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When Uther banishes Arthur from Camelot, Arthur is certain it's the end of him and everything he had to offer to the world.
Enter Merlin and the ragtag group of misfits he and Arthur collect on an adventure that takes them across the entire kingdom. Grappling with who he is now and who he will become, Arthur embarks on a journey of self-discovery, friendship, fate, and what it truly means to be a king of prophecy.
“Merlin??”
Merlin drops the reins and spins around, “Arthur!”
Merlin beams. Arthur’s eye twitches.
“What, exactly, are you doing here?”
Merlin makes a face, “What does it look like? I stole some horses.” His lip quirks up, “And some of cook’s pies. But that was just because she’s been such a harpy all this time and she deserved it.”
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The moon has turned whole and dark three times now, and she misses her Lord even though she only saw him on the day of her hatching. She yearns for his presence. Like scales from her wings are missing, or she's short one spike on her spine.
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Hurt by a confrontation with a drunk Arthur, Merlin decides he's had enough and leaves Camelot. As he's leaving, Agravaine follows him, determined to kill him so he'll no longer cause him further issues. So Merlin reveals his magic and kills him instead before taking the man's horse and leaving. He travels for a while, playing music at taverns to earn food and shelter before he ends up helping an injured patrol of Caerleon Knights. Queen Annis takes him in and assigns him to train her physicians before discovering his heritage and naming him a knight and reinstating his father's name.
Along the way, Merlin becomes embroiled in courts and councils, three stubborn and playful princesses, and attends King Arthur's wedding at his Queen's side.
Before long, Merlin is lord of his own township, conducting magic lessons, and locating Morgana to try and bring her to his estate as a peace offering to the court of Camelot.
He really wishes he'd found a cave to hide in instead of joining Queen Annis some days....
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- Part 4 of Leaving Camelot
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Arthur remembers how he got the callsign. His leadership qualities, his boldness, bordering on stupidity, alongside his, how Merlin would grow to call it, ‘pratishness’, granted him the callsign ‘King’.
Where were all the king qualities tonight, then?
TOP GUN x MERLIN AU
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WHUMPTOBER 2025:
No. 25: Collision Course
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- Part 6 of Slayspeare's Whumptober 2025
- Part 1 of Top Gun x Merlin AU
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the dragon said it was destiny (but my dear, that was never enough) by mossclouds
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
28 Sep 2020
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“What can I do for you, Sire?” Gaius asks.
“Is Merlin around?” Arthur says.
A pause. “No.”
“You sure?” Arthur raises an eyebrow.
“He is out gathering herbs.”
“Mind if I come in, then?” Arthur insists. He walks in, without waiting for a response. He is the King, after all.
Merlin is literally just sitting at the table. The idiot didn’t even try to hide. The druids really ought to find a better leader.
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Arthur doesn’t want to have to deal with the ways he is different from his father. Merlin is tired of secrets and pretending they don’t both know what is going on. And Arthur doesn’t know much about destiny, but he does know that Merlin isn’t evil, and Gwaine possibly is.
Anyway, the trees have seen it all.Series
- Part 1 of dragons and destiny
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WOWWWWW. Right amount of dialogue and description. Feels so dynamic it s amazing. ++++×× points for arthyearn too
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When Arthur discovers that Merlin has magic, things go downhill fast, but sometimes you need to reach rock bottom to get up stronger than ever.
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- Part 1 of Merlin one-shots
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This Arthur isn’t even a prince yet– not technically. His eyes are a mix of gray and blue, and his blond hair is dirtier than Merlin remembers. But it’s him. As soon as the first official press photos of the baby are released, Merlin knows, deep in his old, ancient bones, that it’s him.
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Merlin suffers a small accident that turns him into a five-year-old kid. While Gaius works on an antidote, Arthur agrees to take care of Merlin, unaware that he will embark on a crazy week in which, thanks to this strange and at the same time familiar child, he will get to know his servant better and begin to understand what he really feels for Merlin.
This is a tale full of Arthur being protective, of Merlin being Merlin, and of the two of them being the best duo in the history of television. It contains magically appearing chickens, overly sincere children, princes wanting to be swallowed up by the earth, veiled confessions, bedtime stories, entrenched secrets and agonizing doubts. Featuring Gwen being the kindest and most generous soul in Camelot and Lancelot and Gwaine being the great friends that they always are. The rest of the knights, Gaius, and a decrepit Uther complete the scene.
Warning: in this story everyone adores Merlin. After all, isn't this what the original show is about?
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With Guinevere choosing to return to Ealdor rather than becoming the queen of Camelot, Arthur's heart is left open to the affections of his servant. Merlin seizes the opportunity to become intimately closer with Arthur than he had ever allowed himself to be before. Now, a princess from a powerful kingdom across the sea is on her way to Camelot, her father hoping to secure a betrothal to ally their kingdoms. Feeling himself pulled in two different directions, Arthur must decide between his duty and his desire.
