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Whether it was because of his bright smile, or his expressive eyes – which tended to beam and dart and flutter about like lively blue butterflies, alighting but briefly on every surface – or the contrast his glowing skin made to his raven hair… Arthur did not know, nor care. Sometimes it was one, sometimes it was all of them. But when he got to that point of reasoning, he forced himself to look away, and tried to think of something else.
The truth was, it was all a bit too much. Merlin was a bit too much.
- Or, the one in which Arthur is attracted to Merlin, and handles it... prattishly.
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Castle maids had sharp eyes; tongues, sharper still: ever ready to cleave what they saw into a hundred savoury pieces, spread throughout the castle for every welcoming ear to enjoy. If they saw him—and they would, if he left the ‘safety’ of Arthur’s chambers—they would know. They would waste no time in spreading the word that the Prince’s silly manservant had been spotted bawlin’ his eyes out when he should’a been workin’—
And then, his secret would be out.
... Merlin doesn't cope.
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“You know I would never take a bride of whom you would not approve, don’t you, Merlin?” The question was uttered gently, so out of the dusky-nightfall-blue that Merlin started at it. His heart picked up speed, “Or one who wouldn’t approve of you.”
- Post-abandonment fic set during Mithian's stay in Camelot.
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There are depths to Merlin’s mind, depths that beg to be explored, and Arthur is never one to turn down a challenge.
- When Arthur finds Merlin’s sketchbook, he makes a jarring discovery.
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Merlin smiled as he passed Arthur on his way out through the door, but when he stepped into the hallway, with his back safely turned, he let it drop. The smile had been for Gaius’s benefit only. Now that Gaius was no longer lying there watching him, but talking to Arthur—and for that prat’s sake, his apology had better be worth Gaius’s time and pain—there was no need to keep up the pretence.
The pretence that all was well. That Merlin was happy now, because Gaius was back and everything could return to normal, as though it had never happened.
But it had happened. For the second time since Merlin came to Camelot, Gaius had been held and tortured.
And it was all down to Merlin.
Merlin goes through some conflicting emotions after Gaius has been rescued.
[Canon compliant one-shot; may eventually become the first part of a canon divergent series.]
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There's a worn page folded in an inner pocket of Harry's robes with a single underlined paragraph.
Discrete magical signatures have been observed after the destruction of a Dementor. Some scholars believe this implies that the souls of its victims persist as captives within its form, as opposed to undergoing immediate obliteration, and therefore serve the purpose of providing the creature with sustenance over a prolonged period of time.
Harry has carried it for nearly two years.
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All Roads Lead Home by dracogotgame for germankitty
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
01 Dec 2015
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Draco is strong-armed into spending the first Christmas after the War with the Weasleys. And Harry Potter.
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SO perfectly Christmas'y!
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Arthur jokingly called it Merlin’s first battle wound. For Morgause, it’s an opportunity for revenge. Takes place during “The Fires of Idirsholas.”
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I remember first reading this some years ago on ffnet. So good.
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The day had started off normally enough. Merlin had spent the better part of it swimming around with his friends, hunting the poor fish that were to become his dinner, and listening to his mother berate him for his continued trips to the sea surface.
As he stared up at the faces of the men who had captured him, Merlin realised that he should probably have listened to her.
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