{ Merlin Big Bang 2011 masterlist | A-N }
Below are the 2011 Merlin Big Bang entries, alphabetically listed A-N:
Title: A Fistful of Infinity and Starlight
Author: junkshop_disco
Artist: matchsticks_p
Pairing: Gwaine/Merlin (with Arthur/Gwen, Gwen/Lancelot, Leon/mead on the side)
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 64,000
Warnings/spoilers: Sex, some violence (mostly show-style), deals with Uther’s madness, and character death (highlight to read who)* Uther*
Summary: Uther’s insane, Morgana’s plotting a new assault on Camelot, and Arthur and his knights are clueless but supposedly in charge. In the midst of it, Gwaine finds himself harbouring feelings for a man who apparently has a destiny, and learns something new about magic: it doesn’t play fair, and serving it shakes everything you hold dear - whether you’re a sorcerer or not.
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Title: Academy
Author: night_lyx
Artist: lili_flygirl
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin, with Gwen/Lance, Gwaine/Elena, one-sided Leon/Morgana and one-sided Merlin/Freya
Rating: R
Word count: 53,000
Warnings/spoilers: Mentions of war, character death, some forms of homophobia
Summary: They called themselves the Marauders. When the new school year starts during the year of 1971, five young girls and boys enroll in the prestigious Academy to learn witchcraft and wizardry. For the next seven years, they are forced to confront personal issues, find the power of friendship and realize that, although they are sheltered in the castle’s walls, a war awaits them outside.
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Title: Arthur Pendragon and the Philosopher's Sword
Author: a8c_sock
Artist: eleret
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin (background Lancelot/Gwen, Elena/Gilli)
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 63,468
Warnings/spoilers: Some mild peril (no more than what's in the show), minor character death (highlight to read who)* : Professor Muirden, Mordred (kinda)*
Summary: Arthur Pendragon was living a normal, mundane life, when he received a mysterious letter inviting him to the magical University of Camelot. Despite his scepticism before long he found himself being whisked of to a world of magic, mystery and destiny. His life would never be the same again.
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Title: As A Forgotten Continent
Author: ca_te
Artist: madnessisreal
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin (also Arthur/Gwen, Merlin/Lancelot), Gaius, Will, Morgana, Hunith
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 32,000
Warnings/spoilers: Incest, sexual content, Reincarnation!fic (and hints of future!fic), angst, switching of POVs, too much destiny and too much thinking.Also too much eternal love. Aaand spoilers from all the three seasons.
Summary: Destiny sometimes plays tricks...Merlin and Arthur are born again as brothers. They have been strongly connected since when they were kids,but at a certain point, when they both are teens, something shifts in the balance of their relationship. How will they cope with it? And what will happen when Merlin starts to understand that the recurrent dreams that he has been having since when he was a child are something more than simple dreams? Will they manage to truly find each other in this new lifetime?
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Title: Balance of the World
Author: leafy07
Artist: glenien
Pairing: Uther+Nimueh (friendship), Arthur+Merlin (friendship), Uther/Ygraine
Rating: PG
Word count: 28,508
Warnings/spoilers: None.
Summary: Destinies are complex things. Sometimes they span generations, watchingand waiting for the right circumstances, the right people. When a youngPrince meets an Apprentice-Sorceress one dull day, Destiny sees it's chance to weave a legend. Or, the history of Uther Pendragon, King of Camelot, and Nimueh, High Priestess of the Old Religion.
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Title: Beat Your Heart In Time With Mine
Author: peasnbeanstalks
Artist: sweetestel
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur, Gwen/Lancelot
Rating: R
Word count: 40,500
Warnings/spoilers: None.
Summary: In the quiet train town of Camelot, Arthur is Head Engineer and Merlin is his Head Conductor. They can’t remember a time when it’s not been like this. Station Master Uther seems to be trying his best to keep it that way, but there are other problems that need to be fixed. The broken clock tower for one, and the never-ending luminescent rain for another. In his spare time Merlin tinkers and toys with building clocks and re-imagining the oil lamp, but Arthur has a much bigger project hidden away beneath the ground that can change the way their little steam powered town is run.
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Title: Beyond the Neon Trees
Author: mightypretty
Artist: viennajones
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin; Side helpings of the Knights, Hunith and Uther.
Rating: R
Word count: 56,645
Warnings/spoilers: Modern!AU; Mentions of underage drinking, drug use, gang violence, verbal domestic abuse, minor character death.
Summary: Merlin’s life isn’t perfect, he drinks, he steals and even has a few puffs of the good stuff just to get by some days. He has his friends, his art and his mum, who has to juggle three jobs just to make ends meet. He also has Arthur, who brings with him a whole new heap of problems. Falling in love with your best friend is never easy; especially when you’re living in the deadbeat rundown Holly Street Estate in East London.
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Title: Blue Skies over Bad Lands
Author: eldee
Artist: gwyntastic
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin/Gwaine (see masterpost for supporting characters/pairings.)
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 75,000
Warnings/spoilers: canon/modern AU fusion; reincarnation themes; S3 based Morgana; kidnapping (no harm); attempted dub-con; slightly intoxicated sexytimes
Summary: Merlin is fairly new to the town of Camelton, and finds himself in a friendship with Arthur and Gwaine. When Arthur's sister Morgana becomes increasingly unstable, Merlin and Gwaine try to support Arthur and help Morgana, but she is tired of being the subject of gossip and having Uther refuse to claim her as his daughter. As punishment against the family, she banishes Arthur to a magical place called New Albion, and Merlin and Gwaine accidentally get pulled in there as well. When they happen upon the bridge-keeper Grittir, they're told that by the rules of the land they have a chance to win their way home -- if they can complete their quests. Courage, Strength, and Magic must work together again.
