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In a moment of sickness induced delusion, it wasn’t Leon or his private guards or anyone else that Arthur trusted implicitly – it was his servant.
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Merlin and Arthur are kidnapped and left for dead in the woods. Merlin’s determined to get them untied before they freeze to death, and can't understand why Arthur doesn't seem worried at all.
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Sir Arthur, Not Of Camelot by Merlinfirstlastalways
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Arthurian Mythology, Arthurian Mythology & Related Fandoms
19 Oct 2025
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Uther, King of Camelot and father to Arthur Pendragon, was in mortal peril.
This, in itself, was not news; Uther, by dint of a recalcitrant, bloodthirsty personality backed by military power and an unshakable belief in the Divine Right of Kings, had made a great deal of enemies in his day, and, in truth, made new ones almost daily.
But this time was different, in that it was entirely Arthur’s fault.
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OrAfter Arthur accidentally puts his father's life in jeopardy, he must ride out of Camelot, with Merlin at his side, on a journey with no real end goal in sight
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Last update ch5 9/22/25
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After learning that Arthur plans to make Gwen his Queen, Morgana devises a scheme to poison their relationship. However, a serious miscalculation leaves Merlin—and the future of Albion—in jeopardy.
An AU of 4x09 in which no shades are summoned and soulmates are real.
Now beginning Book Four.
——Each chapter contains chapter-specific warnings——
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- Part 8 of All the ANGST
- Part 1 of Explicit and DARK
- Part 1 of Frayed
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"But time soon passes. Even the deepest pain eventually loses its edge in the more vivid reality of the present; then, what once was unbearable becomes strangely familiar. And after much familiarity, it assumes the insignificance of just another milestone, ever marking the journey to higher ground."
― N. Maria Kwami, Secrets of the Bending Grove
His destiny is to wait for the Once and Future King to return to Albion. Merlin knows that, but it doesn't mean he has to be happy about how long it's taking.
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When Merlin was young, his mother had taught him how to sew. It was a skill mostly unused in Camelot- afterall, he could hardly stop a sorcerer with a sewing needle- until Arthur had insisted on clinging to worn out shirts and breeches with a childish stubbornness.
Unbeknownst to the Prince, who'd watched a hapless Merlin bestow bouquets of flowers on both Morgana and Gwen for years, among his tears there blossomed flora, keeping his clothes in one piece and carrying an unspoken devotion.
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- Part 3 of Merlin Short Stories
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In a world of humans, magics, vampires, and werewolves, Merlin is just trying to learn to control his powers.
What is it, to be a human? a witch? a vampire? a werewolf? Merlin can barely answer one of those questions, but now he finds himself having to answer all of them all at once.AKA: A was-supposed-to-be-rewrite of Merlin in a vampire/werewolf universe that ran off the rails and became something greater. (No longer a rewrite.)
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One day I'll learn to do summaries, but today is not that day...- Language:
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Merlin isn’t overly surprised when he goes blind.
Something was always going to happen. At one point he might’ve thought destiny wouldn’t let it, but if destiny gave half a shit how hard it was to appease then Merlin wouldn’t wake up with more old pains and aches than Gaius every morning. He wouldn’t have to cover his scars up with a glamour full time, despite keeping most of his skin covered. No, Merlin stopped expecting slack about the time he first killed in the name of Albion and got whipped for his incompetence the next day.
Destiny will not accept blindness as an excuse for failure, so Merlin can’t afford to, either. His purpose remains. Arthur still needs protection. This changes nothing.
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Merlin and his new role as the seneschal of Arthur
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- Part 54 of Merlin Bingo 2024
- Part 2 of Merlin the seneschal of Camelot
- Part 6 of Merlin Bingo 2025
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Ch 8
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A series for my Merlin gen fics 'cause I don't know how to write romance.
