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   Ghosts of Christmas '47 by Mariequitecontrarie

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

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   10 Dec 2025

   Tags

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   • Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington
   • Colin Bridgerton & Penelope Featherington
   • Colin Bridgerton & Edmund Bridgerton
   • Colin Bridgerton
   • Penelope Featherington
   • Edmund Bridgerton
   • Eloise Bridgerton
   • Bridgerton Family (Bridgerton)
   • Lord Remington (Bridgerton)
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Fluff
   • Christmas
   • Chaotic Colin Bridgerton
   • POV Colin Bridgerton
   • Alternate Universe - 1940s
   • Second Chances
   • Colin Bridgerton Loves Penelope Featherington
   • Magical Realism
   • Polin
   • Baby Polin
   • Flashbacks
   • Pining Colin Bridgerton
   • Demisexual Colin Bridgerton
   • Loss of Virginity
   • First Time
   • BAMF Penelope Featherington
   • Babygirl Colin Bridgerton
   • Crying Colin Bridgerton
   • Sex Under the Christmas Tree

   Summary

   Christmas Eve 1947. London rests in the soft post-blackout glow, and war correspondent Colin Bridgerton is certain he’s already missed his chance with Penelope Featherington.

   Then, in a Bloomsbury tree lot, he finds her again—reshaped by the war but the same old Pen, the dear friend he grew up with. Over the course of a single Christmas Eve spent together, misunderstandings unravel, old hopes spark back to life, and a quiet nudge from his father’s memory reminds him that some chances aren’t lost after all.

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

   5/5

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   10 Dec 2025