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They sit there quietly for a few minutes, clock ticking away as Arthur drinks his coffee and Merlin lets the steam of his own waft up his nostrils. Something about the simple potential, the easy domesticity, sets Merlin off.
Before he can stop it, he sets his coffee down, puts his head in his hands.
“Merlin, what—” Arthur starts, distress evident from the way he sets his cup down as well and reaches forward as though more touch could help this.
“Why do you keep doing this to me, Arthur?” Merlin asks, breath huffy and voice all cloggy-sounding. He’s embarrassed, he realizes, that he’s let this go on in the foolish hope that Arthur will wake up and realize that he does love Merlin, not Gwen.
He feels Arthur still, because his arms are splayed out in front of himself on the table as though he were trying to reach for Merlin.
Merlin gets no answer to his question, though.
“Leave, please, Arthur,” Merlin says roughly; he has to force himself not to call him back when he hears Arthur take a breath in sharply, before standing, gathering his few things, and leaving the apartment.
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Arthur asked quietly, “Just give me another chance? Please?”
Then, Merlin did turn around. His face was pale from crying and stopping and crying and stopping. He smiled something wan. Arthur thought he might kiss him.
Instead, Merlin said evenly, “But Arthur, I didn’t want to fix you.” He paused. “I think I just wanted to be loved.”
It took everything in Arthur to not fall to his knees at that.
Just like that, their brief glimpse of what everything else could’ve been crumbled away. All that was left was two boys from different towns, unknown to one another.
And Arthur, full of mistakes. And Merlin, full of light.
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Merlin Emrys was a romantic. Arthur Pendragon was an idealist. Merlin Emrys people-watched and fell in love. Arthur Pendragon was watched and had yet to fall in love. What could possibly go wrong?
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Or, I show you how many songs can actually turn into great Merthur fics. Merlin and Arthur meet on the tube in an initially awkward and rocky start, but quickly realize how well they fit with one another. The complications grow, however, as they both learn how to bring new people into their lives, let their love grow with it, and learn that some people stand in the way simply to stand in the way.
Read for Rare (TM) Sad and Insecure Arthur Pendragon because I find it interesting that we as a fandom acknowledge that Arthur is probably just as (if not more) fucked up as Merlin, yet there are only 30-ish fics with sad or insecure Arthur. I bring you what I want.
Updating every Saturday.
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Arthur loves you, Merlin has to remind himself as he watches Arthur brush Gwen’s wrist in a politely flirtatious way when she passes him his Corona.
Arthur loves you, Merlin has to remind himself when Arthur bumps Merlin’s elbow by accident and nearly spills his drink all over the table in his rush to move away.
Arthur loves you, Merlin has to remind himself when Arthur starts wondering out loud why the boy at the end of the bar, who Gwaine announced was perfect for Merlin, would ever love someone as klutzy as Merlin.
It’s near the end of the evening, though, when Merlin’s patience runs thin.
(Arthur & Merlin modern au in a secret relationship, only Merlin is finished with Arthur failing to love him in public. They feel it out. It ends happy.)
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Very self-indulgent, highly dubious morality, highly dubious consent, likely written in a porny fever dream, don't judge me lol.
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Requiem of a Forgotten Prince by kairennart (Personaje), queerofthedagger
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
29 Aug 2022
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'You will forget all that you hold dear,' the sorcerer had vowed before he attacked Arthur, leaving his patrol dead and Arthur achingly thankful that for once, Merlin hadn’t been with him. Well, and he is quite certain that he hasn’t forgotten anything.
As it turns out, everyone else has; specifically about him, and that Camelot is supposed to have a crown prince.
When Merlin stumbles across him by chance, Arthur should be relieved. And he would be, really—if he hadn’t just been stabbed, and found out that Merlin has magic while he was at it. That Merlin does not remember who he is, either.
It all gets a lot more complicated from there on out as Arthur tries to keep his own secrets, deal with the revelations about Merlin, and find a way not only to restore Camelot's memories, but protect it against the threats gathering on the horizon, too.
When it rains, it pours; sometimes, the aftermath might just be worth it.
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- Part 50 of Merlin Stories
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31 Jan 2023
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And like the cycle of the year, we begin again by katherynefromphilly
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
27 Nov 2016
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Set after the Merlin Series 5 Finale "Diamond of the Day".
Canon Compliant. In Character. Arthur Pendragon Returns.
Cover art by Lao-Pendragon------
For many long years Merlin waited.
For the other part of his soul, for the other half of his life. He was born to serve Arthur. So that meant he was also born to wait. Even if it took a thousand years. Even if the wait seemed never to end.
Until one day, suddenly, it did.
When Arthur stumbles from the Lake of Avalon 1,500 years after his death, he finds a world unlike the one he knew. Faced with the loss of everyone he loved, and the threat of impending prophecy, Arthur must learn what it means to be not just a king, but the Once and Future King. Merlin does all he can to guide him, even as he struggles to hide his love for his king, and his fear of losing him again.
Story includes sass, banter, horseplay, & True Love.
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- Part 1 of We Begin Again
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- 207,578
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- 39/39
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08 Jun 2022
