18 Works in Lord Basilio (Bridgerton)
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“Coooliiiiinnnnn,” she giggles. “I am in your head, Colin. You will do whatever I say,” more giggles, “now, buy me some of that candyfloss.”
He’s so glad he insisted that Penelope be his woman in the van for this surveillance operation because these little giggles right in his ear are the greatest sounds he’s ever heard.
“We’re professionals, Pen,” he says but is clearly giggling too. “And of course I will do whatever you say, but you know you don’t need to be in my head for that.”
“Hhhmmmmmmm, interesting,” she says in a low sultry voice.
OK, that was the greatest sound he’s ever heard. Fuck, that was sexy!
Colin, stop it!... this is not the time or the place for your insane thoughts. She... is... not… interested… in… you! She’s going on a date with Debling TONIGHT! Now get your bloody head in the game. We've got a drug lord to catch.
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With her boyfriend Alfie away at the South Pole, Penelope Featherington is bored of going to movie industry parties on her own.
She hires an escort, just some arm candy to keep her company, look at her adoringly, and tell people how amazing she is at every opportunity.
His name is Colin.
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The title comes from the song Black Limousine by Dragonette and there will be more Dragonette lyrics scattered through this story (and a few others besides). Have a listen to the Black Limousine playlist on YouTube.
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Thank you to the bestest of Beta readers, RumbaWaltzand ABVJ. I could not have completed this story without your help! You complete me.
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- Part 1 of The Dragonette Chronicles of Polin
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An offer from not quite a gentleman OR watch yourself, Ben by cayasversion
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
18 Sep 2025
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"Damn!” She heard Benedict’s voice in her back while she placed her purse onto the sideboard in the hallway. Pen smiled secretly and thanked herself for the right choice of dress, obviously. That was exactly the reaction she anticipated, not from the right Bridgerton, but she was just a girl.
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When Benedict's fed up with Colin 'we're just friends', so he shoots his shot
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Penelope Featherington has finally stepped into the spotlight, dazzling Mayfair with wit, warmth, and a string of eager suitors. But behind the fanfare, she leans on the one person who’s always seen her clearly: the shy, unassuming Colin Bridgerton, her oldest friend and most unexpected ally.
When Colin offers to pose as her suitor to help her navigate the marriage mart, their arrangement sets off a quiet storm of longing, loyalty, and self-discovery. As Penelope faces the pressure of choosing a future, and Colin wrestles with what it means to be chosen, the line between friendship and something more begins to blur.
Set against a backdrop of scandal, secrets, and lemon cake, this is a story of quiet devotion, missed signals, and the kind of love that hides in plain sight. -
The Emerald of the Season by mrygm
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
23 Jun 2025
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At Lady Danbury's Four Season's Ball, Colin is a little stunned by his friend arriving dressed as if she were a member of Parisian High Society, and decides not to wait until later that evening to go speak to Penelope, perhaps even dance, when he sees Cressida Cowper step on her hem.
A shocked Colin, along with Lord Debling, ensures that her hem is mended so she can stay at the ball.
Penelope's hopes for the night had already gone awry, while she was dressed differently, her awkwardness showed through. Then Cressida stepped on her hem, Debling running off to get a maid to help her. But when Pen tries to escape her humiliation, Colin Bridgerton stands in her way, and ensures that she has no reason to leave.
Her anger with him notwithstanding, she has no choice but to stay, and the night continues to improve, in some unexpected ways.
Queen Charlotte was having a rather dull season so far, the Debutants of 1815, while beautiful of course, left her rather unimpressed. And the first ball of the season had little to recommend it beyond the usual finery, the woman in the green dress the only person to catch her eye all night.
Who turned out to be rather interesting indeed... -
Agatha’s Game (So Lay Your Cards Down, Down, Down, Down) by preferringsleep (mellarkey)
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
09 Jun 2025
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Penelope is a bestselling science fiction romance author writing under the pseudonym Donna Piper. Her work has attracted the attention of a socialite who invites her to a celebrity charity event she is hosting. The event, a casino night with a masquerade theme, allows Penelope to attend as her alter ego, disguised in a blonde wig and a black mask.
Well aware of her skills in no-limit Texas Hold’em poker, Agatha Danbury enters Penelope in a tournament with a tempting prize, but as the night goes on for Penelope, she finds that one of her opponents is even more tempting.
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- Part 1 of Purple PEs
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Please, Please, Get Jealous Too by Ladydelusydown_02
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
02 May 2025
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“Yes, Colin. Yes, I’m jealous! Please… I really can’t stand the sensation.”
Colin grinned. “Good. Because I love it when you’re jealous, too.”
What if episode 2 in season 3, when Jealous by Nick Jonas was playing, is written differently?
(Based On : Jealous by Nick Jonas)
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The Business of Lord Debling and Lord Basilio by ScrapsDelighted
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV)
19 Apr 2025
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Lord Debling and Lord Basilio enjoy each other's company in multiple stately rooms. They discover the advantages and drawbacks of facial hair in their relationship.
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Fast Track to Love by FanOfFics for Fifi2930, MyChiisSleeping
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
18 Mar 2025
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It's all fun and games until hearts get involved.
What happens when Pen and Colin arrive at a speed-dating event ready to play, dressed to score and determined to leave their past on the sidelines?
Sparks are flying, glances are lingering, innuendos are exchanged like coins near a Las Vegas slot machine…and just as Colin gets ready to go all-in for Penelope's heart, her penguin-loving ex waddles back into the picture to take his shot. As the heat of the games escalates turning the air scorching hot around them, one question remains: who’s playing who exactly?
