Devious_Mastermind
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“Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I think Aithusa likes me more than you.”
If anyone had told Merlin five years ago that this would be a sentence coming out of Arthur’s mouth, he would have laughed, if only for the sake of not crying.
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- Part 68 of Merlin Stories
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23 Nov 2025
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He tugs lightly on Merlin’s leg, flashes him a smile. “Don’t worry, I’m not going to fall in love with you; pinkie promise and all, yeah?”
Merlin laughs, a short, incredulous sound. “Oh my god how are you so—you’re such a goddamn idiot, it's impossible.”
Arthur grins back, shrugs a little. “Hey, my charm works on a whooping number of three women and one guy, the latter unfortunate enough to call himself my best friend. What can I say? I’m a catch.”
Arthur has known for a while that he's bi. He's known for about as long that he finds Merlin attractive, too. They are friends though, and there are a hundred reasons why they cannot happen, no matter what Arthur otherwise thinks about it.
Alternatively: a beginning, a fuck-up, and some hard-won reconciliation, told over the course of four weddings and one funeral.
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- Part 78 of Merlin Stories
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watch all my bridges burn by kairennart (Personaje), queerofthedagger for MagicInAvalon
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
02 Aug 2023
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His chest still feels warm, devoid of the sharp, hungry burn that has been eating through him for the last two days, almost as greedily as the sting of betrayal had. It’s good now, though, better. He wonders how Merlin had done it, in the end, how many lives could be saved if he possesses the power to pull Arthur back from the brink of certain death.
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- Part 81 of Merlin Stories
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23 Nov 2025
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The snow under them both was soaked with Derek’s blood.
His whole life was bleeding out on his father’s lawn with every faint beat of Derek’s heart.
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Or, the Mafia AU where Derek suffers from amnesia and forgets being married to StilesBookmarked by Devious_Mastermind
23 Oct 2025
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“Grimmond is the third to fail this month. How am I meant to defend Camelot with rubbish like that?” Arthur pulls off his glove with two fingers, tossing it behind him for Merlin to catch.
“I think I might be able to help,” Merlin pipes up.
“You?” Arthur repeats. “What do you know about being a knight? You haven’t the faintest idea what it takes to be one. Courage. Fortitude. Discipline.” Anyone else would take it as an insult, but Merlin just bobs his head in pleasant agreement.
“No, no. Of course I don’t,” Merlin says. “But I know someone who does.”
An ABO retelling of 1x05 Lancelot in which Arthur is threatened by the arrival of a new, too-good-to-be-true alpha in Camelot.
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14 Sep 2025