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inspired by "i love you, it'll pass" prompt :)
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28 May 2025
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Merlin has found a spell to make Morgana powerless and protect Camelot in one fell swoop. It costs a hefty price, but there’s almost nothing Merlin wouldn’t do for Camelot. And there is nothing he wouldn’t do for his king.
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19 Jan 2024
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Arthur/Merlin
Merlin had to run from Camelot after his magic was revealed and, years later, Arthur doesn't know what happened to him. In the meantime, Merlin has been traveling about, making a living by telling tales about Arthur and life in Camelot. One day, Arthur hears people talking about some story involving him that only Merlin could have known and realizes it's confirmation that Merlin's still aliveBookmarked by IAmCaptainSam
10 Jan 2024
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Merlin is oblivious, Arthur is repressed, and no one is anywhere as suave as the Dread Pirate Roberts.
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07 Nov 2023
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“Can you imagine what it would’ve been like?” asks Merlin. “If you weren’t a king, and I wasn’t—“ he gesticulates, trailing off.
“An all-powerful warlock? A dragonlord?” Arthur supplies gleefully. “An immortal deity worshipped by the Druids?”
Merlin cracks an eye open to glare pointedly at him.
Arthur hides his smile, albeit not entirely successfully. “We’d run, wouldn’t we,” he sighs, shifting to get into a more comfortable position. “Me with my farm,” he murmurs, suddenly finding himself rather melancholy. “You, with your house upon the lake.”
Merlin snorts a quiet laugh. “I doubt you’d know the first thing about tending to a farm.”
“Perhaps not,” Arthur agrees. He looks up to where Merlin is leaning back against the tree, his eyes closed once more in contentment. “Perhaps you’d be able to show me.”
Merlin and Arthur share a quiet afternoon away from the castle.
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- Part 1 of slices of peaches
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05 Nov 2023
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It shouldn't be a surprise, really, if the knights think punching each other in the arm is a viable and efficient way of cheering each other up, that they also think insulting each other is a perfectly good way to show affection. Insults are compliments, threats are reassurances, and actual bodily harm is considered good manners or at the very least the mark of genuine companionship. Basically, take everything Merlin's ever been taught about how you actually treat the people you care about and flip it on its head, because stars know that if any one of these men actually behave as though being nice won't incinerate them, the world will actually end.
Alright, maybe he's being a bit harsh.
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30 Oct 2023
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“God,” Merlin said, eyes half lidded and full of lust as he meets Arthur’s. “I love your stomach so much.”
“You’re so weird,” Arthur said, bringing a hand up to cover his red face. “Is this some weird servant fetish?”
“No,” Merlin said with a grin as he hovered over Arthur’s belly button, pressing a long, though still chaste, kiss to it. “Just me. Just me and loving every bit of you.”
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Or Arthur doesn't understand how Merlin can think he's so handsome when there's other men more fit than he.
Merlin isn't having it and shows Arthur just how much he loves his body.
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11 Oct 2023
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Merlin and Gwaine spend their days bopping around kingdoms, performing for the masses in exchange for petty coin. Their most popular show by far is when Merlin pretends to be Dragoon; an Oracle of the Old Religion. He is in no way a Seer. Sometimes they perform for room and board, but people often give them payment for his prophecies. When a tavern owner gives Merlin a ring for payment, everything changes.
Turns out the ring was haunted by the ghost of Queen Ygraine Pendragon. Merlin may have magic, but he was not prepared for this. Now Ygraine is threatening to haunt Merlin for the rest of his life if he doesn't travel to Camelot to protect her son Arthur.
He goes to Camelot, and it turns out that Arthur is a huge pain in the ass. But he's also kind and does his best for his people, and that has Merlin and Gwaine falling for him.
If only Merlin didn't have to contend with a genocidal king and political plot involving the Kingdom of Magic.
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23 Sep 2023
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'The damage seemed to spread out from him like ripples on a pond, and it felt like a gift, like a blessed reprieve to find something that affected only him. The hunger was the one choice he could make that hurt no one, endangered no one, nudged no prophecies with clumsy elbows. Besides, having a secret was nothing new. The revelation was having one that didn’t matter.'
Merlin doesn’t eat properly, but he doesn't think it's a problem. Arthur disagrees.
(Scenes on a theme, before, during and after Arthur finds out.)
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17 Sep 2023
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Arthur assigns Merlin to serve a visiting noble for a week as a harmless punishment. It blows up in their faces.
