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Over the years Merlin leaves the castle walls, but he always comes back to Arthur, always comes back home, until the day Arthur has to bring him back.
Or, four times Merlin came back to Arthur, and the one time Arthur brings him home.
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- Part 4 of Be still (my beating heart)
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Bookmarked by Charlie_Solace
21 Jun 2026
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Arthur is reincarnated in the twentieth century. He finds a photo album with photos that show Merlin's life during the time Arthur was dead.
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21 Jun 2026
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Based on a Tumblr post by tifacatsblog, who kindly allowed me to write for their AU!
Merlin gets a tattoo of Excalibur to finally move on from his past and from Arthur. It makes it harder that his artists looks like Arthur, but it's been 1500 years so he can't trust himself.
Bookmarked by Charlie_Solace
21 Jun 2026
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Trust. Loyalty. Destiny. Doom. (and then you add poison and let your cauldron on the burner for your potion to simmer and boil) by no_nutcracker
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
16 Oct 2022
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Morgana finds a dead Merlin on the roof of the tower Finna sought refuge.
And then, Emrys comes back to life.Series
Bookmarked by Charlie_Solace
21 Jun 2026
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Merlin wanted a tattoo.
Arthur wanted to stop wanting things he couldn't keep.Series
- Part 5 of Merlin BBC fics
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21 Jun 2026
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King's Legends, one of the most successful rock bands in the world, has a problem. Their lead singer has unexpectedly retired to become a full-time father, leaving them just three months to find a replacement before a massive world tour.
They find him in the most unlikely of places.
Merlin is an instant hit with the band, the fans, and especially the band's manager, Arthur Pendragon. For Arthur, it's love at first sight. For Merlin, it's impossible. A painful past and a closely guarded secret make any future together seem futile.
As the Legends travel the globe, they find themselves caught up in a scandal, facing a near-death experience, dealing with an obsessive stalker, and learning a revelation that changes everything they thought they knew. And through it all, Merlin and Arthur are plagued by strange dreams that seem completely random and impossible to explain.
By the time the tour reaches its final stop, nothing will be the same again.
Including the answer to what those dreams really mean.
Bookmarked by Charlie_Solace
19 Jun 2026
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Aroace Merlin and aromantic Gwaine are friends with benefits, using sex for stress relief, physical pleasure and emotional comfort.
Arthur is asexual and very in love with Merlin.
This seems like a recipe for disaster, but can they make it work?Series
- Part 5 of Teagirl's bingo 2026
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Bookmarked by Charlie_Solace
19 Jun 2026
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Merlin Emrys, 1500 years old, clinical medical examiner, professional hermit, has finally made peace with the fact that Arthur is gone.
He has not made peace with this. He has simply gotten very good at pretending.When Detective Inspector Arthur Pennington walks into his morgue on a Tuesday, looking exactly the same and remembering absolutely nothing, Merlin's carefully constructed equilibrium lasts approximately forty seconds.
There is also a murder. Possibly magic. Definitely a conspiracy. But mostly, this is about a man who has been in love for fifteen centuries trying to hold it together in a pub while Arthur Pendragon sits pressed against his leg and has no idea.
Slow burn. Reincarnation. Heavy on the yearning, light on the sense.
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Bookmarked by Charlie_Solace
18 Jun 2026
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Merlin is magic, and iron hurts magical creatures.
How did Arthur not catch that before!A study in the lengths Arthur will go to confess in every way but with words.
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18 Jun 2026
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“I didn’t know!” Merlin’s voice rises in pitch now to match Arthur’s. “I didn’t know what you would do, not at first—”
“And what about after I helped you get the druid boy out of the castle? Hmm?”
Arthur has Merlin there, or at least he thinks he does. Certainly, Merlin deflates a bit, and the strange, heavy atmosphere that had settled over them seems to lighten slightly. But the next words out of Merlin’s mouth are, “So I was supposed to just let you make me leave too? I couldn’t do that, Arthur, I wouldn’t. Not then, not ever.”
“I wouldn’t have sent you away,” Arthur protests before he can think better of it. He’s struggling to hold onto the anger, the betrayal, but in the face of Merlin’s own evident pain, his overwhelming instinct is to make it go away. “I would have never sent you away, Merlin!”
“Why not?” Merlin demands.
“Don’t—” Arthur swallows hard. “Don’t pretend you don’t know,” he goes on, barely more than a whisper. “Not now.”
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In which Arthur finds discovers Merlin's magic due to Merlin's own bleeding heart, they acknowledge the bond they share, and Arthur realizes that he never had to know about Merlin's magic to truly know him anyway.
Bookmarked by Charlie_Solace
18 Jun 2026
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You Have to Tell Me For Me to Understand by WearAMaskAndSpeakTheTruth
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
01 Jun 2026
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His chest clenched in worry as Merlin struggled to pick up the buckets again, a normally easy task. Merlin staggered a little, and Arthur found himself taking a step towards Merlin.
No, there's no need. He reminded himself.
He turned his back, and walked to the divider to undress, which was exactly when he heard a cry of pain, a thud, and a massive splash of water.
