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Arthur wasn't meant to see Merlin's magic in the last moments of battle, but he did.
Merlin wasn't meant to take the arrow fired at Arthur, but he did.
Maybe they can find the truth in all of it. Maybe not.
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Arthur has trouble expressing himself. Merlin waits.
or, arthur takes forever to see what's been in front of him all along
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After that evening in the tavern, Arthur has not been able to look at his manservant the same way ever since.
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Arthur has always had distant dreams of leaving Camelot. They were never more than a wistful fantasy, at least once he grew up.
Finding out about Merlin’s magic changes everything though, and not only because Arthur would do more to keep Merlin safe than he cares to admit. What follows are secrets upon secrets, allowing the dreams to slip back in as all his father’s lies unravel around him. Slowly but surely, Camelot feels less like a home and more like a gilded cage, and Arthur isn’t so certain anymore whether he’s the right person to carry this legacy. If he even wants to.
One final secret, one opportunity, and suddenly the dreams aren’t mere dreams anymore. Merlin wouldn’t be Merlin if he didn’t follow wherever Arthur goes, and as they try to outrun Uther’s manhunt for them, they have to learn to live a life that’s about more than duty, other’s expectations, and a destiny that has never once cared for them.
Or: Arthur long since expected that one day, he might have to flee Camelot with Merlin. He just never thought that he would be the reason.
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- Part 1 of We Can Always Run 'verse
- Part 20 of Merlin Stories
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(I'll be) Home, safe and tucked away by count-pudding (Artcr6w), thelastpendragon
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
15 Sep 2025
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When Hunith foresees the dreadful future that awaits her son in Camelot, she twists fate by not sending Merlin to the legendary city. Unfortunately, destiny cares little for concerned mothers, and a certain injured blond prince ends up finding his way in Ealdor.
Or: a Different First Meeting AU where Hunith is a Seer and tries to protect Merlin from the tragedy of canon by not sending him to Gaius, but that doesn’t stop him from finding Arthur injured in the woods the next day.
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We Can Always Run 'verse by kairennart (Personaje), queerofthedagger
Fandom: Merlin (TV)
22 Oct 2021
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Arthur Pendragon was never keen on marriage. He believed that in order to marry someone, one must be in love with their soon-to-be spouse. Unfortunately, as esteemed royals, he was never granted that luxury. And as such, in true diplomatic fashion, Arthur was betrothed to someone of the name Emrys before the age of five and is destined to meet and wed them upon his twenty-first birthday.
And today’s the day.
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As the summer holidays rolled around and Kay was very much free to do whatever he wanted, he stumbled upon an old, hidden tab in his chrome browser. Ao3 statistics? Since when was that there, swimming amongst the hundreds of opened, "I'll read those later" gorgeous pieces of fanfiction? Cautious, and now feeling guilty enough to click on it, he opened the tab.
"Fuck do you mean I had only posted one work this year? Huh?"
With much more free time on his hands and the desire to die left behind with school duties, an idea was born.
That was probably wayy too dramatic of a way to say that I'll be writing a short 1k word, Merlin fanfic every day of the summer holidays.
UPDATE!!!
It seems that once again, Kay had greatly overestimated his abilities and got sucked in by ambition way beyond his capabilities. Thousand words a day, for sixty two days straight? Really? Delusion at best, truly.
Inventing time travel to slap his two months younger self seems like a very desirable option now.
However, even if the summer holidays did not offer closure, the school year might (it better). At a rate of one fanfic per week, still just a thousand words, this series shall continue.
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Arthur stared shamelessly as Merlin climbed up the wooden ladder to reach the roof of his mother’s house, and did…whatever he was doing up there. It wasn’t like anyone was around to see, anyhow. He didn’t know how long he’d spent standing there, ogling his manservant, before that voice he dreamt so often of reached his ears.
“Arthur??”
“Huh? What?” The prince blinked a few times, snapping out of his daze. He heard Merlin chuckle from his high placement.
“I said, does it look too bulky from down there?” The sorcerer repeated himself.
Arthur really had no idea what he was supposed to be looking at, as he’d been rather distracted and knew nothing about roof mending. Yet, he still shook his head. “No, it looks fine!”
