#penelope's threads

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@kingcenred Cenred & Penelope.

She knew she would have to eventually see Colin again, but she had hoped she would have more time, perhaps that was why she panicked as soon as she saw him across the room. The minuet he started towards her she took hold of her green skirt and all but ran from the main ballroom and ducked into the closest empty room. Or rather what she thought was an empty room, she turned to lean against the door, catching her breath and when she looked up there was a man there not even a foot in front of her.

"I'm sorry-- I thought this room was empty, I'll just return to the pa. . " She didn't even get a chance to finish her sentence, much less turn around to leave before her mother was in the room, where the hell had she even come from? Penelope recalled her being on the other side of the ballroom when she ran away. But there she was, screeching about how improper it was to be alone in a room with a man and then throwing out the word marriage as a small group of people gathered.

"No mama-- nothing happened, I swear I just entered the room thinking it was empty, I don't even know this man" which was very much true but at this point no one was listening to her at all, a facet in her life. She finally glanced at the man next to her, the guilt for what was happening eating at her, it was one thing to have to marry before the end of the season it was another all together to be forced into a marriage.

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@3katanas Zoro & Penelope

Balls in the off season were not nearly as big of an affair as during the main season, but they were still a nice way to break up the winter months. Penelope wasn't too surprised that she received an invitation to Lady Danbury's country home or her ball, she had become rather close to the older woman in her last season and thought of her as a confidant. It took little convincing for her mother to agree and so Penelope set off for the country, arriving the day before the ball, dawning a light blue day dress instead of the garish colors her mother normally put her in, she was surprised to see other visitors there.

The lady of the house presented her and she offered a kind smile "it is nice to meet you" she greeted the man in the sitting room, an honored guest of Lady Danbury. Blue eyes studied him for a moment, having to remind herself that she wasn't collecting information for her writing, she quickly stopped and instead took the offered seat as tea was sent for.

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@3katanas asked:

[TO THE THREAT ]: " right, either you leave or i kick you out. your choice. " (for Penelope)

Penelope was no stranger to harsh words from others, what she was not use to was how men tried to take liberties with her new wardrobe. She had been passing by the game room, looking for Lady Danbury when some foreign lord who's name she had not caught grabbed her arm. The smell of whisky had been strong on his breath and despite her best efforts to talk him down it was only when Zoro spoke up did he let go of her wrist and she found herself shaking, ducking behind the familiar man for safety.

It never mattered how sure and strong she was-- an inkling of a physical attack and she was hiding behind a sort of friend. When the drunk lord grumbled something and turned to leave she finally let out a breath she didn't know she had been holding. "Thank you, my lord-- I am sorry you had to step in."

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@3katanas Zoro & Pirate Penelope

Perhaps this wasn't what she had in mind when she ran away from home that summers day, lord knew she never thought she would meet Luffy or that she would be offered a job, and yet here she was-- practicing with a gun that a lady had no business holding in the crows nest, she promised Sanji a couple of birds for dinner and she was growing sick of fish so she would deliver. Day by day it seemed the crew grew, but there was one she enjoyed talking to the most, the green haired swordsman currently standing below her.

Seeing her shot, she took it, dropping a rather large bird onto the deck, narrowly missing said swordsman. "Sorry!" Panic filled her voice as she leaned over the railing, looking down at him to see if he was okay. "Did I get any blood on you?" The redhead called down, moving to leave the nest slowly as not to rip another dress before they made it to the next port. Once on the ground she collected the bird, a rather plump thing and turned to look up at Zoro, rather bashfully.

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@honorhearted Benjamin & Penelope

"I don't know if I should be impressed or worried for how far Gregory will go once he puts his mind to it" Penelope greeted Mr. Tallmadge with the usual polite smile as she watched the boy in question run after his sister at full speed. She had known the man for as long as he had been the youngest Bridgerton's tutor as she was a fixed staple at the house as well, or had been at least. Her recent falling out with Eloise meant she had not been back to the house in some weeks sadly.

But she brushed that thought aside in favor of fixing herself some lemonade, the light blue of her dress a sharp contrast to the yellow she use to be forced into by her Mama in her first two seasons. "How are you fairing now that the new season has started?" The redhead asked, looking up at him. Even if she was no longer close with the family he worked for did not mean she had any reason to act differently towards him, after all he had done nothing to her.

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@dynastymuses Colin & Penelope

"What could possibly have been wrong with that suiter, Colin-- he was perfectly lovely" Penelope was growing frustrated with Colin running off any man who spoke to her. He was supposed to help her find a husband, not put her on the shelf herself. Tonight it had been a Baron, he seemed kind enough, well spoken and listened when she spoke, he was a bit older sure-- but it was what she had come to expect in a suiter at her age. Lifting her blue dress slightly she moved away from Colin and out to the gardens, she needed some air, badly.

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@kingcenred

The false courtship was going a bit too well as they now both sat in the Queen's receiving room being grilled about when he would propose and where the wedding would be held. While she had greatly been enjoying her time with Cenred she knew their time together would come to a close when the season did, no matter how many kisses they shared, or soft conversations-- he had a country to run and made it plain that he wished for a queen from his own country.

"I am sure it will happen in due time, your majesty-- we are still getting to know one another" she was stalling, her hand shook slightly at her side, thankfully it would only be noticeable to him as the table hit her lower body. Still her face betrayed nothing, as she kept the same soft smile she always held on her lips, glancing over at him to see what he would say.

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@authcrwriites asked:

“Someone, somewhere has failed you miserably. You were supposed to be loved, protected and cared for but you never were.“ charlie novak for penelope!

Penelope knew he was right-- and yet his words still caught her off guard. No one had ever seen her like he saw her-- no one ever realized her pain before, or how alone she had been. Charlie saw it all though, some days she wondered if he could see into her very soul. She felt the tears roll down her face before she could stop them, years of pent up hurt and neglect weighed on her, a mother who didn't protect her like she did her sisters, friends who only cared for her when she was there to boost their confidence and listen to their problems a society that told her she was never going to be enough or worthy of love.

All of that pain and yet she still managed to smile her way through it, until she met Charlie and for the first time in her life she felt cared for, heard and cherished. "I'm sorry--" the redhead whispered brokenly, dabbing at her eyes, but the tears would not stop. "I'm sorry--" I'm not enough, that I'm not someone anyone could love, that you're wasting your kindness on me, for so many things.