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Sarah Cameron grew up clinging to her mother's stories about Fantasy Island—an impossible, magical place that seemed more fairy tale than fact. But now, thirty years after her mother left it behind, Sarah is offered the chance to return. She doesn't expect the island to be real. She definitely doesn't expect its enigmatic host to be the most fascinating man she's ever met.
Mr. Roarke is immortal, burdened by divine purpose and centuries of solitude. But Sarah’s arrival awakens something long dormant in both of them: hope.
As the island bends to their growing bond, darkness rises from Sarah's past—and Roarke’s. Some ghosts don't let go without a fight.
A Fantasy Island canon-divergent romance with magic, angst, healing, and a slow-burn love that refuses to die.
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Taehyun lives a quiet life in a village nestled between forests and stars, where stories drift like mist through generations. By day, he runs errands and sneaks into the woods with his friend Yeonjun. By night, he dreams—of a prince whose face he never sees, of a voice that whispers, “Find me.”
Now the past is beginning to crack through the present, and Taehyun’s footsteps are leading him toward a castle no one remembers—and a love that refuses to be lost.
Long ago, before kingdoms crumbled and gods awoke, two souls were born from one star—bound by love, broken by fear. The gods feared their power. So they cursed one. Buried the other. And silenced what should have been a child born of starlight.
A thousand years later, the balance shifts again.
A fairytale written in starlight.
A heart cursed in frost.
A kingdom that sleeps.
And a boy who was never meant to forget.It was just a fairytale once—stories his grandmother used to tell him before sleep. Until a book he shouldn't remember begins to glow under moonlight, revealing a map that leads to a ruined castle... and a name written in his own hand.
Centuries later, the threads of that forgotten love begin to tighten again.
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He doesn’t notice that her eyes are blue until after she storms away.
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"None of us can choose our destiny, Merlin. And none of us can escape it." She had always been an unfortunate little thing, with a penchant for danger and an obvious love for clumsiness. Merlin wondered if life was purposefully being unfair to her.
Retelling of the series with the obvious twist that Merlin is a girl. And oh, Arthur knows everything.
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It wasn't all that unusual for people to hide their daemons; Merlin, however, seems to be taking it a little far.
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“Those Pendragons, they’re a different sort. Beastly, but clever. It’s said they’re drawn to magic--to power--and that’s how they find their... mate.”
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Arthur didn't speak to him for a week after he found out.
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- Part 4 of Merlin works
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Merlin and Arthur are farmers. And desperately, hopelessly in love.
Inspired by this gorgeous piece of fanart from the very talented Chrissie.
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Arthur makes Merlin a lord, and Merlin does an astonishingly good job of running a village.
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Arthur repeals the ban on magic and expects Merlin's undying gratitude, but Merlin acts like nothing has changed. Clearly Arthur's only recourse is to annoy, bully, trick, and otherwise coerce Merlin into openly using sorcery.
Or: 5 times Arthur tries to trick Merlin into using magic, and 1 time Merlin’s magic does it for him.
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Series 4 AU. In which Arthur ends up courting Merlin instead of Gwen.
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Prompt 28
When they are attacked returning to Camelot with Balinor, the Dragonlord is injured rather than killed - and everything Arthur knew or believed is turned on its head.
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The silhouette is backlit from the headlights on the Mini Cooper and he’s maybe hit his head harder than he thought because it almost looks like…
“Merlin?”
And Merlin feels as though his heart is exploding in his chest because that voice and his real name and as he looks up...the golden hair reflected in the light from the car.
Arthur Pendragon is standing, completely starkers, in the middle of the road leading up to Lake Avalon.
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Merlin has a YouTube channel about plants, nature, and various other things green. Arthur has a YouTube channel in which he plays games and does not, at all, talk about his personal life.
For reasons no one understands, their followers really want them to collab.
In which Arthur has hang-ups over shout-outs, Merlin loves his fiancée on his main channel (and may or may not be cancelled for eye-fucking another man), Morgana is ruthless, and Gwaine shouldn't have told the world he has an OnlyFans.
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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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I suppose that I look different (without the robes and crown) by WingedWolf121
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
16 May 2020
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When Arthur blows the horn of Cathbdhah for the second time, the horn doesn’t just send Uther to the other world. It sends Arthur away as well – to a world where Ygraine never died, the Great Purge never happened, and magic lives freely at court. As do those who practice it.
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Lay Your Head Down on the Shoulder of a Good Friend by Skitz_phenom
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
31 Oct 2019
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With Camelot readying for the upcoming gathering of rulers of the Southern Kingdoms to discuss peace, Uther has tasked Arthur with an additional duty: befriend the Prince of Essetir and learn anything he can of King Balinor, and of magic, and of dragons, that might be of interest should the treaty not succeed.
That's easier said than done, as he and Prince Merlin don't exactly hit it off immediately. But, befriending Merlin and learning of magic and life in Essetir leads Arthur down the paths of discovering long held secrets surrounding his own birth, and his mother's ill health, and his father's hatred of all things magic.
Adding even more complications to the mix are rowdy knights, frustrating princesses, a possible traitor in their midst, and an overly-verbose dragon; not to mention the burgeoning and peculiar feelings for his fellow prince that Arthur struggles to put a name to.
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Post-canon AU / Canon AU from S2. It's been ten years since Arthur drifted away from him on the Lake of Avalon, but even inside Camelot's walls, Merlin is still lost. Hiding from those who know him and cut off from his former life in self-imposed exile, he can't resist the temptation when a mysterious stranger offers him the chance to set things right. Merlin returns to the past, to an innocent, simpler time, armed with the knowledge of Arthur's fate. He knows the odds (and the stubborn people - Arthur in particular) are stacked against him and the obstacles he must overcome seem insurmountable. Can destiny be nudged enough to save Arthur's life, and is the price too high?
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Named the Last Dragonlord as his birthright, Merlin knows he must be responsible to his fellow druids and honor the tenets of the prophecy. That doesn't mean he's entirely happy about it and of course, trudging through yet another year of ritual with yet another potential consort, Merlin's perhaps grown a bit too blasé about the whole thing. So when Arthur Pendragon shows up in the Valley of the Fallen Kings, and they're both swept up in the auspices of said prophecy, he's not entirely sure how to feel about it all (or about the handsome, arrogant prince).
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"“Emrys,” said Gaius, raising the Eyebrow of Disappointment and flicking his gaze to where Merlin stood behind Arthur’s chair. “That is who you wish to have as your court sorcerer.”
Arthur nodded gravely, every eye in the council meeting upon him. “Camelot is dangerously close to division even now that sorcery is legal. We need someone who will unite us all, and I cannot settle for less. I’ll send riders out at first light chasing rumours and follow up any promising leads we have myself.”
He looked so beautiful when he said it, every inch the king, with the sunlight through the windows turning him gold. His voice had taken on that richness that sometimes infused Arthur’s words – that for the good of the kingdom voice, that let it be so voice, the voice that Merlin had come to understand meant another brick laid on the road to Albion.
Unfortunately, that voice had been co-opted for a fucking farce."
Or - In which magic is legal and Merlin is still lying for reasons that are absolutely, totally 100% valid and have nothing to do with his love for Arthur
DO NOT ADD MY FICS TO GOODREADS
As a reminder, I can read what you put in the bookmarks
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In which people get married, Arthur is confused a lot, Uther gives relationship advice, and Merlin isn’t scared, except when he is, but only a little bit. Also Merlin steals things, and Gwaine is up to no good.