Merlin In The Modern Era
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Merlin and Arthur have a little disagreement over when spring will come this year, so they settle things with a bet.
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- Part 1 of Merlin In The Modern Era
- Part 14 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots
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“…I’m gonna do it.” Merlin nods decisively.
Gwaine frowns and looks to his friend. “Wait. What? What are you going to do, Merls? I missed something.”
“I’m going to ask out Arthur.”
Gwaine’s eyes go wide in surprise before he breaks out in a grin. “About damn time! Go get that Pendragon ass, Emrys!”
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For once, Merlin actually does what Gwaine says.
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- Part 2 of Merlin In The Modern Era
- Part 15 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots
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He walked back out to Merlin, noting the same strange quiet, before it suddenly hit him right as he got back to the living space.
“Hey, Merlin,” he started, glancing around the room as he walked over to him, “have you seen Kilgharrah? He wasn’t in our room like he normally is.”
No sooner than the words left his mouth, a broken sob tore itself from Merlin’s throat as tears began to spill down his face.
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- Part 3 of Merlin In The Modern Era
- Part 19 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots
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Arthur Pendragon is a famous Prosecuting Attorney, known for his dedication and success in his work. He is also the Pendragon of the newly re-named and re-branded Pendragon & LeFay Law Firm, he and Morgana LeFay, his half-sister and equally famous Family Law Lawyer, having become partners in the Firm after their father Uther Pendragon
(the well-known if not famous Defense Attorney)retired and passed the Firm that his father founded to the two of them.Merlin Emrys is the minorly overworked, but insanely well-paid, Personal Assistant to Arthur Pendragon. He is well-known to the public, due to being seen frequently with the man in question. They are rarely seen apart, even in the courtroom, where Merlin tends to sit in the back row and watch his boss work his hardest and simultaneously charm the court.
Morgana LeFay is "a cold-blooded she-devil who wants nothing more than to see me squirm, Merlin." She is also quite sick of seeing her married-to-his-work brother pine over his PA, and equally sick of seeing her overworked friend pine over her brother.
It takes only one accidental tweet to ruin Merlin's life.
Or does it?
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- Part 4 of Merlin In The Modern Era
- Part 21 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots
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As he let the water heat, he grabbed Merlin’s favourite peppermint tea from the tea cabinet, already hearing the little Merlin in his head scolding him for using the microwave to heat the water instead of ‘doing it properly with a kettle and thermometer to measure the right temperature.’
He chuckled softly, shaking the voice out of his head. He knew he’d hear about it when he took the tea back to the sick man. Somehow, he always knew when Arthur didn’t use the damn kettle. It was like he had a sixth sense for it. He didn’t have the time, though, if he took the time to do it Merlin’s way (the right way! The Merlin in his brain helpfully supplied), his soup would go cold again!
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Merlin's sick. Arthur comes to help make it better.
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- Part 5 of Merlin In The Modern Era
- Part 22 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots
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“Yes, yes this is him,” he added once he finally remembered she couldn’t actually see him. “May I ask who this is?”
There were a few seconds of hesitation before the woman replied.
“This is Guinevere Du Lac; I’m calling on behalf of Avalon Hospital’s Accidents & Emergency Department.” Merlin’s heart sunk at the words. “Your information was listed as the sole emergency contact for a Mister Arthur Pendragon… I’m afraid he’s been in a car accident.”
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Arthur gets in a car accident after an argument with his father. Merlin is his only emergency contact.
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- Part 6 of Merlin In The Modern Era
- Part 23 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots
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“Oh, oh! Look at this one!” Arthur snorted, staring at his phone as he sat next to Merlin on the couch in the living room of their flat that evening. Merlin tore his eyes away from the movie they were supposed to be watching and raised an eyebrow at his boyfriend.
“What is it now?” He almost didn’t want to ask. When Arthur used that voice, it was almost always some bogus gossip story trying to either make them look bad, create a crazy affair for them, or somehow do both at the same time. He grimaced slightly, wondering which one of them and what it would be this time.
Arthur scooted closer and wrapped an arm around him, holding his phone between them so they could both read the screen. “Looks like you’ve got a secret girlfriend I didn’t know about! Who is this Freya Waterson, Merlin? I’m simply heartbroken!” He feigned distress, almost immediately killing the ruse by grinning stupidly.
