19 Works in Demisexual Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
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Merlin has almost given up hope of Arthur returning, he has been waiting for so long and he has seen so much. He wonders if there is enough of him left for his King to recognise anymore, and if Arthur would be able to put his pieces back together.
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Arthur learns how to actually be himself, after hiding who he was for most of his life. Of course Merlin, Gwen and the others are there to help him. (I suck at summaries 😭)
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Arthur thinks the new lecturer in modern Romance languages is disrespectful, infuriating, and gorgeous.
Merlin thinks the department head is a posh, arrogant Classicist, who has no right being so stunning.
But workplace relationships never last, and they don't have a single thing in common, including what languages they speak.
Then again, some things don't get lost in translation.
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“Arthur—” Merlin began, holding up the DVD. “What’s this?”
Arthur’s heart jumped into his throat. Shit. He’d meant to hide that and give it to Merlin at some kind of opportune time, like when he got his first boyfriend.
“I, uh. I got it from a friend. You know, for you.”
Merlin looked at him, amused.
“For me? Arthur, why would I want a porn DVD? There’s loads of stuff online.”
“Dunno, Just thought the vintage stuff might be good for the basics.”
“God, you are so embarrassing,” said Merlin, rolling his eyes. “I don’t need your help, thanks. But since you’ve decided I’m in need of educating. We can watch it together. Then you can talk me through it.”
“What? Don’t be so silly, Merlin. It was just for a laugh. Put it back and we’ll watch something else.”
“Nope, it just so happens, I’m in the mood for a laugh,” he said, taking the disc from its case and inserting the disc.
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“Elena put you up to this, didn’t she?”
Spots of colour appeared on Leon’s cheeks, and he grimaced as he brandished his mobile. “It was this, or set you up on a date with her elderly cousin Grunhilda.”
“Give me the mobile, Leon. I’ll make an account.”***
Arthur is tired of people only wanting to date him for his money. After his latest break-up, about which he isn't very broken up at all, he decides dating just isn't for him. But his best friends at least want him to talk to other humans outside the office, and they get him into a fandom space on Discord.Sometimes what you don't even know you're looking for ends up right in front of you.
{Title from "Moment in the Sun" by Sunflower Bean.}
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Independent lingerie designer Merlin Emerson spots a nervous model off by himself during a photo shoot and strikes up a conversation with him.
What follows is a snarky response, then a love story that proves that you really can have a relationship without sex
Written for Merthur Glompfest 2024
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For their first time, Merlin’s got to guide Arthur, just a little.
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- Part 9 of Kinktober 2023
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Merlin is an events photographer looking to branch out into the boudoir business. As a favour to his friend Morgana, he takes on her brother, Arthur, as an assistant.
Merlin is recently unlucky in love and when he finds out Arthur is straight and unobtainable, he goes back to his ex, Lance, for comfort. But then maybe Arthur isn’t as straight as Morgana says, and maybe Lance isn’t available anymore, and Merlin is left to his own devices. The only problem is that he can’t get Arthur out of his head, and it almost seems like Arthur can’t get Merlin out of his head, either.
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It was something that crept up on him. Arthur had long suspected Merlin’s feelings for him were not entirely platonic. He didn’t think Merlin would ever act on it—let alone that his own feelings might change.
But when Arthur is the one to act, when he kisses Merlin--without thought or plan on either end--it feels as natural and inevitable as when Arthur had first kissed Gwen. It would have been a beautiful moment, if not for the fact that they were both immediately consumed by guilt and horror at the line Arthur has crossed.
It takes Arthur a whole day to work up the courage to tell Gwen, panicked by his attraction to more than just women. He expects her to be upset. To cry. Perhaps to throw things at him. He’d deserve it.
Instead, she just smiles. "Well," she says. "That was a long time coming, wasn't it?"
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If a Merthur kiss had indeed happened in Season 5. You can't convince me Gwen didn't see this coming a mile away, but bi and demi Arthur is having a confusing day. He has mistakes he must now mend, both with Gwen and with Merlin. For Mergwenthur Week "Free Day" -
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In an effort to ease tensions between the kingdoms of Albion, Arthur plans a summit to bring together each of the monarchs to create a treaty between them. But schemes from within his own kingdom force him to change his plans ever so slightly.
"No one will believe us."
