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    Completed collaborative fics by wilddragonflying and ProofOfConcept(wilddragonflying and queerpeasantchic on tumblr).

    Forgive the wonky ordering; we went through and orphaned a bunch of fic that we didn't want associated with us anymore(bc it was the first fic that we wrote), but didn't want to delete it entirely for those who might have it bookmarked.

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  1. Rec 55

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    The earliest memory Gwaine had, the one he held close to his chest, hung on a chain and glimmering gold, was that of his mother’s hands. He remembered them blushed and calloused with work, dirt under the nails from every odd job she kept to keep them afloat, but most of all he remembered how they felt pressed against his arm, his hand, his cheek.
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    In which we follow Gwaine through Season 3 and then some, and watch as he navigates how to love once more, and how to ask for love in return. (Follows canon until about chapter 5ish, but lots of stuff in between too.)

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    15 Feb 2025

  2. Rec 22

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    Merlin opened his arms, only barely, only enough for Gwaine’s chest to collide with his, arms wrapping around Merlin’s quivering shoulders. Gwaine felt fists in his shirt and wet flesh against his neck, and for the first time Merlin felt unbelievably small. Merlin had always carried himself strongly, boldly, and despite his lack of training, Gwaine had never considered him defenseless or weak. But here, now, as the birds sang of the day to come, Gwaine felt as though he might snap Merlin in half if he held him too close.

    And then Gwaine finally heard what the guards were saying.

    Arthur – where was Arthur? Where was the King of Camelot, Merlin?

    Gwaine wished the birds would stop singing.

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    15 Feb 2025

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    ... and other lessons from the pyre.

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    It's a long road to recovery after Merlin's rescued from the pyre. If Merlin would let him, Gwaine would walk that path with him every step of the way.

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    13 Feb 2025

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    A Modern day Merlin AU set at the University of St Andrews, featuring teetotal kickboxers, secret wizards, magnificent bodyguards of various genders, irate fairies, imprisoned dragons, crumbling gothic architecture, arrogant princes, adorable engineering students, stolen gold, magical doorways, attempted assassination, drunken students, shaving foam fights, embarrassing mornings after, The Hammer Dance, duty, responsibility, friendship and true love...

    This story was inspired by the thought of Prince William of Wales (and indeed the current Max von Hapsburg) studying at the University of St Andrews; it is also, as the title suggests, at least a little inspired by the operetta 'The Student Prince'.

    Grateful thanks to Lamardeuse and DarkEmeralds for Beta and cheerleading!

    ::2019 note: This story was written BEFORE the TV show introduced the character of Gwaine. It's not that I can't spell, or that I'm perversely writing him out of character - I incorporated other characters from Arthurian legend (Kay, Gawain etc) into my story, and lacking prophetic abilities, my versions naturally don't mesh with the versions subsequently introduced into the show.::

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    05 May 2022

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    Everyone he trusted with his secret – Will, Freya, Balinor, Lancelot, and now Gaius – was gone. Arthur would never bring magic back to the land, and he would never let Merlin stand at his side the way Merlin had hoped he would. It was a cold awakening, years of baseless faith dashed against the fraying tapestry that destiny had made Merlin sew into his own skin, but an awakening nonetheless.

    Merlin is shaken out of his obsession with destiny and his blind faith in Arthur. Arthur just wishes he knew how to get his closest friend back.

    (For Merthur Angst Week 2021 Day 7: “No. You don’t get to talk.”)

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    19 Feb 2022