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For a second, Katara is helpless. No bending, no running, not when she’s trying to pull air into her lungs, feeling the world spin nauseatingly around her.
That’s all Zuko needs.
He pins her with a truly insulting ease, grabbing her wrists to hold both down, and she is well and truly caught. She glares up at him – he is soaked from the water she has been throwing at him, but his golden eyes are glaring right back at her, and there’s that sneering curl to his lip that makes her want to dump half the ocean on his head.
He leans down and she can feel the heat of his breath in her ear.
“Leaving so soon?” he hisses.
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OR: Zuko captures Katara, and imprisons her on his ship to use as bait to try to capture Aang.
No plan truly survives contact with the enemy. And this plan… goes absolutely sideways.
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12 Jan 2026
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“Just run, Katara! We’ll meet you in Ba Sing Se!”
Katara had never left Sokka before, had never imagined having to separate herself from Aang or Toph — but, on the other hand, she had also never planned to get eaten by a sea serpent at the ripe old age of nineteen, so she ignored the agony in her leg, turned her back on the others, and ran as fast as she could.
It was just temporary, she reminded herself. She would get to the city just a few days after them, tops.
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OR: Katara is separated from the group at the Serpent’s Pass, and runs into unexpected frenemies on the road to Ba Sing Se.
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11 Jan 2026
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Three Nights by quirkybestfriend for zutarafy
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
04 Jan 2026
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Zuko gets sick after the rescue mission on the Boiling Rock. As the resident healer, Katara has to take care of him.
Moonlight draped over him in a gauzy blanket, painting him in a hazy silver that softened his edges. She gently brushed the hair that had fallen over his face, her touch feather-light, mindful of the scar of which he was surely dreaming. Katara had never seen him like this — so defenseless, so vulnerable. She had a suspicion that this was a side of Zuko no one ever saw, and it unnerved her.
After leaving Yon Rah crying in the mud, Katara, Zuko and Appa take shelter in a cave from the storm.
The cold had sunk deep, past skin and marrow, settling somewhere close to her heart. What terrified her most wasn’t the cold — it was the certainty that it would never leave, she would have to live with it forever.
The next thing she knew was Zuko’s face hovering over her, close enough to eclipse the world, his palms burning against her cheeks. The air was thick with him - jasmine and lavender and smoke — and she drew it in. With each inhale, the fog thinned, her heartbeat steadied, her vision sharpening breath by breath.- Language:
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10 Jan 2026
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As a prince and then a king, there have been certain expectations of Arthur. A king is expected to be a leader, to be experienced, both on the battlefield and in the bedroom. As Arthur has grown from a prince into a king, he has done what his knights, his soldiers, even the other nobles expect of him. But he has never truly enjoyed it.
When Arthur lets it slip to Merlin that he doesn’t actually believe most sexual acts to be enjoyable, Merlin takes it upon himself to prove Arthur wrong. What follows for Arthur is the realisation that he is in fact attracted to men, sex in fact can be good and he does in fact have a submissive side.
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09 Jan 2026
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“I demand that Gaius take over your role involving my care immediately.”
Merlin gave Arthur a blank stare. “Gaius has better things to do.”
Arthur spluttered, guffawed, mouth open in shock, then replied unintelligibly, “You are the worst physician I’ve ever met.”
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Prince Arthur gets severely injured, and unfortunately, Merlin has just signed up to be Gaius' apprentice.
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31 Dec 2025
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Will flashed a grin, clapping his hands together. “So, you gonna meet one of these blokes tonight?”
“Who knows? We’ll see how it - “
Merlin’s mouth went dry. His finger hovered over the screen, frozen.
“What?” Will crowded forward, twisting his neck to see what Merlin was looking at.
Merlin swallowed hard. The man on his screen was gorgeous. He was a wet dream come to life, complete with sun-kissed blond hair, sparkling blue eyes, and devastatingly handsome good looks.
‘Arthur, 32’, the caption read.
Will barked a laugh. He crowed, “Oh, this bloke is so your type. I think we’ve got a winner!”
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Arthur is a bachelor who’s been hopping from bed to bed for years. When he winds up in Merlin’s bed, he finds something worth coming back for.
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29 Dec 2025
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Through The Deep, Dark Valley by InkThroughHerVeins for radioactivesunflower
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
07 Apr 2023
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Merlin might be a terrorist and he could be building a bomb, but Arthur’s still madly in love with his ex-roommate and friend. He’s not too happy to be kidnapped by him however.
