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Arthur needs a dragon lord. Pity the last one is his childhood friend, who hasn't replied to any of his letters.
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A hand grasped his arm, sending a brief thrill down Merlin's nerves as he was forced around to face the person behind him. Armour gleamed in the firelight: supple chainmail glinted, and the solid iron of a pauldron curved lovingly over one broad shoulder. The length of a sword blade separated them. The point hovered, steady and sure, over Merlin's heart, braced to run him through, but he did not care about any of that. He was too busy drinking in the sight of the man before him.
He could never forget him, no matter how many centuries had passed.
'Arthur?'
When Merlin ultimately fails in his destiny, the fading remnants of magic that linger in the modern world fling him not just back in time, but sideways as well. He ends up in a Camelot where all his friends are alive, well and aware of his magic.
He ends up in a Camelot where his alternate self died almost a year ago.
Can he, Arthur and their friends still forge the golden age he was once promised, or will grief and suspicion tear them apart?
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- Part 1 of Hiraeth Universe
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“I can never trust magic, not when it has taken so much from me.”
So Merlin hides his away, buries it so deeply within himself he can forget it was ever there. And there it stays, even as his hands start to slow, to ache, to burn with the pain of loss, mourning for something inherent.
And then a dragon comes looking for it.
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(19.44): You may have had a lucky escape
(19.52): well that’s good to know
(19.53): congrats on being alive btw
(19.53): thought you’d ghosted me there.
(19.58): considered it. You sound like a right prat
(20.01): and you seem completely charming
(20.03): Sarcasm doesn’t read well in text, you dollophead
(20.04): not sure I got that lucky escape you mentioned after all.
(20.04): are you always this rude to strangers?Series
- Part 3 of yearly Merthur fics to heal my soul ✨🧡🍂
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Emrys is the keeper of the veil, and flies down on a dragon when someone falls in. Unfortunately, the scene he finds is Harry and his classmates fighting death eaters, so he decides to get involved.
Otherwise known as, Merlin is a sassy mf and everyone is confused
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Teasing and banter have always been part of Merlin's friendship with the knights. But when a prank hits a sore spot for Merlin, the fallout is fiercer than anybody imagined.
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Bosom Friends by NamelesslyNightlock, Rabentochter for AeonTheDimensionalGirl
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
01 Apr 2022
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The Knights of Camelot have discovered Merlin’s secret—and in doing so they realise that in order to help their friend keep his happiness, they’re going to have to get him away from Arthur. Gwaine’s pretty confident they can manage it, but nothing goes quite the way he expects.
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The king and his men are tracking down a witch that had been causing a disturbance in his kingdom, when they found her Merlin as usually protects the king with his own body and ends up being hit with one of her spells, claiming that he is just tired Merlin goes to sleep but is he just little bit tired or is there something else in it?
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Heart Attack (noun): What Leon's going to get if people (read: Merlin) keeps revealing these huge ass secrets.
A collection of times Leon got more than what he came for.
Written for Merlin Bingo 2022: Heart Attack / Heart Trouble
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- Part 1 of Leon the Love of My Life
- Part 2 of Merlin Bingo 2022
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In which there are druids named Joe, absolutely no human sacrifices, and Merlin is definitely not Emrys.
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- Part 11 of Merlin oneshots
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A visiting Prince doesn't understand the special nature of Merlin and Arthur's relationship.
Naturally, he's determined to get Merlin a job where he's appreciated.
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In which some boys from Ealdor go to Camelot because they don’t believe what Merlin tells to his mother in his letters.
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“I have come to bring you a message, Uther Pendragon. That child is an abomination, a product of the corrupted use of magic. The Disir have spoken. They have prophesied that a child will come who will be the opposite, who will be pure magic made flesh and who will free the world from the tyranny of the Pendragon and the stain they have left on this land. Their name will be Emrys, and they will be destined to bring an end to your dynasty. Emrys is your son's destiny, and also his doom."
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AU where everything is more or less the same except Merlin’s destiny is to kill Arthur.
Or:
Merlin was born to kill Arthur. Instead, he falls in love with him.
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The five times people of Camelot suspected there was more to Merlin and Arthur's relationship than met the eye + the one time they knew for sure
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When a sorcerer captures Arthur, the Knights, and Merlin, he seeks revenge for Uther's wrongdoings by wanting to give Arthur a potion that will make him endure the pain of the worst wound received by everyone in their party, while everyone gets to see the vision of the wound being inflicted. 7 painful wounds. It's too much for one man.
Merlin knows he can't let his King take that. Will the sorcerer let him take his place? What happens when the Knights see Merlin's most painful wound? How does one survive a Serket sting?
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Merlin's been telling Arthur for years that he has many talents. They just so happen be hidden, but Merlin has always had a knack for surprising people.
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Morgana opened the door to reveal Leon’s smiling face, Gwen hanging on one of his arms. They noticed the wine with narrowed eyes as Morgana dramatically poured herself a glass three sizes too big without uttering a word to suggest why.
“What –?” Leon’s face scrunched up in confusion.
“Arthur,” Morgana declared, gulping down too much wine at once in order to prepare herself for the bone-chilling announcement, “is bringing his new boyfriend over tonight.”
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In a world where Arthur and Merlin never went to Ealdor, Merlin is home visiting his mum. People soon are getting annoyed about all his talk about this Arthur chap, they don't believe for a second that Merlin of all people could be close to the king. Until the king pays a visit.
Written for prompt #87 at Merlin Muses Prompt Fest
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Gwaine 'borrows' Merlin to be his sparring partner in preparation of whatever. Arthur laughingly agrees. The easy morning spar doesn't go quite how Gwaine expected.
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The Time Tried our Souls, and Through the Darkness we Overcame by mollrach13
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
16 Sep 2012
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A fill for this prompt at kinkme_merlin: Merlin goes through a lot of trauma and has gotten very used to hiding it, moving on (or at least appearing to), and coping silently and without anyone noticing, because most of the time no one can know something happened. One day something traumatic happens to him, which everyone knows about, and everyone is waiting for Merlin to snap, only for him to...not. Arthur is caught between worried and suspicious, and sets about to get to the bottom of this.