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Arthur & Merlin, well-known actors who play leading characters Brenin & Gwyn in popular show Once & Future, have been together for eight years, everyone knows it! Well... They thought everyone knew it.
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- Part 7 of Merlin In The Modern Era
- Part 24 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots
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“You… Are a blessing, Merlin.” Arthur grinned widely, even more excited for his best friend to get home now—not that he would admit he was in the first place.
“Only when I bring you stuff,” Merlin huffed, and goddammit Arthur just knew he was doing that little pouty thing he always did when he felt underappreciated.
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Merlin gets home from a shitty date and looks to Arthur to let him complain.
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- Part 8 of Merlin In The Modern Era
- Part 25 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots
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“Back again already?” Merlin’s shoulders jumped in surprise when the man spoke, his back still to Merlin. Merlin let out a sigh and the dealer turned around, gracing Merlin with a blinding grin. “Can’t get enough of me, I see.”
“Oh, shove off, Arthur,” Merlin scoffed, ignoring his traitorous heart as it sped up, “I just enjoy a nice game of poker. Gotta win back what I lost last night, yeah?”
Arthur chuckled, shaking his head.
“You keep doing that, and you’ll go broke. You know how casinos work, Merlin,” he teased, “but if you want to keep wasting your money to keep up the guise of disinterest, please be my guest. Gamble until your bank runs dry. Your frustration when you lose is amusing.”
OrMerlin has a crush on the Poker Dealer. Arthur quite likes his player, as well.
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- Part 9 of Merlin In The Modern Era
- Part 36 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots
- Part 1 of My Melee Challenge Fills
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“So, like, you’re sure you’re not a vampire?”
“Fairly certain, yes.”
“Fairly but not totally?”
“Merlin… Would you just tell me what this is about?” Arthur sighed loudly, finally putting his book down to look at his boyfriend.
Merlin hesitated a moment before holding out a bottle of red liquid to Arthur.
“I found this in your room. If you’re not a vampire, why do you have a literal bottle of blood in your room?”
Arthur goes silent for a moment. Then, taking a deep breath, he counters,
“And when are we going to talk about how you’re literally an immortal sorcerer, then?”
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Arthur and Merlin are…strange.
They’ve got their quirks, like everyone else, sure! Sometimes, though, sometimes it becomes a little too much to ignore…
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- Part 7 of Titles From My Mutuals
- Part 10 of Merlin In The Modern Era
- Part 42 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots
- Part 1 of The Vampire & The Immortal
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Merlin stared in speechlessness at his desktop screen. His brain effectively short-circuited after reading ‘I’m madly attracted to you’ and he’d been re-reading the email for the past five minutes.
This email was not meant for him. He knew this email was not meant for him. It was very clearly not meant for him.
In fact, it stated multiple times, it was in fact meant for Morgana.
Series
- Part 11 of Merlin In The Modern Era
- Part 44 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots
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“Is that coffee?” He yawned, nodding at the mug on the coffee table. “It’s four in the morning, Merls… Why’re you up, and with coffee…? Did you even go to bed?”
Merlin just shook his head, not bothering to lie, as he turned back to his laptop and resumed typing. “Can’t sleep, have too much work to do…”
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In which Merlin is overworking himself and exhausted, and Arthur does something about it.
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- Part 12 of Merlin In The Modern Era
- Part 66 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots
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“Morgana?” The familiar, questioning voice pulled Morgana out of her thoughts.
A smile tugged at her lips as she sat up, propping herself up on her shoulders, and looked over to the sliding back door to the large house she and her brother were renting for the summer. “Gwen! You made it,” she called, not bothering to hide the joy in her voice, “come on out, I’m by the pool!”
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Morgana & Gwen take a dip in the pool, and Morgana asks an important question.
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- Part 13 of Merlin In The Modern Era
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“Arthur…” A tempting voice called from within the room. Arthur hummed softly and stepped through the doorway, looking over to the bed where the voice came.
His heart swelled with love when he was met with the sight of Merlin and Gwaine snuggled on the bed, duvet pulled around their waists, smiling at him. Merlin half-sat on Gwaine’s lap, and Gwaine had his arms loosely around Merlin’s waist as he pressed kisses to Merlin’s shoulder.
