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“Elena put you up to this, didn’t she?”
Spots of colour appeared on Leon’s cheeks, and he grimaced as he brandished his mobile. “It was this, or set you up on a date with her elderly cousin Grunhilda.”
“Give me the mobile, Leon. I’ll make an account.”***
Arthur is tired of people only wanting to date him for his money. After his latest break-up, about which he isn't very broken up at all, he decides dating just isn't for him. But his best friends at least want him to talk to other humans outside the office, and they get him into a fandom space on Discord.Sometimes what you don't even know you're looking for ends up right in front of you.
{Title from "Moment in the Sun" by Sunflower Bean.}
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Arthur Pendragon returns and finds a new lifestyle. Merlin is still hopelessly in love with his king, but can't confess his love. What a pair they are.
They are idiots in love.
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Despite all the supposed trips to the tavern none of the knights have seen Merlin drunk. They decide to rectify that. A poor decision, really.
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Through the Looking-Glass, and What Arthur Found There by versaphile for StarshipInk
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Alice In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland (1951)
21 Apr 2014
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Nothing interesting ever happens in Arthur's life -- until the day he follows a white kitten through a looking-glass and finds himself in the land of Camelot, a realm of unusual nonsense. There he takes up a quest to slay the terrible Jabberwock, to overthrow the Red King Uther and restore the exiled Princess Morgana to her throne. But to do it all, he'll need the help of a madman named Emrys and his famously delicious tarts... and a Dragon-Cat or two.
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Wordlessly, Arthur hands the blue pen over and watches misty-eyed as Merlin leans forward and opens up the pages. Merlin scans through the first few lines and Arthur waits with baited breath as he finds the one tagged with a little red flag.
Merlin's hands are shaking.
"Arthur, I'm so sorry."
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Arthur wipes a palm over his trousers trying to get rid of the sweat that has suddenly started to slick his skin. “I don’t like Sophia…I’m sorry Merlin.”
“Don’t be sorry. You like who you like.” Arthur turns to face Merlin, drinking in Merlin’s words as if they were a blessing.
“You think it’s okay?”
“Sure. So who do you like?”
The question leaves his mouth dry. He knows the answer to that question of course. He’s known for a while, but at the same time he didn’t know. Not until now, not until he’s been straight up asked. It’s like pieces of a puzzle finally fitting together, or the method of a maths problem finally making sense. So who do you like, Arthur? Merlin shifts in the bed and turns onto his side.
Arthur’s face moves before his mind can make sense of what he's doing.
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The mark of the prince's inner circle was a little, golden, dragon clasp that secured the capes of worthy knights.
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- Part 1 of From The Point Of View Of Knights
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Young wizard Merlin must move from Scotland to London after the death of his mother. He gets a job with family friend Gaius working at Buckingham Palace where he begins to discover secrets about his family and his destiny. Oh, he also meets Prince Arthur which sort of complicates things.
Prince Arthur is fine. He enjoys reading and football and spending time with friends. He runs a lot. He'll be King one day but whatever. He's fine. Well, apart from his father trying to set him up with every magic user in the world, but he's fine, really. Just fine... Until that skinny, dark-haired, stupidly attractive Scottish boy shows up and throws a whole bucket load of spanners in the works.
Set in an alternate present where magic is common but still illegal in many countries.
This work is complete. Not all tags relate to all chapters. Mature rating does not apply to all chapters.
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“You’re not meant to hide in the shadows, Merlin. One day your words will shape minds… maybe even lives.”
In the shadows of the musty basement mailroom, Merlin Ambrose's fingers fly across a keyboard, opening secret worlds and creating unforgettable characters. His dreams folded away like letters never sent. No one has ever really believed in him, so he doubts himself.
But then fate arrives in the form of golden boy, Arthur Pendragon, who sees something in Merlin and the stories he hides from prying eyes. He challenges Merlin to put himself out there and risk everything for his dream of being a published author.
When disaster strikes and the world above collapses, Arthur and Merlin find themselves thrown together in darkness, clinging to hope, memory, and a promise of love.
This is a story of survival and surrender, of words that heal and wounds that linger, of love that dares to rise from the rubble. Two voices, two hearts, and a future rewritten in the light of the Midnight Sun.
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It was unreasonable of Merlin to doubt Morgana from the start. Why didn't he tell her he had magic, why didn't he help her and support her? Let's try this again, what would happen if Merlin had ignored Kilgharrah's horrendously stupid advice and stood with Morgana like he should, would she become evil? Would Arthur have died?
Fic begins at the end of s2 ep6 Beauty and the beast pt.2
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the devil's in the details by somethingaboutwriting for queerofthedagger
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
06 Dec 2021
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It takes a month after Arthur lifts the ban on magic for him to adjust to the fact that the people around him might actually start to use it. Even stranger is when Merlin learns some from Gaius and, oddly enough, has a bit of a knack for it.
