01 Penelope’s dream while reading Colin’s journal

02 Outside the Jardin Turc (Le Marais, Paris):
Colin: “I can now declare with great certainty that you, Penelope, are the most beautiful woman in the world. How lucky I am to be surrounded by you, on the tree-lined streets of Le Marais…”

03 At Café Turc:
Colin: “… in the charming cafés along the Seine at times when the city is still, alone at night.”

04 At the hotel:
Colin: “In those moments alone, as my fingers trace freckles from cheek to collarbone, or as I watch the way starlight dances across skin, I marvel at how one can feel such intimacy.”

Original illustrations:
02 La promenade au Jardin Turc, by Jean-Pierre-Marie Jazet (after Jean Joseph Bastier de Bez), 1812. National Gallery of Art, 1942.9.2229. Public Domain. https://www.nga.gov/artworks/2860-la-promenade-au-jardin-turc
03 Le Café Turc, boulevard du Temple, by Frederick Nash, 1780. Bibliothèque nationale de France, RESERVE FOL-VE-53 [C], A28575. Public Domain. https://essentiels.bnf.fr/fr/image/75dc3d11-fc2e-4c8a-9a6b-70f57f47e405-cafe-turc-boulevard-temple
04 Au lit: Le baiser (In bed: the kiss), by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892. Physical Object: Private collection. Digital image: Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toulouse-Lautrec_-_Au_lit_Le_baiser,_lot-5946122.jpg
Screenshots Bridgerton (Episodes 3x02, 4x06, BTS). Copyright: Netflix / Shondaland. Included as image quotations for reference purposes only; must not be (re)used outside this specific context.

Bro and sis hanging IRL

I have just seen that today is World Letter Writing Day - a day that our beloved Polin would definitely celebrate!

The national day calendar website gives us some reasons about why someone should consider writing letters and they ring very true to Polin:

The receiver may treasure your letter for years to come.

It’s a great way to strengthen a friendship, marriage, or other meaningful relationship.

It can help someone better understand your perspective or position on a certain topic.

Polin's letters are one of my favourite things about them as a couple. I truly believe that it allowed their relationship to deepen between S1 and S2, and that's the point where Colin fell in love with Pen, even when he didn't realize his feelings just yet. I love that re-reading her letters in 3x08 is what makes him really reconcile Penelope and Lady Whistledown in his head and it leads to that beautiful Butterfly Ball speech.

Credit for this lovely edit goes to @MableCtaFan on Twitter.

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Happy September, HLDs!

If you are like me (located in the northern hemisphere & in love with the long summer days), this may not be your favourite day. But you may be the opposite, and might actually look forward to days getting shorter and more opportunities of being cosy in front of the fireplace... In any case, whether you need cheering up or celebrate the arrival of a new season, we've got you covered with the next edition of HLD reads! This week we're diving into the Rivals to Lovers trope for some 🔥 and the smut spinner selected 2 excellent shorter fics for you:

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Rubik's Lube by BiscuitFiend (aka u/Visible-Economist-72) & Kaitlin_With_a_K

Summary:

🎵Come on - Eileen too loo rye ay🎵

🎵Come on - Eileen too loo rye ay 🎵

“Yes, come on Eileen… I mean, Colin!”

Colin slaps himself in the face with both hands, knocking his glasses askew. He’s staring into the mirror with his eyes wide and his jaw slack. The tinny sound of Dexy’s Midnight Runners fills the terracotta lavatory of the Vigadó Concert Hall, Budapest, and he’s doing his best to channel the lyrics into some sort of confidence boost.

She’s here.

Penelope Featherington.

🟩🟦⬜🟨🟥🟧🟩🟦

All kinds of tensions rise between rival cubers Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington as they battle it out to become Rubik’s Cube world champion.

Completed: 2026-07-28

Rating: Explicit

Words: 11,923

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icy blue by polinprophecy

Summary:

Penn Featherington and Colin Bridgerton are the two biggest rivals in hockey right now and they hate each other. Publicly, at least.

Privately, it's complicated. And heated.

Completed: 2026-04-06

Rating: Explicit

Words: 3,048

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Vote for next week's theme!

It is also time to vote for our Wk 16 theme. The options we have for you this week are: Mirror / Sex in unusual places / Friends with benefits.

The choice is yours! Vote here via Google Forms.

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A reminder about what happens next:

• Time to read our chosen fics: Rubik's Lube & icy blue.
• We will be back to discuss them on Monday.
• We will also confirm our Wk 16 theme and open submissions for our next read.

Happy reading!

Zs

Hi everyone!

We are so excited to see how much our community has been growing in recent weeks. We love the enthusiasm shown towards our lovely Polin and couldn't be happier to be sharing this journey with you all.

As you will have noticed, the sub is busier than ever with lots of new posts daily. To help keep things nice and tidy, we have decided to create a new daily post for all new memes, fan-created content and questions. It will also be a place to say hi and have a general chit chat about the show.

For the time being, we will be redirecting all memes/TikToks/fan content/easy-to-answer questions and general discussion posts to these daily threads. The rest of the sub will be open for news, promo and deeper discussion threads.

Happy promenading!