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Arthur’s heart dropped to his feet. “It’s too hard, Gaius. I can’t do it anymore.” Arthur had never heard Merlin in so much pain before. Not when they’ve been attacked or kidnapped or almost killed. But that, it sounded like Merlin was choking on his own cries, on his own tears, and it took everything Arthur had for him to not ram the door open in that moment. “I can’t keep lying to him. I can’t keep doing this to Arthur!”
Merlin and Gaius were always so busy running around the citadel trying to stop assassins and sorcerers and everything else in-between that they often forgot other people were around. Whether it was the fact that their door being closed didn’t suddenly mean no one would ever be able to hear them, or the fact that talking loudly in a hallway wasn’t a secret place, the two of them seemed to give out more of their treason acts than they knew.
With the Guards and Knights of Camelot stumbling across these two men in various stages of illegal activities, just how long can Merlin stay off the pyre and keep his head? And just how long will it be until it’s Arthur himself who overhears one of their conversations about all the ways they break the law?
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“Never wander alone, my darling, or Jenny Grinteeth will get you,” Hunith used to say. “Or if you forget, make sure you say the rhyme - that wards her off.”
Jenny Grinteeth leave me be, my mother loves me, leave me be.
Jenny Grinteeth is a game they play. But as Merlin is sucked into life at Camelot, he wanders alone more than ever. He is surrounded by people, but he doubts they love him; they can’t really even know him. The loneliness becomes so routine, he forgets his mother’s warnings and the funny, little rhymes, which might otherwise have saved his life.
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Gwaine spends another night drinking away his problems at the tavern, while Merlin spends another night complaining to Gwaine about Arthur.
Why couldn't Merlin just see he belonged with Gwaine and not the entitled princess?
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- Part 7 of Eras Tour (Merlin's Version)
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- English
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Uther thinks Arthur and Merlin are together. Neither corrects him.
Now the kingdom thinks so too. Servants, knights, Gwen, and Morgana all have opinions.
It’s ridiculous, it’s awkward… and Arthur isn’t sure he actually wants to fix it.Series
- Part 2 of A Royal Mess
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"Sure. Do I know you?" Arthur replied easily.
Merlin held out a hand for Arthur to shake. "I'm Merlin."
"So I don't know you?"Merthur Spider-Man AU
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It was Gwaine's birthday at the tavern, and he proposed they play a game. It began innocent enough, but soon some truths were revealed.
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Just Between Us, I Remember It by TheDreamPriestess for FathomMeOut
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
15 Aug 2025
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Arthur knew what a Sigil represented; a concept he had been introduced to as a young prince, late on those evenings his father could stand his presence for more than a moment. A marriage proposal of the deepest and most romantic kind, a callback to the traditions of old – especially along the Pendragon line.
As such, his message was clear.
He was going to marry Merlin.
No matter what it took.
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OR: Arthur’s POV of ‘Just Between Us, Did the Love Affair Maim You Too?’
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- Part 2 of Just Between Us (It's All Too Well)
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Arthur is relieved when Balinor the Dragonlord agrees to help, but dismayed when he refuses to come back to Camelot. Instead, Arthur is stuck waiting in the middle of nowhere while Balinor calls the dragon. To make matters worse, Arthur’s idiot manservant clearly has a massive crush on the guy: despite him being a grumpy, straggly, cave-dwelling sorcerer, who makes terrible cabbage pottage, Merlin hasn’t taken his eyes off him! Arthur will tolerate this nonsense for a couple of days, but only because he must save Camelot.
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Merlin can’t remember the last time he’s locked his bedroom door, if ever. But he chooses not to think about it. He merely sulks his way back to his bed, taking a moment to contemplate taking off his trousers and tunic from the night before. He decides not to think about that either.
Instead, he decides not to think at all. He just falls back into his bed, covers up his body more so in shame than for warmth, and closes his eyes.
Basically Merlin is sexually assaulted and this story follows how he and everyone else deals with it.
Spoiler alert: THEY DON'T HANDLE IT WELL.
