20 Works in Stubborn Merlin (Merlin)
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Merlin is done pretending he and Arthur are just friends. Arthur is terrified.
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- Part 11 of Merthur
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A series of unrelated Golden Age oneshots.
1. An Ordinary Day (to Celebrate) - It's been one year since the magic ban was lifted.
2. Petulance is Catching - Arthur is sick and refusing to rest. Merlin has a few tricks up his sleeve.
3. I See the Pain Now - On the anniversary of Kilgharrah's defeat, Arthur notices Merlin is absent from the festivities.
4. "I'm an Uncle!" - After the birth of Arthur and Gwen's first child, Arthur joins his friends (and family) in celebration.Series
- Part 1 of One Word at a Time!
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Lancelot was never afraid for Merlin.
This was true till they discovered that the Dorocha couldn't be damaged by Merlin's magic.
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- Part 2 of Mercelot week 2023
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After fourteen days, Arthur has stopped counting.
When each rise of the sun brings no change, he remains awake into the early hours trying to find a way to attempt to force said change, and inevitably, the sun rises once again without a solution having presented itself. Arthur is losing not only optimism but stamina too, and so is everyone in the encampment.
For an unidentifiable amount of time they have lived in the mud-soaked trenches of war, and Arthur misses his own bed. He misses the familiarity of his home. The sounds of Camelot's people going about their business surrounded him wherever he went, at home, but here there are only the sounds of war and exhaustion. He misses seeing his brothers-in-arms smile.
He misses seeing the light in Merlin's eyes.
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Arthur and Merlin are mated, but not everyone's happy about it.
The boys have to navigate the changes to their relationship while dealing with court life, other peoples opinions and hiding Merlins secret. And survive some bandits, because, obviously, there are bandits.
And there's someone in the shadows working very hard against them.
This is the squeal for "Protect Him", I'd recommend reading that before reading this so that you know what's going on.
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- Part 2 of Protect
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"I had all and then most of you, some and now none of you." -The Night We Met
A year after magic is legalized in Camelot, a magical threat descends upon the castle. Merlin, isolated, struggling in silence, takes it upon himself to defeat them alone.
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There's something tragic about you, something so magic about you by ShuTheAnimeme
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
22 Nov 2022
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Arthur has just died on the shores of Lake Avalon and ended up in Hades’ throne room only for Merlin to tear into the room and demand the life of his friend be restored.
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Merlin defies death himself.
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When Kilgharrah attacks Camelot, Arthur is reluctant to allow Merlin to fight with him. As the Prince Consort he is far more precious than he had been before. Merlin knows he can help but Arthur is yet to discover his Dragonlord abilities and he's a little afraid of how Arthur would view him if he knew.
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- Part 56 of Rays Merthur Song Fics ♬
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When Arthur finds out about Merlin's magic he banishes him from Camelot. Merlin decides that he has enough.
Or, Merlin embraces his chaotic, powerful, magical self.
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Merlin instinctually uses his magic to save Arthur's life, and Arthur takes it as well as you'd expect. Arthur doesn't know how to talk about what he feels, so Merlin makes him. Nicely.
Ambiguous timeline, based at some point after Uther's death and then non canon-compliant afterwards.
This trope is written about all the time, so here's my take on how I'd want it to happen.
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Merlin says he's not tired, even when he is. Surprisingly, Gwaine's there to take care of him.
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“Is it something we did? Something we said?”
“Why would it be something any of you did?”
“Do I really need to answer that?”
“Yes, I think you do.”
“Well because you’ve been ignoring us!” Merlin shouts before taking a deeper breath, calming himself. “Whenever you see any of us, you quickly turn away from us. You don’t want to talk to me about the negotiations with the druids anymore, you won’t sit down to talk to me about repealing the magic ban. You won’t talk to Gwen or any of the knights. I feel like there’s a part of you that’s shut us out and I have no idea why you’ve done that."
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Arthur has been acting...strange recently, and Merlin wants to know why.
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“Er,” Merlin said eloquently. “What would you like?”
“What I would like,” the man said in a drawl, “is for my barista to not be out on the pull while he’s supposed to be working. Especially if said barista clearly has terrible taste in men.”
Merlin flushed and glanced back down at his mobile. He really hadn’t been looking closely and if he hadn’t been interrupted, he would probably already have forgotten, but with a comment like that, he was fairly certain that he had just swiped left on his next customer.
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Post magic reveal. Arthur is trying to give him good news so why is Merlin being so resistant to his King's proposal to end the Ban on Magic?
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True Colours Are Beautiful Like a Rainbow by Emrys MK (mk_malfoy) for lao_paperman
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
12 Jan 2020
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Arthur, already irritated because he has somehow acquired a strange mark on his chest, is less than pleased when his father sends him to meet with an elf-prince. So it’s probably a good thing he does not know that he has been summoned under false pretenses that have very little to do with peace treaties and everything to do with the strange mark on his chest.
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All the King's Horses, and All the King's-Man, Help Nurse Merlin Back to Health Again by Stronglyobsessed for anarchycox
Fandoms: Kingsman (Movies)
02 Sep 2019
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Merlin contracts a cold from Eggsy, that turns into laryngitis, and has a 'fuck you, I'm fine' attitude. How many Kingsman does it take to care for Kingsman's Quartermaster? Apparently all of them.
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A group of Lords from Cenreds Kingdom are coming to Camelot.
Merlin knows one of the lords sons, although he wished he didn’t. More than anything.
Will Arthur be able to protect him when Merlin's past comes back to haunt him.
Squeal is now up "Protect Them"
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- Part 1 of Protect
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Arthur decides to have horrible timing. Asking an important question while Merlin is too busy trying to cook Thanksgiving dinner.
Merlin isn't impressed.
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- Part 4 of Domestic AF
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Given Merlin’s track record he felt himself quite justified in his brutal crushing of any romantic feelings, no matter how vague. Besides, Merlin had a destiny. He had to keep a close watch on Arthur, how could he do that if he was too busy being in love?
Compared to Merlin, Gwaine opened his heart wholly to anyone willing to peek within, that didn’t mean though that any one person held his heart. No, Gwaine left himself open to any but never let anyone in long enough to take root.
Merlin refusing to accept that he might possibly have romantic feelings for anyone. Gwaine can't quite figure out why he keeps thinking kissing his best friend until he does. Poor Lancelot is left shaking his head at the two of them. So what if the Perfect Knight tries to push his friends into each others arms? Someone had to do it.
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Arthur walks in on Merlin performing magic, and doesn't quite react the way Merlin would have expected him to.