In which Arthur is obtuse, Merlin is trying his best, and Gwaine, Elyan and Leon don't understand why they can't learn to light fires as easily as Merlin did.
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and with my opened mouth i join the singing light by intothefirewego
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
11 Apr 2022
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Merlin frowned, and tried to inhale, but choked on a cough. He opened his mouth, trying to speak but his mouth was sticky and full and he felt warm, warm, warm, warm spilling down down down down…
The world tilted on its axis a little bit, and Merlin leant into Arthur’s body. Why was the world tilting?
Arthur’s face shifted from annoyance to horror.
**content warning: graphic descriptions of blood**
update: now with epilogue!
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When someone new comes to court, it’s up to some of the more seasoned people in Camelot's court to take them aside and explain a few rules...about Merlin.
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Arthur and Merlin are going to get their damn farm if it's the last thing I do.
Series and fic titles all inspired by The Lion's Roar by Frist Aid Kit.
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the pale morning sings of forgotten things by habituallywastingtime
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
14 Oct 2025
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It’s a daily battle, reigning in his magic.
But there is something wrong with his magic and there is something wrong with Merlin.
As Merlin finishes working the buckles on Arthur’s armor, he feels a creaking in his bones.
The moment Balinor’s pulse finally stilled on the forest floor, Merlin’s magic changed. No longer is his magic a flower waiting to bloom in his cupped palms, it’s an animal backed into a corner waiting to sink its teeth into the ones who put it there. The mutt at his feet has lost its patience.
There’s a flint being struck under his skin, generating sparks, seeking dry brush to ignite and swallow in flame.
Merlin is terrified.
He isn’t a seer, never mastered the art of scrying, but even he knows something is looming over the horizon.
or Merlin’s Dragonlord powers let him shift into a dragon, things go to shit, and then there are more dragons.
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Sticky Notes Come in More Than Yellow by Pendragons Dragonlord (PseudoAuthor)
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
22 Mar 2015
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“I’m thirty-one,” Merlin repeats as if it will change the outcome. “I’m only thirty-one…”
Arthur wants to scream...
In which: Arthur wonders why Mordred stares. He reconnects with his father. He comes to hate sticky notes. And he loves and loses Merlin.
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“I’m leaving.” Merlin says, because this situation already cost him his Duolingo streak, and he’s too tired to deal with Arthur when the food Gaius is serving him looks like it belongs on a list of war crimes committed by the Canadian soldiers.
“Where to?” His mentor asks, and Merlin shrugs, before going to his room and packing his bag.
“India. Gaius, I have decided I don’t give a damn, especially not when having to eat that bland food. I’ll be back in three months, make sure Arthur doesn’t die when I’m out.”
“Merlin!” And maybe, if he was younger and didn’t travel back to the past last month, he would’ve actually cared about the ‘eyebrow of disapproval’.
Or, a 1500yo Merlin gets zapped to the past during his vacation to Cuba. You’d think he’s happy to see Arthur again. He’s not.
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"It’s driving you mad, isn’t it?” Gwaine asked, and instead of arguing, Merlin was silent. After a few moments, he turned around to face Gwaine, eyes narrowing with caution. “Merlin, I am in no way telling you to give up what you feel for Arthur. But I think you need a way to let off a bit of the tension... Between trusting friends.”
They shared a silence. Though Merlin was clearly confused, Gwaine worried more that the booms of his heart echoed through the chamber. He pinpointed the exact moment realization seeped into Merlin--eyes widening, eyebrows scrunched, mouth open in words of surprise he couldn't yet form.
“Only if and when you want,” Gwaine assured, when he could still convince himself he could overlook his affections for Merlin's sake.
Now, as Merlin moans into Gwaine's mouth, Gwaine wonders how he ever managed to believe his offer would leave him anything but fucked--in both senses of the word.
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In which true friends steal your coffee, secret lovers change the topic every time it comes too close to the truth (but not indefinitely), Gwen gives out free muffins, Leon likes figures, and Morgana may or may not use her prophetic dreams to cheat on gambling.
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind by BabyStepsAreStillSteps for Summer_Meadows
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
15 Mar 2021
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When Arthur turned his back on the Dolma that he didn’t know was his manservant, Merlin reminded him that he was missing a very important member of their rescue party.
What if he hadn’t?
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When castle gossip reveals an old noble tradition, it threatens to break not only Merlin's faith in Arthur, but the Round Table's as well
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Merlin finds out that when Arthur gave him his mother's sigil, it was essentially a marriage proposal. Merlin is not happy that Arthur would keep that from him
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