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Time For Me To Return - [iybisdm] by Starlight_Shaped_Hope for Haley - Haeli
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
13 Jun 2025
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"Mordred knows the answer, feels it, before Merlin has even had time to articulate a thought. He answers for him. 'He lives his worst fear every day.'
He's sure the others would react if they could. He dares not look.
Merlin turns his head towards Mordred. 'Just as you do.' He says, not unkindly.
'You do?' the voice asks, curious now.
'Yes.' They both reply in unison.
'Why did his fears not manifest?' the voice asks Mordred. Why it chose Mordred to respond, he does not know, but he answers despite it.
'They did not need to. They are already here.' He says.
Merlin nods, slowly, agreeing."-
Look, I still haven't learned to do summaries. I'm sorry. Eventually, I'll get there. Probably. Maybe.
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Look, Arthur understands. He’s a King now, and that means there are more people after him and that he must be careful. He was being careful! He’d taken knights with him and everything, but that hadn’t stopped a lucky group of bandits from kidnapping him.
Damnit! His husband would NOT be happy with this.
“Merlin’s going to kill me after he gets me out of this.”
Or, Arthur is kidnapped and Merlin’s very understandable reaction to someone daring to take his husband.
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- Part 25 of Would You?
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Forced to fight for their lives, the Knights of Camelot find themselves trapped in an ancient colosseum. They don’t remember getting there nor do they know where their favorite manservant is. Given three days to survive brutal battles against fierce warriors and magical beasts, they are tethered to the temple until the final match: Arthur, Leon, Gwaine, Elyan, and Percival versus an unknowable, terrifying creature. The questions pile up as they begin to feel unidentifiable pain. Why were they brought here? Where is Merlin? And what—or who—is this “Emrys” they are drawing power from?
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Leon feels at peace when Merlin uses his magic to help heal his burns after the dragon attack. He isn't sure how to express his gratitude, so he just starts looking after him. After a time, Leon realizes that he's not just protective, it's more than that. He just doesn't know quite how to express it.
Merlin helps him figure it out.
(Mostly Leon's POV)
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- Part 35 of Merlin One-Shots / Writing prompts
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“Merlin,” The Noblest Knight says, Lancelot, Merlin whispers to the wind. “what are you doing?”
He tears his eyes away from Lancelot and it’s then when he notices the changes around him, the trees look more vibrant, there are more flowers than when he last looked, and the bald patch of grass isn’t there anymore.
“I didn’t—” Merlin whispers to Lancelot, slightly terrified “—I didn’t do it on purpose,”
Or: Merlin knows something is different, he doesn’t realize what it is until they find a Druids’ Temple
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Based on a tumblr post:
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Me thinking that it would be really funny (why nearly all of my most begin like that —) if Freya comes to Camelot as a Druid/magical representative and Arthur, the Knights and Gwen know 3 things about her
1. She is married
2. She is really powerful and can kick your ass
3. If she isn't in an ass-kicking mood her very very very powerful immortal husband will handle the ass kicking
They absolutely do not know about Freylin and they all are sweating buckets when they see Merlin successfully flirting with her at the welcoming feast.
( Meanwhile Merlin and Freya enjoying some role-play : so~ my name is merlin 🥰 Oh, nice to meet you, I'm Freya.🥰)
Basically the Knights, Gwen, Arthur (and even maybe Gaius for extra fun) trying VERY hard to stop Merlin and failling miserably "
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- Part 72 of Merlin's magic
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“Arthur.”
“Merlin?” he said, instantly angry. He shoved himself into a sitting position, fumbling for the candle on the table by the bed, and blustered, “What on earth are you doing? It’s the middle of the night! I don’t know about you, but that’s when I sleep. Don’t you--”
Finally managing to get the candle lit, he looked up at Merlin, fully prepared to continue his lecture. But the words died in his throat at the sight of the young servant, and he choked in the rush of panic that assaulted him. “Merlin!”
