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    Arthur has always taken Merlin on every mission — unarmoured, untrained, endlessly reckless.

    It never used to matter.

    But lately, every danger feels sharper. Every close call lasts too long.

    And Merlin is starting to notice the way Arthur hovers… and how the prince’s worry is beginning to look a lot like something else.

    A slow-burn story about devotion disguised as duty, love revealed through quiet choices, and the people who become home when the world turns dangerous.

    Love wins — even when it has to fight for it.

    Written with a companion playlist (linked in the notes) :)

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    06 Jun 2026

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    Arthur’s silence was a garotte around Merlin's throat. He tried to brace himself. Finally, after a long, knife-edge moment, Arthur spoke up. “You’re a sorcerer, Merlin. My father has hunted your kind. You could have killed him at any time, and yet you stopped me from doing so. Why?”
    “I have no love for Uther, but I believe in you, and in the kingdom you will build.”
    “Why?” Arthur repeated. His hands wrapped around the iron bars of the cell.
    The easy response was destiny, but no prophecy could predict or encompass how deeply Merlin had come to regard Arthur. “Because you’re you.”


    Or, instead of lying to Arthur in S2E08 “The Sins of the Father”, Merlin prevents him from killing Uther with his magic.

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    04 Jun 2026

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    oh the sillies ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  3. Public Bookmark 12

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    Merlin and his mum wans to move away from Ealdor to get a fresh start, to leave his mum's abusive ex-boyfriend behind.
    They go to Camelot to look at a flat. His mum falls in love with the flat, and Merlin falls in love with the property manager, who also happens be the landlord's son.
    Why can't life be simple for once?

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    30 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 12

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    Following the story of season 2, episode 4: "Lancelot and Guinevere," except Merlin finally decides to tell Arthur how he feels. Episode rewrite, Merthur oneshot.

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    30 May 2026

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    Merlin wondered how Arthur had managed to convince him to agree to this. He'd agreed the knight's obviously sometimes let him win in tournaments for fear of injuring the Prince of Camelot, but to lie to everyone, help Arthur participate in the jousting tournament in secret, and give up his bed for the prat?

    Merlin wondered when he stopped being able to say no to his prince.

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    30 May 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    screaming sobbing I loved this so much