It doesn't help that Arthur is left reeling as he discovers Merlin and the princess have something in common.
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- Part 2 of Falcons
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(only rated teen because of the swearing - none of the torture scenes are written from Merlin's pov so there is nothing graphic)
Never in Arthur's life did he think he would feel pain like this. His blood freezes, his whole being wanting to die at the sound. Never did he think he would hear such an agonising, painful sound. The screams rattle through his body, twisting his gut and his mind feels like it's being torn apart.
The horror must show on his face, but even so, Leon is too slow to catch his falling body. He feels sick and he can't breathe and his throat constricts as he listens to the sound of Melrin's screams. His lover's screams.
The sound is horrifying. Raw emotion piles upon raw emotion as the screams continue, long screams that reflect the agony Merlin must be feeling.
or the fic where the knights and Merlin get kidnapped, but they don't leave without Merlin being tortured first.
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- Part 2 of Merlin <3
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A curse gone wrong, five protective-Knights and a cat. How badly could it go?
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I Need An Adultier Adult to Successfully Adult by Pendragons Dragonlord (PseudoAuthor)
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
01 Sep 2015
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The second time he encountered the chemistry teacher AKA Arthur Pendragon, AKA Pratface, AKA Sexy Dude in a Lab Coat, it was because his students were yelling right outside of his class room.
Also he's been avoiding Arthur ever since he came back six weeks into term, because well...reasons.
In which: Merlin and Arthur are high school teachers, Merlin pines over Arthur, Gwaine makes bets, Merlin has grand aspirations of becoming a tortoise and someone keeps stealing Merlin's lunch.
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Because of a little distraction, Merlin finds himself as... not really himself.
Luckily, he has some amazing friends.
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- Part 99 of Merlin Bingo 2024
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Cute but inevitably short
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How A Little Kindness Changes The Course of Camelot by Daughter_of_Thranduil
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
25 Oct 2025
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“Some believe that it is only great power that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. I have found it is the small things; everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love.” - Gandalf
Truer words were never spoken.
Some of the legends give Arthur an additional half-sister, Elaine. Here’s how her existence as a background character, despite performing no great deeds or showing no particular extraordinariness, prompts an earlier magic reveal and a happier ending than they all originally got.
Will be canon compliant until the end of Season 3, then verge into AU territory, where everyone stays alive.
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When Merlin, Arthur, and the knights get captured by the Highway Hitman, a criminal they were meant to apprehend and bring back to Camelot, it becomes very clear that he wants something nobody is willing to give. In the struggle that follows, Merlin's secret is revealed.
or, Arthur nearly gets tortured, and Merlin loses his shit.
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- Part 9 of Merlin Drabbles, Snippets, and One-Shots
- Part 7 of Rageynerd's 12 Days of Tropemas
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"“Emrys,” said Gaius, raising the Eyebrow of Disappointment and flicking his gaze to where Merlin stood behind Arthur’s chair. “That is who you wish to have as your court sorcerer.”
Arthur nodded gravely, every eye in the council meeting upon him. “Camelot is dangerously close to division even now that sorcery is legal. We need someone who will unite us all, and I cannot settle for less. I’ll send riders out at first light chasing rumours and follow up any promising leads we have myself.”
He looked so beautiful when he said it, every inch the king, with the sunlight through the windows turning him gold. His voice had taken on that richness that sometimes infused Arthur’s words – that for the good of the kingdom voice, that let it be so voice, the voice that Merlin had come to understand meant another brick laid on the road to Albion.
Unfortunately, that voice had been co-opted for a fucking farce."
Or - In which magic is legal and Merlin is still lying for reasons that are absolutely, totally 100% valid and have nothing to do with his love for Arthur
DO NOT ADD MY FICS TO GOODREADS
As a reminder, I can read what you put in the bookmarks
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Merlin's had his hands full what with being Arthur's servant, Gaius' assistant, the only thing standing between Camelot's future and its destruction by dark magic, so it's understandable that he's a little tired.
Surely if he just takes a little break while doing chores for Arthur it'll be fine, right?
Arthur won't find out.
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- Part 4 of Quarantine Drabbles
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cutie sweetie pie darling
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Merlin comes back to the Perilous Lands at the request of the Fisher King and uses his magic to heal the land. There, he creates a safe haven for those with magic. As his kingdom flourishes, Merlin is torn between his destiny with Arthur and a place where he is not just a protector, but a ruler.
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“If Arthur, maker of knights, can train a lowborn man to your satisfaction and prove we can strengthen our defenses from among our own, you will release me from this marriage agreement.”
To save Morgana from a loveless political marriage, Arthur has three months to turn a peasant into a knight. The only problem? That peasant is Merlin.
Otherwise known as She's All That but utter medieval nonsense.
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After 1,500 years, who knew a simple night at a bar on karaoke night would change the course of trajectory for a group of seven individuals reincarnated and two immortals who own a bar.
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