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They accidentally take over a castle. Well, Gwaine calls it liberating. Merlin’s not sure what to call it—there was a lord, and now there isn’t.
(Kanen comes to Ealdor early, and that changes everything.)
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- Part 1 of Dyed in the Wool
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Season 4 AU:
Merlin's carried Arthur's sigil around everywhere after being entrusted with it. One day he runs into trouble, where the wrong people discover the sigil, and he gets mistaken as Arthur's husband. While Merlin's life is being ransomed and Arthur is freaking out back in Camelot, Merlin manages to escape but doesn't know that he is now considered the king's consort. Cue shenanigans.-
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Merlin starts a courtship, and Arthur’s fine with it. Completely fine with it.
In which Arthur discovers that he’s not fine with it, and some other things about himself.
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No one survives the Dorocha’s touch.
Not even Merlin.
At least that’s what Arthur and the Knights think after Merlin saves Arthur’s life by throwing himself at the Dorocha.
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Arthur and the knights believe Merlin has died after being struck by the Dorocha and bury him accordingly before continuing their quest to close the veil and save Camelot. But we all know that even the Dorocha cannot stop Merlin.
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Anhora breathed out, his gaze resting on the son who was fading away. Another of his pure-hearted creatures disappearing because of glory and hatred, because of ignorance and deceit.
His eyes then shifted to the boy who had held, cradled, the head of Anhora’s son, Estel, in his hands.
“I’m so sorry,” he was whispering, “I’m so very sorry.”
Anhora allowed a faint smile to disturb his solemn expression, a glimmer of light in the grim darkness.
At least, he thought, someone who still cared did exist.
“Arthur Pendragon,” Anhora spoke to the soul of the hunter who had just arrived, a look of pride of the kill he had just made, killing an innocent with his actions, “the judgment of your heart has only just begun.”
We’ll see what kind of friend you are, he thought, vanishing as the boy’s blue gaze found him.
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I love this!!! So sweet
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Merlin realized with great trepidation and no little stress and disgust, that he has been, in fact, spoiled rotten in Camelot.
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5 times merlin realized Arthur has given him... The gift of Expensive taste (for lack of better word) and 1 time Arthur acknowledged itSeries
- Part 1 of It's rotten work
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Various longer and shorter stories from Camelot, usually featuring BAMF ladies, a BAMF Merlin and other assorted characters that strike my fancy.
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Merlin's expectation in life was to be invisible and protect Arthur (and one day become the greatest warlock in the world and help bring about a magical era of peace, but that was irrelevant)
But all of that changed when the Queen of the prophesized Albion comes to Camelot and reveals that Merlin is the prince of their small but magically adept country. He is pulled into court politics, etiquette lessons, and a long series of revelations about how much control he truly holds over his own future.
Now, Merlin must find the balance between his duty, his destiny, and his heart.
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“If the sigil is a proposal, then what does the ring mean?” he asked, his voice dropping to a whisper.
“The ring itself? Nothing,” Arthur reassured him, leaning closer as if drawn by Merlin’s quiet tone. “But that ring, given by me? It means I’m offering you the most fragile, vulnerable part of myself and asking you to keep it safe.”
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- Part 4 of AO3 Favorite Tag Bingo 2024
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Merlin simply doesn't know better.
He doesn't know he's only meant to place Arthur's shirts over his head, not fondly adjust collars and straighten seams. He doesn't know how much he'd be able to delegate to grooms and seamstresses and laundresses and kitchen girls if only he tried, instead of doing every possible task himself. And he doesn't know that it is utterly unprecedented for a manservant to own a horse.
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It had to be a coincidence when Arthur gave into anything Merlin requested with just a few scritches to his head. Except it kept working. Really, Merlin hadn’t meant to discover Arthur’s little secret, but it was impossible to resist the power to influence the Prince of Camelot of all people. It wasn’t like Merlin was going to take advantage of it or anything. Surely, he wouldn’t use it for his own gain.
Or the 5 times Merlin gets want he wants from Arthur and the 1 times Arthur turns the table.
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- Part 10 of 5+1 Murther Stories
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Five years have passed since Arthur exiled Merlin. Four since the druids were welcomed back into Camelot. Three since Camelot repealed the ban on magic, and two since Arthur appointed Gaius the Court Sorcerer. He never heard from Merlin once, and it’s only now that he finds out why.
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Three years into King Arthur’s reign, magic users across Camelot are growing restless. Though no more executions have taken place since Arthur made peace with the Druids, sorcery is still punishable by death. Frustrated and increasingly impatient, a group of rogue sorcerers decides to take matters into their own hand, kidnapping Merlin right from under Arthur's nose.
Thus begins a long journey, one where Arthur unearths some hidden truths about everything he thought he knew and Merlin's loyalty is put to the test.
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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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Merlin was having what you would call a terrible, no good, completely horrible day.
Why? Arthur decided he needed to learn how to fight. And Merlin couldn’t tell him that he already had magic to defend himself. So now he was stuck with testing out different weapons to see which best suited him.OR
Arthur teaches Merlin to use daggers to fight
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- Part 26 of 30 DAYS DIALOGUE PROMPTS
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When Arthur said he wished to feel like a young prince again this wasn’t exactly what he had in mind, but alas Merlin’s magic seemed to have a mind of its own.
Or: Merlin's magic accidentally turns them both into helpless pining teenagers with a lot of childhood trauma and unresolved tension. Featuring: mutual pining, pendragon family trauma and heavy amounts of teenage angst on Arthur's part.
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Merlin’s got his life all planned out until the girl he thinks he might someday marry tells him that he’s in love with someone else.
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- Part 3 of Plot Tropes in Merthurland
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It started after the death of Uther, the possessiveness.
Maybe it’d always been there to some degree. Merlin blamed it on their destiny, the unbreakable umbilical cord that tied them together even when they physically existed on opposite ends of the kingdom.
After Uther’s death, though, the cord tightened on Arthur’s end and Merlin went willingly.
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Merlin whipped his head so fast, Arthur wondered how his neck didn’t snap, “I’m not killing a baby!”
"Well-"
“As interesting as this discussion is,” Lancelot begins, cutting Arthur short, “I don’t think we’re supposed to let a baby keep crying while laying in the middle of the road,” he points at the bundle that is still emitting sounds like it's being tortured.
Right, the baby. Him, as a baby, apparently
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A vengeful sorcerer's spell failed and a wacky accident happened. Now there's a baby Arthur who's supposedly is planning regicide. Arthur is convinced his life is a joke. What else is new?-
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