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So Delicately by alcopop_beetle
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
03 Feb 2026
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On a random night, Penelope is visited by someone she did not expect would want to see her after all the revelation that had happened. And she most certainly did not expected to be cared for by the same visitor while she suffered one of the most painful nights of her courses.
OR the regency Polin period sex / sick fic I promised myself i would write lol
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- Part 4 of Taking Care of You (Polin Sick Fics)
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Toss your dirty shoes in my washing-machine heart by alcopop_beetle for Lydia_1125, Kaitlin_With_a_K, KatofKanals
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
19 Nov 2025
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Edwina, tired of her best friend Penelope and her ultimate secret love Colin, tiptoeing around each other, hatches a brilliant (and chaotic) fix: make Penelope *prank* him by telling him someone had come to fix their broken washing machine. A fictional, impossibly gorgeous, shirtless AI plumber, just like in the TikTok trend.
Penelope’s sure Colin won’t buy it. He never saw her anything other than the best friends that they were. But once she starts adding her own… creative, on-the-spot messages to the prank, suddenly she wasn't so sure anymore.
OR the AI plumber prank on TikTok but make it roommates Polin
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Pardon the way that I stare (there's nothin' else to compare) by alcopop_beetle
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
23 Aug 2025
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Colin had resolved himself in heading to Romney Hall to visit his former betrothed, and to finally put that chapter in his life behind, only to come across his dearest friend Penelope in the most charming shade of sage green he had never seen her wear before.
And before he knew it, she had invaded his every thought and all his plans for the day—and quite possibly for the rest of his life—had quite taken on a detour…and revealed itself instead as the truest path.
OR my excuse for wanting season 2 sage green dress Pen have an interaction with fencing attire Colin, and it ending in HEA, of course. 🤭 (EDIT: and also other underrated Pen dresses, too 👀)
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With love from Vietnam, Colin and Penelope by alcopop_beetle
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
09 Aug 2025
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Philip and Eloise break up days before their supposed second year anniversary trip to Vietnam. Not one to waste the hard work she had put into building their itinerary but also not quite on a mood to go on a now solo trip heartbroken, Eloise asks her best friend Penelope Featherington to take the trip for her instead. Reluctant at first, Penelope thinks this might actually be her only chance for much needed break from her work, and from one Colin Bridgerton badgering her in all forms of communication he can find, and the added benefit of physically escaping him when he’s finally returned to London just the day before her flight. Godsend opportunity, really!
But then just why on earth does the same infernal man now seated in business class, annoyingly (beautifully) sleeping, not a care for the world might she add, at the same flight as her to Hanoi?
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Addicted to trouble you choose by alcopop_beetle
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
29 Jul 2025
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Penelope is weak. One look at Colin after months of estrangement got her on her knees—literally in his bed, for him. But how do you exactly break up with someone you were never with? How do you exactly break up with someone who would never in his wildest dreams date you even? How do you extricate yourself from your best friend's arms, his naked body flushed into yours, disappear into the night and forget all of this had ever happened?
OR Penelope and Colin have break up sex. But they’re not dating, and right now, they’re barely even friends.
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- Part 1 of Addicted
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Taking Care of You (Polin Sick Fics) by alcopop_beetle
Fandom Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
04 Feb 2026
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A collection of independent stories of Polin taking care of each other 💛🩵
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Made of Honor AU by alcopop_beetle
Fandom Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
14 Mar 2025
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On the Forest Floor by kybridge26, WrensSymphony
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
23 Jul 2026
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Two best friends attempt to uncover the truth behind their favorite childhood story. The only problem is that one has stopped believing in happily ever afters, and the other doesn’t know why that bothers him so much.
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This is the story of The Fairy and the Lost Prince, from Lady Whistledown’s collection of fairy tales, as told through days gone by, memories long-past, and stories passed down through generations of those who believe in its truth. Whether or not you wish to join them is up to you, dearest gentle reader—just remember that not every fairy tale begins with once upon a time.
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Bookmarked by alcopop_beetle
23 Jul 2026
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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 into motion Colin discovers he is not prepared for.
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Bookmarked by alcopop_beetle
06 Jun 2026
Bookmarker's Notes
giving off campus uni romance vibes aaaa (im into those lately apparently)
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The Marriage Contract by TesaMadd
Fandoms: Off-Campus Series - Elle Kennedy, Off-Campus (TV series)
05 Jun 2026
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Hannah Wells meant to spend one wild night in Vegas forgetting her cheating ex, not wake up legally married to Garrett Graham, Chicago Blackhawks superstar and certified walking bad decision.
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- Part 1 of The Marriage Contract Universe
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- 29/29
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Bookmarked by alcopop_beetle
02 Jun 2026
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object permanence by abvj, lilacsandpoppys
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
28 Jul 2026
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It's exhausting, honestly. Loving someone this much.
Six months of silence, and then Aubrey Hall.
Penelope and Colin are thrown back into each other’s orbit for Kate and Anthony’s wedding, with too much history and not nearly enough distance. Tension simmers, old wounds resurface, and neither of them is as unaffected as they’d like to be.
Updated 7/27/26 with a two part epilogue!
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Bookmarked by alcopop_beetle
11 Apr 2026
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When his best friend Penelope has her baby, Colin Bridgerton finds himself sliding into a sweet sort of domesticity beside them. That's okay, isn't it? People can be platonic step-fathers.
Yeah. Everything is really great, actually.
Until Penelope jokes about him drinking her breast milk.
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Bookmarked by alcopop_beetle
11 Apr 2026