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Title: Britain Boys
Author: nyxelestia
Artist: deathjunke
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin (preslash), Thomas Collins, with appearances from Uther, Hunith, Gwen, Morgana, Cenred, Leon, and Will
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 38,700
Warnings/spoilers: Kidnapping, Wanking of 13-year-olds, Child Abuse, Violence
Summary: Prince Arthur didn’t care much for the new Prime Minister’s son, Merlin, and would rather spend as little time with him as possible - and the feeling is mutual. But when they’re kidnapped together, they don’t get much of a choice.
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Title: Bruised Feet Don't Take You to the Altar
Author: faynia
Artist: catchtheskies
Pairing: Arthur/Elena, Merlin, Morgana, Vivian, Gwen/Lancelot
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 30,100
Warnings/spoilers: Schmoop, shameless amounts of schmoop, clichés, and Morgana's all-knowing smirk
Summary: Modern!AU. Arthur needs a bride. Elena just wants to leave her father's house. Meanwhile, Morgana and Merlin meddle, and Vivian talks a lot. There's horseback riding, discussions of feelings, bad hair days, broken promises, and one scheming uncle who wants to ruin everything.
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Title: Charms and Rapture
Author: icequeenrex
Artist: randomslasher
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur, Cenred, King Bayard, Gwaine, Lancelot, Leon, Uther, Ygraine, Morgana and other minor characters
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 40,000
Warnings/spoilers: AU/one sex scene
Summary: Inspired by Ella Enchanted, Arthur was 'blessed' with the gift of obedience at birth and after a series of painful and frightening events, has begun to hate himself and everything magical. So when the druids are invited to Camelot for the winter, and Merlin finds out the prince's secret, Arthur is immediately on the defence. But there's something about the gangly, awkward druid boy, who begins to charm his way into Arthur's every day life and - begrudgingly - his heart. But someone else knows Arthur's secret and Merlin's special powers make him a target for darker purposes, and he intends to use Arthur to get to Merlin. Arthur finally finds something important enough to want a choice, to not obey.
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Title: 'Company' aka How Merlin Met the Love of His Life (and a Few Others, Besides)
Author: lachatblanche
Artist: chrunchy_crunck
Pairing: Merlin/Morgana, Merlin/Freya, Merlin/Arthur, Merlin/Gwaine, Merlin/Morgause, Gwen/Lancelot and other background pairings
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 79,290
Warnings/spoilers: None.
Summary: Merlin does How I Met Your Mother. In other words, Merlin's quest to find his One True Love with the help of his friends, crappy action films and lots of alcohol along the way.
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Title: Destiny That Darkly Hides Us
Author: nympha_alba
Artist: tindu
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 40,500
Warnings/spoilers: Angst, war, minor character death, major character death (temporary/reincarnation) - and did I mention angst?
Summary: Angst, war, minor character death, major character death (temporary/reincarnation) - and did I mention angst?
Summary: Historical AU with magic. It's 1913, the practice of homosexuality is unlawful, so is the practice of magic. When Arthur Pendragon and Merlin Emrys meet as Cambridge undergrads, they are both hungry for a real and true connection without secrets. For a short time they believe they may have found it. But war breaks out and separates them, and it seems unlikely that they will meet again. After all, what are the odds?
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Title: Edit the Sad Parts
Author: cruentum
Artist: martinius
Pairing: (Merlin)/Freya, Merlin/Arthur, Merlin/Elyan
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 94,000
Warnings/spoilers: None.
Summary: It takes more than a dick to make a guy. Merlin learns this as he goes from eating pussy as a sixteen-year old girl, to fucking other guys with his own cock as a twenty-seven-year old landscaper. The journey's riddled with tears, cocks, and enough self-hate to fill the Channel; but with a little help from his friends, and some mostly-stable relationships, Merlin gets his happily-ever-after in the end
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Title: End of Reign
Author: thisissirius
Artist: glenien
Pairing: merlin/arthur, gwen, morgana, gaius, uther, ensemble of knights (and others)
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 30,066
Warnings/spoilers: None.
Summary: in which merlin learns abour inception and teaches his friends how to dreamwalk because it's the only way to save arthur from both disinheritance and potential ruin. (uses the idea of inception but IS NOT an inception crossover. SORRY.
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Title: Family Tree
Author: cerisereve
Artist: satavaisa
Pairing: Arthur/Gwen
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 53,000
Warnings/spoilers: Ygraine dies in childbirth. Rape is briefly mentioned, but none takes place. Arthur hunts and kills a rabbit
Summary: After defeating Cenred's forces and an army of the dead in the siege during the Tears of Uther Pendragon, Arthur has a traitor to identify, a city to rebuild, and-of course-a manservant to order around. All of which would be much easier to accomplish if Gaius would give him a straight answer about the magical staff found in the burial vaults, Merlin was not yanking Morgana into alcoves, and if Gwen would call him by his given name. When a druid insists on meeting with him, Arthur is forced to confront the fact that he cannot hide from magic.
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Title: Finding Albion
Author: filinya
Artist: sugareey
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur, Gwen/Lancelot, Gwaine, Elyan, Percival,Leon, Gauis, Uther, Hunith, Morgana, Other Original Characters
Rating: R
Word count: 50,000
Warnings/spoilers: Character Death. (highlight to read who)* Uther, Merlin (temporary)* Violence.
Summary: Camelot is devastated in the aftermath of Morgana's reign, but danger is rising again, from within the castle and without. The Knights of the Round Table must face new challenges, Arthur is caught between his father and his kingdom, and Merlin might have to make the biggest sacrifice of all to ensure the destiny of the Once and Future King is fulfilled.
