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The five times that Merlin unknowingly uses magic in his sleep and the one time he realizes what he’s done.
Or Merlin sucks at keeping secrets and Arthur just thinks he’s the most adorable thing on this planet. So a bit comedy, hurt/comfort, and fluff all rolled into one short fic.
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- Part 3 of 5+1 Murther Stories
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Emrys is meant to be at your side. He is destined to be your true love, the one to help you and support you for as long as you shall live.
But Arthur already had someone at his side, someone he loved more than life itself, and who was insolent, and stubborn, and the best person Arthur knew. How could anyone expect him to let go of Merlin for some stranger he’d never even met?Or: Arthur's life is finally going well. He's been crowned king, repealed the magic ban, successfully romanced his manservant-turned-Court-Sorcerer, and now he's fixing Camelot's relationship with the druids. If only there wasn't that pesky prophecy stating the man at his side isn't supposed to be Merlin, but the mysterious Emrys...
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“Make her give it back! It’s midwinter, Merlin! I’ll get hypothermia if she has her way!”
“Stop being so dramatic,” he said, rolling his eyes. “Kilgharrah did warn that young dragons often have nesting instincts.”
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5 Times Aithusa stole Arthur's blankets and 1 time he let her keep it.
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Instructions about staying out of sight and not coming near the dangerous castle full of magic-hunting knights mean little to a determined young dragon who knows friends can be found inside.
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Aithusa is captured by King Sarrum. In order to make sure the dragon is secure and the realm therefore safe, Arthur gathers a delegation to visit the Kingdom Amata. Merlin, however, breaks as he sees the state his daughter is in. And suddenly, secrets are no longer relevant.
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His teary eyes scanned all over her body, finding it worse than what Sarrum had described. Her claws were twitching and bleeding on the dirty ground. There was no water in sight and she looked thirsty while her eyes looked milky and unseeing. Yet, she seemed to recognise him somehow. For a moment, her gaze cleared and she nuzzled her forehead against Merlin’s. Cuts among her side, red coloring her white scaled bloody.“Merlin, what the hell are you doing! Come back here! NOW! It will eat you!”
But Merlin’s glare found only Sarrum’s who seemed more confused than anything. And that look, that innocence feigning, pleased expression, blinded Merlin with pure, unaltered rage. “WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER!”
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- Part 89 of Merlin's magic
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Today, neither Merlin or Arthur really spoke. Perhaps it was the day, or perhaps it was simply the silence that snow always seemed to bring to the world. Regardless, there was no sound but their footsteps and the occasional call of a winter bird.
On a certain special day, Merlin drags Arthur out into the woods for a wintery surprise.
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“Arthur? Gwaine? What are you doing here?” Merlin sounded perplexed, as if he couldn’t quite fathom how they had managed to walk out of the castle on their own.
For several seconds, Arthur was distracted by the bloody entrails Merlin and Lancelot had been waving around like bait. The innards--which now hung limply in their grasps--might have been enough to turn a weaker man’s stomach, but they only gave Arthur a moment’s pause because then it hit him how mortifying this whole situation was. Was he really going to ask Merlin if he preferred Arthur over Gwaine?
Apparently Gwaine didn’t have any such qualms. “We were just wondering which of us is your favourite.”
Merlin stared blankly, a sight that was especially absurd given the blood coating his arms all the way to his rolled-up sleeves. “I'm sorry?”
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- Lancelot & Merlin (& Aithusa) [Tired Dads TM]
- Gwen & Merlin [Merlin being a weirdo and Gwen just supporting her bestie]
- Mordred & Merlin [What happens when you put two people who can speak into people's minds in one group?]
- Leon & Merlin [A vengeful and fed-up Merlin who becomes Leon's manservant for the week and Leon just rolling with it and enjoying the peaceful benefits of Merlin trying to make Arthur jealous]
- Daegal & Merlin ["Nevermind Arthur crying in the corner, the bigger question is: Is that kid Merlin's son or little brother?" "Whatever it is, all the knights seemed to have become his uncles so whoever fucks with him is fucking dead."]
- Gwaine & Merlin [Chaos gremlins who like to watch Camelot burn just for the simple scene of watching Arthur lose his fucking shit]Planned:
- Percival & Merlin [Buff Boy Bodyguard Percival protecting Merlin from rude nobles (including Arthur)]
- Elyan & Merlin [Shit Damn, Breaking Out of Prison Wasn't the Only Thing Merlin Was Capable of, Surprisingly: How Elyan Finds It Out the Hard Way]- Words:
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I suppose that I look different (without the robes and crown) by WingedWolf121
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
16 May 2020
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When Arthur blows the horn of Cathbdhah for the second time, the horn doesn’t just send Uther to the other world. It sends Arthur away as well – to a world where Ygraine never died, the Great Purge never happened, and magic lives freely at court. As do those who practice it.
