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When Gwaine finds out he's pregnant, he isn't sure what scares him more: carrying a child or becoming somebody's father. Over the next nine months, he and Merlin navigate doctors, dysphoria, baby names, nursery paint, financial worries, found family and the terrifying reality that a tiny person is about to depend on them for everything.
Or: Merlin and Gwaine are having a baby.
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The laws of Camelot are clear: no animal that does not serve for hunting may cross the castle walls.
But when the new King Arthur discovers that his closest advisor has defied the rules for a small, snow-white, blind puppy, the destiny of Albion takes an unexpected turn. Amidst secrets shared with the most loyal knights, Morgana's cunning, and the warmth of a love that defies royal decrees, a new law is about to be written... one dictated by the heart.
Note:** Story created with the help of AI, but all ideas are my own. Tags will be added as the story progresses.
I should mention that English isn't my first language, so I apologize if there are any spelling mistakes throughout the fanfic.
The chapters will be short, I'm warning you now, but that doesn't make it any less of an important story.
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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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Young Hearts, Run Free by NotoriousJYT
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Arthurian Mythology & Related Fandoms
13 Jun 2026
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The night before Arthur faces his uncle's wraith, Merlin gives him a sword, a favour, and—unexpectedly—his heart. What begins as comfort before battle becomes something neither can deny: a bond that burns gold in their chests and rewrites the prophecy itself.
But Camelot is no place for love that defies a king's law. When the Questing Beast appears in the Forest Sauvage and Morgana's magic begins to wake, Arthur must choose between the prince Uther demands and the king Albion needs. Between fear and wonder. Between destiny and desire.
Merlin and Arthur were once two sides of the same coin. Now they are becoming something far more dangerous: one heart, one destiny, and a love the land itself has begun to answer.
Canon divergence (mostly). Fast spark, slow-burning consequences. Epic scope, intimate moments, awakened magic, and a love that changes everything.
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"Was there... was there truly a need for you to kiss me, Merlin?"
"You were drowning, Arthur. Believe me, kissing a stubborn, ungrateful royal idiot was not on my itinerary today."One is an Ezaki, a prince searching for the Lake of Avalon to tear down the walls between their worlds. The other is a sorcerer, risking everything to seal the sword forever within its hidden waters.
Beginning in Constantinople, the heart of the Eastern Roman Empire, and stretching deep into the Sassanid Empire to the ancient city of Gundeshapur—this is a journey set in 540 AD, where real historical events interweave with a high-stakes "Enemies to Lovers" romance.
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Long ago, as humans and Ezakis faced mutual destruction, their kings knelt before the sacred sword in the Lake of Avalon. A history written in blood was sealed with peace, and the Khazar Era began.
Until Uther Pendragon rose to power and turned that peace to ash. Desperate, humanity turned back to Avalon. The lake's magic raised a colossal, insurmountable wall between the two realms. The magic was never to be broken; the gate, never opened. Yet, on the day the world tore in two, a power was born to change everything—Merlin.
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In a shop queue, a stranger says something he can pretend wasn’t meant to be heard.
Gwaine pretends it didn’t matter.
Merlin doesn’t try to fix it. He just stays.Series
- Part 12 of Pride month <3
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Merlin and Arthur have been together for two years. So, when Arthur finally got up the courage to propose, the last thing he expected was to hear the word no. What he really didn’t expect was that Merlin wouldn’t even explain why he won’t marry him. Obviously, Merlin’s magic wasn’t the only secret he had been keeping from Arthur all these years.
But there is little time to solve his relationship woes as a new king who has just ascended to the throne in a neighboring country has demanded immediate audience in Camelot.
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- Part 33 of Would You?
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Arthur stood frozen in the corridor of cells. He refused to turn around back to that room of death. He wouldn’t look or even go near the poor forgotten bodies until one man was in his presence alive and well. Because he had to be, he couldn’t be in that mess of burnt flesh and blood. Merlin couldn’t have been captured or held here. It wasn’t true, he didn’t, none of those bodies could be him. But he knew that scrap of fabric. He had given that neckerchief to him himself, it was a birthday present.
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6 months after banishing Merlin for magic Arthur believes his former manservant has been tortured and murdered. Now 3 years later they finally succeed in repealing the magic ban and are ready to welcome the druids back to Camalot, but when the Druid Lord Emrys has been targeted by Morgana the King sees it as his duty to send aid.
