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Despite what some people (Arthur) think, Merlin was actually a great planner. Unfortunately, there's just not much evidence of that due to his true downfall: once Merlin gets involved, his carefully laid plans somehow always go wrong.
Merlin and Arthur knew slowly reintroducing magic into Camelot would be hard, so they made a plan. They thought about where to start, who would be sympathetic, who wouldn't, how fast was too fast, how slow was too slow, and thousands of other issues. For months they strategized and thought of every eventuality.
So when their plans are completely thrown out the window as a Druid boy is thrown into their lives Merlin knew he shouldn't have been surprised.
Hopefully being a good father doesn't require any more planning.
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Arthur has become the King Merlin had always dreamed him to be. He was loved by his people, noble and commoner alike, and was nothing like his father. Slowly he was growing more and more excited for the future Arthur would bring, one where magic would hopefully be free in Camelot once more.
But, for now, Merlin was focused on a different problem. One that held an equal amount of risk and possibility of ruining the friendship they had built.
Merlin was in love with Arthur.
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Sometimes love makes being honest more difficult, not less. After Arthur and Merlin tumble into an accidental relationship, does Merlin have what it takes to confess to being a sorcerer? And does Arthur have what it takes to hear it?
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I love Taylor Swift and the songs I Can See You, Cruel Summer, Foolish One, and The Last Time (in that order) felt like they told a story to me, so here it is.
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Merlin heaved a quiet sigh before whispering, “It’s different, Gwaine. You have to remind him how to show his love for you in the right way, not how to love you in the first place. And it’s dramatic, I know, to have this big of a breakdown over something so small, but…” He trailed off, unsure how to finish.
“But it’s about more than just not going to a show, isn’t it?”
Yeah. It was about more.
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Arthur got tickets to a show Merlin and him had talked about going to for years and Merlin was more excited for it than he had been for anything in a long time. So how is he supposed to feel when he discovers that Arthur hadn't even thought to invite him in the first place?
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A self-indulgent fic where Merlin is sad, but what's there to be done when no one is really in the wrong? Sometimes things just hurt, even when no one wants them to.
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“Arthur, what? No this is not about me being afraid of him taking more of your time! I’m not… I wouldn’t do something like that! I’m being honest with you, that man gives me a bad feeling! One I’ve long since learned to trust,” He looked at Arthur pleadingly, “One I feel I’ve given you ample evidence to trust as well,” He continued sadly.
Maybe it was just another "silly feeling", but Merlin knew this wouldn’t end well.
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Merlin knows something is wrong with Arthur's childhood friend that is visiting, but Arthur refuses to see it. They've survived so many trials together: war, grief, realizing years of lies. Will this be the thing that finally causes an irreparable rift?
Merlin's starting to think it might.
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When he had thought he was reassuring Merlin that he was okay with him being a sorcerer, Merlin had thought he was making fun of him for his feelings. Feelings that Arthur not only would never joke about, but also reciprocated.
Gwaine began to understand that there must have been a giant miscommunication and put his head in his hands, “Oh you fools. You’re both complete and utter fools.”
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Merlin lost a bet and needs to admit to Arthur that he might be a teeny tiny bit in love with him. Arthur has been waiting for Merlin to tell him that he's a sorcerer. There's no way they can confuse those conversations. Right? (Wrong.)
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I heard 'Crushing Me' from Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies and needed to write a silly, angsty, little story about Merlin and Arthur being dumb.
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Inspired by Art (Songs That Have My Heart) by HpeepZ
Fandom Merlin (TV), 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
25 Jul 2023
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Series of unconnected one-shots from various fandoms that were created purely because I heard a song that got my story-senses tingling.
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Merlin unconnected one-shots where Arthur is a bit of a piece of work, but Merlin (sometimes reluctantly) loves him anyway.
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The party has done so many crawls they've become routine, predictable. So when Dustin forces Steve's hand, and it backfires, they have to abandon the game plan to take care of one of their own.
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Steve gets to know the front end of a gun before he ever shoots one.
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"And Billy – he died. He knows this.
Or, doesn’t know this. Not really. But he’s figured it out. Why else would he be sentenced to a hellscape like this, tossed away into nothing like the piece of trash he was.
And he had wallowed for, like, a week or something, after he'd been dropped in here. Maybe longer. Probably longer. Time is different here. Makes his head spin.
And then he bucked up and swallowed his tears because these bat-bird things were annoying the living fuck out of him. What else was he supposed to do? He wasn’t presented with another option.
And he toughs it out. He doesn’t know how long it’s been. Too long.
He makes do. He– survives. Maybe not thrives, but he survives, and that counts for something.
And now, Steve fucking Harrington is spit from the ground. Shirtless."
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Billy finds his way into season 4. He's stubborn like that.
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29 Jan 2026
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“I said, c’mere, Harrington,” Billy repeats, eyeing Steve like it’s a challenge.
Steve doesn’t lose challenges.
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Steve has been wandering through the woods at night for months, earning him the not-so-coveted title of Hawkins' resident nutcase. By the time Billy Hargrove rolls into town with his stupid car and his come try me attitude, Steve is sorely lacking sleep and the ability to make friends above the age of thirteen.
Billy doesn’t seem to care.
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How Jim Hopper, police chief of Hawkins, adopted his children and did his best to keep them safe through multiple apocalyptic scenarios. How having a safe parental figure changed Steve's life.
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05 Jan 2026
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This is so amazing and I’m so sad it’s not finished. 49/?
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“I was ten,” Steve starts, because that’s how it always starts. That’s how the story of his life is told.
I was ten, begin a dozen unfinished, unsent college essays. I was ten, I was ten, I was ten.
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When Steve is ten, he's kidnapped by a serial killer alongside another boy, a stranger named Ed. When Steve is nineteen, he finds himself walking through the Upside Down with a man named Eddie. These events are more linked than he thinks.
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03 Jan 2026