Merlin fics
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Arthur never really considered that Merlin had a life or friends outside of his service. He learns otherwise, especially after word gets out that Merlin has been hurt.
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- Part 1 of Merlin fics
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Follow up to "Visiting Hours". There are things about their encounter with the bandits that just don't add up for Arthur, and he's determined to make sense of them.
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- Part 2 of Merlin fics
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After a rescue mission gone wrong, Arthur and Merlin return home.
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- Part 3 of Merlin fics
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Arthur is pretty sure he died, so why is he waking up in his own bed in Camelot, and how did he end up ten years in the past? And where the hell is Merlin?
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- Part 4 of Merlin fics
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Everyone is born with a heart line, a pigmented mark running from the heart down the left arm to the palm, which turns color when the person comes of age, telling them when it is time to seek their soulmate. Red indicates a romantic love, while blue is for platonic "heart-friends", as the minstrels called it.
Uther had always told Arthur to ignore his heart line, that it wouldn't matter who his soulmate was; princes did not marry for love, after all. If was lucky, he'd be able to keep her as a mistress, so long as he did not get any children with her. Uther hated magic and would have urged Arthur to ignore the heart line anyway, if he could.
Arthur wasn't sure his soulmate was really a woman despite Uther's assumptions. But Arthur's heart line hadn't even come into its full color yet, which meant he hadn't come of age in the eyes of the gods, despite being named crown prince by Uther. So it really didn't matter: whoever his soulmate was, he wasn't yet ready to meet them.
Then one day his heart line comes in, and it's neither red nor blue.
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- Part 5 of Merlin fics
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Arthur has always had dreams of his past life; when he is finally old enough to be able, he seeks out his knights, one by one. Only one person is missing: Merlin.
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- Part 6 of Merlin fics
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Merlin took the cup into his hands. "I'm sorry," he said. "This isn't how I wanted you to find out." He took a drink, and his eyes glowed gold.
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- Part 7 of Merlin fics
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When Arthur returns from the Lake of Avalon, Merlin learns just why it took him so long to do so. He expects to have to educate Arthur about the modern era, but it turns out that isn't necessary. Possibly subtitled "Curry and Giraffes", for reasons which will become clear in the story.
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- Part 8 of Merlin fics
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One wrong move in the heat of battle changes everything. Merlin is a sorcerer, and Arthur has stabbed him.
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- Part 9 of Merlin fics
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Uther married a troll. In canon, that all worked out fine eventually. In this slight canon divergence, there is at least one noble who's not willing to let it slide so easily.
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- Part 10 of Merlin fics
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While still recovering their relationship after "The Curse of Cornelius Sigan", Arthur goes missing and is presumed dead. Merlin, despite his anger toward Arthur, refuses to give up on his friend, and goes on a search that takes him farther from home than he's ever been. Can he find and rescue the missing prince? Will Arthur forgive him for the methods he uses to save him?
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- Part 11 of Merlin fics
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As the years go by after Arthur's death, Merlin says goodbye to everyone he's known and loved, one by one, until only he remains.
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- Part 12 of Merlin fics
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Takes place immediately after "A Series of Farewells". Merlin leaves Camelot behind, and meets someone who offers him a difficult choice. Which is the right path to take, and will he take it for the right reasons?
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- Part 13 of Merlin fics
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After the Battle of Camlann, when Arthur's eyes close for the final time, Merlin refuses to accept it. After all, hasn't he mastered the power of life and death? However, his attempt to "make things right" has greater consequences than he ever could have imagined.
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- Part 14 of Merlin fics
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A commissioned original artwork by Margaret Hawkswood, showing Balinor and Merlin up in the highlands outside of Comraich. Merlin has paused to admire the view, and Balinor watches him fondly, remembering the times he has done the same thing.
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- Part 15 of Merlin fics
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The King and the Land Are One by PeaceHeather for Sunfall_of_Ennien, Merlioske
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
10 Aug 2021
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Arthur isn't speaking to Merlin, after having found out about his magic and all the secrets Merlin kept. Worse, a drought has overtaken Camelot, and it can only be lifted with a sacrifice to the gods of the Old Religion... and the sacrifice can only be performed by the king. The king and the land are one, was how they phrased it in ancient times. According to the druids, Arthur must humble himself before the gods, then spill his seed in a sacred grove at a sacred time. The druids warn him, though: just because the sacrifice is simple, does not mean it will be easy.
Preparation for the ritual drags Arthur's innermost fantasies to the surface, where he can ignore them no longer. As far as Arthur is concerned, it doesn't matter that he's in love with Merlin, Merlin must never find out about Arthur's secret desires... but a secret part of him wonders, what if Merlin did?
(Tags refer to both fantasized and actual sex by the characters.)Series
- Part 16 of Merlin fics
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After the incident with Edwin Muirden, Uther named Gaius a free man of Camelot. Less than a year later, he handed him over to the witchfinder. No more, thought Gaius. No more.
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- Part 17 of Merlin fics