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Six months after Merlin is killed in a campus shooting, Arthur sits outside a grief support group with a phone full of messages he could never answer. At home, Bali (Balinor) and Yggi (Ygraine) have maths homework waiting.
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“Can I help you?” The man shoved past him, not even the slightest bit put off by the biosteel onesie in red and gold. He unlocked the purple door with a wave of his hand (that’s not right, Arthur’s brain insisted) and shoved it open.
“Sorry, I just…” All the words he wanted to say died somewhere between his brain and his mouth. Everything felt wrong but his heart eased up for the first time since he woke up in the middle of what he assumed was a park with a head injury and no memories. He pulled in a deep breath, set his shoulders, and tried again. “I think I belong to you.”
There was a tense moment where neither man breathed.
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Superhero Arthur gets amnesia and decides to crash on Merlin's couch while Merlin's doing his best to "save" the city.
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Part three of the Where the Quiet Things Grow saga
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Post Not All Dragons and Dandelions, a direct continuation of Beneath the Roses (though can be read without reading either)
·༻𐫱༺·After a disastrous confrontation with his father, Arthur Pendragon finds himself on the run with his soulmate. He learns that really, he knew absolutely nothing before Merlin came into his life, everyone he thought were his enemies are friends, his friends are all cruel people (one more princess joke Gwaine... see what happens) and his sister is a meddling witch. No, really.
Oh, and apparently his soulmate is a god.
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A story of subterfuge, humour, falling in love, overthrowing a tyrant king and cheese that tastes like apple pies... or something like that.
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- Part 3 of Where The Quiet Things Grow
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Merlin/Sherlock Crossover Idea by heroly3 for sherlockruiningmylife
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Sherlock (BBC TV 2010)
06 Jun 2026
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Merlin becomes Sherlock's adopted younger while waiting for Arthur to come back.
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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.
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“Well, that didn’t end the way I expected, but at least nobody important died.”Series
- Part 2 of Merlin One-Shots
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Do you love him? by NotoriousJYT
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Arthurian Mythology & Related Fandoms
06 Jun 2026
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"Do you love him?”
Queen Ygraine asks the question gently, but Arthur knows better than to mistake gentleness for mercy.
He has come to ask permission to formally court Merlin: son of Balinor, Chief Dragonlord of Albion, and Hunith, Ygraine’s trusted lady-in-waiting. It should be simple. It is not.
Because Merlin is not only the man Arthur loves. He is Dragonkind’s future, Dafyd’s blood, Druid-touched magic, and a sovereignty older than Pendragon law.
In a Camelot where Ygraine survived and magic returned to public life, Albion has rebuilt itself around a fragile peace between Crown, Dragonkind, the Old Religion, and the old threshold kingdoms. But restoration is not the same as healing.
As Arthur and Merlin’s courtship becomes public, Ascetir’s roots begin to stir, Dafyd’s tidal arches hum at the wrong tide, Avalon’s mists remember what Camelot forgot, and old roads bend toward the Forest of Balor and the Great Stones of Nemeton.
Something wounded beneath Albion has begun to ask for witness.
Or: Ygraine lives, Arthur loves Merlin openly, and Albion discovers that love is not weakness, possession, or conquest — but covenant.
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During the celebrations of the start of summer, a part of Leon’s past returns to Camelot with a vengeance. As Merlin and Leon find themselves the only ones capable of putting a stop to it, the two men discover they have more in common than they originally thought. Something that goes beyond loyalty to Camelot and Arthur. Something that could potentially help bridge the gap between servant and knight.
They just have to lift the love spell wreaking havoc throughout the Citadel first.
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While fighting for his life against a poison, Merlin releases a spell like Gaius had never seen before. Little did they know it'd bring back a girl from the 21st century.
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Uther abandons Arthur at birth. He remains in Tintagel and is raised by a good Nimueh and educated by Catha warriors. The forgotten prince becomes a talented fighter, but he remains lonely and unloved. He is kind and noble, and without Uther's influence he never becomes a prat. A new prophecy emerges, one that still involves Emrys. Once of age, Arthur leaves Tintagel and joins with Emrys; together, they discover their shared destiny. This story is more about character than action. It is about a journey to find purpose and love.