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Don't Hide Your Flaws (I'll Cause Them All Again) by livinginthetheater
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
17 Aug 2025
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No servant should have so many scars. When a visiting knight sees Merlin's, he can only come to one conclusion: King Arthur is a violent abuser, and Merlin must be protected at all costs.
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- Part 7 of Living's Standalone Merthur Fics
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17 Jun 2026
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After a sudden encounter with Morgana, Merlin is severely injured, only managing to survive by calling the Great Dragon. However, he must return to Camelot still affected and somehow hide this from Arthur. But what's another secret on top of so many others?
Disclaimer: I do not own Merlin, and the whole idea of how Merlin's blindness works is from TA Barron's Merlin series (which is amazing and everyone should read)
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17 Jun 2026
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i’ll be unclean, i’ll be obscene, you be the rest by spacemancharisma
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
24 Feb 2023
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Arthur huffed, then put on his most commanding voice. “You have to pay attention to me, I’m the king, I demand it.”
Some of the effect of a direct order was lost by the picture Arthur made on the floor, blinking pitifully up through dark eyelashes, but, in fairness, a wholly different effect was gained.
Merlin finally inclined his head to look down on his king. “And does doing all your work for you not count as attention?”
“Obviously not,” Arthur pouted, resting his chin on one of Merlin’s knees. “I want you to look at me, I want you to touch me.”
“Oh,” Merlin teased with wide eyes and brushed Arthur’s hair back from his face. “So that’s what this is about.”
“No!” Arthur was defensive. “…Not entirely.” He laid his head against the inside of Merlin’s thigh. “I just miss you.”Bookmarked by Taybug13
15 Jun 2026
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Arthur woke up smiling.
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- Part 49 of MERTHUR SAD AND SOFT
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15 Jun 2026
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Arthur learns how to actually be himself, after hiding who he was for most of his life. Of course Merlin, Gwen and the others are there to help him. (I suck at summaries 😭)
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14 Jun 2026
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Merlin’s mother had made it very clear to him what he should do when she sent him off to Camelot. Merlin wasn’t to tell anyone he had magic, his mother was scared that he would be collared to keep him in line if someone found out. Yet, Camelot was, above all, one of the best places for an alpha warlock to be. In Essitir, the omega king would drag alphas off to his palace once they were old enough, claim them, and use them for their powers. It was a fate that Merlin’s mother had feared him facing since he presented at twelve summers old. It was why, on the eve of his eighteenth summer, she sent him away to the bordering kingdom before Cenred’s men could show up in Elador to take him away. In Camelot Merlin could have a future.
It was a more hopeful future than what he would have in any other kingdom.
Other than Essitir and Camelot, all other kingdoms executed alphas who had magic, mated or not, too afraid of what they could do. Camelot had done the same, once, but that had changed when the Queen had fallen for an alpha sorceress and had taken her as her mate, changing the law to allow mated magical alphas to live in peace.
All Merlin had to do was catch an omega....
... or let one catch him...
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- Part 2 of Merlin Fanfic
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13 Jun 2026
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Merlin walks into his favourite coffee shop one morning to find the Prince of Wales behind the till. His life only gets more surreal from there.
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- Part 1 of Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop
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13 Jun 2026
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Arthur would have starved that first winter, if it weren’t for Hunith and her son.
When Arthur is disinherited, he finds himself farming in Ealdor.
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13 Jun 2026
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“I’m sorry, there must be a mistake.” Uther furrows his brows. “That is my son’s manservant.”
“This is Emrys, the most powerful sorcerer who will ever walk the earth. It is our deepest honor to be able to offer his hand to your son.”
“Merlin?” Arthur asks, looking across the hall. Merlin looks the palest and the smallest Arthur has ever seen him. He looks like a scared animal that knows it’s about to be trapped, and that’s when it clicks for Arthur that no part of this is a joke. None of it. “Merlin, what are they talking about?”
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13 Jun 2026
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Merlin had gone through his entire life thinking that he was invisible, but then his grandfather showed up and told him he was a prince.
That would've been enough, really, but getting 'Prince Lessons' from Arthur Pendragon, Prince of Wales, was a bit too much for Merlin to handle.
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12 Jun 2026
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Arthur Pendragon was never keen on marriage. He believed that in order to marry someone, one must be in love with their soon-to-be spouse. Unfortunately, as esteemed royals, he was never granted that luxury. And as such, in true diplomatic fashion, Arthur was betrothed to someone of the name Emrys before the age of five and is destined to meet and wed them upon his twenty-first birthday.
And today’s the day.
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12 Jun 2026
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When I Didn't Know The Answer, I Found It In Your Eyes by ironfamjam for muguetmuse
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
26 Mar 2023
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“It was never supposed to end like this. You were both meant for such happier things.”
