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  1. Public Bookmark 17

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    It takes Arthur an awful amount of time to realize he's allowed to love. It's okay though, he has Merlin to remind him how it's a very easy thing to do.

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    Arthur pining until he finally snaps

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    20 Dec 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 37

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    Arthur was jolted back to reality by a gentle touch. Merlin had taken his hands in his, as though to separate them. In an attempt to soothe himself, Arthur had rolled his mother’s ring around his index finger with so much force that he’d scratched at the skin, leaving an angry red circle on his finger. He hadn’t even realised he’d been doing it before Merlin drew attention to it.

    Then, Merlin took another step and engulfed Arthur in his arms. “I know you don't like hugs, but let me hold you for once,” he whispered in Arthur’s ear. “You'll feel better afterwards; you’ll see.”

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    Arthur has learned to repress his emotions from a very young age. When they threaten to overwhelm him, he turns to the only one his father has ever allowed: anger. That is, until a gangly, happy-go-lucky boy bursts into his life.

    Or, after becoming addicted to Merlin's hugs, Arthur decides to offer him one every time Merlin has a nightmare. For Merlin's sake, of course.

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  3. Public Bookmark 55

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    “The boy has bewitched you, Arthur. Lord only knows for how long,” Uther decreed. Saying so aloud made it true. That was how Camelot worked.

    “His name is Merlin!” Arthur roared, his feet spurring him closer to the king without his mind’s consent. “If you are planning on executing him, at least have the guts to speak his name!”

    Or: Uther executes a sorcerer and Arthur loses his mind

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  4. Public Bookmark *

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    It was over. Arthur was here. The Lamia was slain. Gwen was alright. The knights would be back to normal. It was over.

    Able to relax for the first time in days, he let his knees buckle and his back slide down the wall. He hit the ground, and his vision turned to mist.

    Merlin didn't make it out of his encounter with the Lamia unscathed, or so Arthur thinks when he slays the beast and finds Merlin slumped against the wall and bleeding. When he learns the true source of Merlin's injuries he is furious. He does his best to push that anger away though, because being there for Merlin matters far more right now.

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    The Lamia episode but Merthur, and the knights actually injured Merlin.

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    19 Dec 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 46

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    My answer to Tumblr's @merthurmicrofic prompt: Family (Or at least that's how it started off. I'll have to somehow shorten it to fill that prompt.)
    I've lost sight of the meaning of "microfic"

    Merlin, Arthur and his Knights are en route to speak with a Magic encampment, when they're ambushed.

    The battle is bloody, and they're going to lose.

    Then Merlin does what Merlin does. And Arthur must decide what to do about that.

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