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"Your manservant is quite devoted" Mithian observed, following his gaze.
Arthur snapped his attention back to her. "Merlin? He's adequate. When he's not being impossibly clumsy or insolent."
"Strange. I've heard others speak of him with great admiration. They say he's fiercely loyal, I even heard that he's saved your life on multiple occasions."
"He exaggerates his own importance."
Mithian tilted her head, studying him. "You watch him quite frequently."
Prince Arthur is in love with his manservant.
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23 Feb 2026
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Merlin can't always use magic to protect Arthur and Camelot, so throughout Merlin's decade spent by Arthur's side, the knights of Camelot teach Merlin a thing or two about holding his own.
Or, 5 times a background knight teaches Merlin a different fighting skill, and the 1 time Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table find out (in the coolest way possible, of course).
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- Part 11 of Living's Standalone Merthur Fics
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03 Feb 2026
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Shortly after coming to Camelot, physician’s apprentice Merlin learns that Prince Arthur is suffering from a mysterious ailment nobody is willing to talk about. The Prince keeps exclusively to his chambers and is in danger of losing his status as heir apparent to the throne. When Merlin finally comes face to face with him, the Prince and he do not exactly hit it off. But in spite of Prince Arthur’s initial hostility, Merlin finds himself determined to help him – with medicine as much as with magic.
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29 Jan 2026
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"Great, just what he needed, something else trying to off the prat on the way home."
Merlin, Arthur, a very large spot of prison-cell-shaped trouble, and a lot to work out. Basically, a fix-it for all of season 5.
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29 Jan 2026
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The Kingdom of Essetir has once again fallen under new rule, and Arthur travels to visit its new king, determined to make peace. Unfortunately peace is the furthest thing from this new king’s mind. Arthur and Merlin are forced to navigate his every attempt to make Arthur a scapegoat in starting a war between Camelot and Essetir. The new king is treacherous though, and he may have just found the one weakness that will force Arthur’s hand. Note: AU Post Season 4
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29 Jan 2026
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What if Arthur gave a different answer to the Disir, but no one knew it?
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- Part 1 of The Hands of a Hundred Winters
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27 Jan 2026
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Months before Arthur becomes crown prince, an assassination attempt is made on Uther’s life, and he is left with no choice but to ascend the throne.
It changes nothing. It changes everything.
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BBC Merlin re-written. Season 1 king Arthur and onto the other seasons.
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25 Jan 2026
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New-in-town Merlin meets a handsome knight in the forest, flirting leads to casual hook-ups.
But what happens when the knight's identity is revealed?
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22 Jan 2026
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To mess with a dragon's treasure is the epitome of foolishness. To be a dragon's treasure is a double-edged honor foolishly refused.
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Merlin finds a new way to protect his most important person just when he needs it; too bad he looks a little too terrifying to be any sort of comfort.
COMPANION FIC TO A DRAGON'S TREASURE, but can be read alone if desired.
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- Part 2 of A Dragon's Tail
- Part 2 of The Ark of Merlin
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14 Jan 2026
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Arthur hadn't even heard of the Perilous Lands until their youngest Prince was brought to Camelot by witch finders.
Now, fate seems to constantly be bringing the eldest Prince to him.
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14 Jan 2026
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Merlin was a kind and gentle soul, sometimes too kind and too gentle for his own good. Or you know, his own wellbeing. Arthur on the other hand, well…there was a reason that Arthur’s manservant was considered off limits. Any who dared harm him was not long for Camelot (or this world for that matter).
Or the five people Merlin unintentionally gets exiled, and the one he gets exiled on purpose.
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- Part 13 of 5+1 Murther Stories
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13 Jan 2026
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We all know how a small twist of fate can redesign the way a story is supposed to go. How one small act can reform reality into something almost unrecogniseable.
So what would happen, if through one of these miniscule changes, Merlin never becomes Arthur's manservant? What if these two sides of the same coin, oblivious idiots, are never forced into close proximity to one another? What if, bound by fate, they live parallel lives within the walls of camelot
Will destiny rewrite itself? Or force itself upon us?
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Arthur falls in love with the physician's apprentice without being made aware of that fact himself. Merlin is just trying to prove the stupid dragon wrong. Gwen was not prepared for any of this, and Morgana is happy to cause chaos. Leon technically did sign up for this, but in his defense, he didn't read the fine print. Gaius is desperately clinging on to the last remains of sanity in Camelot.
