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Merthur Microfic prompt: Unbalanced
Merlin's talent for clumsiness causes Arthur to search for answers.
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- Part 2 of My Merthur Microfics
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Arthur asks Merlin to learn magic to see if it can be trusted in defeating Morgana.
"We want to ask someone to learn magic to see if it can be used without corrupting the soul of the person who uses it. Lancelot suggested you be the person we ask."
Merlin's lips parted a fraction, "He did?"
"Indeed. Something about your heart being pure." Arthur brushed the compliment off with a wave of his hand and straightened in his seat, "I know you're scared of magic so you don’t have to do this if you don’t want to but-"
"I'll do it."Now complete with added prologue and epilogue!
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When Arthur is cursed (this time including Merlin), it is Merlin's job to find a way to undo it
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- Part 6 of Febuwhump 2026
- Part 2 of Cursebound
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“Well,” he tries to salvage, eyes widening. “It’d depend on what you asked of me, birdy. But just about, yeah.”
Merlin wriggles his toes under the cushions, deep in thought. Gwaine’s eyes slide shut again as Merlin sighs in supposed contentment. “What if I asked you to take Arthur his dinner?” He asks after a moment.
“Sure, yeah. I’ll do that for you,” Gwaine says amusedly, opening his eyes to rejoin the world. It’s an easy yes, if tedious. Merlin rarely asks for help when he needs it and the knight wasn’t lying when he said ‘anything.’
“Would you help me with the washing up?” Merlin asks, tilting to stare up at him.
Gwaine pretends to think about it for a moment before shrugging. “Eh. Not my favourite chore, but if you truly needed help.”
“What if I asked you to gather herbs with me?” he asks, blue eyes comically wide.
And though Gwaine tosses his head back and laughs, he also places his open hand on his heart and says, “I swear to you, Merly, on my honour. I will protect you from the valley snakes,” just to see the wide grin that breaks out on his friend’s face.
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Merlin and his new role as the seneschal of Arthur
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- Part 54 of Merlin Bingo 2024
- Part 2 of Merlin the seneschal of Camelot
- Part 6 of Merlin Bingo 2025
- Part 5 of Merlin Bingo 2026
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An undercover Gwaine and Lancelot determine to rescue the Fool—a starving, tortured entertainment slave slowly dying in Cenred's castle.
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- Part 1 of Reelin's 2025 Merlin Bingo
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“You don’t seem like a king.”
Arthur lowered the scroll onto his lap and peered over at the child, curious and maybe a little offended. “Why not?”
Merlin shrugged. “You don’t sound like a king, for one.”
“And pray tell, Merlin, how is a king supposed to sound?”
“I don’t know,” he muttered. “Strong. Powerful.” Suddenly Merlin sat up straight, puffing his chest out and pinching his face into a rugged scowl. His voice pitched low, sounding odd in his young body. “My name’s Arthur Pendragon,” he imitated theatrically.
Arthur couldn’t help his amused snort at his antics. “Wrong," he said, returning to the scroll. "A king doesn’t have to say his name, the people would already know it.”
Merlin smiled, a teasing gleam in his eyes. “A good king doesn’t,” he mumbled under his breath, obviously still intending for Arthur to hear.
“The only reason I don’t ‘sound like a king’ is because I have to put up with all your insolence.”
That gloating smile grew on Merlin’s lips and Arthur knew he was going to lose this battle. “A good king wouldn’t put up with that either.”
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[Audio length: 00:06:18]
Merlin tumbles out of bed, waking mid-scream. He scrambles to his feet, his legs carrying him away, away, away from the scene of the burning, his execution, away down the steps, crashing into Gaius’ arms and burying his head in his chest.
After saving Gwen as Dragoon the Great, nearly getting burnt at the stake in the process, Merlin has a nightmare.
Podfic of Dreams of burning by paintedpigeon.
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Drowning in guilt in the wake of Merlin's magic reveal, Arthur blindly accepts a spell of revenge put on him by a strange sorceress. The problem? She lied about what the spell truly does and now not just Arthur will pay the price. That is unless someone can help them.
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- Part 12 of Tansy's Merlin Shortfics - Cannon AU
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“I gave you a spell of protection,” she said. “I bound your secret, so that you will always be kept from harm.”
Merlin stared at her. A knot formed in his stomach, something like dread coiling deep in his gut. “Bound… my secret,” he repeated, trying to keep it from being a question. “You mean… I can’t tell—”
“Anyone,” she said gently.
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An intended blessing turns out to be more of a curse.