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Title: Fractured Fairytale
Author: fuzzytomato02
Artist: teaandtimecake
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin, background: Gwen/Lancelot, Gwaine/Elena and past Arthur/Gwen
Rating: R
Word count: 47,000
Warnings/spoilers: canon character death
Summary: Arthur does not believe in magic. At all. Which is bad for him since he’s been sucked into a parallel universe where he keeps running into people he knows who don’t know him. Even worse, his guide is a hapless kind of sorcerer, they’ve received dodgy directions from his morally dubious half-sister, and some leathery winged beast keeps going on about some kind of quest and destiny. Arthur will be lucky to get out of his current predicament alive much less be able to get back to his own life.
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Title: From the Ashes
Author: randomslasher
Artist: catsinthecoffee
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 42,102
Warnings/spoilers: Violence, (temporary) death
Summary: When Merlin uses magic to save Arthur’s life, he is condemned to death, and Arthur is too late to save him. But when the grief-stricken prince, along with Morgana and Gwen, journeys to Ealdor to return Merlin’s ashes, a series of strange events leads them to believe the warlock may not be as dead as they thought.
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Title: Glow of a Rose
Author: silkmoth101
Artist: glenien
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: R
Word count: 40,540
Warnings/spoilers: Violence, Drug use/abuse/withdrawal
Summary: After waiting centuries for the rise of the Once and Future King, Merlin is not amused to find out Arthur can fuck up anything… even his own legend.
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Title: Harmonia Mundi
Author: pen_rabbit
Artist: juvenine
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: R
Word count: 43,000
Warnings/spoilers: Violence.
Summary: Music has always been the centre of Merlin’s reality, and the idea of silence is unimaginable. But when Camelot is deafening, Arthur is distracting and the dragon is utterly unhelpful, will his gift turn out to be a blessing or a curse?
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Title: Haven
Author: this_is_kelly
Artist: sallyna_smile
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 69,000
Warnings/spoilers: None.
Summary: A house is just Shelter, but a home is Haven. Merlin and Arthur have been together for nearly five years and now the time has come to answer the question: Do they want to extend their family beyond themselves? As they enter the world of adoption and raising children, they realize that parenting might just be the hardest job they've ever had.
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Title: In Search of Remembrance
Author: gfeather
Artist: reni_m
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 109,000
Warnings/spoilers: Major Character Death (temporary), Minor Character Death
Summary: There is always a Warrior and a Warlock. Merlin and Arthur have lived six lifetimes together, the last of which ended over three centuries ago. Sensing Arthur's return, Merlin puts himself in a position to be at Arthur's side again, though his rebirth does not go as expected. Without his memories, Merlin struggles to control his wild magic, a task made all the more difficult when he arrives in Camelot and meets an arrogant prince who makes his magic sing.
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Title: L'Amour Est Bleu/Love Is Blue
Author: rotrude
Artist: pianeko
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin; minor Gwaine/Elena
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 31,000
Warnings/spoilers: Canon compliant minor character death
Summary: Arthur's a corporate genius, but his French language skills are so catastrophically bad, he courts disaster during an informal meeting with a financial backer. (Though it's only the fault of near homophones, if you ask him.) Uther's not happy, Freya might have been expecting Arthur's communication debacle, while Merlin might just be the solution to Arthur's Babel problems. And then there's Gwaine who woos people with apples and wants to be the teacher's pet.
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Title: Line of Dance
Author: thismaz
Artist: choco_souffle
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 43,350
Warnings/spoilers: Mention of the rape and murder of a female OC, description (but not depiction) of medieval justice/punishment, minor character death in battle.
Summary: Arthur has come to the throne. He needs to establish himself and demonstrate his difference from his father. Too soon, a murder changes everything and Arthur has to go to war.
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Title: Living in Hearts Left Behind
Author: giselleslash
Artist: waltzing_mice
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin, also Morgana, Uther, OC Henry (Arthur's brother) with past Henry/Merlin
Rating: R/NC-17
Word count: 36,000
Warnings/spoilers: Angst, Character Death (of OC)
Summary: Arthur has been living abroad for several years, wanting to get as far away from his family and the expectations placed on him as possible, but the unexpected death of his brother brings him back home where he must confront the things that drove him away. He has to deal with the guilt of not being in his brother's life for the last few years, and how much he missed because of that, as well as coming to terms with the fact that maybe his father isn't the unreachable man he thought he was. Making everything more complicated is his brother's boyfriend, Merlin, who might just be his salvation if their guilt and sadness doesn't drown them before they even get started.
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Title: (love, or) A Feeling Like It
Author: night_lyx
Artist: chosenfire28
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur, Morgana/Leon, Gwen/Lance, with implied Gwaine/Elena
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 57,000
Warnings/spoilers: sex, implied previous character death and, you know, angst.
Summary: Merlin Emrys is normal. He is ordinary and lives with his two friends in an ordinary flat in Surrey, he writes for a bi-monthly magazine and writes for himself during dark nights and much-too-early mornings, he has too many feelings and grudges himself for it. He figures the only thing that makes him extraordinary are his dreams that don’t feel like dreams at all -they feel like memories-, his magical powers that are turned on and off like a switch and the fact that a beautiful man just entered his life like a whisper and he’s slowly falling in love.
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Title: Masked
Author: pathera
Artist: heehee11
Pairing: pre-slash Arthur/Merlin, minor Merlin/Gwaine, background Gwen/Lancelot
Rating: PG-13 to R
Word count: 53,700
Warnings/spoilers: Violence, minor character death, mentions of kidnapping, abuse, and captivity
Summary: Heroes are made, not born, and this is how it's done. Merlin is born with magic, but it takes more than that to become a superhero in a city that casts them as the enemy. In between balancing his day job as a personal assistant to Arthur Pendragon--who happens to be the son of a man leading the crusade against magic--and jumping off rooftops by night as the Warlock, Merlin has to try to keep his dual identity intact and stop a twenty-year old vendetta from destroying everything he knows. This is far easier said than done.
