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Connection lost (The funky drunk Arthur remix) by Anonymous for lavender_spice
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
09 Jun 2025
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Have you always wondered what exactly happened between Merlin getting to Arthur's flat and him texting Morgana? Well wonder no more! The funky drunk Arthur remix answers all your questions!
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Arthur and Gwen are on a picnic date having a perfectly lovely, happy time together. Merlin is there too. He's very distracting. His big, stupid eyes. His funny, stupid jokes. His gentle, stupid hands. Arthur thought he knew who the third wheel was, but now he's beginning to wonder…
Canon era, AU. Around S2 but Arthur and Gwen are dating. Uther is still alive and Morgana has not yet encountered Morgause or decided to betray them. Arthur POV.
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A hidden cave, tucked away from the world, holds memories of Arthur and Merlin's most vulnerable moments — from stolen kisses and heated arguments to quiet nights of comfort and longing.
Years pass, kingdoms rise and fall, and the world changes beyond recognition, but the cave remains the same — a timeless keeper of their love, pain, and all the unspoken words left behind.
It's a story of love that never quite fit into the world around them, of two souls finding solace in a place where time seemed to stand still. Even as centuries go by, the cave remembers it all.Merlin belongs to BBC, I do not own it. I write just for fun.
Actually the story is quite short, still I hope tag slow burn will suit here.
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There was a room in the royal wing that had been barred off. Arthur can't remember a time when those iron bars have ever not been there. It's made him endlessly curious in his twenty-two years of life.
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Can be read as part of my EMRYS: the Heart and the Will series or as a standalone. Cedwyn as a character isn't very important to the series but he's there for fun and because I love him.Series
- Part 4 of EMRYS: the Heart and the Will
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Sir Arthur, Not Of Camelot by Merlinfirstlastalways
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Arthurian Mythology, Arthurian Mythology & Related Fandoms
27 Apr 2025
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Uther, King of Camelot and father to Arthur Pendragon, was in mortal peril.
This, in itself, was not news; Uther, by dint of a recalcitrant, bloodthirsty personality backed by military power and an unshakable belief in the Divine Right of Kings, had made a great deal of enemies in his day, and, in truth, made new ones almost daily.
But this time was different, in that it was entirely Arthur’s fault.
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OrAfter Arthur accidentally puts his father's life in jeopardy, he must ride out of Camelot, with Merlin at his side, on a journey with no real end goal in sight
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Merlin has moved on since the death of King Arthur centuries ago. Disillusioned, he had never used magic or sorcery since that day; he doubted his ability to use it now anyway. Now living in modern day England, in a place called Eastbrook, the new reformed name for Albion, the place was thriving with holiday makers.
Merlin’s best friend and part time lover, Molly Preston, was the only one who knew his true identity. Well, that’s what he thought anyway. Molly introducers him to a friend called Valla. But there is something about him that Merlin can’t quite comprehend. It was as if he knew him before. Then Vala tells Merlin some news about Arthur Pendragon, which shocks him to the core. Is Molly and Valla really who they say they are? The result, anyway, meant that Merlin must regain his magical powers quickly, if he is to help Arthur return for good. But one person stands in his way…an evil resurgent sorcerer called Mordred.
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When Gaius told them that the prince was sick, they thought it was a simple illness. How could they think otherwise, Arthur was fine. Yes, he was getting tired easily, yes, his appetite was gone but he surely just needed to rest. Everything was fine, Arthur was strong, there was no way he could get affected badly by just a cold.
Then, everything started to get worse.A one shot where Arthur is dying and there is nothing Merlin can do to save him.
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Arthur wakes up one morning from a very real and vivid nightmare. But when is a dream not just a dream?
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He turns his gaze back to Merlin, face tight as if braced for battle. “What did she do to you?” He asks.
Of course he does.
And Merlin tells him. He doesn’t want to, but he doesn’t try to resist either. He submits to the power within him, urging him to go ahead, ruin all that he holds dear with a simple truth.
“She gave me a truth potion.”
Or: Merlin is under a truth spell, but Arthur lets him keep his secrets.
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Athyr's been under a lot of stress recently between her mother briefly disinheriting her, finding out the truth of her father's death, and the million responsibilities she has as Crown Princess and leader of the Knights of Camelot.
Merlyn acting strangely is the least of her problems.
featuring art by me :)
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- Part 5 of The Once and Future Queen
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Arthur wakes up sick but refuses to admit it out loud to Merlin, and Merlin spends the week trying to convince Arthur to go on bedrest, to which he refuses and 'passes' out by a tree.
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"All the angst allowed" Merlin drabbles and short oneshots ;)
As stories are all unconnected, you will find individual warnings on each chapter, so you can easily read what you like and skip what you don't. Plan to update fairly regularly!
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- Part 7 of One Word at a Time!
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Arthur’s love for Merlin is trying to kill him.
It started after Merlin showed him his magic. It began as a small cough and Arthur thought nothing of it…not until Merlin was finally named Court Sorcerer, his new robes blue with butterflies around the trim- the same butterflies he always loved to conjure- and Merlin was standing there giving Arthur the happiest smile he’d ever seen on the man…That night, with Arthur’s heart at its fullest, he began coughing up blue flower petals.
HAPPY ENDING Hanahaki AU
Sickfic
This whole fanfic is fluff, angst, and hurt/comfort on repeat
Lots of ArthurMerlin interactions :)
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Arthur and Merlin are cursed so that when Arthur sleeps, Merlin suffers. Arthur doesn't want to hurt Merlin but he is so tired and his bed is very soft.
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- Part 6 of Febuwhump 2025
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When Merlin is caught trying to help a wrongly convicted man, Arthur claims responsibility and takes the punishment for him. While Merlin struggles to process what Arthur has sacrificed for him, Arthur finds himself having to reconsider his relationship with his father, his kingdom, and the people he has sworn to protect.
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The guards took this as their cue, and on Uther’s order Merlin felt his shirt torn from his body with a sound all too much like tearing flesh for comfort. Stood only in his worn brown breeches and weathered boots, he could feel for the first time how fiercely the sun beat down on his bare skin: how exposed he was, with nothing but air between his unprotected back and the whip.
And he was terrified.
It was then that another voice was raised above the crowd: one voice, in all that discontented hush, that dared to ring out above the rest.
“Father! It was me. I ordered him to do it.”
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- Part 1 of The Truth Will Set You Free
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Arthur is injured. Part of recovery is massage. Touch-starved Arthur might want the comfort more than he wants to be out training again.
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- Part 12 of One Word at a Time!
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Merlin defies his fate. He decides to trust Arthur, and their lives change forever. Together they learn to navigate their new realities, amongst friends and foes.
In other words: What if Merlin listened to his heart more and Kilgharrah less?
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With Camelot now in its Golden age, the kingdom and it's people are flourishing and happier than ever.
These are three tales from that Golden Age.
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Arthur has a breakdown from all the stress and Merlin is there for him.
Hurtcember day 2: Breakdown
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- Part 2 of The Hurt(cember) you bring ['24]
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Merlin is fed up. Arthur is riled up. What happens when their only realise from all the duties they have is each other?
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- Part 1 of Arthurian Mpreg