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Merlin's emotional hoarding and Merlin's habit of hiding things from Arthur so he doesn't worry collide.
Arthur runs to Merlin’s side and holds him. Merlin sobs harder but embraces the hug. Merlin curls into Arthur’s chest. He tries to soothe Merlin the best he can. “I’m here” Arthur whispers and gives a short kiss on his neck. Arthur makes Merlin lay down again, gets his boots off and lays down beside him. Arthur keeps repeating between kisses ‘I’m here’ caressing Merlin’s hair and cuddling him until Merlin falls asleep and soon enough Arthur too.
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To mess with a dragon's treasure is the epitome of foolishness. To be a dragon's treasure is a double-edged honor foolishly refused.
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Merlin experiences life as a dragon and Arthur plays the part of a princess
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- Part 1 of The Ark of Merlin
- Part 1 of A Dragon's Tail
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After Camleot is overrun by Morgause's army and Morgana is revealed to be a spy, Merlin is forced to free The Great Dragon. He gives him the answer he seeks yet takes something much larger, when the citadel is weak he kills Uther Pendragon.
Arthur, overcome with loss, begins searching for the only man who can help him defeat The Great Dragon, the last Dragonlord. What they find, however, is much more than either Merlin or Arthur expected. In the shadow of that cruel night, Merlin must face the truth of his heritage and hide it from his best friend, the new king of Camelot.
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the pale morning sings of forgotten things by habituallywastingtime
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
15 Jul 2025
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It’s a daily battle, reigning in his magic.
But there is something wrong with his magic and there is something wrong with Merlin.
As Merlin finishes working the buckles on Arthur’s armor, he feels a creaking in his bones.
The moment Balinor’s pulse finally stilled on the forest floor, Merlin’s magic changed. No longer is his magic a flower waiting to bloom in his cupped palms, it’s an animal backed into a corner waiting to sink its teeth into the ones who put it there. The mutt at his feet has lost its patience.
There’s a flint being struck under his skin, generating sparks, seeking dry brush to ignite and swallow in flame.
Merlin is terrified.
He isn’t a seer, never mastered the art of scrying, but even he knows something is looming over the horizon.
or Merlin’s Dragonlord powers let him shift into a dragon, things go to shit, and then there are more dragons.
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- Part 1 of the dragon's roar
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A large black shadow swooped over the training grounds. Arthur and Percival ran to the sidelines as fast as their legs could carry them.
The shadow grew darker and dust rose into the air as a blackened mass bigger than two houses combined slammed into the ground.
A dragon.
And not just any dragon at that.
“Merlin!”
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Prompt fill for the Merlin 2024 bingo: Possessive BehaviorSeries
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Merlin's new Dragonlord powers come with some unforeseen side effects. When he's kidnapped by bandits, the new aspect of his powers makes itself known.
But Merlin could've gotten himself out of the mess on his own, thank you very much, if only Arthur hadn't made it worse by rushing in and trying to save him.
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When tales of a dragon plaguing the west reaches Camelot, Arthur Pendragon insists on riding out to prove his worth to his father. It's supposed to be his moment of truth, but instead the young Prince discovers two dragons, and makes a choice that might very-well come back to bite him in his royal arse.
Now, five years after that fateful choice, King Arthur is still fighting his father's fight against magic, with an ominous new order gaining power. Arthur seeks a way to defeat magic once and for all, when he meets a familiar stranger; A lanky, and weirdly compelling boy named Merlin.
Dragon-Merlin AU, where our boys meet under different circumstances and yet Merlin still ends up becoming Arthur's man-servant.
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Uther decides to hire Merlin to spy on Arthur . But Merlin has conditions . Meanwhile there is a subplot running regarding Gwen and Morgana just as there is about Merlin and Arthur
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- Part 1 of The Camelot Royals Uncurtailed
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Merlin finds a dragon egg in Camelot's vaults. Unfamiliar instincts drive him to bring it to Avalon where he and Freya hatch the egg and raise the hatchling.
Aithusa quickly accepts them as her parents, and they love her with all the ferocity of the sun she's named after.
Shortly after her first hatch day, Merlin uses his wild dragonlord magic to give Aithusa a human form so he can safely bring her to Camelot.
It goes about as well as anyone could expect.
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With another growl, the monster surges forward, pressing its full weight into Arthur and toppling his footing. They both go down hard with just the damaged sword as a barrier between them. Arthur’s arms shake with the effort to keep it that way, pressing upwards with all the strength he can muster to free himself. The monster barely budges, lips pulling back in a snarl that reveals a mouthful of half-sharp, half-dull teeth.
Through his panic, Arthur finally realizes why this monster seems so different from the attacks in the past. His gaze trails from the jagged teeth snapping angrily at him to the side of the creature’s face that isn’t covered in scales, to the side that’s so obviously and glaringly human.