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Title: Men For All Seasons
Author: new_kate
Artist: amphigoury
Pairing: A/M, implied past A/Gwen
Rating: R
Word count: 56,000
Warnings/spoilers: Violence, war, torture, disturbing historical references, implied character deaths in the past, mental disorder. Also flying saucers.
Summary: Reincarnation story set in 1940. In Albion's hour of need Arthur is brought back from his rest in Avalon. He learns that the world is at war, and that the enemies have dark magic at their disposal. With the help of the mysterious Vril society the invaders are about to gain air superiority and become unstoppable. Only Merlin could fight the new magical threat, but Merlin has been missing for a long time...
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Title: Mykonos
Author: flypaw
Artist: theywerecones
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin (with mentioned Balinor/Hunith, Uther/Ygraine)
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 140,000
Warnings/spoilers: Character death (mostly minor, but includes a known character who dies in canon and a child), torture, flooded-world scenario (&associated issues e.g. refugee camps, starvation etc.), sort-of-slavery, intoxication (leading to what some might consider dub-con, though it's not intended as such)
Summary: Future AU. After a seeing-stone washes up on the shores of Ealdor, the last Island left after the great floods and rising Ocean, Merlin sees their salvation - a Sky City named Camelot. When he wakes up on the shores of the Sky City, Merlin starts to realise the New World is nothing as it was fabled. It is then that Merlin begins his journey to meet the 'dragon' that called him there, realising that nothing in Camelot is what it seems. Together they begin a revolution against a blind king and the foundations the New World was built on, uncovering even deeper secrets that were thought to be buried with the Old World when the land sunk.
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Title: Near-Mint Condition
Author: paragraphs
Artist: baba_o_reily
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur(with appearances by Percival, Gwen, Lance, Elyan, Alice, Uther and a few others, including OC Anna and OC Ellie). And, of course, Kilgharragh.
Rating: R
Word count: 82,226
Warnings/spoilers: Mild violence
Summary: Merlin owns a small comic shop on Cardiff Bay. Life's been a struggle for Merlin lately; he's had to downsize the shop he inherited, half the bills are overdue, his boyfriend has left him for a more exciting life in London, something's been frightening the tourists, and now there are rumours of a new comic mega-store moving into Cardiff. His life is surely over. There are a few things that keep Merlin going though; the support of his friends, an agent is interested in his online serial, and the hot bloke on the comic forums likes him. At least he thinks it's a bloke. If only he could be sure, and if only he could figure out how to save his shop. Oh, and there's one more thing. Just like his favorite comic book heroes, he can move objects, control the wind, and can even make his dog Kilgharrah do the most amazing tricks. He doesn't know whether to don a cape or check himself into a psych hospital. But he's no superman, just an average guy with a lot of problems, and the biggest one of all is named Arthur Pendragon.
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Title: Nights 'Round the Table
Author: rhosyn_du & mellow_dk
Artist: luisadeza
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur, Gwaine/Elena, Gwen/Lancelot/Morgana, Nimue/Morgause, Uther/Catrina, Leon/fabulous shoes + many, many other past and implied pairings.
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 47,500
Warnings/spoilers: Cults, closeted characters, bi-phobia, breaking and entering, public intoxication, casual drug use, casual sex, rough language, punk rock
Summary: San Francisco Bay Area punk foodie AU. When Uther buys a culinary-focused TV station for his new bride, Catrina, it's up to Arthur to get it cable-ready. Unfortunately for everyone involved, Arthur's idea of haute cuisine is putting your pizza on a plate instead of eating it straight out of the box. Featuring chef!Merlin, TV-exec!Arthur, patissiere-by-day-psychobilly-front-man-by-night!Gwen, and most-patient-and-understanding-PA-ever!Leon.
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Title: Not Another Cinderella
Author: rchginger
Artist: beeej
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: PG-13 to R
Word count: 34,149
Warnings/spoilers: None.
Summary: In which Arthur's royal, Merlin's magical, a creepy inn is creepy, and a sweater wearing cat is full of slash. When Prince Arthur of Avalon is photographed with a lad’s hand down his trousers his father decides its high-time he learned to be responsible. In the small town of Ealdor no one knows who Arthur Pendragon really is so when Arthur arrives at the Destin Inn and acts like a prat Merlin immediately hates the new, admittedly handsome, clerk. With the help of a sweater wearing cat, a haunted (?) Inn, and a turtle that may be more than just a turtle Arthur will learn to grow up and might just fall in love if the paparazzi and secrets don’t ruin everything.
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Title: Nothing Ever Promised
Author: caitcupcake
Artist: feyuca
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin, Gwen/Lancelot, past!Arthur/Gwen, Gwaine, Morgana, Percival, Elyan
Rating: PG13 (+NC17 epilogue)
Word count: 66.7k (+3k epilogue)
Warnings/spoilers: Violence. Character death (not characters listed above).
Summary: Between the trees of Cenred's ruined kingdom, a heartbroken Arthur and an orphaned Merlin discover new feelings for each other, but quickly learn that nothing is promised, and no lie can stay hidden forever.
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Title: Now I Will Unsettle the Ground Beneath You
Author: nu_breed
Artist: goss
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur, Merlin/Gwaine, (background Gwen/Lance, past Gwen/Arthur)
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 42,400
Warnings/spoilers: Infidelity, reincarnation fic (i.e. past character death), mentions of drug use, mention of torture
Summary: Merlin's dreams have always fuelled his art, but they've always been abstract and removed from reality. Soon after he meets Gwaine, he starts to see vivid images of a past full of death and magic and love for a King who was ripped from him. Things only escalate further when he spends a weekend in the country with Gwaine and meets his group of friends, which includes aristocrat and It Boy, Arthur Pendragon. Merlin soon realises that no matter how hard you try, one thing is certain, you can't fuck with destiny.
