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Merlin grimaced at the volume, his ears ringing. He tried to lift a hand to nudge Arthur, to grab his attention, and frowned when he found he didn’t have the strength. Even just moving his fingers felt like lifting the castle.
Maybe it wasn’t a cold.
Or
After a diplomatic trip to another kingdom, Merlin’s health drastically declines. Only, he refuses to believe it anything but a chill.
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- Part 8 of Whumptober 2021
- Part 120 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots
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02 Nov 2025
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He whipped his head back to Merlin so fast his neck burned, watching as the boy’s eyes faded from shimmering gold, one hand extended in the air.
The world seemed to slow, shock and anger reverberating through Arthur’s core. He could do nothing but stare, and Merlin stared back, fear, guilt, and something unreadable in his expression.
Then, there was a whizzing cut through the air, one that left Arthur’s ears ringing. He watched – helpless, the anger punched out of him – as the arrow buried itself in Merlin’s side.
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02 Nov 2025
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Forgetful Warlocks and Lovestruck Kings by Introverted_Extrovert_99
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
14 Oct 2022
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Merlin slowly blinked the sleep out of his eyes, trying to remember why he felt such an intense urgency to get up. The sheets on the suspiciously soft bed were warm and inviting, and not conducive to getting up early. Somehow he managed to rouse himself and came upon the distressing realization that he did not know where he was.
[Merlin wakes up in a bed that he does not remember next to a man he is positive he’s never seen before in his life. Our favorite sorcerer is shocked (and incredulous) when he finds out that no, he did not accidentally sleep walk into the palace, and yes, he does actually know these people even if he has no recollection of them. Surprisingly enough he’s managed to forget almost the last decade of his life.]
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01 Nov 2025
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In a World of the Same, You're Different by thepenguinclub for fabledfrog
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
16 Feb 2022
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“You know,” the prince started, and Merlin grunted in frustration, turning away. Princes were always the same, “I don’t appreciate you talking about my father like that.”
Merlin stopped and narrowed his eyes, before slowly looking back at the prince. He studied the prince's face intently.
“And who, exactly, would your father be?” he asked, fury crackling through the calm sounding words. He was not in the mood to be played with by a prince.
“Uther Pendragon,” the prince said calmly.
Merlin’s tail lashed so hard against the rock next to him a large piece of it chipped off, rocketing through the air and over the edge of the mountain.
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Merlin was cursed to be a dragon, which was fine. It was fine, he was fine, he was happy, thank you very much. Everything was great.
Except for all these knights and princes that kept bothering him. That, that was not fine. It was annoying. It definitely wasn't the only human interaction he ever got, he was fine.
So if this odd group of knights and their king would leave, that would be wonderful.
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30 Oct 2025
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Five Times Merlin Surprised Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by fictionalinfinity (orphan_account)
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
31 Jul 2019
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...and one time he didn't
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- Part 1 of Destiny Rewritten
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29 Oct 2025
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“Are we married?” Merlin asked as he burst through the door of Arthur’s chambers.
Arthur looked up from his parchment. “What?”
“Are. We. Married?”
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- Part 3 of Our Shared Moments
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28 Oct 2025
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A time of peace prosperity in Camelot is interrupted when Prince Consort Merlin falls suddenly ill. Discovering that it is the result of someone poisoning the ley lines, Arthur embarks on a quest into the far north in the hope of healing the damage before it’s too late. Meanwhile, other dangers loom on the horizon. War approaches and Merlin isn’t so sure Camelot will be able to withstand it.
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28 Oct 2025
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“I think he’s awake,” Arthur calls out, and the noise bludgeons Merlin’s head like a hammer, and he presses his eyes closed as if to force away his ability to hear as much as his ability to see. It doesn’t work well for him, and he chokes on a breath. His throat is on fire as he starts coughing.
Gods, he’s ill. He thinks he’s very ill.
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- Part 8 of Liz's Merlin Bingo 2023
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26 Oct 2025
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After Merlin's magic is discovered by Arthur, he understands the king's need for some time apart. But the loss of the king's trust is a bitter pill to swallow, and even more so the loss of his love. Forced to wait until Arthur is willing to deal with him again, Merlin begins to realize that the loss of Arthur's love isn't just emotionally painful, but physical as well. He hasn't been able to breathe without pain since that day in the forest. And his cough is producing flower petals, a sign that something much worse is going on. Merlin isn't stupid, but he without options. There's no cure, and even if there was, it's definitely not pressure he's willing to put on his love. Merlin is content with his decision.
Arthur isn't.
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26 Oct 2025
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“If the king is so concerned about Merlin,” he asks, looking at Leon, “Why does he always take him along on quests and patrols? It’s not necessary to bring a servant, and he’s clearly worried—”
Leon smiles. “We’ve often asked the same thing,” he says, and shrugs. “But I don’t think Merlin would allow himself to be left behind, so any argument is moot.”
“He could order him,” Mordred says.
“Merlin would just follow,” Leon says. “It’s easier to include him from the start. Sometimes, I think those two just need to be close to each other. Hard enough to keep them apart anyway, even at the beginning, when they were just constantly sniping at each other.”
