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Merlin has spent fifteen hundred years waiting for Arthur Pendragon to return.
When it finally happens, Arthur is arrogant, spoiled, and convinced that Arthurian legend is a complete waste of time.
Naturally.
As if that weren't enough, the rest of the knights begin turning up, Sir Leon starts writing him impossible letters from the sixth century, and a series of increasingly disastrous events threatens to upend all of their lives.
Merlin always thought the waiting would be the hard part.
He was wrong.
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Gwen and Merlin have been dancing all along.
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No young man, no matter how great, or mystic can know his destiny. He cannot glimpse his part in the great story that is about to unfold. Like everyone, he must live and learn. And so, it will be for the young magic arriving at the gates of Camelot. A boy that will, in time, father the legend. His name: Merlin.
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A rewrite of Merlin if the writers weren’t cowards. A lot gayer, magic users aren’t the enemy in every single episode, and Uther is the actual villain of the story. Morgana is still a villain, but we have sympathy for her.
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the sunlight trapped inside the wood (through the squall the course stays true) by aletterinthenameofsanity for increasingwonder
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
22 Jun 2026
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“You will make an excellent queen, you do know that, right?” Arthur asks, and there is something tender in his eyes.
Something in her wants to protest. She was the one to introduce the rust. She was the one who mixed in too much iron and upset the delicate balance of nature and magic and steel.
But there is also something in her that thinks—
A spine of steel cannot be too bad a thing.
If Merlin is sunshine, if Gwen is the fire of the forge, if Arthur is the steel between them—
There is something here, brighter than gold, stronger than steel, more enduring than iron. Something that will not rust.
They have to do what they can to make sure that they can actually get to that sunlight.
To get rid of the sorrow staining Merlin’s shoulder, the poison that is spilling through his veins, a sludge that will destroy him.
Gwen needs to be able to see Merlin’s smile again.
And Arthur needs that as well.
(When Gwen uses iron to arrest the Lamia's magical poison to save Merlin's life, she quickly realizes that it does more harm than good. When she arrives back in Camelot, Gaius gives her and Arthur one solution to save Merlin's life: True Love's Kiss.)
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"We will have to be united in secrecy. There will be no more lies between us, Merlin."
In the aftermath of battle, Kanen takes a few more moments to aim his crossbow. It's Merlin, not Will, who takes the hit for Arthur - but not before confessing he used magic to save Ealdor.
When all is said and done, Arthur, Gwen, and Morgana know Merlin’s secret - a change to destiny that has more repercussions than meets the eye.
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(Canon Divergence from s1e10 The Moment of Truth onward.)
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Merlin learned early on in his career as Arthur's manservant and destined protector that sick days were not a part of his contract.
After spending the week taking care of Arthur, Merlin has finally caught the prince's flu, and all he wants is a break. But with the spring tournament about to begin, and the discovery of a murder plot, Merlin doubts he'll get one anytime soon.or
Merlin gets sick and makes it worse by working through it and getting injured.
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Merlin and Arthur are in Leeds for a conference. The train is cancelled, the hotel loses their booking, and there is—unfortunately—only one room left.
It has one bed.
Merlin is absolutely fine about this.Series
- Part 22 of Pride month <3
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Time to do it all over again, but now with you at my side by riddleManager
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
22 Jun 2026
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HEAVY SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE SHOW
Merlin can't believe that Arthur is actually dying, if only he could do it all over and do everything different.
If onlyWil contain Merthur but am planning on making it slowburn, focus is not entirely on romance will focus on Merlin trying to do better this time
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"Was there... was there truly a need for you to kiss me, Merlin?"
"You were drowning, Arthur. Believe me, kissing a stubborn, ungrateful royal idiot was not on my itinerary today."One is an Ezaki, a prince searching for the Lake of Avalon to tear down the walls between their worlds. The other is a sorcerer, risking everything to seal the sword forever within its hidden waters.
Beginning in Constantinople, the heart of the Eastern Roman Empire, and stretching deep into the Sassanid Empire to the ancient city of Gundeshapur—this is a journey set in 540 AD, where real historical events interweave with a high-stakes "Enemies to Lovers" romance.
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Long ago, as humans and Ezakis faced mutual destruction, their kings knelt before the sacred sword in the Lake of Avalon. A history written in blood was sealed with peace, and the Khazar Era began.
Until Uther Pendragon rose to power and turned that peace to ash. Desperate, humanity turned back to Avalon. The lake's magic raised a colossal, insurmountable wall between the two realms. The magic was never to be broken; the gate, never opened. Yet, on the day the world tore in two, a power was born to change everything—Merlin.
