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Thirty years you’ve lived without him, now it seems an impossible, unspeakable task, just after two months together.
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After Arthur disobeyed his father and retrieved the Mortaeus flower for Merlin's cure, Arthur's frantic pleading to save Merlin led to a misunderstanding that actually convinced Uther to take the flower to Gaius.
Now all Arthur has to do is explain to Merlin why Uther thinks they are lovers.
And while Uther is supportive of the relationship, he requires it kept secret. But in his paranoia, Uther misinterprets every innocent interaction between the two as something far more intimate, to the embarrassment of everyone involved.
And then the knights begin showing up...
Update 27/04/2024: This is long and in-process. So consider a break between story arcs!
Arc 1 - (chapters 1-32, 90k words) What happens when you accidentally tell your father you're gay and in love with Merlin and he ships it hard? You make it true.
Arc 2 - (chapters 33-70, 110k words) What happens when your father sends you to court someone you have no interest in? Side quests and Gwaine.
Arc 3 - (chapters 71+, in progress) What happens when your father invites every eligible woman to Camelot so you can find your wife like you promised in exchange for saving Merlin? Chaos. -
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After Arthur and Merlin get together, nearly successful attempts on Arthur's life reveal Merlin’s long-instilled toxic self-blaming mindset and Ideas about destiny. Can Arthur get through to the man he loves?
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- Part 15 of Tansy's Merlin Shortfics - Cannon AU
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Leaves Fall, Blood Flows by HadrianPeverellBlack, Larluce, rubinaito
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
31 Oct 2025
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The price of a king's life is a heavy one, and Merlin is willing to pay it in full. He offers himself to the Sidhe without a second thought. But for Arthur, the cost of his own survival at the expense of his loyal friend is a fate far worse than death.
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Where Merlin makes it with Arthur to the Sidhe, but has to pay a high price to save him.
Mostly a transcription of my tumblr posts. Written in a mix of novel and script format.
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as you grip me like an animal that you're about to spear by metalisthewaymydudes
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
30 Oct 2025
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Freya had a beast in her heart. The beast smelt Merlin's scent on a rival years ago and attacked Arthur without a second thought. Thinking my mate, my mate, my mate and nothing else in her fury. Only calming when Merlin dropped the gargoyle on Arthur, almost killing the young Prince. For her. Choosing her.
The beast made her fight Arthur again years after, but she had more control over it then and made the fight into a practice- a spar.
The beast was calm now, Arthur was not a rival anymore. He was a friend, a kindred spirit, a companion. A mate.
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How can Merlin be so competent and so useless at the same time? He could be the best hunter in the land! Arthur has caught him hiding animal tracks more often than anybody else has managed to find them! But when Merlin's connection to the forest goes wrong, Arthur must put his own hunting skills to the test.
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О домашней замужней жизни, об открытии кинка и о первой пробе.
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- Русский
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- 2,324
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The final battle happened and Merlin would not let Arthur die. So Arthur finds himself back in the past when his father was still king. Arthur decides to change things to do what is best for Camelot, and HIS Merlin.
Normal humans don't survive time travel, but Merlin made sure Arthur survived...
Revision Complete 9/25/25
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- Part 9 of Meowmix's Merlin Stories
- Part 1 of Time Traveling Arthur
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Merlin looks out the window, and his family notice.
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- Part 3 of Evedaser's Whumptober 2025
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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 hasn't smiled in three days and Arthur tries to change that.
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- Part 27 of Calliope's Tickletober 2025
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Could've followed my fears all the way down (at least I'm trying) by psychotic_fangirl369
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
27 Oct 2025
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Merlin was supposed to be the most powerful sorcerer to ever walk the earth. Magic itself. The one destined to bring peace, the immortal Emrys the druids whispered about, half god, half myth.
And yet, he couldn’t even heal a fucking paper cut.
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Merlin’s magic has always failed him when it comes to healing. So when Arthur is fatally injured before his eyes, Merlin has only one choice left - to break every rule of nature to keep him alive.
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When a sparring accident nearly kills Arthur, Merlin reacts without thinking - and exposes his magic before the entire training yard. But the fallout is interrupted by a sorcerer’s attack that rips Merlin’s soul from his body, leaving behind only Emrys: magic incarnate, stripped of warmth and memory. As Camelot reels, Arthur must face not just the politics of magic and the prophecy surrounding him, but his own feelings for the servant who has always stood by his side. Magic has always come at a cost - but Arthur never imagined the price would be Merlin himself.
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When Arthur returns to Merlin in 2025, both of them are ecstatic. Merlin helps Arthur getting used to the world by showing him everything.
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Basically Merlin and Arthur being weird tourists around the world. Lots of fluff (no smut, sorry, but you can imagine it, though:D), nearly no angst, just a cute tooth-rottingly sweet story to comfort your soul.
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"It's not that I don't trust you," he muttered, holding an engraved metal disk, "but the last time I touched a royal artifact, I found myself speaking fluent Latin for three days."
On the bed, Arthur watched him with a mixture of curiosity and amusement.
"At least this time your hand won't burn.""Give it time."
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- Part 34 of Merlin Bingo 2025
- Part 7 of Merlin Fluffalooza 2025
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"Merlin," Arthur frowned. "You just insulted me, didn't you?"
Well, you have no proof, clotpole, Merlin thought, as Arthur chuckled.
"You look like you're insulting me."
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- Part 32 of Merlin Bingo 2025
- Part 5 of Merlin Fluffalooza 2025
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Shortly after becoming intimate with Merlin, Arthur Pendragon agrees to an arranged marriage. Merlin, realizing Arthur never actually said the words "I love you," assumes the worst.
Then he starts coughing up flowers. A little research reveals what this means. And the fact that he will soon leave Arthur forever.
Unless something changes.
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- Part 14 of Tansy's Merlin Shortfics - Cannon AU
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It has been more than two thousand years since Arthur's death in Camelot. Magic no longer exists in this new age and yet dark creatures have emerged and destroyed human civilization. Only those who can fight or hide can survive in this new world where modern weapons are ineffective against beasts.
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The Once and Future King has returned to protect his kingdom, accompanied by his most loyal knights - and Merlin, of course. Together they will have to solve the mystery of where the creatures have come from and how to defeat them. In the meantime, Arthur will have to learn to come to terms with feelings for his former manservant that he thought he'd managed to bury. It would be a lot easier if he could figure out what Merlin was hiding from him...again.
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away from the feeling of being alone (bless the telephone) by slayspeare
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
24 Oct 2025
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And just when Merlin seriously considered for the first time that maybe it was all in vain, a man came back out of that lake, shivering and cold but alive.
But it wasn’t Arthur Pendragon that came back.
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WHUMPTOBER 2025:
No. 24: Came Back Wrong | Amnesia
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- Part 5 of Slayspeare's Whumptober 2025
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An Arrow, Hit in the Heart, Aimed at the Soul by Crazy_Clumsy_Clever_Cupcake
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
23 Oct 2025
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They were going on a hunting trip, like they’ve done so many times before and of course Merlin had a funny feeling again. Only this time, not everyone could be saved.