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Merlin visits Lake Avalon every year on the anniversary of Arthur's death. Every year, he makes the same wish - that he would once again be reunited with Arthur.
Merlin lies down in the grassy outcrop that replaced the dried up lake and dreams of Arthur. He still thinks he's dreaming when Lake Avalon fills back up with thrashing, frigid water and threatens to take him away from the land of the living.
When Merlin is drowning, he dreams of Arthur's face. He dreams that he feels Arthur's strong arms holding him once again, pulling him from the grasp of the lake and onto the safety of the shoreline.
Merlin still thinks he's dreaming when Arthur speaks to him and reassures him that he's here to stay. It's almost too real for Merlin to handle.
But, what if it wasn't a dream, after all?
*updating as I write*
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People were missing overnight, outlying villages that reside seaside were wiped out without any trace. And it seems to be a pattern that would lead right to the small town near the labyrinth of Gedref. The only part of Camelot that touches the great sea of Meredor.
The Prince, along with The Round Table Knight– and Merlin– as ever, are ready to protect people from this malevolence magic. They have to find out the hard way that they’re powerless against it. It went so far, to them being amongst the missing people. Captured to a Magical Kingdom on an island across the sea where they’re worship a long told prophecy of someone name Emrys. -
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Merlin is the greatest sorcerer ever known, King Arthur’s Manservant, and a physician in training to Gaius. He has also turned himself into a woman to participate in a monthly performance down at the Tavern. If he cannot fully showcase his Powers as Merlin, he can at least have some fun.
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Everyone in Camelot knows Merlin is basically the Queen. The guards bow to him, the servants adore him, and the council refuses to start meetings without him. Everyone's in on it—except Merlin.
Arthur’s just now noticing.
And it’s starting to drive him mad.You can also find this and more (eventually) on my Wattpad account - STAR033
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Camelot is made of many people working to help the king and her people. This is a collection of people going about their lives and seeing the chaos that is Arthur and Merlin.
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Alternatively, I wondered how people who just wanted to live in Camelot viewed it all and thus, this was born.
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When Merlin recuperates from what Gwaine was almost certain would be his death, he kisses him out of sheer relief and definitely nothing more—at least that’s what he tells Merlin. Unfortunately, Merlin believes him. It’s not the first time something like this has happened to him, after all…
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Some say Camelot’s laundry is cleaned by a miracle. Others say by a fairy.
Really, it’s just Merlin.
Merlin, who has no idea he’s become a divine cleaning entity.
Or: what if Merlin using that stain removal spell in Episode 1 of Season 4 somehow led to the formation of a fanatical cult, ritual sock parades and Arthur in crop tops?
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- Part 1 of Whose Line Is It Anyway?
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When Merlin sees a devastating vision, his fear of losing Arthur overcomes him, and he taps into a power that threatens to undo him.
Meanwhile, Arthur searches for his wayward servant with only his dreams guiding him - and Merlin - back into each other's paths.
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Five Times Merlin Thought Arthur Was Under a Spell and the One Time He Wasn't by nooneblue
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
10 Jul 2025
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As a gift for King Arthur's selfless show of humility, the clan's Seer sought him out personally. Merlin had to shut his mouth halfway through explaining the dangers of knowing your own fate before it happens—at the very least, he let it be known that whatever Arthur does see is not the only outcome. For fear of sounding rude or ungrateful, Merlin left it at that and Arthur took her hand and disappeared into the tent without a second thought.
Arthur emerges as a changed man—someone Merlin hardly recognizes anymore.
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Morgana ties Arthur's life to Merlin's, thinking that it'll be much easier to kill a helpless servant than the King of Camelot.
Aka, Morgana unwittingly binds Arthur's life to the most powerful sorcerer to walk the earth.
Aka, not only can they physically not leave each other's sides, but also anything Merlin feels, so does Arthur--and vice versa.
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Arthur isn’t exactly stealthy when he sees something he likes.
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- Part 14 of Merlin and Arthur OneShots