When Mordred looks back, Arthur’s arm is around Merlin’s shoulder, and he is smiling broadly. Merlin’s eyes are bright and focused on Arthur, and his lips are tugged upwards, as if he can’t quite stop himself.
Merlin loves Arthur to the point of fear, Mordred realises.
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26 Oct 2025
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“Well,” Arthur said as he stood at the end of the aisle beside Merlin. “Look at this. Never thought we’d be here.”
Merlin didn’t answer. It was too hard to stop himself from saying that he’d always thought that they would. Be there. In a church, in front of a minister. Together.
Just not like this.
In which Arthur and Merlin have a horrible break up. A year later they're best man and man of honour respectively at Lance and Gwen's wedding. And they can deal with that, they really can.
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26 Oct 2025
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Merlin can no longer lie to Arthur about his magic and decides to finally tell him the truth. All Arthur sees are gold eyes and evil intentions. He’s desperate to save his lover before the corruption fully takes over and tries to find a way to purge this sickness from Merlin’s body before it’s too late.
My realistic take on Merlin revealing his magic to Arthur.
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23 Oct 2025
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Arthur Pendragon is a famous international swimmer, the best in the world and Merlin Emrys is a well-known National Swim Team Coach, both recruited and working for Britain's top sports recruitment company, Camelot Sports Company and Training Centre. But behind the scenes, when no one else is around, they navigate a life full of challenges from their relationship to obnoxious students who think they know better to a rival who seems to know which buttons to press.
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23 Oct 2025
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Merlin is not a sorcerer.
He is magic itself—older than language, older than the stars, shaped into mortal form and bound by fate to serve the one king who might unite Albion. To Arthur, he is only a manservant. A friend. An annoyance, perhaps. But beneath the clumsy smiles and rolled eyes, something...old stirs.
And now, the world is screaming. Magic—his magic—howls with the weight of a coming storm. Visions of war. A crown shattered. Camelot in flames. Every time Merlin listens to the bones of the earth, he loses a little more of himself. Every time he holds his silence, the voices grow louder. Until at last, they begin to break him.
He can no longer keep the truth buried. Arthur must know what walks beside him. What protects him. What might one day destroy him. Because something is coming. And it will fall here. And kill them all.
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22 Oct 2025
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Merlin is kidnapped and tortured psychologically for nearly a year by a druid who seeks revenge. Afterwards, Merlin has trouble distinguishing what's real and what's not, and it's not until Arthur changes some laws and makes a declaration of love that Merlin finally comes to terms with the fact that the world he's in is real.
Whumptober Day 2
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- Part 2 of Whumptober 2023 KaztielCS118
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20 Oct 2025
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Golden and Glowing (and everything in between) by Camelots_Daffodil for MZsD22
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
03 Apr 2024
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Merlin's been kidnapped, and everything hurts. Held against his will and without his magic by Camelot's enemies, Merlin has no idea how he'll escape this one. But he does know one thing - Arthur will come. Arthur is coming.
WRITTEN FOR MERTHUR GLOMPFEST 2024
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20 Oct 2025
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“Where did you learn to do that?” Gwaine asked, following Merlin up the bank.
“This is how normal people fish,” Merlin replied dryly. “Not trying to stab them with swords.”“This is a knife,” Gwaine retorted, sounding every bit as sulky as he felt.
“Still, you didn’t catch a fish.”
------------------------------------------------------Gwaine saves a young Merlin from a beating and ends up with a new little brother to take care of on his travels.
Or, what would Merlin be like if he had Gwaine influencing him over his formative years?
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20 Oct 2025
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Merlin felt them – a weighted, clattering presence – mere moments before Gwaine's soft curse coloured the air. Three bones, increasing in size, hung from a branch, knocked softly against each other: gruesome tokens strung up as toys for the soft breeze. Nor were they the only ones. Every few paces, there were more, nestled in trunk hollows or strung in strange shapes. They picked out a path ever deeper, where the trees grew tall and thick and old, indifferent to the fleeting, human lives that crept beneath their bower.
When Merlin and the others stumble across a grim discovery, it falls to Merlin to set things right. Can he undo the dark magic wrought upon this place, or will the price of the attempt be more than he can possibly afford to pay?
(Based on the word "Lustrate" for Benji)
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17 Oct 2025
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'Can you fix it?' Arthur rasped, watching Merlin with a desperate gaze. In the months since he and his knights had found out about his manservant's magic, they had all grown to appreciate it. Merlin's power still had to be kept a secret from Uther and his court, but here, among friends and in the privacy of Arthur's chambers, they spoke of it openly.
'The weather?' Merlin asked from where he slumped over Arthur's table. 'That's – that's not small, Arthur.'
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16 Oct 2025
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Generally speaking, Uther did not tolerate his nobles meddling with the servants. It was more because he thought such behaviour beneath his courtiers rather than out of any regard for the safety and happiness of the castle staff. Still, the King did not have eyes everywhere, and his various lords and ladies took the view that what Uther didn't know couldn't hurt them.
That was how he found himself here, pinned into an alcove in one of the hallways by Lord Bancroft. The cold stone of the castle wall dug into his back as the lord's body pressed against his front from shoulder to hip, all hard muscle and harder... other things.
Merlin is propositioned, Arthur intervenes.
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16 Oct 2025