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Missing scene and Canon-diversion from s05e09 With All My Heart where Arthur doesn't remember Merlin and leaves. What happens when Morgana find Merlin at the Cauldron and finds out a little more than she bargained for?
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17 Feb 2026
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Someone in the Camelot (Merlin) has rooted out a spy on the council. This anonymous person (who is obviously Merlin) put this accusation into a long letter, full of evidence from a thorough investigation and infiltration of the spy's circle within the staff. Arthur is remarkably impressed with this mystery detective (again, Merlin) and becomes set on uncovering their identity.
Merlin didn't think things would get out of hand. He only wanted to get rid of the spy publicly and legally, so he forewent the magic and decided to conduct a counterintelligence mission for months to gather evidence the old-fashioned way—like anyone would! But suddenly Arthur is searching for him, and magic or not, he learned a long time ago to stay in the shadows.
George is so tired. It is so obvious. King Arthur is disappointingly unobservant, and George cannot take this much longer.
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- Part 6 of Living's Standalone Merthur Fics
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01 Aug 2025
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Arthur, there are bandits ahead, I know it!
Shut up, Merlin.
Arthur, you’re under an enchantment!
Shut up, Merlin.
Arthur, the kingdom will literally be destroyed if you do not heed my warning!
Shut up, Merlin.
Over and over again. A decade of service. A decade of… friendship? A decade of Merlin being in love with the stupid royal toad and hoping for even the smallest reciprocation. A smile, a kind word, a compliment. But for a decade, he heard the same thing, over and over.
Shut up, Merlin. That was always the way, wasn’t it?
How was Merlin expected to understand the way Arthur had been treating him lately? The king had been gentler, softer around the edges, more kind, more grateful. The warlock knew there was something there, something Arthur was offering if only Merlin took it, but he couldn’t. Because every time Arthur smiled at him, every meal offered or moment shared, all Merlin could hear was ten years of
SHUT.
UP.
MERLIN.
No, Arthur could not find out that Merlin was the writer. He’d probably set Perrin free, let him back on the council. Merlin couldn’t risk Arthur’s lack of faith in him ruining the kingdom, he just couldn’t.
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I've certainly seen my fair share of your idiocy,” Arthur barked back, beyond furious now. “You know why I want to find this writer, Merlin? Because it would be nice to have someone with a modicum of intellect around me for once, instead of uneducated, stupid servants!”
“Wow, is that one aimed at just me? Or would you like to yell that one out loud in front of the laundresses too?”
“Get the hell out.”
Merlin took a startled step back. “What?”
Arthur was seething, his hands balled into fists like he would strike. “I said get out. Or are you deaf as well as useless?”
The warlock bit his tongue to keep from exasperatedly repeating the word ‘useless,’ figuring it wouldn’t help his case. Instead, he took a deep breath in through his nose and composed himself. In the face of Arthur’s cherry red fury, Merlin stiffly bowed. “Sire,” he said stiffly in the way of farewell, turning around and hurrying out.
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But most days it seemed Arthur didn't even respect him, let alone like him. Sometimes Merlin wondered if they were even friends, despite all they had been through together.
He knew Arthur's temper had likely gotten the better of him back there, and that Arthur probably didn't mean to say such horrible things. But the king’s actions always reflected that same sentiment; that Merlin was an uneducated fool.
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“Yeah, yeah, the whole kingdom could back me up,” Merlin said flippantly, waving his hand through the air. “Doesn't matter. You are highly overestimating the king's opinion of me. Arthur doesn't trust my ideas or my instincts. He thinks I’m an idiot.”
George laughed in disbelief. “You two are thick as thieves,” he argued. “There are very few people that could get away with speaking to His Majesty the way that you do. He must hold you in some respect. I’d always believed…” he looked away, and cleared his throat. “I believed you were friends.”
“And yet, he thinks every word out of my mouth is a fool's cry for attention,” Merlin said with a roll of his eyes.
Arthur was flooded with shame so strong he almost gave away his presence in the hall. It took every ounce of his training to remain still and silent as he heard how Merlin—the writer—saw himself through Arthur’s eyes. It was definitely not befitting of a king. Worse, a king who purported to be in love with him!
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“Do you have scales?” Arthur asks. “Wings?”
The cow at Merlin’s side begins munching on the heads of his handful of wheat.
“Oh, I see," he says, "You’re an oaf."
“What did you call me?”
“An oaf. A pumpkin short of its seeds. A turnip with no greens or roots.”
“How dare you.”
“Quite plainly, I thought, but I suppose given your intelligence or lack thereof, I might have been more direct the first time.”
Arthur draws himself up to his full height, aghast.
“You,” he says. “Are the strangest, most repulsive hatchling I have ever met, and I should like nothing more than to escape your company immediately.”
(Pride & Prejudice AU - Lady Ygraine asks her dear friend Lady Nimueh to help her children get off their asses and strike out into the marriage market. With her help, Arthur soon finds himself introduced to a mysterious, magical man who calls himself a botanist.)
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Harry Black and the Resurrection Game (Act II: The Fall of Champions) by TheSinister_Man
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
03 Feb 2026
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Still reeling from the violence of the Quidditch World Cup, Harry Black and his friends return to Hogwarts in time for the Triwizard Tournament, unaware that the machinations of Lord Voldemort and his followers will turn a simple academic tournament into a death trap. Meanwhile, Harry must deal with the responsibilities of becoming the new Prince of Slytherin, while the Potters face the explosive fallout from Rita Skeeter's expose.
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Loneliness is an insidious thing. When Merlin looks at Arthur, he sees not just a prince waiting for his time to rule, but a young man struggling to find his place in the world, with little help from anyone else.
The truth is, Arthur needs more than the friendship Merlin can offer. He needs people he can trust: men and women who will become his court and his confidants, and if he is going to survive to take the throne and lead Camelot into its golden age, he needs them sooner rather than later.
Finding loopholes in Uther’s laws is no easy feat. Court life is a dangerous game, but it’s one Merlin has every intention of winning so that Arthur can have knights of his choosing by his side.
And then there is the matter of his magic…
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06 Oct 2025
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65!!!!! Incredible
Magic house. Arthur knights Lancelot and it changes everything
Merlin sighed, scratching a thumb across his brow. 'It's always been there,' he pointed out. 'There's never been a time when I've stood in front of Uther innocent of the crime of sorcery. I'm in no more danger than I was back when all this started.'