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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?
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"I love seeing you like this, you know," he said with another kiss on Merlin's forehead. "You look so pretty, all tied up just for me."
They had done this so many times since the start of their relationship. Merlin knew Arthur would never do anything to hurt him. He trusted Arthur with everything that he was. He knew that he was safe.
But those words.
Those words had been said to him before. Not in Arthur's warm and loving voice but in a cold, cruel drawl.Series
- Part 2 of Teagirl's Whumptober 2025
- Part 11 of Teagirl's bingo 2025
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Ravening (adj.)
(of a ferocious wild animal) extremely hungry and hunting for prey.
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Danger faded from the forest after it fled. Swords were lowered, shoulders releasing the tension. Even the air was easier to breathe.
Yet, though Percival knew not why, he didn't feel comforted by the outward lack of threat. There was something in the pit of his stomach. He felt like eyes were constantly trained on the back of his head, and his heart was still thumping long after they'd saddled their horses and departed.
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OR: Twenty-five years after the Great Purge, Prince Arthur and his knights accidentally
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albion's greatest need is finally here (and merlin is fucking ecstatic) by Benji (benjico), benjico
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
13 Sep 2025
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After centuries of waiting, Merlin is given a chance to correct his greatest failure. But some weights are too heavy to put down, and some loves are too vast to hold without crushing everything in their grip.
The question is no longer if he will save Arthur Pendragon, but what will be left of the world—and of Merlin himself—when he does.
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After centuries of waiting, Merlin awakens from a decade-long magical slumber haunted by a dream—a vision of Arthur in a world of steel and sirens. But when the Lady of the Lake appears, they are told the impossible: Arthur has not been resurrected, but reincarnated. He lives again, but as a stranger, with no memory of who he once was. As Merlin grapples with the grief of being forgotten and the terror that this new Arthur might not be him at all, they must decide whether to chase a ghost—or face a future that no longer includes the friend they once knew.
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- Part 1 of The Soul Remains
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“How can I ask this of you?” Merlin whispered, “I was meant to bring peace to Albion, not destroy it. I’m no good if you get hurt.”
The king took his court sorcerer’s hands. They were trembling, frail things like little fledglings, and he gripped tight and didn’t let go, “Merlin. Camelot fights for what is right. Once magic was reinstated, I pledged to be an ally to you and your kind. I, and this kingdom, would be a disgrace to that promise if I did nothing now.”
Merlin gazed at him so desperately. Arthur didn’t know what to do with it. Merlin was always so strong, usually being the one to comfort Arthur. He was his best advisor, and his closest confidant, and he’d never seen him so anguished.
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The golden age of Albion was here, or so Merlin thought. After learning of sorcerers in the hundreds being captured and enslaved by a neighbouring kingdom, Merlin felt more useless than ever. What use is Emrys if he can't protect his people? He had to act, but he couldn't bring Camelot into it; the risk was too high. Unfortunately, his friends didn't see eye to eye with him on that, and insisted on fighting with him. Would they come out victorious?
Would they survive at all?
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- Part 1 of Merlin Hyperfixation Era
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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 will come a soldier who carries a mighty sword by Destiny_in_the_Universe
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Once Upon a Time (TV)
11 Oct 2024
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Storybrooke’s curse has broken, but with it comes a new age of magic… and hope. In a distant town, a certain sorcerer feels something big is on the horizon, and well, who knows what might happen now?
In other words, Merlin’s connected somehow to the magic of Storybrooke and an impromptu trip leads him and his
coven, that is to say, his friends to uncover a world beyond their imagination.No. 7: Magic with a Cost
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- Part 11 of Whumptober Series 2024
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Lancelot is stung by a serket. Merlin stays by his side, but doesn't emerge quite as unscathed as he hoped.
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- Part 3 of Evedaser's Whumptober 2024
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"I'm writing you this message just so I can say that I love you."
Merlin, the fearless, loving, giving, selfless, warlock. Never bowing down to a challenge. He knows Arthur will be furious. He just hopes it's enough to keep him grounded. He doesn't want this. He never has. But it doesn't scare him.
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- Part 2 of Merthur Songfics
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Chaos, Merlin, Fire, And A Defeated Sobbing King: These Are A Few Of Gwaine’s Favorite Things by quotidian_void for datrandocat
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
24 May 2024
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"Since our job's done here, let's go set something on fire, Merlin."
