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A Mystery Traditions Fanfic:
Arthur takes a little longer to get with the program.
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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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Merlin and Morgana come up with a plan to protect Arthur from the killer of the week
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- Part 15 of Merlin Bingo 2025
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Merlin wasn’t certain how long they sat there, Arthur fighting him over the food, but in the end, Merlin managed to get him to eat about half. And for now, that is enough. He could easily see the embarrassing blush that had formed on Arthur’s cheeks.
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One of the most important rules that Leon had passed on to Arthur was to be as ready as possible in every possible situation.
Being a prince was a great responsibility, he had said, and always being ready for any occasion was Arthur’s sacred duty as protector of the kingdom and its citizens.
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Arthur tries to test his knights, and instead he starts following his servant around
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- Part 87 of Merlin Bingo 2024
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After this week, Gwaine needed a trip to the tavern.
Well, another one, as he was currently at the tavern trying to cope with this strange week he had found himself in.
Leon ought to owe him another secret or two.
Consider it emotional compensation. Gwaine deserved it. Especially after what he had to go through to earn this one. And it shouldn't have even been a secret in the first place!
Gwaine groaned into his cup, his face feeling a bit flushed now. How had he come to this?
Oh, that’s right. It was Arthur’s fault.
Stupid king that insisted his ‘Round Table’ sit in on too many of his meetings.
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Aka 5 times Gwaine thinks he's uncovered Leon's secret + 1 time he realizes its not a secret at all.
featuring two other Knights and one king that don't seem to care the tiniest bit.
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- Part 1 of Sir Leon’s Many Secrets
- Part 1 of Gwaine's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Festival Week
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"So, my lady," Merlin leaned in, under the guise of fixing her dress, "shall we overthrow the king together?"
Morgana's eyes sparkled. "Why, Merlin, I thought you'd never ask."
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- Part 31 of Merlin Bingo 2024
- Part 7 of Chaotic Duo's Adventures
- Part 3 of Omega Merlin
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After the Veil, Merlin finds an old friend. The only problem: he shouldn't be alive.
Merlin is happy, the knights curios and Arthur just tired.
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- Part 24 of Merlin Bingo 2024
- Part 3 of 30 Words Challenge KCWS April 2024
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Arthur works late and Merlin waits for him to come home. Arthur just feels really loved
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But there were moments when there was no destiny, when he was just Merlin and he was just Arthur… And, in those rare gentle moments, he was utterly consumed by devotion and all he wanted was to cup Arthur's face with his hands and tell him that it would be alright, that he didn't have to suffer through it alone, that destiny was a burden they both shared… It was moments like these when he was convinced that a simple kiss to Arthur's lips would make everything better…even if it would forever shape the future they were destined to build.
Or: Arthur is feeling insecure after a long day and Merlin reassures him in the best way he can.
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Arthur isn't getting enough rest and Merlin isn't having it. He puts Arthur to bed, but not before discovering the true reason the king has been so stressed and withdrawn.
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Arthur almost fainted right then and there, because no, the dragon that attacked Camelot could not be flying towards the clearing. No way.
Oh, look at that.
There’s two of them.
Arthur really did not need this today.
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Merlin’s a dragonlord and Arthur is done with life.
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Quoi de mieux qu'une tarte pour remonter le moral d'un prince exténué ? - Merthur (Post S1)
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Merlin is forbidden to sit during the round table meetings. Here's why. Cue some shenanigans and boring, booooring council meetings.
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Merlin warned him and told him it was dangerous. Yet he decided that they were more than able to take them on. And look now. Ten men are dead and five more are badly injured if they were able to survive the night they might be able to make it.
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“Arthur, you should go to your chambers and get some rest,” Merlin said. He looked over the prince, soon-to-be king, with worry. Ever since Uther had fallen ill Arthur had been having trouble sleeping.
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- Part 29 of Sicktember 2022
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And truly just be happy together.
With the war looming over them, Uther’s illness and Morgana’s betrayal Merlin understood that Arthur had too much to deal with. That he was feeling overwhelmed and that in all honesty he didn’t know what to leave and what to deal with next. -
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For once in his life, he wished he was someone else. Someone who lived a peaceful, normal, easy life.
But he knew that wishes would do him no good and that fruitless imaginations would lead him nowhere, and so he sighed as he opened the door to his and Arthur’s chambers, expecting the king to be asleep.
So he was shocked when he found that he wasn’t asleep, but instead sitting at his desk with a dinner for two on the table, and candles lit all around it.
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Merlin never thought that after becoming the Court Sorcerer and deciding to accept Arthur's courtship, that things would be simple.
But after a rough day, Merlin's feeling more tired than ever.
So, Arthur surprises Merlin with a pleasant dinner and some restful sleep, hoping that Merlin might finally get the peaceful night he deserves.
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- Part 5 of for the dopabitches
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romance novels and their happy endings by illiterateowl for TheCourtSorcerer
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
28 Jan 2022
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How fortunate that the happy ending to his own cheesy romance could look just like this.
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- Part 1 of brooke's drabbles for dopamine
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“I can pay for it.”
Arthur blinked. Then, there was a man beside him, grinning brighter than a thousand suns.
“Just add it to my bill, I’ll have my regular. Guy looks like he’s had a long night, Freya, let’s give him this one,” the stranger chuckled, head tilted to the side.
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Arthur's had a long shift at the hospital. Luckily, life has a way of making things better after coming down on a person, and he meets a handsome stranger on his coffee run.
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- Part 1 of bribery? bribery. [Drabbles for Dopamine]
- Part 44 of Merlin In The Modern Era