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• cut off my nose (just to spite my face) by unholy_elysium

  Fandoms: Merlin (TV)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  04 Oct 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Merlin & Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
  • Knights of the Round Table & Merlin (Merlin)
  • Merlin (Merlin)
  • Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
  • Gwaine (Merlin)
  • Leon (Merlin)
  • Lancelot (Merlin)
  • Percival (Merlin)
  • Elyan (Merlin)
  • Gaius (Merlin)
  • When is this set? Who knows
  • Angst
  • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
  • Kind Of
  • Whump
  • Merlin Whump (Merlin)
  • Hurt Merlin (Merlin)
  • Merlin Needs a Hug (Merlin)
  • Merlin Needs a Break (Merlin)
  • The Knights Know About Merlin's Magic (Merlin)
  • Arthur Pendragon Knows About Merlin's Magic (Merlin)
  • Merlin's Magic Revealed (Merlin)
  • trust it makes sense
  • Gaius is So Done (Merlin)
  • Physician Gaius (Merlin)
  • Protective Gaius (Merlin)
  • Protective Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
  • Arthur is trying to be a good friend
  • hes not quite there but he wants to be
  • hes not the best in this but I promise it’s not Arthur bashing
  • hes doing his best
  • same with the rest of the knights
  • Protective Knights (Merlin)
  • Whumptober 2025
  • no beta we die like Merlin in this lmao
  • not really there’s no untagged main character death I promise

  Summary

  Merlin and Arthur are kidnapped, but Merlin manages to score a pretty cold iron cuff to match his shackles. After rescue, they decide to wait until they get back to Camelot to take it off. Surely Merlin can last until then without his magic.

  Merlin isn’t as convinced.

  Series

  • Part 4 of unholy_elysiums whumptober 2025

  Language:

  English

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