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Merlin is sick. It's painfully obvious, too, but he's being stubborn about it, so Arthur keeps close, tries to be ready to catch him when he falls, metaphorically. Until he falls, quite literally, and in picking him back up, revelations are had and long-held secrets are revealed.
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Percy is a Texan cowboy, all the way from the heels of his well-worn boots to the brim of his hat. A trip to New York to stay with Arthur Pendragon is simply meant to be a chance for new experiences, and some fun of the kind he is too in the closet to have at home. Along the way he meets Arthur's best friend, Merlin, and Merlin's boyfriend Gwaine. He's never seen two men so easy and sensual with each other and Percy finds himself wondering if his life will ever allow him to have something like that...
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Merlin sat straight up, chains snapping as he did so.
The silence in the room was deafening, even more so when Merlin opened his eyes to reveal a bright shade of gold.
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When Arthur finds Merlin in the woods three weeks after he goes missing he is overjoyed. However Merlin is not the same and Arthur resolves to stand by him during his long recovery. Over the course of such he thinks he realizes what actually happened to Merlin, While he is wrong the aftereffects of his theory will lead to more than one secret being revealed.
Warning: While Arthur thinks Noncon occurred to Merlin it actually did not. As such I do include the tag of it but not the actual checkmark warning.
day seven: magic reveal + canon era
Betas: Calamity-Talvi Schweet_Heart
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- Part 8 of Tansy's Merlin Shortfics - Cannon AU
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“I’m sorry, Arthur,” Merlin breathed. “Seems like all I do is lie to you.”
“Tell me something, then,” Arthur said. “The truth, just this once. What do you feel for me?”
Merlin rolled his head sluggishly to look at Arthur, cloudy eyes meeting his. “Does it really matter?”
“Yes,” Arthur whispered. “It does.”
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Two years after Camlann and a year after Gwen's death, magic is still banned, and Merlin is hiding something. Arthur must come to terms with his own role in Merlin's destiny – and Merlin's place in his heart.
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Después de que Arturo desobedeciera a su padre y recuperara la flor Mortaeus para curar a Merlín, las frenéticas súplicas de Arturo para salvar a Merlín llevaron a un malentendido que convenció a Uther de llevarle la flor a Gaius.
Ahora todo lo que Arthur tiene que hacer es explicarle a Merlín por qué Uther cree que son amantes.
Y aunque Uther apoya la relación, exige que se mantenga en secreto. Pero en su paranoia, Uther malinterpreta cada interacción inocente entre los dos como algo mucho más íntimo, para vergüenza de todos los involucrados.
Y entonces los caballeros comienzan a aparecer...
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Prince Arthur did not intend to bring Merlin on patrol, he didn’t even know his manservant could ride a horse. But he can’t say no to that grin, not when Merlin has gone and packed and saddled up a horse for himself without asking. It’s a dull, routine patrol along the border, almost a formality at this point. Even if magic is legal in Escetir, they’ve held a shaky peace treaty with Camelot for over a decade; it’s unlikely they’ll see any danger.
But what Arthur does not know is that the recent spike in deaths of magical creatures in Camelot has not gone unnoticed. There are whispers that King Uther is a liar and a hypocrite, now secretly rebuilding his magical defence. And to bring sorcery to the border - well now, that would be an act of aggression tantamount to declaring war.
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There was a room in the royal wing that had been barred off. Arthur can't remember a time when those iron bars have ever not been there. It's made him endlessly curious in his twenty-two years of life.
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Can be read as part of my EMRYS: the Heart and the Will series or as a standalone. Cedwyn as a character isn't very important to the series but he's there for fun and because I love him.Series
- Part 4 of EMRYS: the Heart and the Will
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It all makes perfect sense! by Merlinfirstlastalways
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Arthurian Mythology, Arthurian Mythology & Related Fandoms
18 May 2025
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After years of increasingly dangerous magical attacks, Arthur finally decides that he should know his enemy, and cracks open a bestiary to study monsters. To his shock, the book talks about people who were *born* with magic, and suddenly everything makes a lot more sense, because one of the entries reads as though it was written with Merlin specifically in mind!
