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A Practical Romance by KatofKanals
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
16 Jan 2026
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Penelope is quiet for a long while after he nodded his head and confirmed he was inquiring about whether or not she has changed her mind about having a baby with him.
"I…" she starts before swallowing once. "Well, I suppose as the years have gone on… I have imagined it a time or two, yes."
Colin knows she is telling the truth, and for the first time in a long time, he is also able to read her and surmise there is more still she is holding back.
"Is that something you wish for?" he asks cautiously. "A babe? One of your own?"
Pen's big, pale blue eyes blink at him twice slowly before she starts nibbling on her lip in a decidedly nervous gesture. "That is… We did not… We married for other purposes. I do not expect—"
"I am not asking what you expect," he interrupts, keeping his tone gentle, though, so as not to scare her out of this spell of vulnerability he's found her in tonight. "I am asking simply what you desire for yourself. Do you want a baby, Pen?"
"Yes."
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Or, regency era Penelope and Colin have been in marriage of convenience for five years and decide to have a child together—platonically of course.
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24 Dec 2025
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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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09 Nov 2025
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Where Our Shadows Come to the Shore by gildedruin, Sea_Dragonfly for applepuffsilver
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
28 Jan 2026
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When Penelope Featherington is dragged from her bed in the middle of the night, she’s told that her nom-de-plume has been uncovered. Not by the Queen as she’d feared, but by the men who murdered her father. There are debts to be paid far beyond her Whistledown earnings. Fortunately for Penelope, a mysterious figure from her past is set on protecting her at all costs.
A regency bodyguard AU.
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09 Nov 2025
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My name was Penelope Featherington by MessyMusings85
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), The Handmaid's Tale (TV)
01 Oct 2025
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Commander Bridgerton falls in love with his new Handmaid, much to the dismay of his distant wife, Marina. He must find a way to get them both out of Gilead before their infidelity is exposed.
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01 Oct 2025
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The Littlest Matchmaker by KatofKanals
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
14 Feb 2026
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In her fourth year teaching kindergarten, Miss Penelope Featherington thinks she’s seen it all—identical twins who wore matching outfits every day and were impossible to tell apart, a little boy who only talked about himself in the third person, a girl who managed to find a pair of scissors in the cafeteria and cut essentially all her hair off… This year, though, Chloe Bridgerton catches her by surprise. She’s never met a child who so immediately captured her heart. Chloe’s not the only Bridgerton pulling on her heartstrings either. Her “easy on the eyes,” charming father Colin captures her attention in an entirely different way. She’s never had a hard time remaining professional with her students’ parents in the past, but this man might just test every rule and guideline she tries to live her life by—both within the walls of her classroom and outside it too. To make matters more complicated, sweet little Chloe seems determined to become a successful matchmaker on her very first try.
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Or, the one where Pen is a kindergarten teacher, Colin is a single Dad, and they fall in love in part thanks to the meddling of a very special little girl.
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16 Aug 2025