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    Business Professional by

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

    05 Mar 2026

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    Penelope Featherington is in need of a temporary job, and Colin Bridgerton needs a competent assistant.

    Unfortunately, Penelope is exceptionally good at her job, and Colin is far less professional about that than he’d like to be.

    Over three weeks of deadlines, late nights, and steadily collapsing boundaries, Colin discovers that the person keeping his life together may also be the one he can no longer imagine letting go.

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    12 Mar 2026

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    Mr. Bridgerton and Lady Debling by for Hayleythewriter

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

    09 Feb 2026

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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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    11 Mar 2026

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    across the hall by

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

    13 Feb 2024

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    “After years of traveling all over the world, seeing incredible things and meeting fascinating people, Colin Bridgerton took everyone by surprise when he said he was coming home and wanted to pursue teaching.

    He reached out to Penelope first, asking for advice and a bit of help with the certification process. Penelope was glad to help him; her heart was warmed by Colin’s newfound passion for education, and slowly but surely, Colin was ready to apply for teaching positions. It wasn’t until he had secured a spot at Penelope’s school that she began to grow nervous.”

    Childhood friends Colin and Penelope teach in classrooms across the hall from one another. Penelope, in her fourth year of teaching English, shows first-year-teacher Colin the ropes of their now shared profession. As they spend more time together throughout the term, the pair come to see one another in a new light, and the lines between friendship and something more begin to blur.
    Rating subject to change based on later chapters.

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    08 Mar 2026

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    Grapevine by

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

    23 Aug 2023

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    When Colin's phone gets hacked, the media reveals his secret love affair with Penelope, causing all sorts of chaos.

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    06 Mar 2026

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    Consequences of Impropriety by

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

    27 May 2025

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    Penelope Featherington is determined to marry after the disaster of the Featherington Ball last season. But when Colin Bridgerton corners her outside Lady Danbury's ball, his improper behaviour has devastating consequences.

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    06 Mar 2026