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    Arthur got the flower, Gaius made the antidote, Merlin survived the poison.
    That doesn't mean the misery is over for him yet.

    i.e. letting Merlin actually be sick and struggle after he DIED in 1x04 (and his friends take care of him <3)

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    01 Nov 2025

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    It goes something like this: Astarion wakes up flat in the dirt, hands tied behind his back, bleeding. His head aches.

    Wyll stands over him, uncharacteristically scared. "Astarion," he says, fast and frantic. "Are you back to yourself?"

    There are two puncture wounds on his neck.

    (It goes something like this: Astarion wakes up. The party says he attacked them. He does not remember this.)

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    10 Nov 2024

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    'The damage seemed to spread out from him like ripples on a pond, and it felt like a gift, like a blessed reprieve to find something that affected only him. The hunger was the one choice he could make that hurt no one, endangered no one, nudged no prophecies with clumsy elbows. Besides, having a secret was nothing new. The revelation was having one that didn’t matter.'

    Merlin doesn’t eat properly, but he doesn't think it's a problem. Arthur disagrees.

    (Scenes on a theme, before, during and after Arthur finds out.)

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    07 Nov 2024

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    “Get out of my sight, and don’t come back until you can prove to me why I should allow you to remain in my service.”

    Merlin stares at Arthur, confused. His tone was ominous, and it certainly sounded like a threat, but Merlin can’t quite work out what part is supposed to have him shaking in his boots. He’s halfway back to Gauis’ chambers when it dawns on him: Arthur actually thinks this stupid, degrading job is something he would be willing to fight for - as though Merlin’s life wouldn’t be complete without the honor of scrubbing the sheets Arthur manages to soil on a disturbingly regular basis.

    In which it takes Merlin a bit longer to warm up to Arthur than it does in canon, but he gets there in the end.

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    07 Nov 2024

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    "That was weird," Merlin says, chirpily, and the knights laugh, as if they don't know that Merlin just almost died, just would have died, if it hadn't been for his -

    Arthur takes a deep breath.

    He's not thinking about it.

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    29 Oct 2024