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‘What’s going on, Merlin? Why are you… me?’
Lancelot was lying, was his first, quite absurd thought. I do not look cute when I’m confused.«»«»«»
At first, it’s just an ‘inconvenience,’ and although Merlin and Lancelot can’t figure out a way to break the enchantment, at least their bond grows stronger than ever. The snag? It all somehow leads to a discussion about allowing magic in Camelot… and the stakes suddenly get very high.
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When Gwaine is captured by Jarl's men, he hopes that Merlin will miss him enough to come look for him. He would not have guessed that the rescue mission would lead straight into an adventure involving druid camps, the Cup of Life, an immortal army, a reunion with a long-lost friend, and a rebellion against a High Priestess and a Witch Queen, but he has long since learned to expect the unexpected when Merlin is involved, and he would not have it any other way.
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- Part 3 of Where You Go, My Love Goes
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31 Aug 2026
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24!!
“Oh, don’t mind us,” Arthur called after them. “We’ll just wait while you decide whether being a knight is beneath you!” In a lower voice, he muttered, “I never thought it would be easier to convince people to commit high treason than to accept a bloody knighthood…”
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After Gaius dies at the hands of Agravaine in the events of The Secret Sharer, Merlin reveals his magic to Arthur as a last ditch effort to see if Destiny was truly on his side.
What follows is a terrible series of revelations, dubious rituals, offensive job offers, and lots of not-quite secrets still to be revealed.
A season 4 & 5 rewrite where everything is worse.
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Set sometime in season 3 before Uther's death.
Arthur and Merlin navigate the complications of their prince and servant relationship as it becomes something more--something deeper than friendship which cannot be addressed. As their feelings for each other grow, their relationship is complicated by the reveal of Merlin's magic.
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Merthur but it's a glorified situationship. Eventual friends-with-benefits plot where they must hide their relationship from Uther.
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“I appreciate your offer, Arthur,” Merlin says sincerely, his gaze fixed upon the swiftly westering sun. The figure beside him turns halfway, and he feels the piercing stare of those blue eyes as keenly as ever — yet he cannot force himself to meet it. “It matters to me, only not now,” his long fingers clench nervously against the cold cobblestone, “I cannot.”
“What?” had Merlin known him less, he might have thought Arthur sounded almost frightened. It would be easy to account for that: the king surely had not looked for a refusal, now that he knew of the prophecy, of the magic that could shield his realm. “Why?”
This was the hardest part. However much Merlin had turned this dialogue over in his mind, he had never been able to shape the reason with any precision.
I am weary, and I am a coward, and I cannot go on with these endless battles any longer, I cannot bear the sight of this place, I cannot bear the sight of you, and my head is forever ringing—
“I wish to leave.”
Or: Merlin's solitary journey in quest of himself — and of dragons.