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1. The Magic in Tears and Other Ordinary Things by preferringsleep (mellarkey)

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

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   16 Sep 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington
   • Colin Bridgerton
   • Penelope Featherington
   • Agatha Danbury
   • Portia Featherington
   • Eloise Bridgerton
   • Violet Bridgerton
   • Lord Fife (Bridgerton)
   • Philippa Featherington
   • Prudence Featherington
   • Theo Sharpe
   • Lady Keswick
   • Gareth St. Clair
   • Siena Rosso
   • Hyacinth Bridgerton
   • Albion Finch
   • Footman John (Bridgerton)
   • Kate Sheffield | Kate Sharma
   • Michaela Stirling
   • Alternate Universe - Fantasy
   • Alternate Universe - Royalty
   • Action/Adventure
   • Witches and Warlocks
   • Inspired by Dungeons & Dragons
   • Animal Transformation
   • Angst and Fluff and Smut
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Story within a Story
   • Spells & Enchantments
   • Cats
   • POV Third Person Limited
   • with a First Person POV interlude
   • Jealous Colin Bridgerton
   • Cat Colin
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Breaking the Fourth Wall
   • record scratch freeze frame
   • Panic Attacks
   • Enchanted Garden
   • Fae & Fairies
   • Brads and Chads
   • There Was Only One Bed
   • Dreamsharing
   • Locked In
   • chalkboard brainstorming
   • Inappropriate dreams
   • Honesty
   • Slow Burn
   • there's no ventilation in a bag of holding
   • Grinding
   • Hide and Seek
   • gravity defying kisses
   • Consensual Somnophilia
   • In a way
   • Vaginal Fingering
   • Prince Fingerton
   • Gods and Goddesses
   • Soulmates
   • this Penelope lived on a farm
   • Thicc Colin Bridgerton
   • Penis In Vagina Sex
   • for real this time
   • naming weapons is so hard
   • Virgin Polin
   • Minor Character Death
   • Eventual HEA
   • Self-Defense
   • Dragon Riders
   • Here there be dragons
   • divine intervention
   • if there’s a key there must be a lock
   • sleuthing

   Summary

   Penelope is a witch studying under Mayfair kingdom’s most powerful sorceress, Lady Danbury. As her ward, Penelope grew up close to the Bridgertons, Mayfair’s royal family, while she learned to control and strengthen her powers. After she hears Prince Colin disparage her and her powers, she resolves to return to her family permanently, where a curious cat chooses her hut as his new home.

   What happens when she receives upsetting news from Eloise that calls her back to the castle and the family she knew she would never be a part of? And why won’t this damn cat leave her alone?

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