61 - 80 of 180 Bookmarks by hoverworm
Navigation
List of Bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
Arthur feels quite foolish, now, upon realizing that the invisible guardian force he’s been sensing and the peculiar haze about Merlin were one and the same. And that they were both magic, the whole damn time.
Bookmarked by hoverworm
08 Dec 2022
-
Tags
Summary
Merlin travels to Ealdor when his mother falls ill with a mysterious ailment. He and Arthur communicate through letters during her recovery, sharing their usual banter until their slow burning affection blossoms and draws them back together as one.
Series
- Part 1 of Mightier Than the Sword
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 3,434
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 40
- Kudos:
- 1,192
- Bookmarks:
- 134
- Hits:
- 8,960
Bookmarked by hoverworm
08 Dec 2022
-
Tags
Summary
Arthur had not been raised to be comfortable with showing affection. Or just showing how he felt, full stop. Emotions were, for the most part, something of a mystical entity; something he dealt with internally but never shared.
Until he met Merlin.
In which Arthur overcomes his fear of expressing emotion, and explores his relationship with Merlin through the love language of physical touch.
Bookmarked by hoverworm
06 Dec 2022
-
Tags
Summary
Merlin is new to Camelot, and he often gets lost. Sometimes he sees things he shouldn't. But he's not an idiot. He'd never tell anyone, except maybe Arthur. And one time, when he's very upset, Gaius.
As far as Arthur is concerned, Merlin is an idiot. He doesn't understand how anything works in Camelot. Arthur finds it hilarious, until he overhears Merlin confiding in Gaius. Which leaves him with a terrible dilemma, and one burning question: who's the idiot now?
Bookmarked by hoverworm
05 Dec 2022
-
Tags
Summary
What Arthur knows: Merlin, his clumsy and foolish servant, is actually quite smart. He’s also loyal, and brave, and in many ways the reason Arthur has so many good people in his life.
The goal: Make Merlin realize how important he is to Arthur, no matter how stubborn he's clearly chosing to be about it.
What Arthur does not know, yet: Merlin has magic. Also they're very slightly a little bit in love.
It's going to take them a while to figure it all out. Meanwhile the knights have known for ages, Gwen figures it out pretty quick, and pretty much all of Camelot has also known ever since that weird peasant stumbled through the gates and challenged the Prince all those years ago.
OR
"How to win over your manservant one argument at a time and convince him it was all his idea."
- a1madora on chapter 3- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 35,056
- Chapters:
- 5/5
- Collections:
- 4
- Comments:
- 278
- Kudos:
- 3,266
- Bookmarks:
- 851
- Hits:
- 42,131
Bookmarked by hoverworm
05 Dec 2022
-
Tags
Summary
Some quests are about much more than finding medicinal plants, mythical treasure, or large quantities of meat. Arthur is slow on the uptake, but he will get there, eventually. Canon-era AU firmly grounded in, and set after, the halcyon days of Series 1.
Bookmarked by hoverworm
05 Dec 2022
-
Tags
Summary
“Just as the dragonlord calls a dragon from its egg, so too may the egg call forth a dragonlord.”
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 11,980
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 24
- Kudos:
- 1,026
- Bookmarks:
- 206
- Hits:
- 20,876
Bookmarked by hoverworm
04 Dec 2022
-
Tags
Summary
Arthur’s son weeps in the middle of the night, and despite his own vulnerabilities, Arthur will do anything to care for him.
Bookmarked by hoverworm
03 Dec 2022
-
Tags
Summary
Merlin is very glad Arthur’s back is turned to him, because he’s quite certain he’s just made a violently affronted face. He tries to school the expression, nose still wrinkled up dual fondness and disgust as he towel dries Arthur’s shoulders and blurts, “are you offering me your dirty bath water?”
Arthur reels around and glares at him. “Well, I suppose when you put it that way it hardly sounds generous. Or sanitary.”
Bookmarked by hoverworm
02 Dec 2022
-
Tags
Summary
Merlin takes Arthur's pain with unexpected consequences. Written for merlin_melee Round One: Hurt Comfort, Team Physical. Special thanks to linnet_melody for the pain-switch prompt!
Series
- Part 1 of Pain Series
Bookmarked by hoverworm
01 Dec 2022
-
The Tickles and Tribulations of the Prince of Camelot('s Servant) by beau_and_aro, gwaines_season_three_hair (beau_and_aro)
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
27 Sep 2021
Tags
Summary
Being Arthur's servant was tiring before. But since Arthur's discovered his favourite method of keeping Merlin in line, Merlin's job has become downright exhausting.
Of course, Merlin doesn't actually mind.