Their clothes were strewn across the bedroom, and both of them were littered with marks of love.
“You’re home!”
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_Arthur comes home after a long day at work and wants nothing more than to sleep with his lovers.
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- Part 14 of Merlin In The Modern Era
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The room was clearly divided, the right Vivian’s family and the left Arthur’s. Merlin was seated on the left, and surprisingly no one was in his row. Arthur’s closet friends were all in the second row of the left side—Leon, Gwen, Percival, Elyan, even Gwaine and Lancelot… A sharp stab of hurt hit him in the chest as he saw two of his own best friends had been invited, yet he—Arthur’s best friend—hadn’t been. He could only think it was Uther’s doing.
Uther sat in the front row, with Morgana to his right looking less than pleased, and Agravaine sitting down to his left.
Merlin let his eyes drift to the right side, and sighed softly. Vivian’s family was dressed in all bright or pastel colours—it looked quite like Easter threw up on them. A great contrast to Arthur’s side, who looked instead like they were attending a funeral.
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It's Arthur's wedding day, except, there's only one problem.
He's marrying the wrong person.
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- Part 15 of Merlin In The Modern Era
- Part 83 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots
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“Merlin?” Arthur yawned, walking over to the couch. “What time is it?”
Merlin jumped slightly and looked over. He looked half asleep. “Oh, Arthur… Um… Almost one, I think? I thought you were sleeping.”
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Arthur wakes one night to find Merlin not in bed.
Series
- Part 16 of Merlin In The Modern Era
- Part 84 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots
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by a landslide by TheCourtSorcerer for OnceFutureEmrys, sherlock_is_actually_a_girls_name
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
06 Jul 2021
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“God, let’s just… Get this over with,” Arthur muttered, visibly cringing.
Merlin huffed softly. “Oh, grow up. Ready?”
“No, but go ahead.”
Merlin would have laughed, but he wasn’t quite ready either.
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Merlin & Arthur, famous YouTubers, do a video reading a fan-picked fanfic of themselves, after Morgana & Gwen force them into it.
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- Part 17 of Merlin In The Modern Era
- Part 85 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots
- Part 2 of And We Are Rolling!
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"Oh.” Merlin blinked a few times when his eyes landed on what—or rather, who—he backed into. “Sorry, didn’t see you.”
The blond man in front of him just sighed and waved a hand, shaking his head. Honestly, Merlin thought while giving him a subtle once over, he looked like shit. He was attractive, gods was he ever, but he looked tired and grumpy and really, Merlin wondered if he looked the same.
“’S fine. Didn’t see me,” the man repeated, and Merlin swore he would have melted at the sound of it had he not sounded so exhausted and irritable. And had he also not been so exhausted and irritable.
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Merlin & Arthur are trying to sneak away from their bad hook-ups, and run into each other at the lift, meeting for the first time.
Series
- Part 18 of Merlin In The Modern Era
- Part 90 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots
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Behind The Closet Door by TheCourtSorcerer for OnceFutureEmrys, kickassfu
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
30 Jul 2021
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“Who’re you?!” The man asked in a startled whisper. Arthur took in his appearance, noting the rather nice suit he wore.
“Who are you?” He retorted; arms crossed over his chest.
The man huffed, crossing his arms over his chest in a mimic of Arthur. “I asked you first.”
Right. What a child.
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Arthur meets Merlin in a closet while hiding from his family reunion, only to find out Merlin is hiding from a wedding.
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- Part 19 of Merlin In The Modern Era
- Part 92 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots
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The light from the window was pouring into the room through the open curtains. It was obnoxious and bright and—goddammit, that alarm was too loud!
Arthur sat up; his unwillingly open eyes narrowed into a glare as he fumbled to shut off the offending clock. It was only then that Arthur realized the most distressing fact of his morning.
Quickly, he rubbed his eyes and turned to look at the right side of the bed. A small whine crawled it’s way out of his lips at the sight of the empty space beside him. Arthur glared at the messed-up sheets and crooked pillow. Then, with a huff, he swung his legs off the side of the bed and stood up, walking to the door and swinging it open.
“Merlin!” He shouted down the hall.
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One morning, Arthur makes an in the moment decision that could change their lives.
Series
- Part 20 of Merlin In The Modern Era
- Part 7 of My Melee Challenge Fills
- Part 93 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots