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“Merlin, what is in your hair?” Gaius asks - rather judgmentally, Merlin thinks. It’s not as though Gaius can turn into a bird, making his opinion irrelevant. Everyone’s opinions shall now be irrelevant to him unless they can turn into birds, he decides. He puts a hand to his hair and feels a leaf.
(So this is a very canon-inaccurate sort of re-telling, with some big divergences, minus a dragon or prophecy or two)
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“I am your Arthur, am I not?” Arthur pleaded frantically, not above begging anymore. As prince, as king, there was not a day when people didn't remind him that he was Camelot's. But as a man? As Arthur?
He was always and forever Merlin's.
“Show me that my choices matter, Merlin. Show me that they are worth anything to you.”
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After Merlin heals Arthur from Camlann's wound, they return to Camelot for their golden age, thinking it was all over now. However, the moment Merlin wakes up, he finds Arthur cold from a lifetime of betrayal, and the pain in Merlin's heart grows until it couldn't anymore.
Featuring; protective knights, BAMF Merlin, and a secret that only Arthur Pendragon can know.
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In which Merlin decides it is probably best not to trust the man Julius Borden. Instead, he decides it’s high time he trusts the ones who matter most. Told from Arthur’s POV.
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Everyone he trusted with his secret – Will, Freya, Balinor, Lancelot, and now Gaius – was gone. Arthur would never bring magic back to the land, and he would never let Merlin stand at his side the way Merlin had hoped he would. It was a cold awakening, years of baseless faith dashed against the fraying tapestry that destiny had made Merlin sew into his own skin, but an awakening nonetheless.
Merlin is shaken out of his obsession with destiny and his blind faith in Arthur. Arthur just wishes he knew how to get his closest friend back.
(For Merthur Angst Week 2021 Day 7: “No. You don’t get to talk.”)
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Less a Path and More a Chain (Maybe a Gift rather than a Burden) by mazeeffect
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
25 Oct 2025
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Being two sides of the same coin is not enough. No, there also needs to be magic involved that binds them together so that Merlin can neither stray far from Arthur nor live his life in peace for a single bloody day.
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In the context of their lives, Merlin was the least of anyone’s worries.
But Arthur knew there was more. He could feel it. It dawned on him one afternoon that Merlin, though an aggravatingly open book at times, revealed startlingly little about himself.
How much did he really know about Merlin?
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Arthur has known for a long time that Merlin means more to him than he thought anyone, or anything, ever could.
When everything he thought he knew about his manservant changes, Arthur has to decide if he really ever knew Merlin at all, or if everything he dreams of having is going to slip through his fingers.
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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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“You won’t tell him, will you?” he asked. Desperate in a quiet way he wouldn’t usually submit to. But Balinor regarded him with kindness and respect, bowing his head.
“You can keep your secrets, but remember that Merlin keeps his own.”
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Arthur died. He knows that. Arthur woke back up. He knew that, too. Except he woke up ten years ago, his time, which was only a year ago, now. Arthur's still trying to get his head wrapped around that one.
Still, it appears to all be going according to plan. Or, it would be, if Merlin wasn't such an ass, Arthur could stop dreaming about Gwen, and Morgana could stop yelling at him for *one second.*
When all is said and done, however, Arthur was more than willing to face those obstacles. His Knights were a different story.
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- Part 2 of Rewind
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Absquatulate (v.)
to leave without saying goodbyeWabi-Sabi (n.)
the discovery of beauty in imperfection; the acceptance of the cycle of life and death
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In a land of soulmates, and a time of prattish princes, Merlin once again has to clean up everyone’s mess.
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When it is revealed that Prince Arthur Pendragon has reached his birthday without receiving his soulmate-identifying mark, Arthur finds himself lost in a sea of confusion, his world flipped upside down. His new manservant does absolutely nothing to help the situation, nor does his overly-meddling sister.
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Basically another soulmate au
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- Part 1 of Where The Quiet Things Grow
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only if you are waiting for me (then i could walk through the fire for you) by bellamyblakru for elfesetamour, pantsbuttfancy, its_hyperfixation
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
29 Mar 2024
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based off a tumblr poll i held, and this option won:
canon era, just found out about magic, and scar reveal fic ft. "have i hurt you?"
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The wisdom of Courage, the power of Magic, the strength of friendship by queenofsirens
Fandom: Merlin (TV)
01 Aug 2024
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Arthur needs magic to survive.
Merlin needs courage and a lot of it.But that's not all they need, and it's not all they are.
In which Merlin is powerful, Arthur is wise, and they actually get to develop a dynamic based on full information.
A series of episode au's, starting with Arthur finding out about Merlin's magic after the events of the dragon's call, and going on from there, following the events of canon with one major difference:
Arthur knows about Merlin's magic- Words:
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When Arthur is born, Ygraine dies and Uther vows vengeance against all magic.
When Arthur is four, Nimueh decides to take matters into her own hands and casts an enchantment on the prince as penance for his father. One which can only be removed by a magic user willing to undo the enchantment for the sake of helping Arthur, and no other reason.
When Arthur is seven, the truth of the spell's nature comes to light.
When Arthur is fifteen, the rumours of the worsening enchantment spread among the kingdoms until news it has been removed take their place and his father tells Arthur he must never let anyone know the truth of the matter.
When Arthur is twenty, he lives with the firm belief the enchantment will never be lifted.
When Arthur is twenty, a boy named Merlin arrives in Camelot and, by a streak of luck, becomes the enchanted prince's manservant...
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Arthur is cursed with 'protection', getting feelings of chronic pain whenever someone has intent to harm him. He does his best to live and hide it.
Follows the series with slight changes and beautiful Arthur introspection as he meets Merlin, one of the few people to not trigger the curse at all
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The Pendragon line, for however long it may last, would be blessed with one, specific gift.
For just three days, just once in a lifetime for every Pendragon, time inverted on itself, tangled by the hand of otherworldly magic. Past and future exchanged, and in the balance, the present trembled—fate unraveled and wove itself anew under the guidance of their knowledge.
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When Merlin doesn't get kidnapped by Morgana and rather gets shot in the back protecting Arthur. Arthur is determined to save him. As Merlin gets worse and Arthur gets more frantic something spills out that changes destiny forever.
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- Part 1 of Plegian - A Series 4 Prompt Based AU
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The hollow queen (and her not so hollow husband) by King_of_camelxt_e
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01 Sep 2023
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Merlin is sick of this war.
He is sick of everything. He is sick of murder plots and people trying to kill him- of people trying to kill Arthur.
He is sick of Arthur being stupid and of Morgana being stupid and of Gwen being possessed and of innocent people dying to protect a cause that is his to protect in the first place.
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Merlin is upset and Arthur doesn’t know how to help. Ensue gay panic and secrets no longer being secrets
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- Part 1 of The correct canon !
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Merlin's life in Eadlor is quiet. He keeps his head down, or tries to anyway, and spends his day working the land with his mother and Will. Then a peace treaty between Camelot and Essetir brings Ealdor into Camelot's borders. With it comes not only a flock of Camelot knights, but Prince Arthur himself; a man who was magically altered to give him special abilities to track and kill sorcerers.
Arthur's duties in Ealdor consist of chasing off bandits, providing aid to the people, and making sure Ealdor follows the law of Camelot. Through a twist of fate, Merlin ends up as Arthur's scribe, and as they work together, Arthur comes ever closer to discovering Merlin's secret. Perhaps the worst part is that Merlin can't bring himself to hate Arthur as much as he should hate someone designed to kill him and his kin.
He thinks if things had been different, he and Arthur might have been good friends.
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