Archive of Our Own ^beta

Works which have used it as a tag:

• With Bated Breath by good_night_x

  Fandoms: Merlin (TV)  

  • Not Rated
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  03 Jul 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
  • Merlin (Merlin)
  • Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
  • Merthur drabble
  • Merthur in the good year of 2025
  • Arthur Knows About Merlin's Magic (Merlin)
  • Magic reveal if you squint
  • no beta read we die. like me
  • Drabble
  • I wrote this in five minutes but it was very fun to experiment with!
  • thought i would put it out there
  • how do you tag?
  • This takes place around a camp fire
  • Overuse of the word 'eyes'
  • Eye Contact
  • Merlin is down bad (canon)
  • Lowkey the moment in this feels plagiarised from the show...?
  • This could? Be set in s5/ep13
  • I have zero answers . sorry about that
  • “When? Huh? That doesn’t——“ shhhh

  Summary

  A short Merthur drabble because I was inspired by their indescribable eye contact.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  456

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  21

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