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   Your Kindness Feeds My Heart Break by DominikaDecember

   Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   29 Apr 2024

   Tags

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   • Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington
   • Penelope Featherington
   • Colin Bridgerton
   • Eloise Bridgerton
   • Portia Featherington
   • Marina Thompson
   • Anthony Bridgerton
   • Kate Sheffield | Kate Sharma
   • Daphne Bridgerton
   • Simon Basset
   • Amelia Basset
   • Benedict Bridgerton
   • Sophie Beckett
   • Gregory Bridgerton
   • Hyacinth Bridgerton
   • Violet Bridgerton
   • Felicity Featherington
   • Prudence Featherington
   • Philippa Featherington
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • Fat Shaming
   • toxic parents
   • Self-Esteem Issues
   • Self-Hatred
   • more tags as this goes along
   • working life
   • Female Friendship
   • Pen's older sisters don't appear much
   • Background Relationships
   • Body Dysmorphic Disorder
   • Bullying
   • lgbt supporting characters
   • Pen lives in her head a lot
   • self sabotage
   • She fell first but he fell harder
   • Jealous Colin Bridgerton
   • Oral Sex
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • Vaginal Sex
   • Vaginal Fingering
   • Blow Jobs
   • Dirty Talk
   • Feelings
   • so many feelings
   • Communication
   • Colin Bridgerton Being an Idiot
   • POV Penelope Featherington
   • penelope is a book editor
   • penelope is an aspiring writer
   • colin is a published writer
   • Sibling Bonding
   • Unprotected Sex
   • Creampie
   • Comeplay
   • they horny for each other
   • Angst
   • Happy Ending
   • self reflection
   • Penelope Featherington Needs a Hug
   • And SHE GETS THEM VERY OFTEN FROM COLIN
   • Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington-centric
   • Protective Colin Bridgerton
   • Colin Bridgerton Loves Penelope Featherington
   • Penelope Featherington Loves Colin Bridgerton
   • you guys
   • They love each other so much
   • it's so cute
   • Chapter 5 is very triggering
   • You Have Been Warned

   Summary

   “Unrequited love was never easy, but at least Penelope Featherington was used to it.”
   ― Julia Quinn, Romancing Mister Bridgerton

   Another modern retelling of Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton with a lot of heartache, angst, toxic home environments and self-hate.

    

   Final chapter now up

   Series

   • Part 1 of Self-Respect Is Hard To Come By

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   Bookmarked by Bentley99

   28 Jul 2025