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The Gods play games with us mere mortals. This is a fact. They see our scheming and planning and laugh at us.
Sometimes they punish us. They smite those who anger them. They kill crops, send plagues or floods. This is also known.
But less known is sometimes. If we are lucky. They may on a whim decide that a mere moral deserves to have their deepest secret desires fulfilled. Merlin didn't expect to be noticed by a god and yet here is one crouched before him.
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A Merlin/Arthur story about breaking up, falling back in love, and along the way being gifted something precious by a god.Bookmarked by MintBlueJay
11 Sep 2025
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Peter learned a long time ago that he wasn’t going to be adopted.
He learned it when May and Ben sat him down and explained that they were just his uncle and aunt and he couldn’t call them his parents at school anymore. He learned it after the third family left the group home without him. He learned it after he was rejected time and time again for showing up with bruised cheeks and secret wounds that told people that he was a fighter and he could never say he was a crime fighter.
Peter Parker doesn’t need to be adopted. He has accepted that by now. He’s sixteen years old and knows that he only has two more years before he can be on his own. He’s looking forward to getting out of the system. He’s looking forward to being independent.
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or five times the Starks talked about adopting Peter + the time they actually do
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15 Jul 2025
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“Merlin. Even if you’re … even if you’re right, it doesn’t matter. It’s too late. He’s going to kill me. And I—listen to me, you idiot. I don’t want you to watch. And I don’t want you to be next.”
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After confronting Morgause's vision of his mother, Arthur rides for Camelot, intending to make his father pay for his hypocrisy. He falls short of luck, for the King has fallen back on the counsel of his faithful Witchfinder, Aredian, who is convinced that Arthur is not Arthur, the crown prince, but a changeling, bound to Morgause's will and let loose upon Camelot to usurp Uther of his crown.
As Arthur is dragged away to the dungeons, sentenced to a death by fire, Merlin must race against time to change the course of events which seem to spell out Arthur's demise. Time is scarce, however, and for all intents and purposes, it might be too late already.
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- Part 1 of There Are Other Places
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05 Jul 2025
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“Merlin, I'm the greatest swordsman in the five kingdoms.” Arthur boasted. “I’ve fought more battles than I can count.”
”I’m aware, sire.”
”And I’ve always survived.”
”Not always.” Merlin muttered.
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The day Arthur dies is the day Merlin refuses to let end. Again. And again. And again. Merlin’s stuck in a spiral—a dizzying, cruel dance of death and reset. With each attempt, his heart grows heavier, his magic darker, until all he can do is break.
And when the shards of his despair drag Arthur into the storm, the past and present shatter, leaving nothing but raw truth and fragile hope.
Now there's no more running. Just the two of them, the end of the world, and everything left unsaid.
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02 Jul 2025
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“They always were a little nuts over money. Thinking that being wealthy makes you respectable,” Harry says.
”They haven't changed,” Dudley snorts.
”So, honestly, I really just want to tell your mum to go to hell, no offense.”
“None taken.”
”But, I want to know what’s in that safe deposit box. I have so little of my parents it would be worth playing their games to get access to it. And I think I could. You know, my fiancée is wealthy… very wealthy. They’re more loaded than the GDP of several European countries.”
Dudley’s eyes widen. ”Well, that might just equal respectability in my parents’ eyes. What are you thinking?”
”Maybe inviting them to the Manor.”
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Dudley Dursley is a changed man. Recognizing the abuse his cousin faced in their home growing up, he became a teacher to ensure that something similar wouldn’t happen to other children. Discovering that his mum is withholding property from Harry, he has to find a way to set things right. Now, with an invitation for the family to a remote manor to meet Harry and his mysterious fiancée, will he be able to negotiate a truce and show his parents just how wrong they were? A story about redemption and the family you choose.- Language:
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24 Jun 2025