“I was always meant to be a tragedy.” Arthur disagrees.
“Dearest darling, you are the king of kings, this will not be your end.”
With Arthur's death comes a single chance to go back to the beginning and save everyone he's ever loved. Seeing home in Merlin's eyes and a hope for a better world in Morgana's, Arthur knows what he must do.
Only bringing magic back to Camelot will prevent the future he knows is coming from happening, but in his way is the only mountain he's never been able to climb; his father won't change for anyone, not even for his son.
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11 Jun 2026
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I thought it would be really funny if, instead of finding out about Merlin's magic and having one episode to react, Arthur instead spent a whole season being an absolute prat about the whole thing. Here are some things I've imagined from this scenario, set in that magical period between Season 3 and 4 when the knights of the round table were running around being chaotic dumbasses and stealing chickens.
"Merlin," yelped Arthur, outraged and relieved in equal measure. "What on earth are you- Is this what you meant by powerful, ancient magic? You can make your eyes go sparkly and then fix people's clothing?"
Merlin stopped short and rubbed the back of his own neck awkwardly. "Among other things, yes."
"And you've been moping around all day about this?"
"You didn't believe me! I was baring my soul to you and you were so arrogant that you just-"
"You told me that you'd saved my life a hundred times with the mystical power of your warlock skills," said Arthur, wiggling his fingers as though casting a spell. "Not that you were hiding the ability to dress me more efficiently."
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11 Jun 2026
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Merlin may not know much, but he knows not to believe any old prophecy a dragon tells him, especially without proof. He came to Camelot to determine his own fate, not to blindly follow his supposed destiny.
He even turns down King Uther's offer to work as a servant for the insufferable Prince Arthur, but they just can't seem to stop crossing paths.
The last thing Merlin wanted while he was on his hands and knees with his head in a bush, searching for the elusive snake, was to hear Arthur's pompous voice from behind him.
"What are you doing?" scoffed the prince.
"You haven't seen a snake around here, by any chance?" asked Merlin, extracting himself from the bush with difficulty and sitting back on his heels.
"I'm sorry, one of my knights is in need of medical attention, and the physician's assistant is searching for a new pet?"
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11 Jun 2026
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Merlin has a secret. Arthur, it turns out, also has a secret.
It's the same secret.
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11 Jun 2026
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only love can thaw a frozen heart (and some are worth melting for) by borealisaurora
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
27 Apr 2023
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It seems like every magic user in Albion knows that Merlin is besotted with Arthur, and many believe that Merlin and Arthur need to get together in order for their Destiny (TM) to be fulfilled. When a witch takes it upon herself to speed this along and puts a curse on Merlin that requires True Love’s kiss to lift it, chaos ensues.
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11 Jun 2026
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Arthur thought him and Merlin getting kidnapped and tossed in an inescapable room was the worst of his luck.
If only that were true.
Or, a look into what Merlin is willing to sacrifice for Arthur and the prices Arthur is never willing for the person he loves to pay.
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10 Jun 2026
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"Merlin, are you…" He trails off, before continuing quietly, "Do you like it when I push you around like this?"
For a moment, Merlin can't decide whether he wants to deny it or just give in to Arthur’s inevitable mockery. But then he looks up at Arthur’s face, and there's something soft in his eyes, so he very slowly nods before he responds.
"It's, uh, certainly possible."
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Merlin is peripherally aware of how strong and physically capable Arthur is, but being aware of it is entirely different from feeling it. 'Horseplay' starts to take on an entirely different meaning when he realises how much he likes it.- Language:
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07 Jun 2026
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So the heart becomes bound with the roots, the lungs filled with the vines and the flowers. Thorns will maim and cut where they grasp hold. The solitary heart bears not the strength to banish the maladie. Coughing and vomiting may dislodge the barriers but only for so long as it takes for more to grow. Witches' briar consumes all in time. Thirty days from the fall of the first petal are granted unto the sufferer. Hanahaki is the curse of those with magic in their veins. No man devoid of magic’s song shall suffer this bite.
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Merlin knows he was condemned from the moment he found the first petal on his pillow, because there is no way that Arthur Pendragon, the King of Camelot, can ever return his love.
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“Is it really that hard to admit you like me?" Merlin can't help the giddy laugh that escapes his mouth. "Just say it!”
Arthur whips back around. “I can’t!” he says loudly, and his voice rings sharp as a blade through the air. The lines of his face are not the careless lines of humour Merlin had expected; his features are braided with anguish and decision, warring with one another, and the smile drops from Merlin’s face.
"Arth--"
“How can I admit that I think about you all the time? Or that I care about you more than anyone? How can I admit that I don’t know what I’ll do if any harm comes to you?” Arthur rakes a frustrated hand through his hair, watching Merlin as though he expects him to drop everything and run.
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05 Jun 2026