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Merlin has lived a hundred lives. A healer. A chef. An architect. A man lost in the quiet rhythm of the world.
In the year 2025, he works at a small art museum, curating an exhibit of Arthurian legends. The paintings unsigned, half-forgotten are more than historical curiosities. They are memories. His own. Each brushstroke a thread tied to a man he can’t afford to forget.
But even memory fades. After fifteen centuries of waiting, Merlin’s grasp on the past begins to blur until a stranger walks in. A young man with familiar eyes.
But the question was, was it really Arthur returned ? Or just another echo — a face that haunts every lifetime?
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Arthur is in love with Merlin and Gwaine
Only problem is that they are already togetherArthur is willing to resign himself to a life of pining if it means he can see the two people he loves happy
However after a sorcerer escapes Camelot buried secrets come to light
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When Merlin's magic is exposed shortly before season 2 starts, the path of destiny starts changing forever. Now on the run with Arthur, Morgana, and Gwen. Merlin hopes to convince Arthur that magic is totally good instead of him and Morgana just being an exception. Morgana, meanwhile, hopes to convince him to usurp his father. As allies are gathered and Arthur realizes the injustice in his kingdom, it looks more and more like he will have to act in a drastic way. A way he dreads.
Meanwhile, Arthur and Merlin are growing closer and closer and might just have feelings for each other. Something they probably should be better about realizing, considering the example of Gwen and Morgana right next to them.
In a land of myth and a time of magic, the destiny of a great kingdom now rests on the shoulders of four, their names: Merlin, Arthur, Guinevere, and Morgana
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- Part 1 of Different Destiny
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After successfully breaking off Arthur and Guinevere's engagement, Morgana is horrified to learn that Arthur plans to remarry. She is determined to eliminate this new threat, whatever it takes; but what exactly bothers her so much?...
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Merlin was trained as an assassin before he went to Camelot
He was sent to Camelot to kill Arthur
But he obviously didn’t
Because he felt some unknown connection to him
It was their destiny
You know, them being two sides of the same coin and all that
Chaos and magical adventures ensue
Can Merlin keep his magic hidden
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Merthur receives a surprise neither of them expected, turning not only their lives upside down, but also those of everyone around them.
Will they be able to find their happy ending, while hiding everything from King Uther with the help of their friends?
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Stay tuned to find out and keep reading. It's going to be a multi-chapter story. The number of chapters is unknown yet, but more tags will surely be added soon. So stay tuned for updates.
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3 unconnected stories based on the Scottish prayer: From ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!
Part 1: Gwen investigates a haunted house. Part 2: On a University field trip, Merlin may or may not have been drugged to summon a monster unaware. Part 3: Merlin's younger brother Mordred is cursed with an equal and opposite destiny; what will be the cost of deflecting it? -
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In which Merlin is immortal, used all of his free time to do things because he'd go crazy otherwise and got filthy rich like an old vampire without meaning to, hung out with Shakespeare and a bunch of other people because why not, got gifted a pretty Cadillac that he hates by a charity he'd forgotten he'd donated to, and has a too-high alcohol tolerance for his liking.
Oh, and he bought Avalon Lake.
Because "Shut up, I just like looking at this lake and no, I don't need help."
And a bunch of other mansions and estates and penthouses all over the country because "What if he wants to live somewhere else, I need to have OPTIONS."
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On their way back to Camelot, Merlin and Arthur get ambushed by bandits. Arthur gets hurt in the fight, and Merlin—instead of acting like a proper servant to the king—shuts down all of Arthur’s protests and makes them share a horse so that Arthur can rest. Now, for the remainder of their way home, Arthur is seated behind Merlin in the saddle and given nothing but time to contemplate the longing in his heart.
The warmth that Merlin offers in the crisp air—Arthur’s arms wrapped around Merlin’s middle, his chin on Merlin’s shoulder—might just finally make him act on his feelings.
Written for Fluffalooza 2025 and my Merlin Bingo card 2025.
Prompt: first kiss
Square H2: horses+ ART
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- Part 6 of My Fanart 🎨
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Canon-divergent Merthur after Camlann. Camelot is on the brink of its Golden Age—if Arthur and Merlin can survive one treaty, one duel, and one perilous feast. A king choosing warmth over cold glory, a sorcerer choosing home over secrecy. Competent king, competent sorcerer, court politics, and warm domesticity — with Excalibur still quietly dangerous.