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Title: A Fistful of Infinity and Starlight
Author: junkshop_disco
Artist: matchsticks_p
Pairing: Gwaine/Merlin (with Arthur/Gwen, Gwen/Lancelot, Leon/mead on the side)
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 64,000
Warnings/spoilers: Sex, some violence (mostly show-style), deals with Uther’s madness, and character death (highlight to read who)* Uther*
Summary: Uther’s insane, Morgana’s plotting a new assault on Camelot, and Arthur and his knights are clueless but supposedly in charge. In the midst of it, Gwaine finds himself harbouring feelings for a man who apparently has a destiny, and learns something new about magic: it doesn’t play fair, and serving it shakes everything you hold dear - whether you’re a sorcerer or not.
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Title: Academy
Author: night_lyx
Artist: lili_flygirl
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin, with Gwen/Lance, Gwaine/Elena, one-sided Leon/Morgana and one-sided Merlin/Freya
Rating: R
Word count: 53,000
Warnings/spoilers: Mentions of war, character death, some forms of homophobia
Summary: They called themselves the Marauders. When the new school year starts during the year of 1971, five young girls and boys enroll in the prestigious Academy to learn witchcraft and wizardry. For the next seven years, they are forced to confront personal issues, find the power of friendship and realize that, although they are sheltered in the castle’s walls, a war awaits them outside.
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Title: Arthur Pendragon and the Philosopher's Sword
Author: a8c_sock
Artist: eleret
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin (background Lancelot/Gwen, Elena/Gilli)
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 63,468
Warnings/spoilers: Some mild peril (no more than what's in the show), minor character death (highlight to read who)* : Professor Muirden, Mordred (kinda)*
Summary: Arthur Pendragon was living a normal, mundane life, when he received a mysterious letter inviting him to the magical University of Camelot. Despite his scepticism before long he found himself being whisked of to a world of magic, mystery and destiny. His life would never be the same again.
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Title: As A Forgotten Continent
Author: ca_te
Artist: madnessisreal
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin (also Arthur/Gwen, Merlin/Lancelot), Gaius, Will, Morgana, Hunith
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 32,000
Warnings/spoilers: Incest, sexual content, Reincarnation!fic (and hints of future!fic), angst, switching of POVs, too much destiny and too much thinking.Also too much eternal love. Aaand spoilers from all the three seasons.
Summary: Destiny sometimes plays tricks...Merlin and Arthur are born again as brothers. They have been strongly connected since when they were kids,but at a certain point, when they both are teens, something shifts in the balance of their relationship. How will they cope with it? And what will happen when Merlin starts to understand that the recurrent dreams that he has been having since when he was a child are something more than simple dreams? Will they manage to truly find each other in this new lifetime?
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Title: Balance of the World
Author: leafy07
Artist: glenien
Pairing: Uther+Nimueh (friendship), Arthur+Merlin (friendship), Uther/Ygraine
Rating: PG
Word count: 28,508
Warnings/spoilers: None.
Summary: Destinies are complex things. Sometimes they span generations, watchingand waiting for the right circumstances, the right people. When a youngPrince meets an Apprentice-Sorceress one dull day, Destiny sees it's chance to weave a legend. Or, the history of Uther Pendragon, King of Camelot, and Nimueh, High Priestess of the Old Religion.
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Title: Beat Your Heart In Time With Mine
Author: peasnbeanstalks
Artist: sweetestel
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur, Gwen/Lancelot
Rating: R
Word count: 40,500
Warnings/spoilers: None.
Summary: In the quiet train town of Camelot, Arthur is Head Engineer and Merlin is his Head Conductor. They can’t remember a time when it’s not been like this. Station Master Uther seems to be trying his best to keep it that way, but there are other problems that need to be fixed. The broken clock tower for one, and the never-ending luminescent rain for another. In his spare time Merlin tinkers and toys with building clocks and re-imagining the oil lamp, but Arthur has a much bigger project hidden away beneath the ground that can change the way their little steam powered town is run.
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Title: Beyond the Neon Trees
Author: mightypretty
Artist: viennajones
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin; Side helpings of the Knights, Hunith and Uther.
Rating: R
Word count: 56,645
Warnings/spoilers: Modern!AU; Mentions of underage drinking, drug use, gang violence, verbal domestic abuse, minor character death.
Summary: Merlin’s life isn’t perfect, he drinks, he steals and even has a few puffs of the good stuff just to get by some days. He has his friends, his art and his mum, who has to juggle three jobs just to make ends meet. He also has Arthur, who brings with him a whole new heap of problems. Falling in love with your best friend is never easy; especially when you’re living in the deadbeat rundown Holly Street Estate in East London.
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Title: Blue Skies over Bad Lands
Author: eldee
Artist: gwyntastic
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin/Gwaine (see masterpost for supporting characters/pairings.)
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 75,000
Warnings/spoilers: canon/modern AU fusion; reincarnation themes; S3 based Morgana; kidnapping (no harm); attempted dub-con; slightly intoxicated sexytimes
Summary: Merlin is fairly new to the town of Camelton, and finds himself in a friendship with Arthur and Gwaine. When Arthur's sister Morgana becomes increasingly unstable, Merlin and Gwaine try to support Arthur and help Morgana, but she is tired of being the subject of gossip and having Uther refuse to claim her as his daughter. As punishment against the family, she banishes Arthur to a magical place called New Albion, and Merlin and Gwaine accidentally get pulled in there as well. When they happen upon the bridge-keeper Grittir, they're told that by the rules of the land they have a chance to win their way home -- if they can complete their quests. Courage, Strength, and Magic must work together again.