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A 'verse in which a magical kingdom named Carthis was founded and ruled by the first bloodline of Dragonlords. Balinor gave up his crown, but eventually it fell to Merlin anyway, making him not only Arthur's guardian and shield but a King in his own right. All fics in this series fall into this setting.
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Arthur’s new neighbour is a mystery. The guy keeps odd hours and he seems to be fully covered in intricate tattoos. He’s extremely handsome, too, despite not being the kind of guy Arthur would ever go for, plus their incredibly terrible start. An incident in the building would uncover Merlin’s secrets and he’ll turn out to be absolutely irresistible to Arthur.
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The 4 times Arthur saw Merlin’s tattoos by accident and the 1 time he asked to see them.
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- Part 3 of Merlin Bingo 2023
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Merlin does not poison Morgana.
She poisons herself.
This is the aftermath.Or, Merlin and Morgana's friendship lives on and thrives.
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Merlin's been tipping sideways for a while now. This is how he finally falls.
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We saw in canon how Merlin changed through-out the seasons of the show from young, cheerful, pure and naïve boy to expressionless, morally dubious, borderline depressed man even when Arthur was alive and well. I just wrote this thinking what would happen if Arthur had lived but Merlin was still hidden.- Language:
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Three days before the time limit, King Arthur learns of an agreement. He must unite with, which he soon found out meant ‘to marry’, the Leader of the Druids, or the Old Religion would reclaim the magic that protects Camelot.
The problem is that the current Leader of the Druids is Emrys, a man he has never met. And this man seemed to be seeing Merlin, his old flame with whom he parted on poor terms but still had affections for.
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Morgana ties Arthur's life to Merlin's, thinking that it'll be much easier to kill a helpless servant than the King of Camelot.
Aka, Morgana unwittingly binds Arthur's life to the most powerful sorcerer to walk the earth.
Aka, not only can they physically not leave each other's sides, but also anything Merlin feels, so does Arthur--and vice versa.
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Merlin is sneaking off to see a girl. Arthur's handling it very well.
That is, apart from these weird flowers he keeps coughing up. . .
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To lose a manservant once may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose him twice looks like carelessness. When Merlin vanishes in the mines of Kemeray, Arthur's search for him uncovers decades of secrets and betrayals. But the sudden appearance of a baby white dragon bodes well for Albion, for Merlin and Arthur, and for the land that they will build together.
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The thick roots of paranoia and prejudice Uther planted in Arthur’s childhood against magic are tough to dig out, and Arthur keeps wondering if he’s asked a wolf into the fold.
Because he sent an envoy of peace to the druids.
Because he signed a decree, saying magic is once again legal in Camelot.
Because he invited the druids to send him a magician to act as court sorcerer, to sit at his table, advise on his council, and live in the very heart of Arthur’s bloody stronghold.
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Or, Merlin is sent to Camelot to be their new Court Sorcerer following a peace treaty. He doesn't want the job, too aware of the decades of fear against his kind ... but perhaps Wart, the strange young man who fell out of a tree, can convince him to stay.
Or, the 1960 musical "Camelot," but make it Merthur.
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The cry sounds again, and Arthur’s feet freeze, a chill sliding down his spine. There’s something hauntingly familiar about the cadence of the sound.
It’s not quite the same, but Arthur just knows. It’s impossible, but he knows.
He draws Excalibur now, quickening his pace, but his feet are light.
Minutes later, there it is:
A white dragon- a living, breathing dragon roughly the size of a stallion, crouched in front of a cave. One of its wings is held at an odd angle, and unlike the giant monstrosity that once terrorized Camelot, this one looks gaunt and weak.
Or: In a handwavey canon divergence where Arthur knows about Merlin's magic and Aithusa escapes captivity, there are two men and a young dragon.
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Turns out, baby dragons are too young to obey Dragonlord commands, even ones to stay away for their own safety. Consequently, Merlin finds himself put through more ridiculousness than usual trying to keep Aithusa out of trouble when she keeps coming to look for him in Camelot.
(And Arthur might be thick as a log on most days, but even he is starting to notice something's out of the ordinary...)
Honestly, if Merlin knew she'd cause so much trouble, he would've just left Aithusa in the ruddy egg.
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