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lumuslua · 12 days ago

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One step and you're in the dark

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lumuslua · 12 days ago

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Clev asked this and I went to a rabbit hole in my own mind! But I got too self conscious to babble about it in twitter :') and now I'm here picturing Polin sleep arrangement like a mad woman :)

So first, Colin is definitely a heavy sleeper! I mean, not the kind that wouldn't wake up at all, but the kind who needs a bit more efforts to wake him, nothing absurd. And he can fall asleep easily (if he ate before, sleep will hit him for sure... just like a cat ! Let the man have a siesta!). In his childhood and pre adolescence was like that on point, but when he gets from adolescent to young adult, his sleep arrangement change a little bit, with him sleeping late some nights (reading probably, out until late in balls/parties, with his brothers or friends...) Nothing that changes THAT much, but yeah...

He developed a bit of insomnia and when he is worried about something, it gets him good, but 2 types of insomnia only; when something is bothering him as fuck, he can't fall asleep and he will stay up until late night, tossing and turning in bed until very very late (almost dawn). That's the first insomnia he has; the Initial Insomnia. But sometimes, when he is worried about something, but its not that big problem, he will fall asleep, but will wake up a lot during the night, he'll not reaches the deep sleep. Occassionally he would have some nightmares or weird dreams bcs of sleep deprived. And that's the second type of insomnia he has; the Maintenance Insomnia. Actually this second one he developed after became a father, when Penelope was pregnant, he worried if she was ok during the nights, knowing he was a heavy sleeper, he was always worried that if Pen needed something, he will not wake up promptly, that's why during the pregnancy he woke up a few times at the night, just to check on her, and after this, it became more constant with their newborns, everytime. But in general he has good nocturne habits, and tends to sleep well.

He liked to sleep with a lot of fluffy pillows, just bcs he likes to grab them to sleep. And now, being married, he feels that he can only sleep comfortably if he is touching Pen somehow; with his arm around her waist, hugging her arm, playing with her curls, holding her hand, with his body closer and touching her, no matter how, he has to feel her warmth (she's kinda his comfort blanket/person?? Hahah).

He only goes to bed with Penelope, if she is up or doing something outside the bed, he refuse to goes to it until she goes too. So he'll probably sit in a chair and wait for her, nodding off, sleepy. She tries to say to him that he should just go to bed, but... well is a lost battle against a stubborn man in love.

His favorite position to fall asleep is on his sides, but during the night he tends to turn on his stomach. But he like to take naps in the sofa, on his back, with Pen laying in his chest. When Pen goes to sleep and he has his back to her, already sleeping, he gladly became the small spoon :D

Penelope is a light sleeper. She tends to stay up until late since very younger. When she was a kid, she'd took some books with her to the bedroom, to read when she couldn't sleep (a habit that continues). Being a light sleeper, plus some difficult to sleep fast, gave her the time to entertain herself reading, writing... sneaking out to deliver issues. She's a kind of night owl. Pen had a lot of energy, so this wasn't a problem as a kid, she could go fine through the day. But later, as a grown up it became a little bit tiresome, but she's still a person full of energy (she works better and gains even more energy at night... well, work while they sleep, right?! or whatever).

Pen has insomnia. She has it for so long, but only hit her hard when she has hard times. She'd stay up for days, sleeping merely 2 or 3 hours, until tiredness hit her and she would sleep for LONG HOURS. It gets better growing up, but after the pregnancy, taking care of her newborn was a little tense. The sleep arrangement was all messy (during the pregnancy, was the period of her life that she slept the most. Instantly sleep.)

She doesn't go to bed early, not being able to fall asleep easily, she would stay at her desk or go to the office/library read, write... she was used to it, but after realized that colin wouldn't go to bed without her, she'd climbed to bed with him, just so he could sleep comfortably and she'd continue to do her things while caressing Colin's hair or just let him hold her any way he wishes.

Pen's favorite position to fall asleep is on her stomach, but her lower body part (legs/hips) would be a little bit to her side and she lifts one leg. It's a perfect position to sleep with her over colin's chest she'd say... But she like to sleep on her side too. When she was younger she liked to sleep like a little shrimp, on her side, all curling up in herself (sometimes when she's sick, she tends to sleep like this. Colin finds it adorable.)

Penelope moves at night while sleeping. But colin being a heavy sleeper, don't mind that much. When he wakes up during the night he would, in his insomnia periods, groggily fix the blanket and get closer to Pen without hesitation.

Sometimes they like to have sex when both wake up during the insomnia nights... just for a bioquimic cocktail that helps have a good sleep or whatever bullshit they said to the family when one time at Aubrey Hall they woke up them at 3am...

#colin bridgerton #polin #penelope bridgerton #bridgerton

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lumuslua · 14 days ago

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POLIN WEEK 2025 Day Seven: Favorite Polin Scene

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lumuslua · 14 days ago

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endless list of otp's; colin bridgerton & penelope featherington "I have spent so long trying to feel less, trying to be the kind of man society expects me to be. And for a moment, I thought I had succeeded, but these past few weeks have been full of confounding feelings. Feelings like a total inability to stop thinking about you, about that kiss. Feelings like dreaming of you when I’m asleep, and in fact preferring sleep because that is where I might find you. A feeling that is like torture, but one of which I cannot, will not, do not want to give up."

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lumuslua · 1 month ago

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