AKA Merlin suffers at the hands of an abusive noble. Arthur feels responsible.
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14 Sep 2023
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Merlin, who was in every way possible, Arthur’s complete opposite.
Where Arthur was sharp, Merlin was soft. Where Arthur was rude, Merlin was kind. Arthur’s blonde hair shone like the sun in the day, while Merlin’s raven hair reflected the moonlight like stars. Arthur’s deep plain blue eyes that met Merlin’s pale ones, with small golden flecks inside. Where Arthur was afraid to touch, Merlin was tactile. When Arthur bit back his words, Merlin rambled them.
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Arthur is sharp, with rough edges and solid stone. Merlin is gentle, with round edges and a soft centre.
Merlin rounds Arthur's edges, and Arthur loves Merlin.
But his confession comes too late.
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14 Sep 2023
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"Merlin!” He said, smiling brightly with eyes wide. “Merlin, my love!”
“Oh Gods and Goddesses, please save me,” Merlin mumbled to himself as Arthur scrambled off the table and ran to wrap his arms around Merlin. The sorcerer groaned and looked over his shoulder at Arthur.
“But it hurts to be apart.” Arthur whined, proceeding to unceremoniously drop all 180 pounds of himself onto Merlin’s lap. “It hurts deep in here.”
Arthur grabs Merlin’s hand and rests it over his heart. Merlin just looks at him with a deadpan look as he wrestles his hand back and tries to shove Arthur off.
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Or Merlin believes Arthur has been hit with a love spell and has to deal with an insanely clingy Arthur for two days while he tries to figure out how to break it.
A talk with the druids leaves him thinking about his supposedly unrequited love (and how it might not be so unrequited)
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07 Sep 2023
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Arthur accidentally lets it slip that he knows about Merlin's magic. Merlin panics. Angst and fluff ensue.
TW for panic attacks
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03 Sep 2023
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A human sacrifice is needed to break a curse on Camelot. Merlin volunteers. They fake his death and Arthur Feels Things.
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02 Sep 2023
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There is a rule in Camelot: Never hurt, harm, insult, or attack Merlin if you wish to live.
Those who broke the rules, faced the consequences.
Or the 5 times Merlin's friends are there to his rescue/care for him, + the 1 time he saves them all at once.
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02 Sep 2023
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There are days when he forgets he’s human too.
All of his days feel like that now.Merlin is weary of being serf and sovereign both.
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02 Sep 2023
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“You two are meant for each other and I don’t know where I fit in with that—how I ever could.”
Gwen is Arthur’s queen and Merlin is more distant than ever.
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- Part 7 of everything good comes in threes
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31 Aug 2023
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The silence in the room is a sudden, absolute thing. When Arthur finally looks at him, his blue eyes are tired, disbelieving, and just a little bit amused. “Did you just dare me to quit my job and say fuck you to my father, Merlin?”
Putting on his best, I’m an idiot, what can you do face, Merlin shrugs. “That sums it up quite nicely, yes.”
Five increasingly absurd dares, and one time they finally speak the truth. Or: emotionally repressed idiots will find overly convoluted ways to be earnest with each other; just give them some time to figure it out.
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- Part 82 of Merlin Stories
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21 Aug 2023
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When Merlin is mugged, some instinct inside Arthur snaps into place like an elastic band.
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21 Aug 2023
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And When They Ask Me Who I Am I'll Just Pretend I Didn't Hear by DeoPlunk
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
24 Aug 2023
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He knows the recognisable way Merlin’s eyelids tend to hang low, or the way he hunches over, only to remember his position and square his shoulders as if waiting to strike an oncoming opponent. The way he longs so dearly to turn Merlin in the direction of his bed and let the smaller man sink into his mattress. Watch as his eyes flutter closed and his breathing steadies out. Maybe even reach for him, if he were feeling so brave.
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He had felt them behind him before he’d seen them. A new danger, one present in stops and starts throughout King Hywel’s stay, rising up behind him as he walked through the halls, into feasts and the stables and now, to Arthur’s chambers. The familiar buzz under his skin had spliced harshly through him like an airborne blade but he’d kept his pace, not drawing any attention, letting them believe he was yet to notice them.
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It seems everyone knew that the visiting Knights were up to something dreadful from the moment that they arrived, everyone but Arthur. Still, he goes crazy the moment Merlin hasn't been seen for more than a few hours
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16 Aug 2023