5 Works in Ficsread2022
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Merlin never expected to meet his soulmate. Never expected to be staring down the barrel of a gun into his soulmate's eyes.
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Merlin and Arthur find each other in this lifetime, but in the wrong circumstances.
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- Part 8 of 12 Days of Merlinmas
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I'll Weather Every Blow by the_nerdiest_insanity for SnufflesThePig
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
16 Dec 2022
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When soulmates can feel each other's pain, it takes Arthur a shockingly long to to figure out Merlin is the one sharing with him. Yet as Arthur keeps getting increasing worse injuries, he's left to wonder what the hell Merlin is actually doing!
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- Part 1 of Feel Your Bruises On My Skin
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in losing grips on sinking ships, you showed up just in time by kingdom_keys
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
04 Sep 2022
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When you're young, you just run,
But you come back to what you need,
This love is goodAfter an assassination attempt gone wrong, Merlin discovers that he has magic, that Atlantis is real, and that he is the prince of this hidden magical community. Unbeknownst to him, his magic soul-bonded him to Arthur. Three years later, as the soul bond is rejected, Merlin begins dying.
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“Merlin,” Arthur asks, tilting his head curiously as he soaks in the tub, finger absently caressing the mark painted onto his skin where his shoulder and neck meet. “Why do you never show your soulmark?”
Merlin doesn’t look at him when he answers, just focuses on plucking dirty tunics from the floor. “You don’t show your soulmark either, sire.”
Arthur huffs. “That’s not the same. I can’t. But if I weren’t the prince of Camelot, I would be showing it off everywhere. Most people do. Aren’t you worried you won’t find your soulmate?”
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Arthur has always been proud of his soulmark, has always known that when his forever came along they would be remarkable. Merlin has kept himself so modestly covered since arriving in Camelot that Arthur can't help but be curious about the mark he must be hiding... until Merlin tells him that he's Unmarked.
But then Merlin becomes injured and unconscious, torn cloth at his neck, and Arthur pulls it aside to view the wound--and finds his matching soulmark instead.
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“Be at ease, Emrys. We are the Vilia, spirits of the river. We have healed you.” The warlock opens his mouth to ask a dozen more questions, but the spirits speak before he can. “We implore you to listen for there isn’t much time. We know what the Once and Future King is preparing to do. A blood sacrifice to appease the veil and its guardian.” They have Merlin’s full attention now. “We are here to tell you that there is another way. The choice will be yours.”
Merlin’s breath catches in his throat. Maybe, for once, no one else will need to die. “Tell me.”
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- Part 3 of Gaylienz's Kinkalot 2020