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Put Me Back in It by alphalupi
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Merlin (TV), Arthurian Mythology
22 Jun 2026
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This is what he’d been waiting for, this is why he’d suffered centuries in an odd sort of stasis. He’d seen the rise and fall of empire after empire, felt spikes in magic and heard whispers of legend that were so close to the real thing he’d nearly deluded himself into believing it time and time again, but nothing had felt quite like this.
After an entire millennium of waiting, he had work to do: the King had returned.
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Or: Harry Potter is the fated Future King of Camelot and Merlin refuses to allow him to grow up alone. Magic intervenes, Harry finds a home, and Merlin finally remembers what it's like to love.
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- Part 1 of Once and Future
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Arthur is the Detective Chief Inspector of the CaPD (Camelot Police Department). Merlin works there as a forensic scientist. Although they're attracted to each other, their relationship is nothing more than physical relief and, most importantly for Arthur, secret.
Together they solve cases involving magic, even though Merlin hasn't shared his most important secret with Arthur yet. For good reason. After all, sorcerers are despised in the eyes of the Pendragons. Will they eventually acknowledge their feelings for each other and admit them? Until then, they have a bumpy, painful, and eye-opening road ahead.- Language:
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Arthur knows he and Merlin would never be allowed to marry, but that doesn't stop him from asking...
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PLEASE READ THE TAGS!! I will make sure to put warnings on each chapter so you can try skip the violence but please still beware.
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When the round table crew get captured by a vengeful noble while on a hunt, things quickly turn sour with their captors and Merlin is forced to choose between revealing his magic and saving them all.
Obviously, that is an incredibly easy dilemma. All that’s left is to try clean up the mess he ends up creating and get them out, while convincing those fearful of magic that he means no harm.
Easy, right?
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This is my first fic so I hope you guys like it!!
I may add tags as it goes on so please keep an eye on themBased off of Tansyuduri’s fic ‘Return To Me’
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The circle has opened and closed many times whilst Merlin continues to play his part as Guardian of the Crystal Cave. Now, in the 21st century, the story is set to start again.
This time, however, the Round Table will need Morgana's dubious help in order to defeat their enemy. Neither human nor beast, could this foe be too powerful for even the legendary Emrys?
“For he will always appear when Albion has need of him and you will always be there to guide him.”
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- Part 3 of Master of Time
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It was foretold that a man called Emrys would be Morgana's destiny and her doom. From that day on, hunting down the mysterious enemy became her obsession, rivaled only by her thirst for vengeance and her ambition for the throne. Yet what if the curse hanging over her life was never meant to destroy her, but to save her?
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They are young and in love, but first love never lasts. But sometimes you meet again, older, wiser and your heart still skips a beat.
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There's no turning back, there never was by Lompio
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, The Heroes of Olympus - Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types, Merlin (TV)
22 Jun 2026
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Percy yawns and stretches as he wakes, feeling absurdly well-rested and like he slept without nightmares for the first time since—since when? For some reason, he feels like he normally has nightmares and that this has been the best sleep he’s gotten since forever.
Beside him lies a blonde guy and Percy frowns.
He doesn’t know him—why is he lying next to him?
The blonde guy opens his eyes and turns his head as well. Only to frown at Percy, clearly not recognising him either.AKA, Percy Jackson and Jason Grace wake up in a forest without their memories. Only the clothes that they're wearing and a bag with some provisions and money in their possession. They know they're not where, or even when, they're supposed to be. But how do they get back? How did they even get here? What happened to them? And who is that weird fellow who keeps staring at them?
AKA Percy Jackson and Jason Grace in Merlin (BBC).
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King Uther of Camelot is a widower. still grieving the death of the love of his life, he has no plans to marry again. But a simple childhood accident, his son falling from a tree, stirs up fears in the kingdom's council about the fact that Uther has no other heir, should something happen to the boy.
Princess Hunith of Essetir has never been married, but she has a son, born of a long ago tryst. Though her son's father had to leave, Hunith's heart still belongs to him. And yet, her duty is to marry, and with her past, King Uther is the only marriage prospect she has.
The problem? Hunith's son Merlin has magic, and in Camelot, magic is punishable by death.
Can a marriage of political convenience lead to love, when its participants both still love another? And if Merlin's secrets come to light, will love prove more powerful than hate?
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When Morgana gets deceived to think Mordred is Emrys and Merlin is Arthur’s Bane, it gives Merlin opportunities he could only dream of.
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Merlin pretends to be on Morgana’s side, pratically becomes a spy and they plot against poor Mordred together.
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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.