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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.
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Merlin hated working for Arthur. He hated every second of it. But not because it was exhausting or because Arthur was an annoying, self-absorbed prick. No, it was something else that made being Arthur's servant equivalent to torture.
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Merlin has troubles going about his every day life, because unfortunatley Arthur is very easy to fall for.
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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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I was there ~ for all the pining by HadrianPeverellBlack
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan
11 Sep 2025
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Merlin and Percy are cute.
They found another reborn soul.
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- Part 24 of Merlin Bingo 2025
- Part 29 of Merlin & Percy adventures
- Part 32 of MultiFandom Flash Bingo 2023
- Part 8 of Fandom Bingo
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Merlin, recently appointed the Court Sorcerer, and Arthur have finally started courting, but Merlin has some retroactive jealousy regarding to how Arthur had been with his other lovers in the past.
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Arthur survives the battle, but Merlin is left wandering the halls of a castle that no longer feels like home. Empty rooms stretch on forever. The tether between them frays in quiet, invisible inches. Merlin keeps choosing him, over and over—and wonders if he’ll ever be chosen back.
or, the exact opposite of the only 1 bed trope but it's angsty
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- Part 17 of Devils and the Details Works
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Born with many inherited health issues, Merlin Emrys had dedicated much of his life to environmentalism and vigilante hacking. He is hired as a token environmental adviser for Albion Enterprises LTD in the aftermath of a tell-all book published by the CEO’s daughter. There, he meets Arthur, the CEO’s son, and is swept up into a whirlwind friendship and blossoming romance. It’s something he never intended — especially since he plans to hack the company from the inside. And, most especially, because Merlin is determined to be single for his entire life. But, he is drawn to Arthur, and Arthur is drawn to Merlin. They fit together. It's almost like they are two sides of the same coin. With so many things separating them and yet so many things drawing them together, Arthur and Merlin's destiny remains uncertain. Even as, once again, the future of Albion (Enterprises) rests on both their shoulders.
This fic is dedicated to those of us in the Merlin fandom who deal with serious chronic illnesses, whether mental or physical.
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- Part 2 of Tansy's Non Series Merlin Longfics
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Red Fated Strings overlapped one another all the time. In this very room, webs overlapped and passed through each other without creating any physical tension to the people they were attached to.
Except Merlin's string is not tangled on anything. Anything at all. It’s short. It’s cutting directly across the throne room, through the alley of tables, to the hand of—
Prince Arthur Pendragon is looking at him. He seems to be in the exact same process of realizing what Merlin sees…but by the expression on his face, Merlin isn’t sure if the prince is ready to kill him or throw him out of his ball.
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The rain beat against the glass of the windows, filling the apartment with the strange yellow light of the storm. It was peaceful, the sound of the rain soporific as Merlin worked. He sat at their dining table, books and papers spread out across infront of him. He had been working since the morning, and with his headphones on he was lost to the world around him. He always worked best when it rained, when the world suddenly felt a whole lot less urban. He got so lost in his studies, sometimes it felt like he had been there, like he had lived through it all. Sometimes it was hard to disconnect, when he had first started his masters he’d been plagued by dreams, some he could have sworn felt like memories, but now they came and went, like some great wrong had been amended.
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Merlin is getting something ready, Arthur is too tired to deal with it now.
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- Part 24 of MERTHUR SAD AND SOFT
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Life’s a drag, especially for a servant. by lyssabridgerton (orphan_account)
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
31 Jul 2025
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Merlin is the greatest sorcerer ever known, King Arthur’s Manservant, and a physician in training to Gaius. He has also turned himself into a woman to participate in a monthly performance down at the Tavern. If he cannot fully showcase his Powers as Merlin, he can at least have some fun.
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It was then that Merlin heard a Laugh. Chills prickled down his spine, and his heart stopped. It actually stopped in his chest – or skipped a beat... or five – because he felt it stutter back to life and pound like charging horses at the sound, because he knew that laugh. He knew it like he knew the gentle squeeze of Gaius’s hand on his shoulder, the loving press of his mother’s lips to his brow, and the ever-present whisper of magic along his fingertips.
The sun had disappeared the day Arthur died, exactly four months ago, and never returned. They called it: The Grey.
A tale of loss, supernatural meddling, time travel, hidden identities, and love.
(Not Season 5 compliant.)
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*Title from Unknown/Nth by Hozier*
Merlin, born without a father, with more secrets than he knew what to do with.
Arthur Pendragon, born without a mother, with a secret that could have him killed.When Merlin arrives in Camelot, he is terrified of anyone learning of his magic, but he also has a tendency to run head first into danger. The two traits don't offten get along. After saving the life of a Prince who may not have deserved it, Merlin's life becomes more than the secret he kept close to his chest. It became about destiny, one that he apparently had to achieve with a Prince who was terrified of his future.
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Camelot is made of many people working to help the king and her people. This is a collection of people going about their lives and seeing the chaos that is Arthur and Merlin.
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Alternatively, I wondered how people who just wanted to live in Camelot viewed it all and thus, this was born.
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Merlin realized with great trepidation and no little stress and disgust, that he has been, in fact, spoiled rotten in Camelot.
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5 times merlin realized Arthur has given him... The gift of Expensive taste (for lack of better word) and 1 time Arthur acknowledged itSeries
- Part 1 of It's rotten work
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Ever since Merlin stood in front of that window for the very first time, curious eyes were fixed on the boy that played between the flowers right in front his new house. They were fixed on him then, from that moment, and on.
Or; Merlin is back at his mother’s house for a wedding, and despite his attempts to move on, seeing his childhood best friend, Arthur, it forces him to revisit feelings that he has been trying to leave behind.
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Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky by jungvaa for Anjiaa
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
05 Jul 2025
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"Merlin never stopped looking for him, his king.
He was forgetting, though. He was forgetting Arthur’s voice, his crooked smile, his eyes. He had sobbed in a tavern when he realized that he couldn’t remember what Arthur’s loud laugh was like. But his warmth in his last moments was still haunting Merlin. His body getting heavy between the warlock’s arms when he died. His whimpers before dying. His tiny ‘thank you’. They were haunting Merlin; in his nightmares, in his daydreams. They never stopped.
Centuries had passed. Merlin was still here, living hundreds of lifetimes. He was witnessing the history; empires fell, new countries got founded, people killed and died.
And Merlin was all alone"
A fic where Merlin found Arthur again, but didn't last long.
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The idea that Dragonlords are only men is fabricated nonsense. There is a logical reason behind that idea, somewhere, I promise.
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the one where Hunith is a DragonlordSeries
- Part 101 of Merlin's magic
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from this bottomless pit, you're the only one shining gold by Anonymous
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
22 Jun 2025
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Gwaine travels back in time and decides that the easiest solution to all of their problems is for everyone to think he’s dating Merlin. It’ll be perfect. They’re good pals, Arthur won’t grow suspicious of the tavern cover, and he can help Merlin with his super sneaky sorcery bullshit. It’d be perfect!
There’s just one… teensy, tinsy… glaring issue.
For some reason, his advances are making Lancelot realize that he also wants Merlin.
For Solstice Scribes Week 3: Fake/Pretend Relationship | Time Travel | “We shouldn’t be doing this”
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- Part 3 of Solstice Scribes Summer ‘25
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June, 1987
Gwen jumped at the chance to spend a weekend at Arthur and Morgana's family cabin. Somewhere far away from their university, where they could relax, swim, and enjoy the peace and quiet. Sadly, the axe-wielding killer in the woods has other ideas.- Language:
- English
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