Alternatively: Arthur picks up the medieval equivalent of a D&D manual, and puts two and two together, but still somehow arrives at three
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Arthur turned towards him, his piercing eyes illuminated by moonlight. “What are you going on about?”
“Me,” said Merlin. He threw the blanket off of him, and gagged. “Fuck. No.”
Arthur sat up even straighter. Almost as if he cared about Merlin’s unease. About Merlin. But that wasn’t possible. It wasn’t.
Arthur moved closer. “What’s the matter with you?” He grabbed Merlin’s arm, pulling him towards him to look at his face. He sucked in a breath, noticing Merlin’s eyes, which were most certainly glazed over, if Merlin’s hazy vision was any indication. Arthur pressed the back of his palm to Merlin’s forehead. He swallowed. “You’re burning up, Merlin. Are you ill?”
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“Good evening, my love! What kept you so long?” Arthur greeted him warmly as soon as he walked into the room.
“Your what now?!” Merlin blurted out wide-eyed. Surely he couldn't have heard that right.
But Arthur was unfazed by his apparent confusion and promptly planted a kiss on his lips as if it was the most natural thing in the world for him to do.
Merlin accidentally stumbles into a timeline where Arthur seems to think he is his lover, and a very affectionate one at that. Now he just has to figure out how he got there, how can he get back to his own time and why Arthur keeps thinking about poetry.
But little does he know that in this world he is a noble too and they are to be married within a month...
Or: Arthur is not emotionally constipated and Merlin doesn’t know how to deal with that.
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When Merlin starts having recurring nightmares, his health starts to become affected. Gaius becomes concerned about Merlin, who can’t explain what the nightmares are about; but knows somehow, they have major influence regarding his past. Can Merlin figure out what they mean before it drives him insane. He has only one option. He must return to Ealdor and confront his mother about his nightmares and the meaning behind them. Most importantly, why have they come now!
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His eyes traced his hand. It felt like someone had taken a match stick to a wound, cauterizing the edges of his skin. Instead of a marred outline of what Merlin assumed would be a wound, was a large patch of skin, dug out by his own nails. Blood painted the covers, his nail beds and his arm.
He must’ve rolled over some time in the night, giving the two men front-row seats to the massacre that was carved from his arm. He huffed and looked up at Percival, ears cleaning of that grating ringing. “Sorry.” he muttered, not really wanting to look at either of them anymore.
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Merlin watched the fire dance and Arthur watched the gold glow of the fiery magic whirling and burning in Merlin’s eyes. “Magic really is ethereal.” Arthur softly whispers, indulged in the pool of expanding liquid gold - the greatest of treasures - in Merlin’s eyes. Merlin’s hand stayed in the air, keeping the fire still. His eyes slid over to Arthur’s gaze. A pool of happiness fluttered in his stomach.
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Depressed Merlin continues his trials in living and talks with Arthur about his past endeavors. Arthur finds the beauty in Merli- magic.
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- Part 13 of Mentally-Ill Merlin (Merthur)
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Without you I'm in the dark by HadrianPeverellBlack for Morgana_Malfoy
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
03 May 2025
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After Gwen is banished, Arthur becomes more of an arse.
One day, Merlin has enough of his attitudine and leaves for a walk.An unplanned kidnapping leads to feelings realisation.
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Merlin has moved on since the death of King Arthur centuries ago. Disillusioned, he had never used magic or sorcery since that day; he doubted his ability to use it now anyway. Now living in modern day England, in a place called Eastbrook, the new reformed name for Albion, the place was thriving with holiday makers.
