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When Aithusa hatches, Merlin’s magic reacts instinctively: not with celebration, but with fear. The newborn dragon is transformed into a human baby, meant to shield her from a world Merlin doesn’t trust. She will only transform back to her true form when Merlin, himself, feels safe in the future Arthur is meant to build.
But Merlin has never felt safe. Not in Camelot. Not in his own skin. Now, with a child who looks like him and a destiny he never asked for, Merlin must confront what safety truly means—and whether he’ll ever find it.
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Merlin was accepeted to the prestigious Pendragon All Boys College which has been running for centuries under various Pendragons. Now it is Uther Pendragon's turn, but he isn't alone. His son, of course, made it into the college and has made it his mission to be a massive prat. Merlin all the while has to juggle his studies, hiding his biggest secret and still has to deal with Arthur as his roommate. As the two get to know each other and find that the other isn't as insufferable as previously thought, they suddenly fall under the scrutiny of fellow student Mordred and with him in the picture their semester is anything but predictable.
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When Arthur returns to Merlin in 2025, both of them are ecstatic. Merlin helps Arthur getting used to the world by showing him everything.
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Basically Merlin and Arthur being weird tourists around the world. Lots of fluff (no smut, sorry, but you can imagine it, though:D), nearly no angst, just a cute tooth-rottingly sweet story to comfort your soul.
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Even before they were a couple, Arthur and Merlin loved to snuggle together under the covers.
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- Part 28 of MERTHUR SAD AND SOFT
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A DEADLY SICKNESS WAS SPREADING THROUGH CAMELOT, killing every living being on its path. With his father bedridden, Prince Arthur Pendragon had to try to save his life. His courageous and noble intentions were enough to make one of the Gods themselves appear before him.
Arawn, the God of Death, spoke of the Quest of the Holy Grail. Its magical blood that could save Prince Arthur's land. With this, he left the Prince.
In a hidden village, surrounded by magic itself, lived Merlin. A sorcerer that could heal any ills, except the one that ravaged the land. He, too, heard tale of the Quest of the Holy Grail. And, for the cause, decided to become Prince Arthur Pendragon's squire. For his own safety, Merlin kept his magic hidden, because the King was unkind to such practices.
Little did this unlikely union know that love could grow between a prince and his squire. How their fates were undeniably tied together. The two sides of the same coin.
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'It's been so long since I've had a friend, we can play together!' In contrast to the cheerful tone of voice, his sense of dread had grown stronger. He didn't even notice that time had resumed its course, and moved away from Arthur to take a few steps out of the ruins.
"What's wrong with you, Merlin?" Arthur looks at him with a frown, trying to understand his servant's reaction.
But Merlin didn't hear him. In place of Arthur's face and his normally blue eyes. There was nothing, just black holes that seemed never to end and a mouth that looked like a smile, jaw dropping as if there were no muscle or bone underneath.
'Don't worry, it's already too late, running away won't do any good.'
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I'll kiss you from the top all the way down by lexxx_messer for Eiste
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
24 Sep 2025
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Небольшое пособие от Мерлина, как заставить своего короля признать собственную значимость.
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Merlin has been wandering for centuries. Waiting for the exact, unknown time that Arthur shall rise again.
He becomes a lady of King Henry VIII.
He meets Robin Hood and they share a fondness that once reminded him of a certain Prince.
He bumps into Matthew Hopkins, the Witchfinder General, more times than he would like, dying a different death each time.
But he always comes back.
He falls in love and, in turn, becomes a father, a grandfather, and a lonely old man still waiting, waiting, waiting.But this is Matty's story - Merlin's granddaughter. And the ghost of Arthur follows her everywhere.
This fic is completed, so don't worry about me not updating it. All in due time :)
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Promise me you won't get hurt (I can use my charm to fix it) by gloriask
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
21 Sep 2025
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Merlin kept getting hurt because:
1. The king’s chambers held the most comfortable bed he’d ever known.
2. Injuries offered rare, guilt-free stretches of rest.
3. When he was hurt, Arthur turned unfailingly tender.
4. And sometimes… Arthur went beyond tenderness.Series
- Part 28 of Merthur fic
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“…Do you think I’m hard to love?”