Oh, and did I mention that there's a 'mysterious' sorcerer offering Uther unwanted advice? Because that happens too.
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12 Jan 2026
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After spending months as the prisoner of an unscrupulous slave trader, Merlin has lost hope and lost his sense of self. So, he is shocked when Arthur arrives one day to buy him back. But a magical slip-up threatens to land Merlin in another dark, merciless cell and to plunge him further into despair. To find their way out of the darkness, Merlin and Arthur must stop lying to themselves and to each other.
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07 Jan 2026
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“You-” Arthur said between gritted teeths, stepping closer towards Emrys’ face until the chains pulled him, “-You expect me to trust you? A pirate- the most wanted man alive in all of Albion- expects the Admiral of Albion’s Royal Navy to trust… You?”
Both of them stared at each other as Emrys’ lips quirked into an unconvincing smile, “Yes? I mean, we’re stuck together in this cell. Call it a temporary alliance for you not to kill me and for us-” Emrys tilted his head outside the prison cell, “To get out of here.”
“You killed my crew.” Arthur scowled, “What makes you think I won’t kill you first?”
“Okay- First of all-”
Or, Merlin Pirate AU
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- Part 1 of Merlin Pirate AU
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02 Jan 2026
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“The shifting of fates, Merlin. The death of that prince you serve. Surely you can feel it coming.”
Merlin shook his head, less because he disagreed and more because he didn’t understand how the dragon could be so confidently wrong about the source of this problem.
“Arthur’s been enchanted into love with the Lady Vivian,” he explained, “but that wasn’t Morgana. Or, I’m almost certain it wasn’t Morgana. Do you know of a way to break a love enchantment? He’s about to get himself killed.”
“The witch must be dealt with, or she will be your doom.”
An alternate take on series 2 episode 10, and what that means for Destiny through series 3 episode 2 and beyond.
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02 Jan 2026
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27 Dec 2025
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Yuletide in Camelot was a complicated thing.
Merlin had grown up with simple winter traditions: small gifts left on windowsills, bread shared between neighbours, his mother humming old songs while the snow piled against the door. Ealdor’s winter had been cold, yes, but it had been kind — a quiet, honest cold that wrapped around you and sat beside you at the fire.
Camelot’s Yuletide, by contrast, was a spectacle sharpened to a shine. Crimson and gold banners layered every wall and archway, richer and heavier than usual. Courtiers drifted through the halls in velvet and fur, jewels bright at throats and wrists, their laughter ringing too loud, as if joy were something that had to be proven by volume alone.
Below, the lower town seethed with it all — stalls packed into every sheltered corner, merchants shouting over one another, the air thick with spice and smoke and roasting chestnuts. It was dazzling, overwhelming, impossible to escape.
And above it all, the castle tradition: the Gift of the Longest Night.
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21 Dec 2025
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All witches and warlocks are omegas, and Merlin is no exception. He's hidden his presentation since the second he set foot in Camelot, for being a warlock's mate would grant incredible power- power that people would go great lengths to possess. When King Cenred of Essetir visits Camelot, Merlin finds himself the target of a man determined to bend magic to his will.
Merlin would rather die than give his magic over to anyone but Arthur. It just might come to that.
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11 Dec 2025
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Merlin is a great detective. They call him Magic, for a reason. But when Arthur Pendragon realizes that the famous detective who has been plaguing his criminal organization for five years, is designated Submissive…well. All’s fair in love and war. At an impasse where both of them will do anything it takes to keep the other one from revealing their secrets, the only way to survive might just be a truce that neither of their organizations can know about.
Mutually assured destruction never felt so good.
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08 Dec 2025
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Without a word, without hardly raising a hand, Merlin’s eyes flashed gold, and each bandit found themselves on their backs as if blown by the wind. Their weapons turned on themselves, and all at once, the battle fell silent.
Similarly, Merlin found himself collapsing onto his side, the last of his energy drained from his frail body. His mind and vision going black at once.Or,
Merlin is too tired to hide his magic, and the truth finds its way out. Now, Arthur is left to deal with the repercussions as Merlin fights his own mind.
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06 Dec 2025