Merlin’s best friend and part time lover, Molly Preston, was the only one who knew his true identity. Well, that’s what he thought anyway. Molly introducers him to a friend called Valla. But there is something about him that Merlin can’t quite comprehend. It was as if he knew him before. Then Vala tells Merlin some news about Arthur Pendragon, which shocks him to the core. Is Molly and Valla really who they say they are? The result, anyway, meant that Merlin must regain his magical powers quickly, if he is to help Arthur return for good. But one person stands in his way…an evil resurgent sorcerer called Mordred.
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“You know my husband well.” Arthur smiled. He should've known this was the case.
Merlin had this tendency to…adopt, for lack of word, young boys who were lost in life.
That’s what had happened to Mordred a few years back. And with another boy called Daegel, who Arthur still didn’t really know where he came from. But one day, he was there, and Merlin decided he was to stay.
Now there were these two orphan boys, young and curious — of course, Merlin would take to them like a duck to water.
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Merlin’s skin is still cool to the touch, colder now, from the rain. Arthur swallows and wishes he had something to lay over him. The maids covered him in a blanket last year during the snow. Before that, the flakes piled up in the corners of his eye and the top edge of his tilted lips.
“He’ll be but three-and-twenty when we’re just about to die,” Gwaine says, looking down at his friend.
“He’ll be three-and-twenty for the next thousand years,” Arthur sighs.
He stands and smooths the wrinkles out of his tunic and trousers.
“We’ll be back for you, Merlin. Sleep well,” he says.
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Jealous Alpha Arthur and Amused Omega Merlin.
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In the Throne Room there is Nothing but a Dance of Death and Banquet of Bloody Murder. by fallen_stxr
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
11 Apr 2025
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"Maybe Merlin was a lost child. Never been able to get to 18 without… this burden."
"Merlin. I’ll help you.”
“Kill me. I don’t want to feel anything anymore. Burn my corpse in the courtyard - serve it for dinner, for all I care.” He laughs, swaying towards Arthur’s chest a little. Arthur doesn’t move. His throat feels scratchy. What’s he supposed to do or say?
“I know you want me to die.” Merlin states. Arthur’s brows pinch and he shakes his head with a wince.
He wanted to retire to his chambers forever. He wanted to throw up his guts.
“You’d enjoy it, right - killing me?” Merlin asked as if he was already certain of the answer. Pale and frail fingers twisted the sword so the sharp edge scraped against the King’s armor. Arthur gulped but made no intention to move.
Merlin slid his fingers up the side of the blade, leaning in closer until his lips were centimeters from Arthur’s ear. “You don’t have to hide how you truly feel. I accept all of you - even the part that wishes people like me dead.”
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After a long period of self isolation, Merlin tells Arthur about his magic and begs for his life
To be taken.
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- Part 11 of Mentally-Ill Merlin (Merthur)
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Merlin wakes up in the forest and attempting suicide. How ironic he didn't die. He'll find a way to put an end to his misery, especially after he had replaced everyone that would usually do his duties. He'll find a way. No matter what.
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"He didn’t want to look Arthur in the eyes, knowing he hadn’t planned to see him ever again. He didn’t want to look at Gaius or Gwen or Gwaine. He didn’t want to look at Mordred or Morgana. He didn’t want to look at Lancelot or Leon or Percival or Elyan or anybody.
He didn’t want to look at himself. Know himself. Know he was still here. Know he had failed as miserably as he failed living. Know he would never bring himself to change.""He loved Arthur more than life itself. He’s sure. Merlin had never told anybody like Arthur about his secret.
Morgana was like Arthur. Except Morgana had magic. And Lancelot was like Arthur. But Lancelot wasn’t a noble. And Arthur? Arthur was everything.
As long as Arthur would never be able to see inside his bones and know - know the man he trusted so much was a rotten liar. Of course, he couldn’t know. It was him - and him alone - that he would never show his magic to."Series
- Part 9 of Mentally-Ill Merlin (Merthur)