Arthur doesn’t breathe.
Because he knows. He knows that Merlin means it, knows this isn’t a question for reassurance. It’s a confession of fear. And it breaks something in him to know why Merlin is asking.
Arthur turns his whole body to face him. Looks him in the eye.
“No,” he says, with the certainty of the sun rising — not questioned, not earned, just as a fact.
Merlin swallows.
Arthur continues, softer now, “I think you’re hard to read. But never hard to love.” -
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“Merlin,” Arthur sighs. The man’s body is heavy; his skin pale. “Just hold me, please.” It could almost be disguised as long-suffering if Merlin ignored the rest. A quirk of the lips would be all that Merlin would need to know that it would all be OK. If he ignored the tiredness of his voice, the upcoming quiet, the slowing of that thready hum. Almost like a little bird fluttering against its cage. He tried not to think of the terrible warmth of blood on his fingers that would soon be a terrible cold.
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Merlin goes a little crazy after Arthur dies.Series
- Part 1 of Here's to you, Arthur
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Merlin thought he understood why Arthur had come. He had no regrets. He'd said good-bye to his mother and made peace with what his king had to do. He only hoped that one day Arthur would understand all that Merlin had done.
But Merlin had never been more wrong in his life.
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- Part 29 of Would You?
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Arthur and delilah were too ambitious and it may or may not lead to them butting heads
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Merlin and Arthur share an unspoken arrangement. On rare evenings, they drink to excess, casting aside their cares and responsibilities, and spending the nights together in secret. Neither of them speaks of these encounters; it's a wordless ritual, full of glances and gestures, understood but never spoken aloud. In these scarce, stolen hours, they find solace, escape and a fleeting sense of companionship they can't find elsewhere.
Under the pressure of building feelings and an interrupted evening, Merlin begins to ask the question: How much longer will this be enough?
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It's Season 2, Episode 10, Sweet Dreams. Except Gwen's kiss didn't work. Leaving Merlin desperate and impulsive. And then they have to talk about it.
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In his boisterous youth, winter had a way of driving Arthur near to insanity as the biting cold turned the training grounds inhospitable for activity. Servants hurried between alcoves and lords cosied up with their bedwarmers, reluctant to part from their comforts. Arthur himself never had one; he never quite liked the idea of another person in his bedchambers.
Now, slipping under the covers sleep-warmed by his consort, Arthur can admit to himself in the privacy of his mind that there was always merit to a distinctly human bedwarmer.
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Arthur goes to visit a neighbouring kingdom for a tourney, posing as a common knight to test his skills and keep him safe.
It goes well until a mouthy peasant boy tells him off in the market. Well he just can’t get the boy out of his head.
So he goes to visit the brothel to see a prostitute who apparently can take on the face of the person you desire with magic.
The prostitutes name is Emrys.
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He grips the reigns in clenched fists, trying to stay mounted as his horse wildly dashes through the snow and underbrush, dodging trees in its panic to flee the beast that had frightened it. Merlin can hear the knights following on their horses, hoof beats pounding into the snow. He tries ineffectively to stop his frightened mare, but it is of no use, she keeps chase deeper into the forest.
“Merlin!”
He peers over his shoulder to see Arthur close behind, chasing the shrieking animal, which upon further inspection, Merlin realizes is another boar, this one overgrown and fiercesome. It’s tusks like daggers, the length of a man’s forearm, and razor sharp. With wide eyes he meets Arthur’s, which are staring back at him with poorly concealed worry.
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Merlin, recently appointed the Court Sorcerer, and Arthur have finally started courting, but Merlin has some retroactive jealousy regarding to how Arthur had been with his other lovers in the past.
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Merlin has been told of a prophecy that Arthur will die and soon. It's killing him so he copes in the only way he knows how.
Or Merlin's anxiety surrounding Arthur's imminent death causes him to self harm.