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- Part 1 of Loyalties (Story and Bonus Scenes)
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Where a creature traps the knights and Merlin, and in order to let them escape they have to admit their titles so the creature could feed off the truth. What happens when it's Merlin's turn?
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„M-Merlin?“, Gaius stammered, sounding like he was on the verge of a heart attack.
„Yes?“, asked Merlin, puzzled.
Gaius nearly fell off his chair.
„Merlin, I can’t see you!“, he shouted.
„What do you mean you can’t see me? I‘m right here“, Merlin replied. „Maybe you need to get your glasses checked, they aren’t working properly.“
„Merlin, look down at your hands!“
Merlin did. Or rather he tried. Because he found that he couldn’t look at his own hands because there were no hands to look at. His hands were still there because he could feel them and one of them was holding up his spoon. It was just that they weren’t there.Or: Merlin turns himself invisible by accident and finally gets to see Arthur freaking out about him missing in all his emotionally constipated glory.
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Gwen secretly knights Merlin after she becomes Queen, chaos ensues when Arthur finds out
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- Part 63 of Merlin
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"Where did you get that?" Arthur asked, but he already knew the answer.
"Gwen."
"...and the horse?"
"Gwen."
"What about the-"
"Gwen." Merlin interrupted. Arthur nodded. At this point, he wasn't sure why he even bothered to ask. He was pretty certain his wife was going to knight Merlin any day now. He looked Merlin up and down for a few moments before accepting it all with a sigh.
"As long as you get my armor to me tomorrow...I don't care." He finally said, turning away. Merlin cleared his throat.
"Gwen gave me tomorrow off."
"For the love of God."
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I hate that Gwen and Merlin's friendship kind of withered away in the later seasons so here's a oneshot about her and Merlin abusing her new royal powers because that's what happens when your best friend becomes queen.
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Serket venom causes permanent damage to the affected area. Merlin has a flare up as the Round Table is traveling.
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Also featuring: shameless Merwaine fluff, bandits (briefly, but of course there are bandits, what do you think this is), supportive Knights of the Round Table, and Arthur if he had just a few more braincells with emotional intelligence. -
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“Merlin, I beg of you, tell me that is not your blood.”
“It’s, uh, not my blood?”
“Merlin!”
“Fine, fine! Yes, it’s my blood,” Merlin announced quietly.Or...
Merlin and Arthur get captured by a powerful sorcerer who knows about Merlin's identity of Emrys, and does not like what he stands for. In other words, she tortures Merlin Infront of Arthur pretty much just for fun. And to the death. Many, many deaths.
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In which Leon stumbles across a group of new knights tormenting Merlin, and the sight manages to jar free the buried memories of his time under the Lamia's sway.
He does something about it, and about the feelings he has for Merlin that he's spent far too long ignoring.
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‘You are a knight, and you need to act like it. Right now, you should be at that celebration, drinking with your equals, not skulking around the castle with a servant.’
(Or, Merlin tries to be smart about it, but Lancelot is done with putting his head over his heart.)
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“Merlin, where are we going?” Lancelot asked with a laugh, for what must have been the third time that night. Merlin only smiled in response, continuing to pull him along as they made their way out of the castle.
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- Part 3 of mercelot week 2023
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Sometimes your knight in shining armour (figuratively) gives you the shirt off his back (literally).
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“Oh” The servant said as if he were completely unbothered by the noise that had spooked the rest of them, all of them grabbing at their weapons. “That would be for me” There was a sly grin growing over his features. “It’s best if you don’t fight it” he glanced at all of them. “They can be so very protective”
i.e Merlin kidnaps himself (basically) so he can talk about Lancelot
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- Part 9 of Dialogue I wrote in my notes app
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Merlin takes a chance and writes a letter to Princess Mithian after she departs. His intent is to apologize and allay any concerns she might have with future alliances with Camelot.
Over time, the letters become more. Slowly, the Princess and the Warlock discover they have started falling for each other.
(First part is primarily story, with very little dialogue. Last portion is fairly opposite.)
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Lancelot learns why Merlin doesn't bathe with the rest of them. So he comforts him.