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Merlin hides what happens after all his adventures, hiding the physical injury and mental hurt, too scared to tell Arthur as it would reveal his secret. However after being poisoned by Morgana and watching Daegal die, it becomes too much and he collapses in front of Arthur. What follows is Arthur trying to learn about his manservant, and Merlin finally getting understanding from the person he cares about.
Bookmarked by Charlie_Solace
17 Jun 2026
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What if no one is around when Arthur rises from the lake,
what if Arthur is left to make his own way, towards the warm feeling guiding his soul.
With a knights mindset in the modern world.A fairly sappy warm take on Arthur rising and finding Merlins new life in his little tudor house with his big grey cat
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- Part 1 of The second life of Arthur Pendragon
Bookmarked by Charlie_Solace
17 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 Charlie_Solace
17 Jun 2026
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5 times others realized Merlin was hurt + 1 time Arthur realized by gillyporter
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
06 Apr 2026
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“You’re an idiot,” he remarked. “I’m taking you to Gaius.”
“No,” Merlin slurred. “‘Supposed to help you.”
Hurtcember day 17: Concussion
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- Part 17 of The Hurt(cember) you bring ['24]
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Bookmarked by Charlie_Solace
17 Jun 2026
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“That doesn’t even make sense,” Arthur argued. “Are you sure you haven’t been drinking?”
“I told you,” Merlin pressed. “I was saving your life.”
Merlin is severely sleep-deprived and accidentally starts revealing his secrets.
Hurtcember day 18: Fatigue
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- Part 18 of The Hurt(cember) you bring ['24]
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Bookmarked by Charlie_Solace
17 Jun 2026
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Merlin protects Arthur from an attack at a feast with the help of a few observant knights. Because, if Merlin's got a funny feeling, the Knights of the Round Table are ready to aid The Plan. The problem? Merlin never has a plan. And, when it's over, Arthur wants to know why he wasn't a part of this nonexistent plan — and has some apologies to give.
Based on the prompt:
“Well, that didn’t end the way I expected, but at least nobody important died.”Series
- Part 2 of Merlin One-Shots
Bookmarked by Charlie_Solace
17 Jun 2026
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I Keep Pushing Myself (I Can't Take It At All) by RoseByAnyOtherName17
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
05 Jun 2026
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The first thing Arthur does when he sees Merlin again is kiss him.
It’s the wrong thing to do, he knows, especially when Merlin is too shocked (or disoriented, maybe) to kiss him back. But what else can Arthur do? He’s watched Merlin for over a millennia from behind a veil.
He's done watching.
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In which Merlin, after fifteen hundred years of waiting, is ready to give up and Arthur returns to him, prophecy be damned.
Note: suicidal ideation is very vague and brief, but proceed with caution if that is a concern for you
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16 Jun 2026
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but if we fall / I only pray / don't fall away from me by Katiebabyangel
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
13 Jun 2026
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After revealing his magic, Merlin promised his king that he would tell him if he was hurt or needed help. The aftermath of an assassination attempt sent him, injured, stumbling into Arthur's chambers to fulfill his promise. Once he did that, he figured he could finish getting ready for the visiting delegation and wrap up his chores. He wasn't sure why Arthur was being so weird about it. He was only lightly shot.
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"I have to tell you something."
"Can it wait? I'm busy."
"It's urgent."
"Okay, fine. What's so important that you had to interrupt me?"
"I've been shot."
"Why didn't you lead with that?"Series
- Part 3 of Merlin One-Shots
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16 Jun 2026
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The man was exactly like on the photos Gwaine had shown him. Blond with pale blue eyes and a sharp jaw. His smile dug cute dimples in his cheeks. Merlin breathed deeply. In his experience, gorgeous men often had a horrendous personality. But this guy couldn’t be too bad, if he was Gwaine’s friend.
“Sorry, I hope I didn’t keep you waiting for too long. I’m Merlin, by the way,” Merlin said with a self-conscious smile and a nervous chuckle.
“I arrived just a few minutes ago, Merlin. I’m Arthur.”
The way his name rolled off Arthur’s tongue made a shiver run down Merlin’s spine. He wasn’t ashamed of admitting that he really wanted to hear it again. He even found Arthur’s posh accent attractive. Gwen would be cackling when he’d tell her. That was perhaps the first time that Merlin encountered a rich person that he didn’t immediately want to punch.
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- Part 6 of Teagirl's bingo 2026
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Bookmarked by Charlie_Solace
16 Jun 2026
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If I Throw Away my Fear and Pride to set Things Right by Hazardous_Material
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
10 Jun 2026
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At some point the monster chasing Merlin had had names that meant something to him.
Percival
Elyan
Lancelot
Gwaine
Leon
ArthurBut not anymore. Now, the group of knights slinks through the forest at break-neck speed, with such a degree of practiced and lethal unison they may as well have been the golden dragon curled on each of their shoulders.
So Merlin is running.
Merlin is running for his life.
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Merlin accidentally reveals himself as a sorcerer to Arthur and the knights. A very traumatizing 24 hour sorcerer-hunt proceeds this, that leads to a very conflicted Arthur, a very injured Merlin, and a very angry Gwaine.
Bookmarked by Charlie_Solace
16 Jun 2026