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Title: Britain Boys
Author: nyxelestia
Artist: deathjunke
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin (preslash), Thomas Collins, with appearances from Uther, Hunith, Gwen, Morgana, Cenred, Leon, and Will
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 38,700
Warnings/spoilers: Kidnapping, Wanking of 13-year-olds, Child Abuse, Violence
Summary: Prince Arthur didn’t care much for the new Prime Minister’s son, Merlin, and would rather spend as little time with him as possible - and the feeling is mutual. But when they’re kidnapped together, they don’t get much of a choice.
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Title: Bruised Feet Don't Take You to the Altar
Author: faynia
Artist: catchtheskies
Pairing: Arthur/Elena, Merlin, Morgana, Vivian, Gwen/Lancelot
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 30,100
Warnings/spoilers: Schmoop, shameless amounts of schmoop, clichés, and Morgana's all-knowing smirk
Summary: Modern!AU. Arthur needs a bride. Elena just wants to leave her father's house. Meanwhile, Morgana and Merlin meddle, and Vivian talks a lot. There's horseback riding, discussions of feelings, bad hair days, broken promises, and one scheming uncle who wants to ruin everything.
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Title: Charms and Rapture
Author: icequeenrex
Artist: randomslasher
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur, Cenred, King Bayard, Gwaine, Lancelot, Leon, Uther, Ygraine, Morgana and other minor characters
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 40,000
Warnings/spoilers: AU/one sex scene
Summary: Inspired by Ella Enchanted, Arthur was 'blessed' with the gift of obedience at birth and after a series of painful and frightening events, has begun to hate himself and everything magical. So when the druids are invited to Camelot for the winter, and Merlin finds out the prince's secret, Arthur is immediately on the defence. But there's something about the gangly, awkward druid boy, who begins to charm his way into Arthur's every day life and - begrudgingly - his heart. But someone else knows Arthur's secret and Merlin's special powers make him a target for darker purposes, and he intends to use Arthur to get to Merlin. Arthur finally finds something important enough to want a choice, to not obey.
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Title: 'Company' aka How Merlin Met the Love of His Life (and a Few Others, Besides)
Author: lachatblanche
Artist: chrunchy_crunck
Pairing: Merlin/Morgana, Merlin/Freya, Merlin/Arthur, Merlin/Gwaine, Merlin/Morgause, Gwen/Lancelot and other background pairings
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 79,290
Warnings/spoilers: None.
Summary: Merlin does How I Met Your Mother. In other words, Merlin's quest to find his One True Love with the help of his friends, crappy action films and lots of alcohol along the way.
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Title: Destiny That Darkly Hides Us
Author: nympha_alba
Artist: tindu
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 40,500
Warnings/spoilers: Angst, war, minor character death, major character death (temporary/reincarnation) - and did I mention angst?
Summary: Angst, war, minor character death, major character death (temporary/reincarnation) - and did I mention angst?
Summary: Historical AU with magic. It's 1913, the practice of homosexuality is unlawful, so is the practice of magic. When Arthur Pendragon and Merlin Emrys meet as Cambridge undergrads, they are both hungry for a real and true connection without secrets. For a short time they believe they may have found it. But war breaks out and separates them, and it seems unlikely that they will meet again. After all, what are the odds?
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Title: Edit the Sad Parts
Author: cruentum
Artist: martinius
Pairing: (Merlin)/Freya, Merlin/Arthur, Merlin/Elyan
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 94,000
Warnings/spoilers: None.
Summary: It takes more than a dick to make a guy. Merlin learns this as he goes from eating pussy as a sixteen-year old girl, to fucking other guys with his own cock as a twenty-seven-year old landscaper. The journey's riddled with tears, cocks, and enough self-hate to fill the Channel; but with a little help from his friends, and some mostly-stable relationships, Merlin gets his happily-ever-after in the end
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Title: End of Reign
Author: thisissirius
Artist: glenien
Pairing: merlin/arthur, gwen, morgana, gaius, uther, ensemble of knights (and others)
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 30,066
Warnings/spoilers: None.
Summary: in which merlin learns abour inception and teaches his friends how to dreamwalk because it's the only way to save arthur from both disinheritance and potential ruin. (uses the idea of inception but IS NOT an inception crossover. SORRY.
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Title: Family Tree
Author: cerisereve
Artist: satavaisa
Pairing: Arthur/Gwen
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 53,000
Warnings/spoilers: Ygraine dies in childbirth. Rape is briefly mentioned, but none takes place. Arthur hunts and kills a rabbit
Summary: After defeating Cenred's forces and an army of the dead in the siege during the Tears of Uther Pendragon, Arthur has a traitor to identify, a city to rebuild, and-of course-a manservant to order around. All of which would be much easier to accomplish if Gaius would give him a straight answer about the magical staff found in the burial vaults, Merlin was not yanking Morgana into alcoves, and if Gwen would call him by his given name. When a druid insists on meeting with him, Arthur is forced to confront the fact that he cannot hide from magic.
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Title: Finding Albion
Author: filinya
Artist: sugareey
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur, Gwen/Lancelot, Gwaine, Elyan, Percival,Leon, Gauis, Uther, Hunith, Morgana, Other Original Characters
Rating: R
Word count: 50,000
Warnings/spoilers: Character Death. (highlight to read who)* Uther, Merlin (temporary)* Violence.
Summary: Camelot is devastated in the aftermath of Morgana's reign, but danger is rising again, from within the castle and without. The Knights of the Round Table must face new challenges, Arthur is caught between his father and his kingdom, and Merlin might have to make the biggest sacrifice of all to ensure the destiny of the Once and Future King is fulfilled.
