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“Are you daydreaming about running away again, Merlin? Or did you just forget you actually have duties to attend to this evening?” Arthur’s words were sharp as the blades he wielded but his voice was pillowed with the beginnings of what could be concern. He would never let it show through and shine like the star of the show it could have been, though. He had appearances to uphold.
Merlin understood. Truly, he did. He had his own appearances to uphold.
He stepped away from Arthur, shaking his hand off of his shoulder, and crossed the room to Arthur’s wardrobe. “I didn’t hear you come in, my Lord.”
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- Part 5 of bribery? bribery. [Drabbles for Dopamine]
- Part 153 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots
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11 Aug 2025
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“The other day, you asked me…if I trusted you…” he explained. When recognition dawned on Merlin’s face, he quickly repeated himself before he could look away. “Ask me again.”
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Arthur has a secret he’s guarded his whole life. Maybe, though, he can tell Merlin…
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- Part 4 of Whumptober 2021
- Part 117 of Merthur Short Fics & One-Shots
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10 Aug 2025
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Pendragons have dragon blood. When Merlin calls for Kilgharrah he accidentally leads Arthur to him. What will happen?
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09 Aug 2025
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Set directly after Arthur's return in "The King's servant."
Arthur is now aware of Merlin's new role in the royal household.
Oh, and they're lovers now <3Series
- Part 2 of The King’s servant
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09 Aug 2025
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“You’re the clumsiest excuse for a servant I’ve ever met!” Uther bellowed across the room, and everyone looked nervously at Merlin.
“Yes, Arthur says I have the elegance of a newborn lamb.”
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Merlin becomes Uther’s manservant for a week.Series
- Part 1 of The King’s servant
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07 Aug 2025
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Arthur has bad handwriting, so bad that only Merlin can read it. This causes problems. Many of them, in fact.
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06 Aug 2025
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Uther is a menace, and that somehow gets taken out on Merlin. So Merlin makes pretty rocks with his magic to hide in Arthur’s room to confuse him. Arthur actually loves them.
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- Part 4 of Incorrect Quotes Prompts
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05 Aug 2025
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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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05 Aug 2025
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Why didn’t Arthur ever give Merlin a day off?
It was a question he was frequently asked. He argued that there were various reasons why he didn't like giving Merlin days off.
But when Merlin collapses in his chambers one day, he decides that perhaps... it was time for a change.
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"Merlin," Arthur said. "You're relieved from your duties."
"What?" Merlin's eyes bulged.
He felt Merlin’s stunned gaze on him and resisted a smirk. Oh, he was loving all of Merlin’s confounded expressions. Those were going to fuel him for the next five years.
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04 Aug 2025
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Merlin is magic, and iron hurts magical creatures.
How did Arthur not catch that before!A study in the lengths Arthur will go to confess in every way but with words.
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02 Aug 2025
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“You know what? Maybe you should kiss him, Merlin,” Gwen snarks.
"Me?"OR
Gwen's kiss doesn't work to break the love spell, so Merlin gives it a shot.
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- Part 1 of Merlin Episode Rewrites
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31 Jul 2025
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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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31 Jul 2025
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In hindsight, Merlin probably should have known something was up when Arthur invited him to share his breakfast.
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30 Jul 2025
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Arthur has been enchanted to fall in love again. This time with Merlin of all people. This is awful!
(But has he?)
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29 Jul 2025
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Arthur is hit with a love spell. It's Merlin. He's in love with Merlin.
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- Part 93 of Merlin's magic
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29 Jul 2025
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On a hunting trip Merlin gets hit with a love spell
making him fall for the first person he sees. The first person he sees is Gwaine. Arthur doesn’t take it well.Bookmarked by Atrophysicist
29 Jul 2025
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Bosom Friends by NamelesslyNightlock, Rabentochter for AeonTheDimensionalGirl
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
01 Apr 2022
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The Knights of Camelot have discovered Merlin’s secret—and in doing so they realise that in order to help their friend keep his happiness, they’re going to have to get him away from Arthur. Gwaine’s pretty confident they can manage it, but nothing goes quite the way he expects.
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29 Jul 2025
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When one started receiving lost items from their soulmate, it was supposed to be an exciting day. It was an opportunity to learn things about them and about their life. People loved making speculations about who their soulmate was based on the clothes, childhood toys, or other things that their soulmate lost, and therefore ended up in their possession.
Everything was going fine until Merlin found a crown belonging to the prince of Camelot.
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29 Jul 2025
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“No one mentioned the possibility of my soulmate having me hanged,” Merlin says miserably. He doesn’t even know if that’s truly possible - a soulmate by the very definition is your other half, the one meant for you. Merlin had always presumed that his soulmate would also have magic because what other choice was there?
AU where Uther approves of soulmates and does everything he can to support Merlin as Arthur's destiny.
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28 Jul 2025
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Merlin did not accompany the group to Camelot. He did not round up the horses, nor wipe the mud from their skin, nor check for wounds. He walked off, pace mild yet footfall powerful, and left with his own horse, not waiting for permission. A couple of the knights tried to catch up with him–Merlin didn’t care to pay attention to who–while the rest silently gathered their things, not so much as uttering a word in Arthur’s direction.
But Merlin was gone, unable to be chased after.Or
This was the final straw. Merlin could take it no longer. Let Arthur save his own skin from now on.
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28 Jul 2025