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• Secrets and the truths that they carry by CurlyK8

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

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

  27 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington
  • Penelope Featherington
  • Colin Bridgerton
  • Eloise Bridgerton
  • Violet Bridgerton
  • Portia Featherington
  • Other Bridgerton characters are mentioned
  • Childhood Memories
  • Childhood Friends to Lovers
  • Eventual Romance
  • Eventual Smut
  • Eventual Happy Ending
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Colin is a blind idiot but we still love him
  • Weight Insecurities
  • Multiple Orgasms
  • No Beta
  • this won't be perfect
  • Peneloise
  • Kissing in the Rain
  • Colin Bridgerton Being a Gentleman
  • Sex
  • Sexual Content
  • Polin in Sweden
  • Can a modern Colin take me to Sweden?
  • updated tags
  • Portia is a bitch
  • Male drunken behavior towards a female
  • Dermot Kennedy lyrics
  • Rape
  • Gambling
  • Alcohol
  • Parent Abandonment
  • Abortion
  • Drugs
  • Edmund's grave
  • Mother and daughter frayed relationship
  • Angry Penelope Featherington
  • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
  • Dysfunctional Family
  • Family Secrets
  • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
  • Past Child Abuse

  Summary

  Penelope has a secret that she is going to take to her grave with.... or so she thought....

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  36,514

  Chapters:

  21/?

  Comments:

  18

  Kudos:

  196

  Bookmarks:

  46

  Hits:

  13,185

• Big tears and big moments by CurlyK8

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

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  01 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Colin Bridgerton & Penelope Featherington
  • Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington
  • Colin Bridgerton
  • Penelope Featherington
  • Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington Happy Ending
  • Penelope Featherington Loves Colin Bridgerton
  • Penelope Featherington Needs a Hug
  • Single Parents
  • Half-Siblings
  • Fluff
  • Domestic Bliss
  • Domestic Fluff
  • Colin Bridgerton Being a Gentleman
  • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting

  Summary

  Colin has always been caring and one time his care goes above and beyond as he looks after an unwell baby.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,444

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  11

  Kudos:

  113

  Bookmarks:

  11

  Hits:

  1,251

• Knotty curls by CurlyK8

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

  • General Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  10 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington
  • Penelope Featherington
  • Colin Bridgerton
  • new relationships
  • Step-parents

  Summary

  Colin is trying his best to do a special little girl's hair.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  495

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  8

  Kudos:

  118

  Bookmarks:

  5

  Hits:

  1,504

• Dating Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington by CurlyK8

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

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

  28 Dec 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Colin Bridgerton & Penelope Featherington
  • Colin Bridgerton
  • Penelope Featherington
  • Sick Character
  • Menstruation
  • colin bridgerton - Freeform
  • Penelope Featherington - Freeform
  • No Beta im not perfect
  • Date Night
  • This is chaotic as anything
  • Outside Sex
  • Colin and his hands
  • Champagne started this
  • Drunk Sex
  • still dont know how to tag

  Summary

  It's meant to be date night, however Colin soon realises neither him nor Pen are going anywhere.

  Series

  • Part 1 of It's always been just us.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  7,585

  Chapters:

  2/2

  Comments:

  3

  Kudos:

  30

  Bookmarks:

  11

  Hits:

  1,221

• It's always been just us by CurlyK8

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

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

  30 Oct 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington
  • Colin Bridgerton
  • Penelope Featherington
  • Eloise Bridgerton
  • Anthony Bridgerton
  • Kate Sheffield | Kate Sharma
  • Violet Bridgerton
  • Benedict Bridgerton
  • Portia Featherington
  • Philippa Featherington
  • Prudence Featherington
  • Unplanned Pregnancy
  • Morning Sickness
  • Fluff and Smut
  • Pregnant Sex
  • mentions death
  • mentions abortion
  • Mentions gambling
  • Mentions Alcoholism
  • Portia being Portia
  • Violet is the mum Pen needed all along
  • Masturbation
  • References to Bridgerton
  • References to Derry Girls
  • References to the Press World Tour
  • References to Book 4: Romancing Mr. Bridgerton
  • References to Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton story
  • Brotherly Love
  • Poet quote

  Summary

  Discover how Polin navigate various life changes as their relationship continues to grow over time.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  26,260

  Chapters:

  23/23

  Comments:

  68

  Kudos:

  293

  Bookmarks:

  68

  Hits:

  18,324