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    And it’s cold enough to feel like the middle of the night, if he faced reality and opened his eyes it’d probably be dark. Some weird dream that wasn’t even dirty and his hips are still pressing forward. And George seems to be the closest thing for him to grind against. Maybe if he squeezes his eyes shut hard enough he can fall back asleep and forget about it all.

    George is so comfy against him, warm and sleepy tucked under his arm. And it seems they’d been spooning or something of the sort. And he sighs, still hard between them but awake enough to stop. But George hasn’t moved away, seeming to not mind the stiffness against his lower back.

    “‘m sorry,” Dream moves to tuck his arm tighter around him, feeling the coldness of a chain against the corner of his mouth, “Didn’t mean to.”

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    “You’re the Prince?” Merlin says, eyeing him. He hesitates, then adds, defiant, “The Mad Prince of Camelot.”
    Arthur doesn’t move. There’s quiet for a long time, then he says it. “I am.”
    “You don’t seem mad,” he says.
    The smile wells up from somewhere deep, and very sad. “Well, Merlin,” he says, “give me time.”

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    A Modern day Merlin AU set at the University of St Andrews, featuring teetotal kickboxers, secret wizards, magnificent bodyguards of various genders, irate fairies, imprisoned dragons, crumbling gothic architecture, arrogant princes, adorable engineering students, stolen gold, magical doorways, attempted assassination, drunken students, shaving foam fights, embarrassing mornings after, The Hammer Dance, duty, responsibility, friendship and true love...

    This story was inspired by the thought of Prince William of Wales (and indeed the current Max von Hapsburg) studying at the University of St Andrews; it is also, as the title suggests, at least a little inspired by the operetta 'The Student Prince'.

    Grateful thanks to Lamardeuse and DarkEmeralds for Beta and cheerleading!

    ::2019 note: This story was written BEFORE the TV show introduced the character of Gwaine. It's not that I can't spell, or that I'm perversely writing him out of character - I incorporated other characters from Arthurian legend (Kay, Gawain etc) into my story, and lacking prophetic abilities, my versions naturally don't mesh with the versions subsequently introduced into the show.::

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    They have Ashur.

    They’ll unmask him, in front of the whole city, the whole Imperium. They’ll kill him slow. They’ll hang his body on the walls, like the Magisters of old used to do to traitors and cowards. Because Ashur decided to slip away and try to bring down a pack of blood mages alone, even though he’s eaten up with Blight.

    Because he didn’t tell Tarquin.

    (In which Ashur almost throws his life away, and Tarquin can't bear this any longer.)

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