Because the monster isn’t a monster at all. It’s something else entirely, some kind of cursed hybrid never before seen. Worst of all, though, Arthur finds that he recognizes the human face beyond the scales and fangs.
“Merlin?”
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Though I burn, how could I fall?
When I am lifted by every word you say to me?
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Prince Arthur captures a young dragon under the orders of his father. He doesn’t expect to come home in one piece, and he certainly doesn’t plan on committing treason to release the dastardly dragonlord named Merlin.WIP as of 11/08/24
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Sequel to Dragon's Hoard. Five times someone draws the wrong conclusion and one time there's no room for doubt.
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Dragon instincts are gaining the upper hand, Merlin is a menace, Arthur and Gwen are pining, and Morgana is so, so confused.
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- Part 2 of dragon Merlin AU
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There is something incredibly warm pressed against him. Despite his boyfriend being so lithe, he is usually pretty warm, but not usually this warm. It’s like a burning hot shower. Not that Arthur is complaining; in his opinion, the hotter the shower, the better.
He moves his head forward to nuzzle Merlin’s neck but instead of brushing against soft skin, his cheek brushes something rough and— a scale?
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[One hunting trip. That’s all Arthur wanted. One trip that didn’t involve dangerous magical creatures or bandits or other non-traditional hindrances. For once he would like for his biggest problems to be a damp sleeping bag.
But no, it could never be that easy. Arthur’s camp was long forgotten as he dangled from the claws of the dragon. He’d woken up to see a dark figure standing over him and the next thing he knew he was dangling hundreds of meters in the air with a pounding headache.]
Or, Merlin is a dragonlord, the son of the dragonlord Balinor who rules over the dragons in the North. Arthur is the prince Merlin is instructed to kidnap. Balinor is the exasperated father and general who just wanted to legalize magic but accidentally set his son up with the child and heir of his greatest enemy.
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Arthur and Merlin go looking for a magical creature and Arthur finds out about Merlin’s magic.
*I will be remaking this fic so this one will be abandoned*
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Arthur grew up dreaming of the dragons in his line even as the hate for them were taught to him over and over. At twenty, and wanting to run away from his duties, rumors began to spread about dragons. Arthur used the rumors to escape the citadel. When he and his knights are ambushed by enemy soldiers, Arthur finds himself saved. By the very beast he was told to hunt.
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The last dragon has been slain and the seaside village of Camelot will no longer have to sacrifice virgin maidens to keep appeasing the beast from terrorising their land. Twenty-one years later, Arthur, eager to save his sister from an arranged marriage, secretly takes her place in a faux-sacrificial ritual in honour of the groom-to-be's father. But the ceremony unknowingly summons a creature long thought to be dead and Arthur is stolen away to a fate presumably worse than matrimony.
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What is a magic-hating king to do when his only son is put in danger by the very laws and beliefs that he had forced on not only Camelot, but the surrounding kingdoms? Prince Arthur has magic and Uther must find a way to protect him from those who would demand that he execute Arthur, as he had countless other sorcerers over the last twenty years. Desperate for help, Uther goes to The Great Dragon. In exchange for his freedom, Kilgharrah tells the king that to help Arthur learn to control his magic, he needs the son of The Last Dragonlord. That their destinies lie together, and the future of Albion depends upon them. Uther must change his attitude toward magic and learn to accept his son for who he truly is.
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“The future is truly terrifying, Merlin, I am not denying you that. And you have the right to be afraid. You are so young.”
“But do always remember that you did not walk this path alone.”
“And neither did he.”
Somehow Merlin knew who and what Gaius referred to in his heart.
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Arthur Pendragon was sent by his father to live in Ealdor with Merlin at the time of the war in Camelot, one for his safety, and another to meet, the warlock, Merlin, and gain his trust. While Merlin was in conflict about his and Arthur’s destiny and how it ended, wanted to escape from it. Wanted Arthur to escape from it. Not knowing that he could not escape from his half until the time came.
“Whatever happened, happened Merlin. But I will try my best until the end.”
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Merlin and Arthur grew up together. Arthur knew Merlin had magic from the start. Arthur switched places with Merlin and needed to hide his identity. they both just love fighting each other. Badasses. Plus a lot of references from the Arthurian legend.
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- Part 1 of To Tame the Falcon series.
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“Arthur had always known that there was something wrong with Merlin, that the idiot was a bit addled in the brain or something, with those fumbling, tripping, bumbling ways of his that no amount of magical power seemed to be able to fix. But this?”
Five times Arthur and Gwen notice something weird about Merlin, and one time he shows them everything.
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- Part 1 of dragon Merlin AU