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Colin hinting at his feelings to Penelope at a language she does not understand.
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- Part 3 of Regency AU One-shots
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“I have a husband for you of the utmost quality. A man who is ready to propose the moment he is given leave to speak of his feelings. You have been charming him all season. He has absorbed your slightest regard like sunlight after a month of rain. He has accepted your tokens like a man kept without food or drink. And he has tried to maintain a sense of humour about his lack of wits to see you for his bride until you sought another man to squire you.”
She had a dreadful feeling rising, as if Colin had someone hiding in a shrub waiting to leap out with a ring and a delusional view that she had been showing her feelings when all she did was say hello.
“I do not know any man to whom I have given tokens,” she said.
“Penelope Featherington, I have accepted every glass of lemonade you gave me and drank it off like a lunatic before you had the chance to take it back.”
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- Part 3 of Colin the Friendly Matchmaker
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Bathwater by ScrapsDelighted for Ayamos
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
31 Dec 2024
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Colin Bridgerton comes home to Aubrey Hall for Christmas. Little does he know that the person he first encounters will be the one he has been most anxious to see. But will he figure out his feelings before Penelope Featherington is lost to him forever?
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Lady Featherington has married off all her daughters and is waiting for one of them to give birth to an heir. With too much time on her hands, she suddenly finds herself distracted by unbidden desires for physical pleasure. However, a concern for social standing keeps her from pursuing such delights as she has managed to avoid ruin yet again, but her luck may be running out.
Walter Dundas, Esq. has always been single-minded about his work and had little interest in society. As a fourth-born son, he feels no need to marry or have children. However, he has lately found Lady Featherington on his mind. She has managed to do what no one else has and thwart his efforts to ensure the lines of succession. Yet he finds himself in her orbit again as family obligations cause their paths to cross.
As the great families of the ton disperse to their country homes for the holidays away from foggy London, a surprise visit by Walter's family forces the two together and they begin to see each other in a new light.
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Polin Season 4 by MistressofNone3645
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
13 Dec 2024
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A Polin centered story, picking up after the season 3 epilogue.
After revealing the identity of Lady Whistledown and welcoming their son, Colin and Penelope Bridgerton are working their way, slowly, back into society. They find themselves in a peculiar position with an old “friend”, which sets off a new venture for the couple.
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Musings about what could be in store for Penelope and Colin in season 4, including match making, friend making, baby making, and Bridgerton family dynamics.
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a dangerous game by ukrainianironbelly
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
04 Dec 2024
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Penelope Featherington’s life feels like it’s stuck on repeat. Five years out of uni, she’s trapped in a dead-end job reporting gossip for The Daily Mail, dreaming daily of hitting “Send” on her resignation letter. The problem is, she has no idea what she wants to do with her life; all she knows is that something needs to change.
What she doesn’t realise is that things are about to change in ways that she could never have imagined.
Or, the one where Colin Bridgerton is a spy for MI5, and Penelope is about to get caught up in a world of secrets, danger, and intrigue.
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In Every Lifetime by Dearest_Gentle_Writer (Rivkah_Tales)
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
23 Nov 2024
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"Colin," Penelope whispered, "it is you, isn’t it…? I mean—"
"I know what you mean, Lady Whistledown," he murmured, "and yes. It is I."
"When I woke up, I tried to tell myself I wouldn’t come to you—shouldn’t come to you—and that’s true, isn’t it…? But you’ve always had a way of ruining my best intentions. The past is past. The question is… what are we going to make of the present now?"When Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton wake up the morning of their wedding, they find that it is 1813 once again, years before their engagement. Romantic, heartbreaking, and achingly hopeful, In Every Lifetime explores love, regret, and the chance to begin again. Will Penelope and Colin triumph against time itself, or are some wounds (i.e., Whistledown) too deep to heal?
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- Part 2 of As the Clock Ticks
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It was tiresome to watch Penelope speak to other men, but he was eager to show he was interested in her dilemma. It was surely a priority for her to leave her mother’s harsh grasp. Pen was kind and giving. She would not listen to nonsense about her worth, but she also could not help but absorb some of the criticism a household of women who had been abandoned seemed to take out on one another.
He knew she could find a gentleman who would be dizzy over her pretty smile, but for that to happen the man would have to see her real smile. Colin had tried to express that she was too cautious in her discussions at balls. She was witty and should allow some of that humour out. It might offend a few men, but those were the dry and boring ones she would not want. She might want a sensible choice of husband for a stable life, but she did not need to be falling asleep.
Kindness was paramount, because Pen had been through too much. Her husband had to be financially secure, thoughtful, faithful and socially invested in her personally. He did not want Pen to become silent and forgiving. She must have some degree of passion.
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- Part 1 of Colin the Friendly Matchmaker
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Rewrite the Stars - Polin by Xolentus
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Bridgerton - Fandom
19 Jul 2024
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"August 25th, 1815
I find myself missing Penelope’s words more than I could have ever imagined. Each city I visit, each adventure I embark upon, feels only half complete without her responses. The beauty of Paris, the charm of Rome, the grandeur of Vienna – they all pale in comparison to the warmth and comfort I feel when she shares in their beauty, albeit even if it is just my letters describing it to her..."
What if Penelope read about herself in Colin's journal?
What if Colin realized his feelings sooner?
What if, after their first kiss, Colin pursued her...