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After Arthur and Merlin get together, nearly successful attempts on Arthur's life reveal Merlin’s long-instilled toxic self-blaming mindset and Ideas about destiny. Can Arthur get through to the man he loves?
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- Part 15 of Tansy's Merlin Shortfics - Cannon AU
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When a visiting noble insults Camelot’s servants, Merlin can’t stay silent — and Arthur proves, in front
of the entire court, just how much one servant truly means to him.
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After Merlin saves Arthur from a band of free sorcerers desperate for coin, there are more reckonings to come.
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as you grip me like an animal that you're about to spear by metalisthewaymydudes
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
30 Oct 2025
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Freya had a beast in her heart. The beast smelt Merlin's scent on a rival years ago and attacked Arthur without a second thought. Thinking my mate, my mate, my mate and nothing else in her fury. Only calming when Merlin dropped the gargoyle on Arthur, almost killing the young Prince. For her. Choosing her.
The beast made her fight Arthur again years after, but she had more control over it then and made the fight into a practice- a spar.
The beast was calm now, Arthur was not a rival anymore. He was a friend, a kindred spirit, a companion. A mate.
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Part 1: Childless and aging, Uther declares a kingdom-wide trial by combat, open to sorcerers or warriors - or both - the winner to be named heir to the kingdom of Camelot. One sorcerer and one warrior find a new destiny waiting for them in the arena - and allies as well as enemies.
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The final battle happened and Merlin would not let Arthur die. So Arthur finds himself back in the past when his father was still king. Arthur decides to change things to do what is best for Camelot, and HIS Merlin.
Normal humans don't survive time travel, but Merlin made sure Arthur survived...
Revision Complete 9/25/25
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- Part 9 of Meowmix's Merlin Stories
- Part 1 of Time Traveling Arthur
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The Warlock and the Dragonlord: The Dragons by NotAllWho_Wonder_AreLost
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
28 Oct 2025
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Please read previous works in the series to understand!
The Sidhe has left his mark, but even though they escaped his clutches, it doesn't mean the Sidhe's plans are over. He goes to Romania and starts to put his plans into action. But Morgana and Charlie Weasley refuse to let the man win and take off with their dragons. With a nightmare as guidance and a warning, Morgana knows what they must do.
Call the Brotherhood.
Field trip to Romania, anyone?
Terrible summary, I just want to get this next part postedSeries
- Part 6 of The Warlock and the Dragonlord
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Morgana ties Arthur's life to Merlin's, thinking that it'll be much easier to kill a helpless servant than the King of Camelot.
Aka, Morgana unwittingly binds Arthur's life to the most powerful sorcerer to walk the earth.
Aka, not only can they physically not leave each other's sides, but also anything Merlin feels, so does Arthur--and vice versa.
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Arthur Pendragon has spent his whole life untouched—by kindness, by desire, or anything resembling real intimacy. It never mattered. Not until a certain annoying manservant came to Camelot—Merlin—who disregarded all strict royal etiquette and showed no restraint when it came to sudden, reckless displays of affection. Now, there’s something impossible in the space between them, something Arthur doesn’t know how to name—only that he aches to close the distance.
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A slow-burn touched-starved Arthur Pendragon story.
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Guys, there was only one bed.
Guys, some obscure quest in the cold far-up mountains made them "huddle for warmth".
Guys, they might give in to this farm fantasy of theirs.
Can't I just put all the tropes in there?
This fic is rated MSI for Maximum Self Indulgence.
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In a different world, a young Merlin grew up knowing of his destiny. Unfortunately, so did Camelot. One day he was captured, causing him to cross paths with a young prince Arthur, who had a single question for the sorcerer.
Years after the Battle of Camlann, Arthur and Merlin were still trying to settle into their new roles and relationship as the Golden Age seemed closer and closer with each passing day.
When one encounter sent the younger duo into a future that could have been, their destinies got tied together, causing history to be reshaped forever.
Or: Merlin and Arthur try to raise the kid versions of themselves from another universe and are overcome with parental instinct as they continue to try to find ways to beat up whoever messed up these poor kids.