Merlin Big Bang 2012: Wintry Calm (so in love with the wrong world)
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur, Gwen/Morgana, Morgana/Morgause, Arthur/Gwen
Warnings: Modern!Camelot AU, underage sex, dub/non-con, prostitution, violence, minor character deaths, teacher/student dynamics
Word Count: ~92,000
Summary: Camelot has been divided for as long as Arthur can remember; the Great Wall stretches from one end of the city to the other. On one side you have the rich, and the pure. On the other, a child is hanged for possessing magic, and everyone is living on the edge.
Then, one day, Arthur Pendragon looks out of his window to see two dark haired teenagers curled on the doorstep. Slowly he and his girlfriend, Gwen, learn how they came to be there, fall in love with everyone but each other, and begin to tear down the wall.
Art Masterpost
A/N: Far too many people to thank for helping me get through this: massive hugs to my artist, lillithblack, who is wonderful and brilliant and who was there to flail with whenever I needed her :') She was/is my brain when things get muddled, and I probably wouldn't have even entered this thing without her.
Also, my Beta--I don't know what I would've done without Kit. Probably drowned in my own commas :s I learnt a hell of a lot about writing in general from her, making this more of a learning experience than anything (and one that included Merthur, which is just the coolest thing EVER). I feel ridiculously lucky that she ended Beta'ing for me :')
SO MUCH LOVE to those of you on Tumblr who messaged me and replied to posts where I was just sobbing over how I didn't think I was going to be able to finish. Special thanks to that little gaggle of cheerleaders who I picked up along the way, and ADORE to pieces:Izzy, Aino, Chelsea, Georgie and Vee. IDK if you realised how much you were helping, but you really were.
I think I should mention my girlfriend too, just because she claims to still love me, even after I told her about the non-con :X
LASTLY! Thank you to the_muppet, for running this thing, and just everyone on LJ for making it so Goddamn AWESOME to be a part of it all :D
~Part One~Part Two~Part Three~Part Four~
~Part Five~Part Six~Part Seven~
~Part Eight~Part Nine~Part Ten~
~Part Eleven~Part Twelve~
~Epilogue~
AO3 link
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur, Gwen/Morgana, Morgana/Morgause, Arthur/Gwen
Warnings: Modern!Camelot AU, underage sex, dub/non-con, prostitution, violence, minor character deaths, teacher/student dynamics
Word Count: ~92,000
Summary: Camelot has been divided for as long as Arthur can remember; the Great Wall stretches from one end of the city to the other. On one side you have the rich, and the pure. On the other, a child is hanged for possessing magic, and everyone is living on the edge.
Then, one day, Arthur Pendragon looks out of his window to see two dark haired teenagers curled on the doorstep. Slowly he and his girlfriend, Gwen, learn how they came to be there, fall in love with everyone but each other, and begin to tear down the wall.
Art Masterpost
A/N: Far too many people to thank for helping me get through this: massive hugs to my artist, lillithblack, who is wonderful and brilliant and who was there to flail with whenever I needed her :') She was/is my brain when things get muddled, and I probably wouldn't have even entered this thing without her.
Also, my Beta--I don't know what I would've done without Kit. Probably drowned in my own commas :s I learnt a hell of a lot about writing in general from her, making this more of a learning experience than anything (and one that included Merthur, which is just the coolest thing EVER). I feel ridiculously lucky that she ended Beta'ing for me :')
SO MUCH LOVE to those of you on Tumblr who messaged me and replied to posts where I was just sobbing over how I didn't think I was going to be able to finish. Special thanks to that little gaggle of cheerleaders who I picked up along the way, and ADORE to pieces:Izzy, Aino, Chelsea, Georgie and Vee. IDK if you realised how much you were helping, but you really were.
I think I should mention my girlfriend too, just because she claims to still love me, even after I told her about the non-con :X
LASTLY! Thank you to the_muppet, for running this thing, and just everyone on LJ for making it so Goddamn AWESOME to be a part of it all :D
~Part One~Part Two~Part Three~Part Four~
~Part Five~Part Six~Part Seven~
~Part Eight~Part Nine~Part Ten~
~Part Eleven~Part Twelve~
~Epilogue~
AO3 link