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Title: Fractured Fairytale
Author: fuzzytomato02
Artist: teaandtimecake
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin, background: Gwen/Lancelot, Gwaine/Elena and past Arthur/Gwen
Rating: R
Word count: 47,000
Warnings/spoilers: canon character death
Summary: Arthur does not believe in magic. At all. Which is bad for him since he’s been sucked into a parallel universe where he keeps running into people he knows who don’t know him. Even worse, his guide is a hapless kind of sorcerer, they’ve received dodgy directions from his morally dubious half-sister, and some leathery winged beast keeps going on about some kind of quest and destiny. Arthur will be lucky to get out of his current predicament alive much less be able to get back to his own life.
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Title: From the Ashes
Author: randomslasher
Artist: catsinthecoffee
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 42,102
Warnings/spoilers: Violence, (temporary) death
Summary: When Merlin uses magic to save Arthur’s life, he is condemned to death, and Arthur is too late to save him. But when the grief-stricken prince, along with Morgana and Gwen, journeys to Ealdor to return Merlin’s ashes, a series of strange events leads them to believe the warlock may not be as dead as they thought.
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Title: Glow of a Rose
Author: silkmoth101
Artist: glenien
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: R
Word count: 40,540
Warnings/spoilers: Violence, Drug use/abuse/withdrawal
Summary: After waiting centuries for the rise of the Once and Future King, Merlin is not amused to find out Arthur can fuck up anything… even his own legend.
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Title: Harmonia Mundi
Author: pen_rabbit
Artist: juvenine
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: R
Word count: 43,000
Warnings/spoilers: Violence.
Summary: Music has always been the centre of Merlin’s reality, and the idea of silence is unimaginable. But when Camelot is deafening, Arthur is distracting and the dragon is utterly unhelpful, will his gift turn out to be a blessing or a curse?
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Title: Haven
Author: this_is_kelly
Artist: sallyna_smile
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 69,000
Warnings/spoilers: None.
Summary: A house is just Shelter, but a home is Haven. Merlin and Arthur have been together for nearly five years and now the time has come to answer the question: Do they want to extend their family beyond themselves? As they enter the world of adoption and raising children, they realize that parenting might just be the hardest job they've ever had.
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Title: In Search of Remembrance
Author: gfeather
Artist: reni_m
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 109,000
Warnings/spoilers: Major Character Death (temporary), Minor Character Death
Summary: There is always a Warrior and a Warlock. Merlin and Arthur have lived six lifetimes together, the last of which ended over three centuries ago. Sensing Arthur's return, Merlin puts himself in a position to be at Arthur's side again, though his rebirth does not go as expected. Without his memories, Merlin struggles to control his wild magic, a task made all the more difficult when he arrives in Camelot and meets an arrogant prince who makes his magic sing.
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Title: L'Amour Est Bleu/Love Is Blue
Author: rotrude
Artist: pianeko
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin; minor Gwaine/Elena
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 31,000
Warnings/spoilers: Canon compliant minor character death
Summary: Arthur's a corporate genius, but his French language skills are so catastrophically bad, he courts disaster during an informal meeting with a financial backer. (Though it's only the fault of near homophones, if you ask him.) Uther's not happy, Freya might have been expecting Arthur's communication debacle, while Merlin might just be the solution to Arthur's Babel problems. And then there's Gwaine who woos people with apples and wants to be the teacher's pet.
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Title: Line of Dance
Author: thismaz
Artist: choco_souffle
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 43,350
Warnings/spoilers: Mention of the rape and murder of a female OC, description (but not depiction) of medieval justice/punishment, minor character death in battle.
Summary: Arthur has come to the throne. He needs to establish himself and demonstrate his difference from his father. Too soon, a murder changes everything and Arthur has to go to war.
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Title: Living in Hearts Left Behind
Author: giselleslash
Artist: waltzing_mice
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin, also Morgana, Uther, OC Henry (Arthur's brother) with past Henry/Merlin
Rating: R/NC-17
Word count: 36,000
Warnings/spoilers: Angst, Character Death (of OC)
Summary: Arthur has been living abroad for several years, wanting to get as far away from his family and the expectations placed on him as possible, but the unexpected death of his brother brings him back home where he must confront the things that drove him away. He has to deal with the guilt of not being in his brother's life for the last few years, and how much he missed because of that, as well as coming to terms with the fact that maybe his father isn't the unreachable man he thought he was. Making everything more complicated is his brother's boyfriend, Merlin, who might just be his salvation if their guilt and sadness doesn't drown them before they even get started.
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Title: (love, or) A Feeling Like It
Author: night_lyx
Artist: chosenfire28
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur, Morgana/Leon, Gwen/Lance, with implied Gwaine/Elena
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 57,000
Warnings/spoilers: sex, implied previous character death and, you know, angst.
Summary: Merlin Emrys is normal. He is ordinary and lives with his two friends in an ordinary flat in Surrey, he writes for a bi-monthly magazine and writes for himself during dark nights and much-too-early mornings, he has too many feelings and grudges himself for it. He figures the only thing that makes him extraordinary are his dreams that don’t feel like dreams at all -they feel like memories-, his magical powers that are turned on and off like a switch and the fact that a beautiful man just entered his life like a whisper and he’s slowly falling in love.
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Title: Masked
Author: pathera
Artist: heehee11
Pairing: pre-slash Arthur/Merlin, minor Merlin/Gwaine, background Gwen/Lancelot
Rating: PG-13 to R
Word count: 53,700
Warnings/spoilers: Violence, minor character death, mentions of kidnapping, abuse, and captivity
Summary: Heroes are made, not born, and this is how it's done. Merlin is born with magic, but it takes more than that to become a superhero in a city that casts them as the enemy. In between balancing his day job as a personal assistant to Arthur Pendragon--who happens to be the son of a man leading the crusade against magic--and jumping off rooftops by night as the Warlock, Merlin has to try to keep his dual identity intact and stop a twenty-year old vendetta from destroying everything he knows. This is far easier said than done.
