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This was a waste of a perfect spring day.
The first truly warm and pleasant day of the season had made itself known this morning, summoning Arthur from his slumber in a rare peaceful moment. That is, before his memory had caught up to him, snaking up his chest and catching in his throat in cold dread.
As he stood in the courtyard, waiting irritably for his betrothed to ride through the castle gates, he wished for a different day. A different fate; a chance for his own search for love.
But that day would not come.
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13 Jul 2026
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Sout out to mandragora on TikTok who brought me to the idea of this story.
After a night with the alpha prince he discovers he's pregnant and decides to run away....
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08 Jul 2026
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'Merlin, my friend. What –?'
'I need your help hiding a body.'
Every man in the antechamber froze, the silence thick and breathless. No one so much as moved as they all stared at the threshold, where the door stood ajar only a fraction, blocking them from view.
Yet it was Lancelot's reply, carried on the edge of a weary sigh, that made disbelief stutter in Arthur's chest.
'Again?'
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A fragment of overheard conversation leads Arthur and his knights deep into the Darkling Woods, where the truth about Merlin's magic finally comes out.
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26 Jun 2026
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When Hunith arrives in Camelot with news of an attack, Merlin knows what he has to do. He is perfectly capable of driving away the likes of Kanen’s men by himself; he has been defending Ealdor since he was ten years old.
However, he has no idea of the lengths Arthur will go to to protect his poor, misguided manservant - such as adopting a disguise and following him home.
A Canon Era AU of S1 E10 The Moment of Truth
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21 Jun 2026
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The Tiny Glow of Your Eyes by Itscanonifwewishenough
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Merthur - Fandom
06 Jul 2026
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He shouldn’t have done it.
Sleeping with his king — in the state Arthur was in that night.
The worst part is, he doesn’t even remember all of it.— Just enough.The kiss. Arthur’s mouth, warm against his own. The breathless moans pulled from his throat. The way it felt like he was drunk — but even without the potion that caused all of this, Merlin knew one touch from Arthur would make him feel like he'd spent two whole weeks drinking in the tavern.
And flashes of what came next.
Enough to know that this time, he truly fucked up.
So when he wakes, naked in his king’s bed, Merlin does the only thing he can — he grabs his clothes and runs.
He barely makes it to Gaius’s chambers, disheveled and panicked, only to find the old man already holding the book Merlin now realizes — far too late — he mistranslated.
And in that moment, it hits him. There is no undoing this.“Merlin,” Gaius says, voice low “pack your things. Go as far away as you can."
“You’re carrying His Majesty’s child.”Or
Arthur was being too much, and Merlin—a clumsy fool—mistranslated an ancient text and brewed a potion meant to calm His Majesty, only to end up pregnant with the king’s child instead.
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19 Jun 2026
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The bandits came from the tree line like shadows given teeth. Arthur had his sword drawn before the first cry rang out, steel singing free of the scabbard as he pivoted toward the rush of bodies.
They were outnumbered—six knights against what looked like twenty men, ragged and desperate, pouring from the dark wood on either side of the forest road.Bookmarked by Scratch_Racket
16 Jun 2026
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Two secrets. Four years. One heat that changes everything — and a discovery, months later, that changes everything again.
Merlin really should have asked Gaius more questions about that contraceptive tea.
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14 Jun 2026
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13 Jun 2026
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A banquet, a drink, and one (un)fortunate mistake. Merlin awakens in Arthur's bed with little memory of the previous night, but with all of the physical reminders.
While pretending it never happened works for Arthur, it's less easy for Merlin as he comes to realize that he is carrying more than just regrets.
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13 Jun 2026
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A Long and Irritating Friendship by RileyWilliamsJr
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Movies)
01 Mar 2021
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Albus Dumbledore had met some strange and fascinating individuals in his long life, but he had never expected to discover that some of them would turn out to be the very same person. This entity appeared in his life over and over again: to help him out of scrapes, to give him strange but useful advice, to bring him on a new adventure. And sometimes, it seemed that he turned up purely for the purpose of making a nuisance of himself. Years passed before Albus finally learned his true name—a name that, like most magical children, he had heard many times before.
