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When Arthur finds out about Gwaine and Percival's relationship, he exiles them. Merlin won't accept that his man crush hates gay people. All he wants is a place for people to exist freely - Arthur doesn't believe he can make it.
Angst ensues.
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Merlin visits Lake Avalon every year on the anniversary of Arthur's death. Every year, he makes the same wish - that he would once again be reunited with Arthur.
Merlin lies down in the grassy outcrop that replaced the dried up lake and dreams of Arthur. He still thinks he's dreaming when Lake Avalon fills back up with thrashing, frigid water and threatens to take him away from the land of the living.
When Merlin is drowning, he dreams of Arthur's face. He dreams that he feels Arthur's strong arms holding him once again, pulling him from the grasp of the lake and onto the safety of the shoreline.
Merlin still thinks he's dreaming when Arthur speaks to him and reassures him that he's here to stay. It's almost too real for Merlin to handle.
But, what if it wasn't a dream, after all?
*updating as I write*
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Merlin can’t remember the last time he’s locked his bedroom door, if ever. But he chooses not to think about it. He merely sulks his way back to his bed, taking a moment to contemplate taking off his trousers and tunic from the night before. He decides not to think about that either.
Instead, he decides not to think at all. He just falls back into his bed, covers up his body more so in shame than for warmth, and closes his eyes.
Basically Merlin is sexually assaulted and this story follows how he and everyone else deals with it.
Spoiler alert: THEY DON'T HANDLE IT WELL.
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(Formerly titled "Sea-Salted Secrets")
An idea that formed from the fact that Merlin was lied to about his heritage. (A heritage that I have tweaked for the sake of this story - a self-indulgent merfolk AU)
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Suddenly the doors opened and a haggard-looking Gaius was dragged in next to Merlin and brought to his knees. He was in front of Merlin, though the warlock could still see his face from where he stood.
Gaius started chanting, his eyes glowing, Merlin felt sharp pain from where Gaius’ fingers met his skin; he cried out.
Uther had to put an arm out to keep Arthur in place as light erupted from where they’d been staring. Eyes were averted as the bright beam engulfed Merlin’s frame. When the light faded, Merlin hit the ground with a thud. -
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It was when Merlin was peeking over the edge of his glass with a dumbstruck look on his face that Arthur finally saw him. The second their eyes met a cold shock ran through him, petrifying and powerful. He took the first breath he could remember since so long ago. It was like he had been splashed with water, finally waking from an uncanny dream. His eyes locked on blue and suddenly time made sense again.
Then those heavenly eyes continued their path, not hesitating for even a breath, and some part of Merlin broke.
Arthur didn’t recognize him. Of course he didn’t. This wasn’t the Arthur that he used to know. He was someone who was born into this modern life, growing and learning separately to Merlin.
There wasn’t anything that they shared together anymore.
That was when it was finally too much for him. Merlin had to get away. Fuck common sense, fuck destiny, fuck his lovesick heart, - he couldn’t do this. He couldn’t spend any more time looking at the eyes of a man that meant everything to him when they couldn’t find a single spark of familiarity.
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Merlin slips into the chainmail, remembers how Arthur once helped him put on his gloves in Ealdor when they were trying to protect his village from being sieged. His magic tingles under his skin, recently recovered after the Crystal Caves. He wonders if wearing this armor, the king’s spare armor, if he could be disguised when using magic to stop the fighting before there are more casualties. Maybe he could even convince Morgana and Mordred that he’s Arthur, and distract them while Arthur leads Camelot to victory elsewhere on the battlefield.
A "Song of Achilles" x Merlin and Arthur fic.
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A war rages between Camelot and the magical kingdom of Avalon. King Uther and King Balinor’s armies have been trapped in a stalemate for the last three years. However, King Uther suspects that the war is about to tip into his favor, now that he has kidnapped Avalon’s young prince. Little does he know that fate has a different plan and that his own son may be the undoing of his vicious plot.
Prince Arthur, barely a dozen summers old, watches as his father locks a young boy in the highest tower of Camelot. Curiosity draws him in, but it’s Merlin that keeps drawing him back. He quickly learns that the war is not what his father told him, and he must make his own choice to protect his kingdom or the innocent.
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- Part 31 of Would You?
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When Merlin's magic is exposed shortly before season 2 starts, the path of destiny starts changing forever. Now on the run with Arthur, Morgana, and Gwen. Merlin hopes to convince Arthur that magic is totally good instead of him and Morgana just being an exception. Morgana, meanwhile, hopes to convince him to usurp his father. As allies are gathered and Arthur realizes the injustice in his kingdom, it looks more and more like he will have to act in a drastic way. A way he dreads.
Meanwhile, Arthur and Merlin are growing closer and closer and might just have feelings for each other. Something they probably should be better about realizing, considering the example of Gwen and Morgana right next to them.
In a land of myth and a time of magic, the destiny of a great kingdom now rests on the shoulders of four, their names: Merlin, Arthur, Guinevere, and Morgana
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- Part 1 of Different Destiny
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It was all too quick: an arrow jolting into Arthur’s back with a fleshy thud, Arthur crying out. Five more arrows in the air, one pointing to Arthur's heart. Merlin flung himself forward, threw his arms out, screamed his magic in a blaze of fire. The last arrows crackled into nothing. Archer after archer fell, thumping to the ground.
