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  1. Rec 16

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    As Penelope got in a serious relationship with Debling, Colin got less and less news of her up until the day he learned that they broke up even though everyone thought they were about to get engaged. Upon hearing the news, Colin comes home to see his bestfriend and decides to take her on her trip to her dream destination : Paris. Dangerous for these two to end up in a sweet summer vacation in the city of love.

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    20 Jan 2026

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    Ch4

  2. Rec *

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    Some say cruelty is an art. Some say it's an accident. Usually, it's both at the same time. Dean thought he wanted this. Dean thought he needed this.

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    31 Dec 2025

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    The most exquisitely soul crushing fic to ever exist.

  3. Rec *

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    Before the fights and the couples’ therapy and the slow, inevitable drift. Before the night he came home from work to find Marina on the sofa, pale and drawn, already knowing every word that was about to come out of her mouth (because the words were already on his tongue, weren’t they?). Before the thousands spent on divorce lawyers and moving into the sad flat Anthony found for him and having to tell the fucking kids (worst bit – Oliver had gotten so quiet and Amanda had cried silently; wouldn’t let either of them touch her).

    He could have gotten out of it. Ben had called him and said we can find someone else in a way that made it very clear they probably couldn’t, and Colin being Colin (reliable; helpful – a dope, maybe), had said no, no, I’ll do it.

    Which is how he ends up in Bari, parked in a service station in a cramped hire car; forty-five; divorced; and about to embark on a two-week trip across Italy he had booked in an attempt to save his marriage. Without, you know, his wife.
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    OR: post-divorce, Colin Bridgerton takes his friend Penelope on a road trip to Italy

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    11 Sep 2025

  4. Rec *

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    Colin convinces Penelope to share custody of a dog. It's purely platonic. Just best friends, raising a dog. Nothing to worry about at all.

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    08 Aug 2025

  5. Public Bookmark *

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    Archibald Featherington’s campaign for Prime Minister begins with a calculated match: his daughter Penelope to Colin Bridgerton—brother of the Vice President of the Supreme Court.

    To the public, it’s a love story. To their families, it’s political strategy. To the couple, it’s a puppet show.

    But under the weight of flashing cameras and expectations, something real begins to take root. And when the season ends, they’ll have to decide: walk away, or risk everything for a love that was never supposed to last.

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    14 Jul 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Ch10