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1. How It All Began by EmeraldThief

   Fandoms: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim  

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

   27 Aug 2026

   Tags

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   • Brynjolf/Mercer Frey
   • Mercer Frey
   • Brynjolf
   • Delvin Mallory
   • Romance
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Slow Burn
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Mutual Pining
   • Getting Together
   • First Kiss
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Thieves Guild
   • Guildmaster Mercer Frey
   • Right Hand Man Brynjolf
   • Vulnerable Mercer Frey
   • Pining Mercer Frey
   • Brynjolf has feelings
   • Touch-Starved Mercer Frey
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Prequel
   • Mercer Frey - Freeform
   • Brynjolf - Freeform
   • Delvin Mallory - Freeform
   • Fighting
   • Physical Conflict

   Summary

   Ten years Mercer Frey and Brynjolf had worked together. Ten years they had been friends. And for ten years, they never noticed that their gazes lingered on each other just a fraction too long. They hid behind barbs and conflicts to avoid admitting what they truly felt. But one failed mission — and everything they'd kept hidden for so long comes crashing to the surface.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Waltz of Thieves

   Language:

   English

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