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The Once and Future Professor by Buffoonery
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
07 Oct 2025
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Professor Emeric Ambrose is Hogwarts' new Muggle Studies teacher. His qualifications include a deep, personal animosity towards every major author of the Arthurian legends, an unnerving ability to reason with sentient furniture, and the eyes of a man who has been tired for a very, very long time.
He's also Merlin.
All he wants is a quiet life. But with a king in a painting who won't stop giving bad advice, a magical portrait of his nemesis down the hall, and two red-headed apprentices who are determined to learn the art of "narrative chaos," Merlin is about to discover that the only thing worse than being forgotten by history is having it come back to haunt you. Literally. -
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Across centuries of plagues, wars, and new names for old cruelties, Merlin endures. After Camlann he walks the long road alone, a sorcerer who will not die and a lover who cannot forget. When grief finally tears a seam in time, he falls back into Camelot on the first day of his destiny. This time Merlin is smarter, quiet where he must be, ruthless where it counts, and determined to change fate for his golden-haired king.
“That’s not very knightly of you, darling,” he called, voice lazy as a cat sunning on a sill.
Arthur turned. Blue eyes, quick and keen and infuriatingly curious, flicked over him. “Excuse me?”
“Using a servant as a moving target.” Merlin tipped his head toward the boy trotting in a circle, the shield clattering against his spine. “It’s crude. If you wanted to show off, you could have asked me to watch. I make an excellent audience.
A squire choked. The boy stumbled to a grateful halt.
Arthur’s mouth flattened into the princely version of a smile’s shadow. “Do you know who you’re talking to?”
“Handsome, overconfident, dangerously good with his hands,” Merlin said. “Likes knives more than apologies. I’ve met your type.”A.k.a Merlin fixes destiny with flirting,
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“You miserable, lying hag!” Arthur shouts. “I kissed her! I did what you asked!”
“I’m no liar,” the witch says. “I said to kiss the one your heart most desires. It appears that person is not the queen.”
Instantly, the color drains from Arthur’s face. He stumbles backwards, gripping the hilt of his sword until his knuckles turn white.
“Kiss the one your heart most desires,” the witch sings, “and your friends will be set free.”
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To save his friends’ lives, Arthur must confess feelings that were never meant to see the light. But it is Merlin who pays the price.
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Merlin succeeded. He saved Arthur.
If only Arthur could’ve saved Merlin.
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- Part 1 of Whumptober 2025
- Part 1 of Merthur Madness
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season of mists and mellow fruitfulness by adhd-merlin (BowlOfGlow)
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
21 Sep 2025
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Gwen finally asks Merlin a question she's been wondering about for a while.
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After Camlann Gwen, on the edge of breaking beneath all her burdens, turns to the strongest knight in all the five kingdoms for solace.
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Merlin hadn’t done anything dumb or self-sacrificial like Arthur had feared—that was the silver lining. But that left him with one conclusion. Arthur had died by Mordred’s blade. He was no mortal, not any longer. He was a ghost.
or—it's been a few months since Camlann, and Arthur reappears as a ghost, cursed to be unseen and unheard by his loved ones left behind. It's too bad no one in Camelot is powerful enough to see and interact with ghosts . . . right?
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- Part 8 of Living's Standalone Merthur Fics
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I was listening to the song Nothing’s Gonna Hurt You, Baby by Cigarettes After Sex, and this story unfolded before my eyes. What if Merlin went back in time, eliminated every enemy, and then walked into Arthur’s bedroom, covered in blood and pain — so that at least his prince could dream in peace?
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Arthur died. Merlin didn’t.
That should’ve been the end of the story.But from the shores of Avalon, the Once and Future King watches his sorcerer live through every loss, every century, every name carved in stone.
Merlin mourns. Again. And again. And again.
Until a son is born — and lost.
How many lives must pass before destiny calls again?
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No one can escape their destiny, not even the immortal god of Magic, Emrys. Arthur dies at Camlann, as foretold. But Camelot still stands, and she needs a ruler.
Gwen is crowned Queen, and instates First Knight, Sir Leon, as Regent and Advisor to the Crown. He hates every second of it and decides to resurrect the king.
Leon had come back from the dead once, why couldn’t Arthur? And if Leon used magic to do it, maybe the King will finally get around to revoking that stupid magic law.
— a gosh dang fix it fic bc how dare they.
aka leon gets tired of his survivors guilt and decides to cope with it in an unhealthy way you can’t have survivors guilt if everyone else survives -
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Set one year after series 5 in an alternate timeline where Arthur survives Camlaan.