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Merlin takes a summer trip to Ealdor to visit his mother! Arthur tags along.
Many things happen on this trip—Arthur finds out farming is actually hard, Hunith enjoys mothering the Prince, Arthur pines helplessly for Merlin, Merlin becomes a health hazard for Arthur (the man swears his heart is going to give out if he sees Merlin shirtless in a garden, weeding again), and Hunith genuinely thinks they’ve already gotten together.
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- Part 10 of Titles From My Mutuals
- Part 46 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots
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"But the sorcerer--the terrorist, the one who hated mundanes. What became of him?" Merlin asked.
“He’s probably dead," said Hunith.
“What did they call him?”
She gathered the fabric of her kirtle in her hands. “Balinor,” she said, looking away. The side of her face that remained facing him was spotted with old, familiar scars, mottling her eyebrow into patches and making her right ear small with ruin. The skin was dragged like rivers over her cheekbone and jaw, a little pale and tough. Merlin loved her, loved this face, though he knew it disgusted the town. But, for the first time, Merlin reckoned he knew just how this had happened to her, just whose fire this was.
And if that Balinor was alive, and Merlin ever happened upon him, Merlin would kill the son of a bitch. -
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"Gossip always travels faster than news."
In which Hunith gradually learns of her son's life in a rapidly changing Camelot.
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When Merlin leaves Camelot, Arthur comes to find him and tries to seduce him instead of apologising like a sane person.
Ft. Farm animalsOr
"Aha! So it is a cow." Arthur pointed victoriously at the goat, who looked at Merlin and blinked, almost disbelievingly, as if to say, This is the guy you've been hammering on about for 2 days??
Merlin shrugged helplessly at it.
"Moo..." said the goat.
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“Gaius — I mean, someone — advised that it might make things worse,” Merlin told him. He looked immediately regretful, as if he wanted to bury himself into the ground right there, in the watermelon patch.
Arthur nodded thoughtfully. If Merlin didn’t want him to know something, it was probably important.
“Gaius, huh,” he mused. “I don’t know a Gaius.” But even as he said it there was something buried way down below, prickling at his memory.
In which Arthur falls asleep, falls ill, and farms, and Merlin brings him home.
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3 Times Merlin Visited Ealdor +1 Time Arthur Joined Him by Remarcely
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
27 Mar 2021
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-~-~-~- 3 Times Merlin Visited Ealdor +1 Time Arthur Joined Him -~-~-~-
Merlin, Arthur noted, never once spoke about Ealdor. Of course, when asked, he would happily ramble about his dear mother, but when it came to the topic of his village, he would stay oddly quiet. It was almost like, to Merlin, it did not exist at all.
But after a strange boy a year younger than Merlin showed up, grinning like a mad man and sporting a bruised eye, the small village was forced into conversation.
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Merlin paused, took a deep breath, and a delicate, red band appeared in front of him, softly flowing in the breeze. It was wrapped around his wrist and then disappeared into the distance.
Merlin took it between his fingers, held it as he focused on the gentle pull he felt. With his eyes, he followed the faint thread into the distance and couldn’t help but wonder who might be awaiting him on the other side.
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A series of unrelated/independent one shots of all lengths and short multi-chapter fics featuring [the ship] Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (aka Merthur) from BBC Merlin
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Arthur's acting strange. And I mean, getting out of bed before the servants, skipping training, strange.
Merlin gets fed up of the secrets, but it's not all it seems.
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- Part 1 of Merthur Fics <3
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When Hunith arrives in Camelot with news of an attack, Merlin knows what he has to do. He is perfectly capable of driving away the likes of Kanen’s men by himself; he has been defending Ealdor since he was ten years old.
However, he has no idea of the lengths Arthur will go to to protect his poor, misguided manservant - such as adopting a disguise and following him home.
A Canon Era AU of S1 E10 The Moment of Truth
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Stopped at chapter 1
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Arthur feels bad that Merlin is always kept busy and restricted to his duties in Camelot and decides they both deserve a day off.
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- Part 12 of Rays Merthur Song Fics ♬
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