"They will... We'll start now, and over the next few weeks make it more and more obvious, until the moment we announce our engagement... Then once our visitors are gone, we simply end the betrothal. Everything goes back to the way it was." -
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“We have a system for borrowing books, you know,” the librarian says. Merlin, his name tag reads. There’s a little smiley face behind his name, and Merlin leans over the counter to take the book out of Arthur’s hands. Arthur stares back, stone-faced, as Merlin looks at the cover. “I hope you enjoyed it, at least, if you went to all the trouble of stealing it.”
“I don’t—” Arthur says, and presses his lips together. “It was fine, I suppose. If you like that sort of thing.”
Merlin snorts. “What’s that, gay people?”
Or: When Arthur comes out to his father, he loses everything. And then he meets a messy-haired librarian, and learns that there’s so much he never had.
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- Part 9 of Liz's Merlin Bingo 2023
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“I haven’t slept with anyone in eleven years,” is what he says, mostly to make this stupid argument go away, and swallows away the embarrassment the moment he says it. That’s truly the best way to make Arthur even more smug, to let him know that Merlin has devoted every second to him since the moment he set foot in Camelot. How lovely.
Arthur slowly turns back towards him. “Eleven years?”
“Well, you know,” Merlin says, trying to edge himself out of the situation. “It’s not as if I had time. Or occasion. And really, I can’t think of a single person I ought to have slept with, anyway.”
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Merlin ducks forward, grabbing Arthur’s hands. His are cool and soft, and Arthur is surprised by the feel of Merlin’s palm over his own rough knuckles. “Arthur,” he says pointedly. “I know my duty, and I don’t need you to remind me. Are you always like this?”
“Like what?”
“Annoying,” Merlin says, and leans back, appraising him more thoughtfully than his tone suggests. “So concerned with your honour.”
Or: Arthur must marry Lord Emrys for a year to create an alliance between their people. Except it isn't Emrys who comes to marry him, but the young druid Merlin, who soon turns all of Camelot upside down—and Arthur with it.
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- Part 2 of Liz's Merlin Bingo 2023
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“Right,” the stranger says, and nods sagely. “So you’re a bit of an arse, then?”
“I’m not,” Arthur says, strangled.
“Clearly,” says the stranger in an oddly cheerful tone, and sticks out his hand. “I’m Merlin. I can keep this very short. I’ve spent four years as a barista in another coffee shop, then went to art school, failed utterly and horribly, and now I’m back to being a barista. I’m a hard worker and am immune to people shouting at me, because I’m a starving artist, which means I know how to deal with negative feedback very well. So. That’s me. I didn’t bring a CV, sorry.”
Or: In a final bid to find happiness after leaving his job at his father's company, Arthur opens a coffee shop. Merlin just wants to make latte art.
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“So, we’re all agreed, everyone has to participate in the drinking games tonight, right?” Gwaine asked as he came and sat down, brandishing a new bottle of vodka. Everyone was well on the way to getting drunk and there was a chorus of mumbled agreements. “Good. It’s settled.”
AKA, A drunken little game of Truth or Dare gets a bit out of hand.
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After his father was busted for drug dealing,
Officer Arthur Pendragon was demoted to paperwork duty.He would have never expected his life to turn around like this.
What should have been a simple investigation,
turned into meeting the local cryptid, Merlin Emrys.Story excerpt:
“Well, I don't fucking care if you know me or not.
I'm going to marry you, today. (...)
Till death do us part, motherfucker!"!!!!!:DISCONNTINUED:!!!!!
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- Part 67 of Merlin's magic
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In 2022 I want to start a new fic but I’ve got lots of ideas and all of my friends picked a different idea
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In which Merlin is dead, but then he's not, and everything can finally go back to its natural order (just with a little extra romance).
Featuring: a presumed dead plotline that lasts for barely three seconds, first kisses, sharing of beds, midnight spells with two wlw and their friend, and, of course, confessions of love.
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A Moment of Pride by fifty_fifty for 8Verity8, schweet_heart, PandaMoth, Rawks
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
29 Jul 2018
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Merlin takes a newly returned Arthur to Starbucks during Pride month. Arthur has questions.
Awkwardness, Feelings, and realisations ensue.
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- Part 1 of Pride, Rainbows and Happily Ever Afters