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Cupboard Confessions (The Lesser of Two Evils) by EachPeachPearPlum for fancyh
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
19 Jan 2019
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“I can explain?” Merlin says, and since Arthur doesn't immediately interrupt him he figures he might as well carry on. “I'm being blackmailed, and the first thing you need to know is that it's really not my fault.”
Arthur huffs, low and almost inaudible; Merlin’s going to continue being optimistic and call it a laugh. “Oh, really?” he asks. “Tell me, Merlin, how exactly is this not your fault?”
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16 Jun 2026
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In which Arthur’s cousin is a flirt, Arthur is ruffled, and Merlin remains unbothered.
If he dreams of Merlin that night, a shadow stroked across the bartop, with a dark faceless figure draped alongside him, licking whispers into his ear, dribbling alcohol into his open mouth, onto his tongue, down his throat—
—well, then that’s got nothing to do with anything at all.
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16 Jun 2026
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"I know what this is, Merlin."
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03 Jun 2026
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There are many reasons that Merlin is a horrible manservant. Most of the time, Arthur is the one who suffers from Merlin’s unscrupulous behaviour, and it’s this fact only that has saved Merlin’s job. Because, as much as Merlin lacks the qualities for being a properly attentive manservant, his unique view on the nobility’s importance—namely, non-existent—means that he is probably the closest thing Arthur’s ever had as a friend.
Not that he’d tell Merlin, obviously.
Or: Five times Merlin wears Arthur's clothes out of need, and one time because Arthur asks him to.
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20 May 2026
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Coda to ep 5x2. On the way to Ismere, Merlin falls prey to the harsh winter.
It’s what Arthur should’ve done in the first place, when Merlin was dying of the cold: pried open this searing place in him to reach his heat; let it save them both.
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19 May 2026
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ask me why (my heart's inside my throat) by Scarlet_Ribbons for Imagined
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
24 Nov 2022
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“You’re hurt.”
“What gave you that impression,” Arthur says as he smiles at another couple, this pair far less egregious than the first. “I’m doing perfectly alright.”
Merlin snorts. “The next time you lie, my Lord, perhaps try to be more convincing?”
[Arthur's overcome with a temporary bout of amnesia. He has no idea why Merlin's acting so odd, but knowing him, it can't be good.]
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15 May 2026
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the prophetic spring by yellow_caballero
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics), Young Justice (Comics)
27 Oct 2019
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When Tim Drake was seven years old he found 4chan. This would eventually kill him, and then proceed to kill very many other people afterwards, thus adding to the website’s already considerable body count. It would also save a few lives, which was a first for 4chan.
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- Part 3 of Reverse Robin AU
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24 Apr 2026
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Arthur's never been much for pining, but he's never been much for lying, either.
Not even to himself.
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11 Apr 2026
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He only meant to complain; you didn't take serving girls on hunting trips, and the alternative interpretation didn't even occur to him until Merlin said indignantly, "I'm not going to do that!"
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- Part 10 of Merlin works
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08 Apr 2026
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"Well," Morgana said, looking pleased, "Maybe Arthur won't actually throw the tourney this year."
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22 Mar 2026
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"You're not just an ill-starred sorcerer who only knows a few cleaning spells, are you," Arthur said dully.
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20 Mar 2026
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Arthur gets hit with a truth spell and spills a load of embarrassing personal secrets. As happens.
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17 Mar 2026
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all I wanted was a white knight (I got a prince instead) by orphan_account
Fandoms: Merlin (BBC)
11 Apr 2009
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Arthur makes Merlin warm his bed.
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19 Feb 2026
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If I told you to execute Mordred, would you do it? Merlin wondered, losing himself in the blue of Arthur's eyes. Can I save you like this, even if it damns me?
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31 Jan 2026
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Arthur's biggest problem to date, Merlin thinks darkly as he carries yet another load of suspiciously not-really-dirty clothing down the stairs, is an unaccountable fear of anyone, anywhere, suspecting he's capable of being other than a complete and utter prat.
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09 Jan 2026
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“Perhaps we are doing her a favor then,” he says, pausing to chew the inside of his cheek before adding in a measured, careful voice. “I wouldn’t want to live without my love, either.”
Arthur whips around in the saddle to stare at him, eyes hard and dark, like the storm clouds building on the distant horizon. “What love? You haven’t got a love,” he snaps, like he’s the sole keeper of all Merlin’s secrets.
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29 Dec 2025
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The world is falling into winter. Camelot is falling into war. Arthur will do anything he can to keep his kingdom safe, and he will use whatever weapons are at hand - but, to his horror, his decisions turn out to have severe consequences for Merlin. Naturally, Arthur decides that it is his duty to protect his loyal servant from the shocking truth...
“Let me see if I’ve got this straight,” Lancelot said, beginning to grin. “You want to teach Merlin to use magic – without letting him notice that he’s using magic?”
“He must not find out. If he finds out he has magic, he’ll – why are you laughing? This is no laughing matter, Lancelot!”
Set soon after Season 3.
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28 Dec 2025
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“Lord Geoffrey,” Arthur sighs, rubbing a hand along his brow in frustration. “We’ve talked about this. I am not, at this point, interested in marriage.”
Geoffrey looks over at him then, lips pinched and eyebrows high on his forehead. “No sire. I shouldn’t think you would be the right person for this, anyways. Forgive me for saying so, but I hardly think there’s a magical being in all of Albion that would happily marry you, the son of Uther Pendragon.”
Arthur flushes in anger and embarrassment, despite how he privately agrees with Geoffrey. It shouldn’t bother him so much, really— after all, he intends to marry for love. Still, the claim that no being of magic could ever love him stings for a reason he can’t quite pin.
“No, I was thinking marrying off your Court Sorcerer might be a more effective strategy for gaining magical allies.” Arthur chokes on his own spit.
Camelot has legalized magic, but needs a magical political marriage to seal the deal. Merlin gets courted. Arthur pines, stresses, and pines some more.
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- Part 1 of The Golden Age
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27 Dec 2025
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“I’m the king,” Arthur says grumpily, swallowing around the stone that has settled in his throat, “I can wear what I want.”
“What about what I want?”
“I’m the king,” Arthur repeats slowly, since Merlin is being particularly thick, “and so you can also wear what I want.”
Or, Arthur dresses Merlin, which goes about as well as you would expect.
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23 Dec 2025
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whatever here that’s left of me is yours, just as it was by inkatesbush
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
15 Apr 2019
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It is the first time that Merlin has heard Arthur’s name spoken aloud since he died. He shuts his eyes. “How can this be it?”
“It hasn’t ended,” Gaius says. He clasps Merlin’s hands. “Not yet.”
(After Arthur’s death, Merlin lives a life. A very long life, indeed.)
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13 Dec 2025