamás imaginó.

    Así, una nueva historia de amor comienza a desarrollarse, llena de pasión, desafíos y el inquebrantable lazo del destino.

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    She swallowed and looked up again. „What if I were to say…yes?“ she wanted to know, studying the way Anthony‘s gaze shifted into something she‘d never seen in someone‘s eyes.

    A small smile crept onto Anthony‘s lips again. „We shall expeditiously relocate you to Bridgerton house, whilst I attend to your mother. My own mother and Eloise shall provide care, and Kate shall do the same, naturally,“ he answered, clasping his hands together in front of him.

    or, anthony is the big brother penelope never had

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    What if Lord Debling had proposed? What if Penelope had said yes? What if Colin never confessed his feelings?

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    Balloon race sexy pirate Colin with an Omegaverse flare. Basically I just wanted to write a smutty version of events. Colin's obsessed, Penelope's meant to be a Beta, but he just can't leave her alone.

    “Pen…” Colin stared down at her, his expression strange and intense and focused very much on her mouth.

    “I’m sorry, that was not very ladylike of me,” Penelope whispered, her fingers still pressed to her lips. She was so hot everywhere again, even her thighs seemed to grow damp.

    “No, I–” Colin, already far nearer than proprietary allowed, stepped closer. The warmth of his body mingled with her own and drove it higher, burning across her chest and cheeks. A scent rose from him, the light musk carried by the rising breeze that drifted through the tent. Penelope instantly wanted more of it, wanted to fill her lungs with great gasps of something so distinctively Colin. “Have I told you how lovely you look today?”

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    A-list actress Penelope Featherington finds her world turned upside down by death threats from a past lover. With her career and safety on the line, her wary team brings in the enigmatic Colin Bridgerton as her bodyguard.

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    A modern re-imagination of Penelope and Colin's story.

    After travelling around the world, Mister Colin Bridgerton has learned a couple of new moves during his time on the dance floor just in time for Penelope Featherington and Alfred Debling's upcoming wedding. Seeing the potential of adding a wonderful piece to the wedding, Alfred asks Colin's help in choreographing their first dance, much to Penelope's reluctance. What happens when they start to realize that they aren't watching their steps anymore but following their hearts?

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