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- Part 7 of Reelin's Land of Myth Prompt Fills
- Part 3 of Reelin's 2025 Merlin Bingo
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The Last Dragonlord (Translated to English) by La traductora (Botkabularia)
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
09 Aug 2025
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Located in a world divided into five houses, where summer can last for years but winter an eternity, and where the magic of the ancient religion is forbidden, there was a war known as "The Magic War," in which King Uther massacred the Emrys family, exiling them from the Iron Throne and proclaiming himself as the sole King of Camelot. Fifteen years later, when King Uther mysteriously dies and his son takes the throne, the world seems to be in chaos.
Caerleon, the land of the north, is protected by a giant wall of ice to separate the five houses from the dark forces that dare to be in the Pale Forest, in order to preserve peace.
If there was ever peace.
With the death of King Uther, the war of the five houses for the Iron Throne seems more heated than ever.
And not even the approaching winter can stop it.
Puedes leer la versión en español aquí.
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Ubicados en un mundo dividido en cinco casas, donde el verano puede durar años pero el invierno una eternidad y donde la magia de la antigua religión esta prohibida, hubo una guerra conocida como "La Guerra Mágica" en la cual el Rey Uther masacro a la familia Emrys, desterrándola del trono de hierro y proclamándose así como el único Rey de Camelot. Quince años después, cuando El Rey Uther muere misteriosamente y su hijo toma el trono, todo el mundo parece estar en caos.
Caerleon, la tierra del norte, esta protegida por un muro gigante de hielo para separar a las 5 casas de las fuerzas oscuras que osan estar en el bosque pálido, para conservar la paz.
Si es que alguna vez hubo paz.
Con la muerte del Rey Uther, la guerra de las cinco casas por el trono de hierro parece estar mas avivada que nunca.
Y ni siquiera el invierno aproximándose, puede detenerla.
You can read the English version here..
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Merlin is becoming a primary omega. Gwen and Morgana explain what it does mean
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- Part 7 of Omega Merlin
- Part 21 of Merlin Bingo 2025
- Part 14 of July Break Bingo 2025
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"All the angst allowed" Merlin drabbles and short oneshots ;)
As stories are all unconnected, you will find individual warnings on each chapter, so you can easily read what you like and skip what you don't. Plan to update fairly regularly!
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- Part 7 of One Word at a Time!
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“Merlin, I'm the greatest swordsman in the five kingdoms.” Arthur boasted. “I’ve fought more battles than I can count.”
”I’m aware, sire.”
”And I’ve always survived.”
”Not always.” Merlin muttered.
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The day Arthur dies is the day Merlin refuses to let end. Again. And again. And again. Merlin’s stuck in a spiral—a dizzying, cruel dance of death and reset. With each attempt, his heart grows heavier, his magic darker, until all he can do is break.
And when the shards of his despair drag Arthur into the storm, the past and present shatter, leaving nothing but raw truth and fragile hope.
Now there's no more running. Just the two of them, the end of the world, and everything left unsaid.
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“Track him, corner him, subdue him… just like we would with any dangerous creature.”
“Not a creature, Arthur. Just Merlin.”
Merlin wasn’t supposed to hear them—but now he’s running, heart pounding, as the knights of Camelot—his friends—close in. They’d sounded so certain, so cold. He didn’t stop to ask how or why, he just ran. Now he doesn’t know where he’s going, only that he has to keep moving.
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Shovel Talk ~ the one that really matters by HadrianPeverellBlack
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan
13 Apr 2025
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Annabeth and Merlin have a little chat
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- Part 17 of Merlin Bingo 2025
- Part 25 of Merlin & Percy adventures
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Anhora breathed out, his gaze resting on the son who was fading away. Another of his pure-hearted creatures disappearing because of glory and hatred, because of ignorance and deceit.
His eyes then shifted to the boy who had held, cradled, the head of Anhora’s son, Estel, in his hands.
“I’m so sorry,” he was whispering, “I’m so very sorry.”
Anhora allowed a faint smile to disturb his solemn expression, a glimmer of light in the grim darkness.
At least, he thought, someone who still cared did exist.
“Arthur Pendragon,” Anhora spoke to the soul of the hunter who had just arrived, a look of pride of the kill he had just made, killing an innocent with his actions, “the judgment of your heart has only just begun.”
We’ll see what kind of friend you are, he thought, vanishing as the boy’s blue gaze found him.
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Soulmates identifying marks AU -
Arthur grew up with parents who loved each other, Merlin's were a disaster. Both of their parents are soulmates, but while Arthur idolizes and wants to find his soulmate, Merlin rejects the very idea of that.
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Merlin didn’t know what was happening. All he knew was he was lost and hurt. He just wanted to go home, but everything was so big and scary. But the man with gold hair seemed very nice. He promised to help him find home. The only question was, could he trust a stranger.
Or Merlin gets hit by a spell and turns into a child and Arthur does everything he can to bring Merlin home.
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- Part 26 of Would You?