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1. dollhouse by lilacsandpoppys

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

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   18 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington
   • Colin Bridgerton & Penelope Featherington
   • Colin Bridgerton
   • Penelope Featherington
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Slow Burn
   • Mutual Pining
   • Yearning
   • so much yearning
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Domestic Fluff
   • Winter
   • Snowed In
   • Forced Proximity
   • Cancelled wedding
   • Broken Engagement
   • Found Family
   • Mother-Daughter Conflict
   • portia has no chill
   • as per
   • colin bridgerton has Feelings
   • the longing is loud
   • colin bridgerton cannot be normal about penelope
   • Colin Bridgerton is Down Bad for Penelope Featherington
   • penelope has had enough
   • alfie who?
   • snow: third main character
   • No One Is Normal About Anything
   • friends share beds all the time!!!

   Summary

   penelope bolts from her own wedding-adjacent life with alfie debling. colin, obviously, shows up with coffee, fire, and emotional competence.

   aubrey hall, a snowstorm, and one very dangerous shared bed do the rest. turns out “just friends” was always a hilarious lie.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   35,408

   Chapters:

   4/5

   Comments:

   134

   Kudos:

   245

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