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1. through the desert repenting by schweet_heart

   Fandoms: Merlin (TV)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   28 May 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
   • Merlin (Merlin)
   • Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
   • Leon (Merlin)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Canon Era
   • Merlin's Magic Revealed (Merlin)
   • Arthur Pendragon Finds Out About Merlin's Magic (Merlin)
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Temporary Character Death
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Immortal Merlin (Merlin)
   • BAMF Merlin (Merlin)
   • BAMF Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
   • Protective Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • First Time
   • Implied/Referenced Character Death

   Summary

   He lets Merlin sleep, snoring faintly in the fast-fading darkness while Arthur keeps watch over him, thinking about all the things he would give up for Camelot and gladly—except for this.

   A companion piece to all our dead, unfinished selves and the body is not an apology, but can be read as a stand-alone.

   Series

   • Part 287 of Merlin Fic
   • Part 3 of thus, with a kiss

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   English

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