Febuwhump 2022
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Merlin’s head hits the stone wall with a crack and explosion of pain. “What did you say?”
“No. Sir.”
He gasps as the knight pushes him further against the wall, hands squeezing slightly around his neck. “You’re a servant, if I tell you to do something you do it, you jumped-up little–”
“Get your hands off him,” a voice says from behind the knight. He drops Merlin suddenly, causing him to fall to his knees, and turns to face– Arthur. Merlin breathes a sigh of relief, coughs tearing from him as it catches in his throat.Arthur rescues Merlin from a knight with not-so-noble intentions.
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- Part 1 of Febuwhump 2022
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“Interesting. I think you care far more than the witch says. Break her fingers. Then we’ll see if the boy talks.”
“Wait.”
The guard pauses. Sarrum raises an eyebrow. “Breaking already?”
Merlin snorts, but it’s thin. “No. But if you want a magic user to torture, you can have me instead. Have you ever heard of Emrys?”Merlin tries to rescue Morgana from Sarrum of Amata and instead ends up being tortured in her place. And both their lives will be changed forever.
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- Part 2 of Febuwhump 2022
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Merlin opens his mouth to argue, then closes it. It’s not like Arthur will let him off if he tells him his leg’s injured anyway, not surrounded by his father’s knights. “Yes, Arthur,” he mutters.
Merlin gets injured on a hunt and nobody notices. Until somebody does.
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- Part 3 of Febuwhump 2022
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Merlin tumbles out of bed, waking mid-scream. He scrambles to his feet, his legs carrying him away, away, away from the scene of the burning, his execution, away down the steps, crashing into Gaius’ arms and burying his head in his chest.
After saving Gwen as Dragoon the Great, nearly getting burnt at the stake in the process, Merlin has a nightmare.
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- Part 4 of Febuwhump 2022
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“I’ve been offered a lot of money for you, Your Highness. And your lovely queen and court sorcerer.”
“And what about me? Why have you captured me, then?”
The bandit sneers. “I’m sure someone will pay for you.”
“I’m sure somebody will.”
Merlin’s blood runs cold. He recognises that voice, and he touches Elyan’s wrist gently when the other man stiffens.When they're captured by bandits, Merlin and Elyan run into an old enemy.
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- Part 5 of Febuwhump 2022
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“I know kings like a lie-in but this is ridiculous.” Merlin scrubs at his eyes fiercely. “When are you coming back? You’re my best friend, I need you. Leon’s lost without you.”
“I thought I was your best friend?”
A pair of arms encircles him and he leans back, resting against Leon’s chest. “You’re my husband. That’s different.”
“Yes, I am, aren’t I?” Leon says, pleased, and presses a kiss to the top of Merlin’s head. “Hey, Arthur, I’ve deflowered your manservant. Surely you want to come and tell me off about it?”100 years after Camlann, Merlin and Leon talk to a lake.
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- Part 6 of Febuwhump 2022
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Arthur’s bored. He’s been in this cell a week. It’s underneath an old castle, and the historian in him shudders to think about the gutting Dr Edern’s done to the place. The cell block where he’s staying is bright white, lit by harsh fluorescent tubes that never turn off. He thinks he’s mastered the art of sleeping through the light now, although not all that well. Occasionally one of the guards who brings him his meals will ask him questions, about the Institute, about its security, its missions, but he hasn’t answered. He won’t answer. That place is his home (it is. He ignores the doubts. It is).
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- Part 7 of Febuwhump 2022
- Part 2 of The National Institute for Covert Defence
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THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COVERT DEFENCE
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: SCIENTIFIC DIVISION
Notes and CCTV recordings recovered from cell block 451 underneath Bamburgh Castle site after arson by former agent Lionel Gaunnes, codename Knight, interspersed with emails for clarity. The search for him and missing Subject 209, appropriated by Knight during the attack, is ongoing.Series
- Part 8 of Febuwhump 2022
- Part 1 of The National Institute for Covert Defence
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“Monster!”
Merlin huddles back into the corner of the rattling cage. At least his injuries are jostling less now they’re nearing the city. But everything still hurts. He doesn’t want to go there. To the city that smells like death and swallows up boys like him whole. A city that hurts and burns. His wrists and ankles rub against the burning metal and he just wants his ma.Merlin's captured by bounty hunters.
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- Part 9 of Febuwhump 2022
- Part 1 of Fear and Hope 'verse
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"Is Emrys here or not?” King Arthur bites out. He knows he’s being overly harsh, it’s been a long, tiring campaign for them all, but... it has been a long campaign. If they can find Emrys, they can get home, get some rest, before they need to fight again. God knows they all need it.
Leon looks hesitant, an expression rarely seen on the man. “He has the tattoo on the back of his neck, but he doesn’t act like any of us would expect Emrys to. There’s something I can’t put my finger on.”Camelot's army captures Cenred's most feared soldier. They were expecting a fierce warrior, a tactical fighter, a man in complete control. They weren't expecting a man just out of boyhood, with scars and fear lurking at the back of his eyes.
They were expecting Emrys.
They weren't expecting Merlin.Series
- Part 10 of Febuwhump 2022
- Part 1 of Face of the Enemy
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Leon pulls him closer as he starts crying again. He’s being doing that a lot these past two days. The funeral seems to have made it sink in, for both of them, that it’s very unlikely that Arthur’s still alive anywhere. Not that it’ll stop them looking. Either they’ll find him alive, or they’ll find the people that killed him and give them hell.
After a quest gone wrong, Arthur's presumed dead. Merlin and Leon aren't giving up, though, not until they find him or avenge his death.
(Feat. Morgana and Merlin making up, Uther actually caring about his son and showing it, and Merlin and Leon having seriously violent protective streaks)
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- Part 11 of Febuwhump 2022
- Part 2 of Merlin Bingo 2022