Series
- Part 1 of Tickles and Tribulations
Bookmarked by hoverworm
27 Nov 2022
-
Tags
Summary
When Arthur finds out a secret from Merlin's past, he investigates in a way that Merlin finds quite hilarious. Fluff runs rampant, with a bit of darkness in there to season it.
Bookmarked by hoverworm
26 Nov 2022
-
Tags
Summary
Arthur and Gwen make a sexy addition to their fantasy life in the form of a big-eared manservant. Neither of them actually intends to turn said fantasy into reality. That part happens by accident.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 11,681
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 64
- Kudos:
- 1,694
- Bookmarks:
- 290
- Hits:
- 14,498
Bookmarked by hoverworm
23 Nov 2022
-
The one about the bed (originally titled, and I'm not sorry, "Pavlov Penis") by derryere
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
10 Apr 2017
Tags
Summary
In which Merlin is hot for Arthur's bed, Arthur's hot for the laundry and there's this big fucking heatwave all over the place (?!)
Bookmarked by hoverworm
19 Nov 2022
-
Tags
Summary
Music has always been the centre of Merlin’s reality, and the idea of silence is unimaginable. But when Camelot is deafening, Arthur is distracting and the dragon is utterly unhelpful, will his gift turn out to be a blessing or a curse?
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 43,024
- Chapters:
- 7/7
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 99
- Kudos:
- 1,447
- Bookmarks:
- 530
- Hits:
- 31,555
Bookmarked by hoverworm
07 Nov 2022
-
Tags
Summary
When Vivian makes a comment to their friends, insinuating that Arthur is not the most passionate of people, hurt and embarrassed, Arthur decides to make her a homemade Christmas feast to prove that he can be romantic. After he almost sets the building on fire three times, help comes to him in the form of his neighbour from 514, a tall lanky fellow named Merlin, with two of the worst behaved dogs Arthur has ever encountered, who offers to teach him how to cook.
Except, as their lessons progress, Arthur slowly comes to realise that Vivian may not be the one he really wants to cook for. But only if he has the courage to let go of all of his fears, and reach for the one thing he truly wants for Christmas.
WARNINGS – This story contains an exploded microwave, opaque blob, a blorp, and mentions of inappropriate sexual acts performed on turkeys. But also, a little bit of holiday cheer and a whole lot of love.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 27,790
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 266
- Kudos:
- 1,790
- Bookmarks:
- 456
- Hits:
- 14,867
Bookmarked by hoverworm
03 Nov 2022
-
Tags
Summary
In the not so distant future, Merlin builds a tower. That's not suspicious at all.
Series
- Part 1 of Future Perfect
Bookmarked by hoverworm
02 Nov 2022
-
Tags
Summary
Arthur has always had distant dreams of leaving Camelot. They were never more than a wistful fantasy, at least once he grew up.
Finding out about Merlin’s magic changes everything though, and not only because Arthur would do more to keep Merlin safe than he cares to admit. What follows are secrets upon secrets, allowing the dreams to slip back in as all his father’s lies unravel around him. Slowly but surely, Camelot feels less like a home and more like a gilded cage, and Arthur isn’t so certain anymore whether he’s the right person to carry this legacy. If he even wants to.
One final secret, one opportunity, and suddenly the dreams aren’t mere dreams anymore. Merlin wouldn’t be Merlin if he didn’t follow wherever Arthur goes, and as they try to outrun Uther’s manhunt for them, they have to learn to live a life that’s about more than duty, other’s expectations, and a destiny that has never once cared for them.
Or: Arthur long since expected that one day, he might have to flee Camelot with Merlin. He just never thought that he would be the reason.
Series
- Part 1 of We Can Always Run 'verse
- Part 20 of Merlin Stories
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 148,000
- Chapters:
- 16/16
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 1,208
- Kudos:
- 4,013
- Bookmarks:
- 1,372
- Hits:
- 101,542
Bookmarked by hoverworm
31 Oct 2022
-
Tags
Summary
It started after the death of Uther, the possessiveness.
Maybe it’d always been there to some degree. Merlin blamed it on their destiny, the unbreakable umbilical cord that tied them together even when they physically existed on opposite ends of the kingdom.
After Uther’s death, though, the cord tightened on Arthur’s end and Merlin went willingly.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 3,821
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 62
- Kudos:
- 3,764
- Bookmarks:
- 531
- Hits:
- 27,338
Bookmarked by hoverworm
29 Oct 2022
-
Tags
Summary
Every time Merlin has ever dated someone, they have inevitably found their true love and dumped him. Now Morgana wants him to use his 'superpower' to save her brother from a lifetime of misery. Merlin, foolishly, agrees.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 19,329
- Chapters:
- 14/14
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 473
- Kudos:
- 4,088
- Bookmarks:
- 867
- Hits:
- 35,809
Bookmarked by hoverworm
28 Oct 2022