"Uh, maybe not set something on fire?" Gwen quickly interrupted with a frown.
"I'm on Gwen with this one," Merlin said apologetically.
"But Merlin! We haven't set anything on fire this past two weeks!"
Merlin winced. "Actually… Lancelot and I already set something on fire."
Gwaine pouted with resentment. "Oh, sorry. I should have known that you preferred Lancelot over me."
"I don't! I like you both equally!"
Gwaine turned away from him, crossing his arms.
Merlin shared an exasperated look with Gwen. "Look," Merlin said. "We didn't actually mean to set anything on fire. So you really can't base your statement over that."
Gwaine turned back to him with glee. "So does that mean you still haven't intentionally set anything else on fire after we burned that old lord's whole underwear drawer two weeks ago?"
"I suppose so."
Gwaine snapped his fingers. "That's it. We're going to set something on fire."
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- Part 6 of Merlin + [character] crackfics
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Merlin's jobs are as follows: Assistant physician, Prince's Manservant, and Secret Protector of the Once and Future King.
A sudden influx of magical beasts from a nearby kingdom terrorising Camelot and flushing the Druids out of hiding forces him to take up another one: Emrys, King of the Druids. Of course, he's doing this anonymously, he's gonna need a disguise. No one can know it's Merlin kicking the shit out of stray Chimeras.
Meanwhile, Arthur is terribly frustrated. His father won't let him out even as magical beasts are rampaging around the kingdom, and people are dying. Well, what Uther doesn't know won't hurt him. But he's gonna need a disguise. No one can know it's Arthur beating the brains out of random water spirits.
And, sidenote: who's this Emrys guy?-----
Merlin answers threats to Camelot and the Druids as Emrys. Arthur does the same in defiance of his father as The Red Knight. They're medieval superheroes. -
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“You know,” Merlin said, feeling faint, dizzy and exhausted. “Your kidnapping etiquette could do better. You haven’t even offered me a meal yet.”
“Shut the hell up,” Hugo said, throwing a harsh punch into Merlin’s stomach, making the warlock suck in his breath and cough violently.
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“What if we are unable to find him?” Elyan asked.
“We’ll find him,” Arthur insisted firmly. Leon and Elyan shared a worried look with each other.
“Sire,” Leon said. “We have to consider the possibility though. And think of a plan of action for if he is not found.”
“He will be found,” Arthur said and Leon’s shoulders fell.
“But, Sire-” “That’s enough!” Arthur shouted and his knights fall silent.
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Merlin was kidnapped and tortured for information about Arthur's plan of attack. Arthur goes a little crazy until Merlin is back where he belongs, and then some things are revealed.
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What if a very depressed Merlin talks to Mordred about why he hates him so much? What would happen?
Set in season 5, sometime after the Dolma
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history almost repeats itself as Merlin gets carried away training his protege, so the young prince of Camelot steps in to protect his friend from merlins influence
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the ordeal of being (but with you) by SlantedKnitting for paxopalotls
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
04 Jun 2023
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Merlin lives alone - if what he’s doing can really be called living. He sleeps, he eats, he whittles. Sometimes he dreams, but he wish he wouldn’t, especially when the line between dreams and the waking world starts to blur.
This isn’t how Merlin wanted to be found by a miraculously returned Arthur, but this is his reality.
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Merlin has been alone for over a thousand years, destined to see those he loves fade away into the past. Destiny said Arthur was foretold to rise again when Albion was in its time of greatest need - so why was he showing up now?
AKA The Merlin Season 6 we all deserve.
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"What is wrong with me Ma?" asks little Merlin his mother.
"What is wrong with me?" asks Arthur Pendragon to the moon.
About monsters and their hearts and how they love life so much that it hurts.
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A year into the golden age, Arthur finds out about Merlin's magic. The disappointment he has in Merlin for keeping such a secret from him even after there was no risk to his safety causes a rift in their relationship that seems unmendable.
He cannot ignore Merlin, however, because the kingdom is in danger, and there's only one thing that can save it:
Arthur needs to get to know magic, inside and out.
For the Merlin bingo square: Telepathy.
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A druid hits Arthur with a spell to bring out his true nature, believing he's fooled everyone, but especially Emrys, into thinking he's better than he actually is.
The effects of this rather surprise her.