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Title: Men For All Seasons
Author: new_kate
Artist: amphigoury
Pairing: A/M, implied past A/Gwen
Rating: R
Word count: 56,000
Warnings/spoilers: Violence, war, torture, disturbing historical references, implied character deaths in the past, mental disorder. Also flying saucers.
Summary: Reincarnation story set in 1940. In Albion's hour of need Arthur is brought back from his rest in Avalon. He learns that the world is at war, and that the enemies have dark magic at their disposal. With the help of the mysterious Vril society the invaders are about to gain air superiority and become unstoppable. Only Merlin could fight the new magical threat, but Merlin has been missing for a long time...
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Title: Mykonos
Author: flypaw
Artist: theywerecones
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin (with mentioned Balinor/Hunith, Uther/Ygraine)
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 140,000
Warnings/spoilers: Character death (mostly minor, but includes a known character who dies in canon and a child), torture, flooded-world scenario (&associated issues e.g. refugee camps, starvation etc.), sort-of-slavery, intoxication (leading to what some might consider dub-con, though it's not intended as such)
Summary: Future AU. After a seeing-stone washes up on the shores of Ealdor, the last Island left after the great floods and rising Ocean, Merlin sees their salvation - a Sky City named Camelot. When he wakes up on the shores of the Sky City, Merlin starts to realise the New World is nothing as it was fabled. It is then that Merlin begins his journey to meet the 'dragon' that called him there, realising that nothing in Camelot is what it seems. Together they begin a revolution against a blind king and the foundations the New World was built on, uncovering even deeper secrets that were thought to be buried with the Old World when the land sunk.
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Title: Near-Mint Condition
Author: paragraphs
Artist: baba_o_reily
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur(with appearances by Percival, Gwen, Lance, Elyan, Alice, Uther and a few others, including OC Anna and OC Ellie). And, of course, Kilgharragh.
Rating: R
Word count: 82,226
Warnings/spoilers: Mild violence
Summary: Merlin owns a small comic shop on Cardiff Bay. Life's been a struggle for Merlin lately; he's had to downsize the shop he inherited, half the bills are overdue, his boyfriend has left him for a more exciting life in London, something's been frightening the tourists, and now there are rumours of a new comic mega-store moving into Cardiff. His life is surely over. There are a few things that keep Merlin going though; the support of his friends, an agent is interested in his online serial, and the hot bloke on the comic forums likes him. At least he thinks it's a bloke. If only he could be sure, and if only he could figure out how to save his shop. Oh, and there's one more thing. Just like his favorite comic book heroes, he can move objects, control the wind, and can even make his dog Kilgharrah do the most amazing tricks. He doesn't know whether to don a cape or check himself into a psych hospital. But he's no superman, just an average guy with a lot of problems, and the biggest one of all is named Arthur Pendragon.
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Title: Nights 'Round the Table
Author: rhosyn_du & mellow_dk
Artist: luisadeza
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur, Gwaine/Elena, Gwen/Lancelot/Morgana, Nimue/Morgause, Uther/Catrina, Leon/fabulous shoes + many, many other past and implied pairings.
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 47,500
Warnings/spoilers: Cults, closeted characters, bi-phobia, breaking and entering, public intoxication, casual drug use, casual sex, rough language, punk rock
Summary: San Francisco Bay Area punk foodie AU. When Uther buys a culinary-focused TV station for his new bride, Catrina, it's up to Arthur to get it cable-ready. Unfortunately for everyone involved, Arthur's idea of haute cuisine is putting your pizza on a plate instead of eating it straight out of the box. Featuring chef!Merlin, TV-exec!Arthur, patissiere-by-day-psychobilly-front-man-by-night!Gwen, and most-patient-and-understanding-PA-ever!Leon.
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Title: Not Another Cinderella
Author: rchginger
Artist: beeej
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: PG-13 to R
Word count: 34,149
Warnings/spoilers: None.
Summary: In which Arthur's royal, Merlin's magical, a creepy inn is creepy, and a sweater wearing cat is full of slash. When Prince Arthur of Avalon is photographed with a lad’s hand down his trousers his father decides its high-time he learned to be responsible. In the small town of Ealdor no one knows who Arthur Pendragon really is so when Arthur arrives at the Destin Inn and acts like a prat Merlin immediately hates the new, admittedly handsome, clerk. With the help of a sweater wearing cat, a haunted (?) Inn, and a turtle that may be more than just a turtle Arthur will learn to grow up and might just fall in love if the paparazzi and secrets don’t ruin everything.
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Title: Nothing Ever Promised
Author: caitcupcake
Artist: feyuca
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin, Gwen/Lancelot, past!Arthur/Gwen, Gwaine, Morgana, Percival, Elyan
Rating: PG13 (+NC17 epilogue)
Word count: 66.7k (+3k epilogue)
Warnings/spoilers: Violence. Character death (not characters listed above).
Summary: Between the trees of Cenred's ruined kingdom, a heartbroken Arthur and an orphaned Merlin discover new feelings for each other, but quickly learn that nothing is promised, and no lie can stay hidden forever.
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Title: Now I Will Unsettle the Ground Beneath You
Author: nu_breed
Artist: goss
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur, Merlin/Gwaine, (background Gwen/Lance, past Gwen/Arthur)
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 42,400
Warnings/spoilers: Infidelity, reincarnation fic (i.e. past character death), mentions of drug use, mention of torture
Summary: Merlin's dreams have always fuelled his art, but they've always been abstract and removed from reality. Soon after he meets Gwaine, he starts to see vivid images of a past full of death and magic and love for a King who was ripped from him. Things only escalate further when he spends a weekend in the country with Gwaine and meets his group of friends, which includes aristocrat and It Boy, Arthur Pendragon. Merlin soon realises that no matter how hard you try, one thing is certain, you can't fuck with destiny.
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