What happened afterwards, though, was not anything that Albus would ever have imagined.
(Companion to "A Brief Re-emergence from the Shadows," but can be read independently.)
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11 Jun 2026
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Everyone insisted that Arthur needed time to process, to accept that Merlin was gone. The only problem was that Merlin wasn’t.
Arthur didn’t know how to explain it without sounding like Uther when he’d seen Ygraine in the well, like he was losing his mind and looking for ghosts. He didn’t know how to look at his court and make them understand that Merlin had once told him about nature, about the sacred connectedness of the earth, and asked Arthur if he felt it. He didn’t know how to say that he hadn’t felt it back then, but that he did now. He felt it all. He felt Merlin in it.
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Merlin saves Arthur's life at Camlann at the cost of his own. Merlin can't die, so it's not that simple.
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08 Jun 2026
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“We’re running out of time," Merlin said.
“You are already out of time. You always have been.”
Merlin felt the truth of it in his bones. He wanted to kill the old man for it.
“I’ll be back,” Merlin said. “You know I will. And I’ll remember, even when you don’t.”
Merlin woke in the woods, made sure Arthur was breathing, killed Morgana, and summoned Kilgharrah. He reached Avalon, bargained with the Sidhe, summoned Freya, tried everything he could think of. When it didn’t work, he killed himself, woke in the woods, and tried again.
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Merlin cannot die. When he does, he wakes up at the beginning of the day of his death. Merlin cannot die, and he won't let Arthur die either.
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08 Jun 2026
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General resource documenting important dates, character birthdays, etc. in the show
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06 May 2026
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“I’m the king,” Arthur says grumpily, swallowing around the stone that has settled in his throat, “I can wear what I want.”
“What about what I want?”
“I’m the king,” Arthur repeats slowly, since Merlin is being particularly thick, “and so you can also wear what I want.”
Or, Arthur dresses Merlin, which goes about as well as you would expect.
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06 May 2026
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"That was magic," Arthur accuses.
"Oh." Merlin just nods, looking unperturbed.
Arthur fights to keep his expression calm, mind racing and heart pounding. "Sorcery is outlawed in Camelot. On pain of death."
Merlin splutters, finally fixing Arthur with an affronted glare. "It's not like I meant to do it!"
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Merlin gets hit with a spell meant for Arthur and loses his memory. Revelations ensue. Set sometime after 5x02.
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02 May 2026
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A day gathering herbs results in the tragedy of a kidnapped mate and an uncertain fate. When Merlin is abducted both his abductors and Arthur must weigh the value of his return against desire and need, against kingdom and court.
And thus the question becomes: what is the price of royalty?
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- Part 2 of The Ale Barrel
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01 May 2026
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Five times Arthur paints Merlin’s nails, and once Merlin tries painting them himself.
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- Part 40 of Merthur fic
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20 Apr 2026
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Where the birth of a child and the death of a beloved occupy the same instant. Arthur held them. Both of them. The living and the dead. His son and his husband. The beginning and the end.
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- Part 43 of Merthur fic
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20 Apr 2026
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After a heated argument with his son three years ago, Arthur left home, and Uther hadn’t spoken a single word to him since.
That is, until he started receiving some rather peculiar emails.
Now has Merlin's pov. Completed.
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Extra Track 1 - Love Confession
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Extra Track 3 - The EmailsSeries
- Part 24 of Merthur fic
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19 Apr 2026
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How much of Destiny is so strongly written that it can't be changed? Arthur is given the chance to find out. Will he and Merlin strengthen their bond, or will the choice mean death for both? Merthur. MerlinWHUMP! Protective/Caring Arthur! Rated T majority (M later chapters). Magic Reveal. Slash. Non Con later in. Triggers.
First time posting in AO3- please forgive mistakes!Series
- Part 1 of The Bond Series: Merlin
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16 Apr 2026