illiterateowl
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When the kingdom of Tir Draig is invited to sign a peace treaty with Camelot, Arthur expects only a long series of boring meetings and endless negotiations. He does not expect to fall head-over-heels for the ethereal young Prince Merlin himself, nor is he powerless to stop himself from making possibly the worst decision of his life.
Or... possibly the best.
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“So, Arthur, I was wondering–”
“Merlin,” Arthur cuts him off, “the answer is no. I’m not going to dress up as you to get you out of work or take a cheesecake to the neighbors who put in a noise complaint because of you or try that disgusting plant water that you call milk–”
“My oat milk is perfectly palatable, thank you–”
“My point stands: I will not be risking my arse for one of your harebrained schemes again.”
“The oat milk was hardly risking y–”
Arthur fixes him with a look and it takes all of three seconds before Merlin visibly deflates. He even lets out a breath as his shoulders sag and he sinks into his chair.
“You know I wouldn’t ask if it wasn’t important,” he says petulantly.
“Care to tell me what it is, then?” Arthur asks dryly.
Merlin fingers a deep scratch on the table and Arthur thinks that it was probably because of something else stupid Merlin did. “It’s about Cenred.”
or, fake dating to keep cenred off merlin's back would have been perfectly okay....if arthur wasn't a protective bastard.
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romance novels and their happy endings by illiterateowl for TheCourtSorcerer
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
28 Jan 2022
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How fortunate that the happy ending to his own cheesy romance could look just like this.
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- Part 1 of brooke's drabbles for dopamine
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and here i thought we were soulmates by illiterateowl for Zaharya, Lyskari
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18 Jan 2022
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merlin has bad circulation, which is perfectly acceptable an excuse by his standards to wear socks to bed. and arthur...well... he may disagree but he's trying, okay?
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“I wanted to see how you were doing after the earlier… incident.” Arthur began, slipping through the door and shutting it behind him. He lingered a moment to twist the lock in place behind his back before approaching Merlin’s desk. “Morgana really told you off, hmm?”
Merlin rubbed a tired hand over his bearded chin, and Arthur longed to follow the movement with his tongue. “God, you heard that? She tore me to pieces, Arthur. It’s all I’ve been thinking about – I can’t even focus on this bloody paperwork.”
Arthur smirked. A perfect in. “Maybe you need something else to focus on. Something to…take your mind off it all.”
Or,
Arthur seizes the chance to tempt Merlin into finally giving in and letting go.
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Arthur knows Merlin has a secret, but he doesn't know what it is.
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Merlin’s expression changes. It’s like stepping into water expecting it to be a puddle and ending up in the ocean. Arthur suddenly can’t breathe. Because Merlin’s looking at him the same way he looked at Agravaine. As though they are on opposite sides of a chess board, and capturing the king ends in death.
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21 Jan 2022
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“You always told me never to comply with a kidnapper’s demands,” Merlin points out. “So why would you pay the ransom?”
Arthur’s lips compress into a bloodless line. “They threatened to have you killed.”
“An empty threat.” One they could never make good on, even if they tried.
“I couldn’t risk it.”
“But—”
“Not over you.”Merlin is captured by bandits who mistake him for Prince Arthur's consort. They're not entirely wrong.
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20 Jan 2022
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When Merlin is tasked with interviewing the school's star footie player after he comes out, Merlin gets a lot more than quotes. He gets a new secret boyfriend.
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So I wanna know (what's the name of the game) by itsrainingcats for helgaahufflepuff
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
10 Jun 2020
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"Amortentia smells differently to each of us, can you guess what that smell is based on?”
Arthur dipped his stupid nose into the steam, inhaling it, and promptly started coughing. Ironic, Merlin smirked, that Arthur Pendragon would be allergic to the smell of love.
“Whatever repels us, I expect. This stuff wreaks of Merlin.”
That halted Merlin’s train of thought rather abruptly. Freya sniggered behind him, obviously realising the same thing as Merlin.
“Quite the opposite, Mr. Pendragon, the Amortentia potion exudes what we are attracted to.”Aka, yet another Hogwarts Enemies to Lovers AU but with a twist... Arthur thinks he's found his soulmate, Merlin thinks he's playing an intense game of gay chicken.
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“I was wondering if you might come home with me.” Merlin stops mid-rant and stares at him, and then down at his panini again, and back at Arthur. This is a panini of lies and pain. He can tell already.
“For Christmas? I’ve got an uncle and a mother and a sister waiting for me at home, in case you hadn’t remembered, I’m not going home with you just because you’re a workaholic.”
“No, it’s. My mum might be under the impression that we’re a little bit married.”
In which Merlin gets conned into spending Christmas with Arthur's family and pretending to be his husband, because somehow this is his life.