thus, with a kiss

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• through the desert repenting by schweet_heart

  Fandoms: Merlin (TV)  

  • Mature
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  28 May 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
  • Merlin (Merlin)
  • Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
  • Leon (Merlin)
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Canon Era
  • Merlin's Magic Revealed (Merlin)
  • Arthur Pendragon Finds Out About Merlin's Magic (Merlin)
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Temporary Character Death
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Immortal Merlin (Merlin)
  • BAMF Merlin (Merlin)
  • BAMF Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
  • Protective Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • First Time
  • Implied/Referenced Character Death

  Summary

  He lets Merlin sleep, snoring faintly in the fast-fading darkness while Arthur keeps watch over him, thinking about all the things he would give up for Camelot and gladly—except for this.

  A companion piece to all our dead, unfinished selves and the body is not an apology, but can be read as a stand-alone.

  Series

  • Part 287 of Merlin Fic
  • Part 3 of thus, with a kiss

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,000

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

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