And Merlin had no time to shout, no time to gasp, no time to move back. Arthur was already spinning, his sword swooping up and slashing back down in one smooth movement. A perfect arc to target Merlin’s neck. The blinding white edge too large in Merlin's vision, too close. It snagged in his neckscarf, cut right through to his skin.
Time stopped.
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After Uther Pengragon's death and Arthur's rise to the throne, he was determined to change the laws of Camelot and create an integrated society. The Once and Future King grew a reputation for himself: Arthur Pendragon, Libarator, Saviour, Unifier.
But something was missing. Or should I say someone.
Or, Arthur liberates a slave camp and discovers a young man who would change his life forever.
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When a regular hunting trip goes array and bandits attack, Merlin gets left behind by mistake with a arrow lodged in his calf.
Now at the mercy of a head bandit who knows he is Emry's, Merlin can only hold out for Arthur to come and save him.
But with the threat of a new deadly weapon named 'Stealer' literally eating his magic, can Merlin make it until rescue comes?
Or will he be drained dry?
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Arthur catalogues things he notices about Merlin. It's second nature for him, alright? But, even Arthur can admit that he perhaps is too familiar with what Merlin's expressions mean.
one-shot where Arthur begrudgingly realizes he has feelings for Merlin.
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Merlin has magic,” Uther’s words hit Merlin like a ton of bricks, the spirit disappearing as if it was never there.
Merlin closes his eyes, letting out the breath he’s been holding. He feels his back hit the door behind him, holding himself up against it. He doesn’t look at Arthur, just waits.
One breath, two breath, three breath. Nothing.
Merlin opens his eyes, looking up, half expecting Arthur to have disappeared to alert the guards. Arthur is staring at him, he is stock skill, breath coming out ragged and uneven. He looks crushed and not just from expelling his father’s spirit but that must also have contributed to it.
“Arthur,” Merlin tries, swallowing when his voice shakes with the anticipation of Arthur’s reaction.
“Is it true?” Arthur asks, his voice quiet but stern, he still holds the horn tightly in his grip by his side, his knuckles white with the force.
“Arthur I-“
“Yes or no, Merlin,” Arthur interrupts, voice suddenly louder in the empty corridor, he looks Merlin in the eye while he nods wordlessly before looking away, “you-you do. You would betray me? You?”
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In which Arthur find out from spirit Uther about Merlin's magic. -
The Warlock and the Dragonlord: The Dragons by NotAllWho_Wonder_AreLost
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
17 Nov 2025
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Please read previous works in the series to understand!
The Sidhe has left his mark, but even though they escaped his clutches, it doesn't mean the Sidhe's plans are over. He goes to Romania and starts to put his plans into action. But Morgana and Charlie Weasley refuse to let the man win and take off with their dragons. With a nightmare as guidance and a warning, Morgana knows what they must do.
Call the Brotherhood.
Field trip to Romania, anyone?
Terrible summary, I just want to get this next part postedSeries
- Part 6 of The Warlock and the Dragonlord
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Merlin has a habit of keeping Arthur out of trouble, without the prince noticing of course. But when it's the warlock's turn to keep himself from harm's way he's not as on top of things as he'd like to believe, leaving the task up to those closest to him. A series of connected short stories featuring our favorites from Camelot and their mission to keep one selfless sorcerer safe.
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Each of the knights helping Merlin after he gets injured
TW is read the tags ig (It's an injury fic, you can guess)
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Did you miss me? by HadrianPeverellBlack
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan
16 Nov 2025
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"We're gathered here to celebrate the end of this world's greatest hero," Chiron was saying.
Merlin had judged him too harshly, and perhaps the gods too (Poseidon was there weeping, the world was in turmoil over his loss), but right now he was looking at his boyfriend's burial shroud, and he couldn't care less about any of them.
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- Part 39 of Merlin Bingo 2025
- Part 33 of Merlin & Percy adventures
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Merlin had thought that being bound with cold iron as Sigan's captive, with a wounded Gwen brought along to ensure his obedience, was the worst fate imaginable.
As the terrifying alpha who'd butchered Sigan by splitting him down the middle curled bloody fingers in Merlin's hair and yanked him closer, the omega now understood that there were much worse endings.
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Part 1: Childless and aging, Uther declares a kingdom-wide trial by combat, open to sorcerers or warriors - or both - the winner to be named heir to the kingdom of Camelot. One sorcerer and one warrior find a new destiny waiting for them in the arena - and allies as well as enemies.
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Merlin has lived a hundred lives. A healer. A chef. An architect. A man lost in the quiet rhythm of the world.
In the year 2025, he works at a small art museum, curating an exhibit of Arthurian legends. The paintings unsigned, half-forgotten are more than historical curiosities. They are memories. His own. Each brushstroke a thread tied to a man he can’t afford to forget.
But even memory fades. After fifteen centuries of waiting, Merlin’s grasp on the past begins to blur until a stranger walks in. A young man with familiar eyes.
But the question was, was it really Arthur returned ? Or just another echo — a face that haunts every lifetime?