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Hold my love (on the wings of a butterfly) by GabsTriesSomethingNew
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
24 Nov 2025
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A girl.
A small, tiny, young, cute, little, sobbing girl.
That was what Gwaine was left to deal with. In a mess of fire and ash and tortured dead bodies. A practically untouched little one with tears dragging mud down her face.
i.e Author finally getting to their Merwaine accidental child acquisition because Merwaine fest forced their hands
Written for Merwaine fest 2025 Day 1: accidental child adoption + h/c
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Merlin only meant to light a candle and check on the prince. He didn’t expect to find Arthur disheveled and distressed. Of course, Arthur being Arthur, his pride won’t let him admit he needs anything — least of all company. Good thing Merlin is just as stubborn as him, as well as patient and understanding.
aka, Arthur is hurting and in need of a hug and Merlin is trying to be there for him.
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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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A coffee shop meet cute AU from two different perspectives but with one goal.
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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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And, at the very center of Merlin’s attention, was the one who must be his soulmate, the very cause of this color.
This was the moment he had been waiting for.
Arthur would choose him, he had to. There was no universe where he wouldn’t fall for Merlin. It was inevitable; they fit together too perfectly for it to end any other way.
But, god, he wanted it so badly.
Or; Merlin longs to be with Arthur, his soulmate, so desperately that he’d do anything to stay in his life. But Arthur already has a soulmate, and the thought consumes Merlin, haunting him with the cruel truth that he was too late for the one love that was meant to be his.
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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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Merlin needs a day off, but, well... he wouldn't have enjoyed it if he hadn't had some sweet hash talk.
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The final battle happened and Merlin would not let Arthur die. So Arthur finds himself back in the past when his father was still king. Arthur decides to change things to do what is best for Camelot, and HIS Merlin.
Normal humans don't survive time travel, but Merlin made sure Arthur survived...
Revision Complete 9/25/25
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- Part 9 of Meowmix's Merlin Stories
- Part 1 of Time Traveling Arthur
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Morgana ties Arthur's life to Merlin's, thinking that it'll be much easier to kill a helpless servant than the King of Camelot.
Aka, Morgana unwittingly binds Arthur's life to the most powerful sorcerer to walk the earth.
Aka, not only can they physically not leave each other's sides, but also anything Merlin feels, so does Arthur--and vice versa.
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When Arthur returns to Merlin in 2025, both of them are ecstatic. Merlin helps Arthur getting used to the world by showing him everything.
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Basically Merlin and Arthur being weird tourists around the world. Lots of fluff (no smut, sorry, but you can imagine it, though:D), nearly no angst, just a cute tooth-rottingly sweet story to comfort your soul.
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„Ich cesty boli predurčené už dávno,“ riekol Kilgharrah. „Ale nikdy nemali dovoliť, aby sa do seba zamilovali. Vždy sme vedeli, že sú ako dve strany tej istej mince – ale nikto nepredpokladal, ako doslovne to osud myslel.“
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- Part 1 of Merlin oneshots
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- Slovenčina
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Tell me what hurts you and I will ail it. Tell me what scares you and I will protect you, he tried to say. Tell me what burdens you and I will carry it. Anything to not watch you suffer.
But no words left his mouth, for he too was afraid to bare his soul.
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Or: Merlin has spent the last two centuries building the farm Arthur had always dreamed of, but when his King returns, he realises that time cannot heal all wounds. It is time for him to finally take fate into his own hands.
Note: Finished but currently being updated to rework some chapters (3/10 finished)
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When Arthur had (lost his damn mind and) ordered Merlin to leave the horses in Camelot instead of taking them on patrol with them, Merlin expected trouble. He did not, however, expect to be running for his life within two hours of setting foot in the forest, pursued by a large band of bandits—or for Arthur to suddenly go down, unable to draw a breath for no apparent reason.
Least of all did he expect that today, of all days, would be the day he kissed Arthur for the very first time.
To save their lives, of course.
. . . No other reason.
Written for my Merlin Bingo 2025 card.
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Merlin gazed sadly at the view.
The wind carried a scent never found in Camelot—that of wet grass after the rain, of smoke from the fireplaces mingling with the morning mist. Merlin closed his eyes for a moment.
It took so little for the memory to strike him: Ealdor.
There was a peace in that name he could no longer find. He remembered the rolling hills stretching to the horizon, the laughter of children chasing geese, his mother's voice calling him from the doorway, the laughter shared with Will, at the expense of their fellow villagers.
Everything seemed simpler then, even the effort.
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- Part 3 of Merlin Fluffalooza 2025
- Part 30 of Merlin Bingo 2025
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"I just feel lonely sometimes. Being a king is a lonely job. I can't trust anyone, or I can't meet someone in the way other people do. Everyone wants a piece of my kingdom, while the only thing i want is to love and be loved." He said, feeling dizzy with emotions and alcohol. It made him weak. I should stop drinking, he thought to himself. Not tonight though. He was allowed to drink and pity himself as much as he wanted tonight. Tomorrow, he will be the strong King of Camelot again, the man his people respect and trust.
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Arthur is having emotions and doesn't know how to deal with it, so he does the most reasonable thing: getting drunk.
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all along there was some invisible string (tying you to me) by orangemoons
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
03 Oct 2025
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One hot summer evening, Arthur returns from Avalon. He and Merlin navigate the passage of time and their relationship as Arthur adjusts to a world he wasn’t around to build.
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Come back to me by HadrianPeverellBlack
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan
03 Oct 2025
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“I comforted him, told him that I’d never leave him if Arthur came back…” Merlin sighed. “He was Arthur all along, and I… It’s the sickest game they ever did to me.”
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- Part 27 of Merlin Bingo 2025
- Part 31 of Merlin & Percy adventures
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Merlin is a stressed out nursing student. Gwen and Morgana drag him out of his flat to have a fun night out, but when Merlin gets home, drunk and frustrated by how easily Morgana and Gwen express their love for each other he decides to call Arthur. He’s had a crush on Arthur for a long time, but tonight the alcohol and loneliness get to him so he makes the decision to finally tell him how he feels hoping to get his voicemail and thinking he does, he lays everything out (sort of).
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Under the wide skies of Montana, Merlin Ambrose arrives at Pendragon Ranch a broken, runaway sixteen-year-old with nothing but secrets and scars. What he finds is more than shelter — it’s a family he never knew he needed, a wild mustang stallion that answers his untamed spirit, and a bond with Arthur Pendragon that begins in fire and stubbornness but grows into love.
Through storms, loss, and trials of faith, Merlin discovers that home isn’t built from blood alone but from trust, forgiveness, and the courage to love. Together, he and Arthur carve out their own Camelot — a place where destiny, family, and forever are written beneath wild Montana skies.