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Kinktober/Whumptober/Fictober 2025 by Val_Creative
Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, Adventure Time (Cartoon 2010), Agatha All Along (TV), Anastasia (1997), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Barbie (Movie 2023), Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Beetlejuice (Cartoon 1989), Beetlejuice (Movies), Cowboy Bebop (Anime), DCU, DCU (Comics), Dead Poets Society (1989), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, House of the Dragon (TV), Hunger Games Series - All Media Types, Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins, Jennifer's Body (2009), Kuroshitsuji | Black Butler, MADK (Manga), Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Merlin (TV), SK8 the Infinity (Anime), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Soul Eater (Anime & Manga), Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Spider-Man - All Media Types, Supergirl (TV 2015), Supernatural (TV 2005), Teen Titans (Comics), Teen Titans - All Media Types, The Lost Boys (Movies), The Ritual (2017), The Ritual - Adam Nevill, The Road to El Dorado (2000), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Venom (Marvel Movies), 光が死んだ夏 | Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu | The Summer Hikaru Died (Anime), 光が死んだ夏 | Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu | The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga)
31 Oct 2025
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An assortment of 2024/2025 October fics. Different fandoms and ships.
Fictober 2024 prompts:
https://fictober-event.tumblr.com/prompts24
absurddino's (Tumblr) Kinktober 2025 (#1) prompts:
https://www.tumblr.com/absurddino/786917717543436288
Kinktober 2025 (#2) prompts:
https://www.tumblr.com/kinktober-2025/787065908197818368/more-information
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I will read it when i have time
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“ Their leader struck me,” Leon explained. “A punch, nothing serious, just enough to show us what was to come. But then Merlin… he said that he hadn’t signed up for this, that he was just a servant and he wasn’t going to die for a king who didn’t appreciate him.”
That… didn’t sound like Merlin. Arthur frowned, his confusion only barely overcoming a spike of distress at the words didn’t appreciate him.
“Merlin wouldn’t say that,” Gwaine said fiercely.
“That’s what I thought,” Leon said. A small grin quirked one side of his mouth, and something like pride gleamed in his eyes. “Then he started talking.”
“They asked about you,” Elyan cut in. “Your weaknesses, how to breach the city. Merlin told them what you eat for breakfast. They asked for the size of your army. He talked for half an hour about polishing your boots. ”
^^ the first story of very many very good ones. Currently at 5 works, all incredible. They read as all being within the same canon, interweaving and self-supporting
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In order for an honourable man, a knight of the realm, to earn trust... he must first subjugate himself to others.
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Arthur is an emotionally repressed workaholic who is unhappily married. Merlin is his loyal and competent personal assistant. One Monday, Merlin comes to work to find that, over the weekend, Arthur has dictated a letter for Merlin that is about to change both of their lives.
A song fic inspired by the 1969 classic, 'Take A Letter, Maria' by R. B. Greaves.
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- Part 1 of Cally's Classic Song Fics
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“Galiad, fifth son of Chrockland, former Knight of Camelot, for your grievous crimes against the crown, I hereby sentence you to execution, death by beheading–”
Galiad fell to his knees, ears ringing. He never should have tried to kill the King. It had been a stupid, reckless decision, and he could not believe he’d been so easily bribed into it.
He had let his ego get the better of him, and now, here he was, on his knees in the throne room, fighting back tears, trying not to throw up all over the stone floor, begging for his life to be spared.
And here’s the real kicker; he wasn’t even on trial for the attempted murder of his King. His Majesty didn’t know about that.
No, Galiad was on trial for the crime he’d committed against King Arthur’s manservant.
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Merlin goes a bit nuclear on some guards when Arthur's injured and being stubborn. Arthur witnesses something else altogether.
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- Part 4 of Ghost's Merlin Fics
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Merlin Bingo 2025 by amACEinglyordinary, HadrianPeverellBlack
Fandom: Merlin (TV), Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types, Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, Supernatural (TV 2005), The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Originals (TV), The Vampire Diaries & Related Fandoms, The Vampire Diaries (TV)
30 Nov 2025
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Part 18