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    He can't explain it. One day, Arthur's swinging a mace at the boy with the big ears and red neckerchief and the next, he's tackling a man twice his size for having the audacity to look at Merlin wrong.

    Or, Arthur protects Merlin over and over, falling a little more in love each time.

     

    “You’re the only person in the world that I think really sees me Merlin.” Arthur confesses. "Forgive me then, for wishing harm on the people who would hurt you for just being who you are.”

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    29 Sep 2025

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    “I demand that Gaius take over your role involving my care immediately.”

    Merlin gave Arthur a blank stare. “Gaius has better things to do.”

    Arthur spluttered, guffawed, mouth open in shock, then replied unintelligibly, “You are the worst physician I’ve ever met.”

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    Prince Arthur gets severely injured, and unfortunately, Merlin has just signed up to be Gaius' apprentice.

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    25 Sep 2025

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    It takes a month after Arthur lifts the ban on magic for him to adjust to the fact that the people around him might actually start to use it. Even stranger is when Merlin learns some from Gaius and, oddly enough, has a bit of a knack for it.

    In which Arthur is obtuse, Merlin is trying his best, and Gwaine, Elyan and Leon don't understand why they can't learn to light fires as easily as Merlin did.

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    21 Sep 2025

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    Teasing and banter have always been part of Merlin's friendship with the knights. But when a prank hits a sore spot for Merlin, the fallout is fiercer than anybody imagined.

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    18 Sep 2025

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    In which Merlin wakes up and chooses violence, and decides not to rethink that choice.

    Or: Merlin realizes that, if he's going to keep Arthur safe and keep his magic a secret, he will have to get a little bit physical. Arthur has to rethink everything in existence when he's suddenly forced to confront the fact that Merlin can fight, and is in fact, bloody dangerous

    Or: The author randomly thought "Murder Twink Merlin" while re-watching the show, and decided it was his mission in life to make that a tag.

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    18 Sep 2025