#Polin touches

[yellowdressesandyearning]

Just thinking about how Colin grew up in a home with physical affection which has led him to be associate touches with love. And he’s subconsciously always reached out to comfort Pen when they are talking to each other since season 1.

(And he struggled so much with bridging the gap between emotional connection and physical touch while he was on his travels and at the brothels. Because with touch always came an emotional connection.)

So, when he sees Pen trembling as she asks him to kiss her, he reached out to caress her face. Because for him touch is love.

When he confesses his love, he sits on his knees pressed against her, because for him touch is love.

When the carriage stops, he fixes her dress and fixed her hair. Because for him touch is love.

And when Pen touches his hair, he gets hearty eyes. BECAUSE FOR HIM TOUCH IS LOVE.

[inklore]

i’ll just be having a normal night and then i remember how the first time colin kissed pen you can hear him panting into her mouth and then i’ll remember how every time he’s near her after that he can barely breathe or you can hear his heart pounding and then i’ll remember how he couldn’t even tell her his feelings during the ball because he literally could not breathe with her right there in front of him like she was stealing all his air again and the way he looks down at her mouth was like he so desperately wanted her to make his head stop spinning and fill his lungs with her because she’s consumed him and then i’ll remember–

[butyouaremymess]

Polin Bonus Week: Day Seven

♡ Favorite Kink

Hair touching/pulling

[polin-erospsyche]

Colin Bridgerton is secretly a very horny cat. One touch from Pen as she runs her fingers through his hair and he’s down bad purring out of pleasure

Gifs by @polinsated ❤️❤️❤️

[darlingpeasant]

this is killing me the WaY he is HOLDING her FACE

Somebody pls kiss me like that PLEASE

[ben-crytalker]

listen. listen. l i s t e n. listen. listennnn when penelope asks colin to let her help with his cut, and he only gives in when she says please, and he could merely extend his hand but instead places it directly into hers?? and while she bandages him he jumps between studying her face and their touch? she lingers for a fraction of a second but he curls her fingers into his before she can pull back??? they look up at each other and his other hand instinctively reaches for her too but can only just land on nervously playing with the fabric, not quite letting go???? and they're still holding hands until she mentions his writing??!! he's so caught up in her approval it takes him a second to remember how it came about?! what causes him to break away isn't embarrassment over feelings for her. she just unintentionally reminded him that the safety of his fake persona, the armor as violet later calls it, had been stripped away when she read his journal. he distances himself because in that moment he was still convinced the 'new him' was how he needed to be in order to somehow achieve some sense of purpose or belonging, and pen was drawing him back toward his old self, the true self he was desperately trying to cover up. and even despite this he can't help himself but make sure he'll still see her again??? the symbolism of the glass breaking around the candle? him trying to grab the pieces of the casing to build it back up, and being cut by it? penelope being the one to mend the wound it causes??? HELP ME I AM SUFFOCATING HE FELT TOO VULNERABLE AND EXPOSED AND LATER THE FLAME GOES OUT WITH THAT DUMB GLASS BACK AROUND IT LIKE HIS SPIRIT WITHERING IN THE RUSTED ARMOR HOW COULD ANYONE WATCH THIS SEASON AND DO ANYTHING BUT REVEL IN IT ALL

[miss-ute]

💚

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[lapelduide]

BY THE WAYYY

Let's not forget that it's a dream, Colin's dream, and her dress is easily removable. Like... sir that's unhinged. This man is out here, writing fanfic in his head about himself and Penelope AND he has pretty specific ideas about what he wants to do with her.

[sea-owl]

I'm convinced Colin is touch starved with the way he is constantly touching Penelope.

During their first dance, he's still holding her hand when most couples have been shown to let go or link arms. In the scene where she tries to warn him, you can see the out of shot that he grabs her hand. During the you are Pen scene, he rubs her arm with his BARE HAND. Like, sir! Skin on skin contact?! You know good and well that's not allowed! Then, of course, the most public one, which got the other gentlemen questioning their relationship. When he drags Penelope out of her family's ball to expose Jack Featherington, he's holding her hand and does not let go until they are alone in that room.

Now imagine Penelope putting up boundaries when she forgives him saying him touching her constantly is part of the reason people thought they were courting. Colin becomes grumpy and even grumpier the longer he has no physical contact with HIS Pen. He catches himself so many times leaning in to either take Penelope's hand or run his hand down her arm.

Colin has to bite his lip so he doesn't moan when Penelope is wrapping his hand after cutting it. It's the first time he's had physical contact with her in a long time! Possibly since last season.

Then during their first kiss he just snaps. Not only is he finally, finally, touching Penelope again he's touching her in a new way that he does not want to stop. His hands are everywhere on her and he moans into the kiss when Penelope rests her hands on him.

Then Penelope pulls away and Colin refuses to go back to not touching her. He can't.

So it's really no wonder they ended up that way in the carriage. Emotions were high, Colin was angry and scared, and he just needed something to ground him. Truly, he just wanted to hold Penelope, but again, emotions were high, and holding her wasn't enough. It felt glorious to cover her body with his, his hands exploring her further than she had before. Penelope's hands being more active with running them through his hair and down his back underneath his shirt. Having her initiate skin on skin contact with him? Colin knew he had to marry Penelope. He would not live without her touch.

[yellowdressesandyearning]

The way Colin whispers “you can touch me” like it’s a secret 😭 he never actually told previous partners want he actually wanted.

But he did with Pen because he trusts her so much

[zumiiisumsum]

I dont think I remember any other bridgerton sex scene that was as rewatchable as the carriage scene

[kathani-bridgerton]

There is something so perfect about how they wrote Polin this season, and I think the best example is in the carriage ride home after the failed proposal.

The way Colin says ‘I NEED to know did he propose?’ And the way Penelope says ‘Will you please let us ride home in silence and leave me alone?’ And ‘PLEASE!’ There is just something about it. Only friends to lovers have that sort of energy before going positively feral on each other. I don’t know how to explain it, but it was perfectly done.

[butyouaremymess]

🪞

[ohtendril]

There was something heartbreaking in the way she was gazing at him, as if she might die if he didn’t kiss her. Not from heartbreak, not from embarrassment—it was almost as if she needed him for nourishment, to feed her soul, to fill her heart.

[darlingpeasant]

Colin: ‘Hey lemme just…scooch in here real quick’

Personal space who??

PERSONAL SPACE WHO???