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  1. Public Bookmark 75

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    Arthur’s heart dropped to his feet. “It’s too hard, Gaius. I can’t do it anymore.” Arthur had never heard Merlin in so much pain before. Not when they’ve been attacked or kidnapped or almost killed. But that, it sounded like Merlin was choking on his own cries, on his own tears, and it took everything Arthur had for him to not ram the door open in that moment. “I can’t keep lying to him. I can’t keep doing this to Arthur!”

    Merlin and Gaius were always so busy running around the citadel trying to stop assassins and sorcerers and everything else in-between that they often forgot other people were around. Whether it was the fact that their door being closed didn’t suddenly mean no one would ever be able to hear them, or the fact that talking loudly in a hallway wasn’t a secret place, the two of them seemed to give out more of their treason acts than they knew.

    With the Guards and Knights of Camelot stumbling across these two men in various stages of illegal activities, just how long can Merlin stay off the pyre and keep his head? And just how long will it be until it’s Arthur himself who overhears one of their conversations about all the ways they break the law?

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    08 Jan 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 47

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    Five years after the battle of Camlann, King Arthur devises a challenge: whoever can enchant him to hand over his mother’s sigil is to become Court Sorcerer of Camelot. To most sorcerers, it is an impossible, undecipherable task.

    But to one sorcerer, it is a clear message: come home.

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    06 Jan 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 11

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    5 times Arthur lost to Gwaine and the one time he won Merlin.

     

    "Don't let people hurt you like this, Merlin." He mumbled, raising his other arm and untying the neckerchief to get a better look at the damage. "People do this to claim others, don't let them."
    Arthur finally looked up at Merlin's eyes, who was looking at the prince like he had grown a horn. Merlin finally seemed to break out of the brief shock.
    "And that's because as a servant I belong to the kingdom, don't I? This is basically property damage." He was teasing and trying to get under Arthur's skin but his eyes were still glued to the prince's.
    "No. You don't let no one own you, that's an order," Arthur chuckled, brushing his thumb against the bites that were all down to Merlin collarbone. "If you break it you are gonna be committing treason."

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    02 Jan 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 20

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    It takes Arthur an awful amount of time to realize he's allowed to love. It's okay though, he has Merlin to remind him how it's a very easy thing to do.

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    Arthur pining until he finally snaps

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    20 Dec 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 38

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    Arthur was jolted back to reality by a gentle touch. Merlin had taken his hands in his, as though to separate them. In an attempt to soothe himself, Arthur had rolled his mother’s ring around his index finger with so much force that he’d scratched at the skin, leaving an angry red circle on his finger. He hadn’t even realised he’d been doing it before Merlin drew attention to it.

    Then, Merlin took another step and engulfed Arthur in his arms. “I know you don't like hugs, but let me hold you for once,” he whispered in Arthur’s ear. “You'll feel better afterwards; you’ll see.”

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    Arthur has learned to repress his emotions from a very young age. When they threaten to overwhelm him, he turns to the only one his father has ever allowed: anger. That is, until a gangly, happy-go-lucky boy bursts into his life.

    Or, after becoming addicted to Merlin's hugs, Arthur decides to offer him one every time Merlin has a nightmare. For Merlin's sake, of course.

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    20 Dec 2025