For one year, Camelot has had time to adjust to a new age where the magic ban has been lifted and sorcerers can practice magic freely without the fear of being hunted and killed. However, the lift on the ban hasn't come without a price - riots plague the streets of Camelot and with the people fighting amongst each other, King Alined of Deorham seizes opportunity to invade.
However, to invade successfully, Alined needs to remove the one person at Arthur's side that would sure be a problem if he gets in the way - Emrys.
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After Arthur's death, Vivian regains herself and travels to Tintagel
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- Part 16 of Poetry
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“When I first learned of the prophecy, they said I was the most powerful of all. Many believed I could have anything I ever wanted. And yet, I never thought I could have you.”
“You can have everything”, Arthur breathed out, holding onto Merlin’s hands as if he would fall to his knees again any second without their support.
“Everything I have is yours. Everything I am is yours”, he sighed out with such a heavy tone as if he had been waiting to utter these words for a decade.
He probably had.
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Or: Athur had been exhausted for weeks, attempting to save the remnants of his kingdom after surviving Camlann. When one night, Merlin jokingly puts on the king's crown, Arthur can't help but fall to his knees.
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Arthur Pendragon faced peril everyday in Camelot with his servant Merlin, Court Sorceress and sister Morgana with her trusted friend Gwen, and the Knights of the Round Table!
They always come back alive and well. Like a fairytale of never-ending happiness.
One Arthur slowly found the cracks of and after a conversation with the Sidhe, he comes back to Camelot in ruins and Merlin offering to reverse the damages if he chose to live in this lie.
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Centuries after the battle of Camlann Merlin waits for his kings return, mourning a past lifetime.
Camelot is no more and magic has been lost to the world. Will Arthur return?Merlin has lost hope.
And yet still he waits.
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“You-” Ygraine said, stepping up to point a finger in Uther’s face. “You are a liar and a murderer. The fact you think someone as sweet and caring as Vivienne is destined to marry you is a tragedy in itself, but if you expect me to hand over my brother’s rightful claim to Camelot’s throne-”
“My claim to Camelot’s throne,” Uther threw back, face growing more red as Arthur looked between his parents in utter bewilderment. Merlin didn’t blame him. He had envisioned Uther and Ygraine’s love story to be more… well, less based in war and battles.
Ygraine’s eyes narrowed as she grabbed a goblet of wine and threw it in Uther’s face. A few of the guards shifted, but Uther only raised a hand to pause them, spitting out the wine with furious eyes.
“You,” Ygraine said coldly. “Are unworthy to sit upon a stool, let alone a throne.”
From a few feet away, Balinor scoffed as he sipped from his own goblet. “I kind of like having her as a hostage, Uther. She livens up the place.”
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In a desperate attempt to save Arthur at Camlann, Merlin tries to reverse time. It works perhaps a tad too well.
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Fight So Dirty (Love So Sweet) by SauraUnderscore for Sunfall_of_Ennien, Merlioske, Sage_Owl
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
04 Jul 2025
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The training grounds are empty so early in the morning. It is the perfect time to teach Merlin to use a sword. But Merlin is a cheater, and Arthur will need to do something about it.
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- Part 3 of Merlin Bingo 2025
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A newly healed and freshly motivated Arthur isn’t the only one facing an overhauled view of the world around him. Camelot, the other kingdoms, and let’s not forget Merlin himself, will all have their own adjustments to endure. How will these challenges help them grow? Please enjoy this post season 5, everyone slowly but surely gets their stuff together, tale of friendship and destiny.
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When Merlin and Arthur set out to hunt down a monster, a run-in with a sorcerer leaves Arthur under a curse. Darkness lingers on the horizon, and there may be more to the reporters of the beast lingering in the shadows. With rumours of a rebellion mounting, Camelot needs her King. Merlin does what he must.
“Arthur,” Merlin said quietly. “I’m your Court Sorcerer.”
Arthur’s stomach flipped. The noise of the birds and shifting branches was drowned by a wave of anger ringing in his ears. “Magic,” he spat.
Enchantment—that’s what it was. That was why nothing made sense. This Merlin had messed with his mind. Arthur should have known better; he’d trusted so easily. Magic, surely, had poisoned his thoughts. Even now, what dark shadows were playing tricks with his wits?
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In the wake of a battle that should have ended everything, Arthur Pendragon wakes to a kingdom uncertain and a future unwritten. At his side is Merlin—steadfast, changed, and carrying truths too long kept hidden.
As Camelot begins to heal, so must its king and his most loyal companion. But recovery is never simple. Between shifting loyalties, lingering wounds, and the weight of what was never said, Merlin and Arthur must navigate what it means to lead, to trust, and to choose each other—openly.
Whumptober 2024 Prompt Day 25: SURGERY | stitches | being monitored | “it's for your own good”.
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- Part 25 of Whumptober2024