“And”—Leon presses the remote again—“there has been chatter about a dragonlord having joined the Druids.”
Arthur’s heart jumps into his throat. It’s been ten years almost to the day since he’s seen Merlin. Having undoubtedly been taken from a great distance through a telephoto lens, the photo is grainy and blurry, but Arthur would recognize Merlin anywhere.Series
- Part 1 of Through The Deep, Dark Valley
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24 Dec 2025
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'Be out of the city of Camelot by sunrise, or so help me, you will burn.'
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When Merlin confesses the truth of his magic to Arthur, he finds himself exiled from Camelot. He intends never to return to Arthur's side, but destiny is not so easily defeated. Can he and Arthur heal the rift that has yawned between them, or will they both suffer the consequences of destiny's displeasure?
(AKA: Merlin and Arthur get shoved into the magical equivalent of a "getting along" shirt because they're idiots.)
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24 Dec 2025
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Out of the Dark (Into the Light) by MyKingdomComeUndone, Profiad (scribblecrown)
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
30 Aug 2023
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Instead of participating in a deadly drinking game by the sea to save Camelot from unicorn-related famine, Arthur finds himself in a cave, along with a bunch of total strangers. The catch? The only thing each of them remembers is their own name. Before panic can truly set in, an old man with a staff appears out of thin air to tell them it’s all part of a test: only the first of them to reach the exit will be permitted to leave. The others won’t be so lucky…
The quest sounds straightforward enough, but on the way, Arthur and his fellow amnesiacs are faced with wicked traps, dangerous creatures, and some threats that may even come from within their group. And as if that’s not enough trouble to face without his memories to guide him, Arthur also has to deal with his increasingly distracting feelings for a certain dark-haired sorcerer among their group, going by the name of ‘Merlin’…
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24 Dec 2025
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Dreading the holidays?
Are you invited to a family Christmas party from hell? Your parents won’t shut up about grandkids, your cousin is trying to get you into crypto, your homophobic uncle keeps using slurs… whatever your problem, I can be your fake-boyfriend solution.Or: Arthur hires Merlin to be his annoying fake boyfriend for the holidays. Surely, nothing so inconvenient as real feelings could get in the way of his best-laid plans, right? Right???
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24 Dec 2025
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A group of Camelot knights stop by Ealdor on their way to meet with King Cenred and Merlin can't help but notice one of them in particular - not difficult as he seems to notice Merlin too. His magic certainly seems to have some opinions about it.
But he's only passing through, so best forget it and move on, right?
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24 Dec 2025
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The Sun begged "love me" and the Moon replied "I did" by TooAwkwardToFunction
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
05 Apr 2023
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“You used magic,” Arthur whispers.
“I saved your life,” The man whispers back, his eyes glowing gold as his hands press warm to his side. “I fear you aren’t allowed to be so picky as to how I did it,”
OR: Arthur is dealt a grave wound during a quest. He wakes up on the forest floor with a man with eyes of gold healing him. In his recovery, he must face some hard truths, spoken to him from a man born of a different country, with no obligation to Camelot or her king. Only one to keep Arthur alive, for whatever motive he may have for doing it.
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24 Dec 2025
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You Are Here by spaceyspectral (GalaxyGhosty)
Fandoms: JackSepticEye (YouTube RPF), Markiplier (YouTube RPF)
11 Jun 2015
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AU. When lost, scared, and heartbroken Jack McLoughlin finds himself stranded in an unfamiliar country, he learns that the kindness of strangers is not a forgotten art, and that a family of friends may be stronger than a family of blood.
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24 Dec 2025
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On Albion, the only space station in the Alliance of United Earth that welcomes open magic users, Merlin works as an assistant mechanic to Gaius. Though Merlin doesn’t hate his job, spending days repairing broken coffee machines and toasters can be tedious, but it's a small price to pay for being able to use his magic openly.
Then one day, a mysterious man called Arthur shows up with a broken droid and a barrage of questions. Arthur keeps coming back with more broken things, and as charmed as Merlin is, he knows Arthur knows more about Albion than he lets on, possibly even about the strange and suspicious incidents from a group of new crewmates. With the Alliance threatened by a brewing conspiracy, Merlin and Arthur find themselves putting differences aside to save both Albion and magic itself.
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24 Dec 2025