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Merlin can’t remember the last time he’s locked his bedroom door, if ever. But he chooses not to think about it. He merely sulks his way back to his bed, taking a moment to contemplate taking off his trousers and tunic from the night before. He decides not to think about that either.
Instead, he decides not to think at all. He just falls back into his bed, covers up his body more so in shame than for warmth, and closes his eyes.
Basically Merlin is sexually assaulted and this story follows how he and everyone else deals with it.
Spoiler alert: THEY DON'T HANDLE IT WELL.
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In an attempt to reconcile with Gwen, Elyan decides he wants to do something nice for her. In order to do that, he recruits none other than Merlin to help him out. However, Elyan quickly finds that even the simplest of tasks are an adventure when Merlin’s involved and while trying to make things right with his little sister he realizes he may have accidentally adopted a little brother as well.
Other shit goes down too. For instance, Arthur suspects a courtship between Elyan and Merlin and partners up with a clueless Percival to figure it out. Gwaine and Lancelot fear Merlin is involved in some dangerous magical predicament he’s not telling them about. And Leon and Gaius vent over a cup of tea.
So really a bunch of unlikely duos spring up. When in May……. I guess.
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A one shot where the knights take care of Merlin like the little brother he is.
Minus Arthur who takes care of him a little differently.
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Arthur, Merlin, and the knights stop in at a local tavern for a hot meal and drinks. They don’t expect knights from the nearby kingdom to drop by as well or for one knight in particular to take a rather special interest in Merlin. And, honestly, they aren’t having it.
Basically Merlin starts a tavern brawl but really it’s not his fault.
He can’t help he’s pretty.
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Gwen and Arthur's daughter play hide and go seek.
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Arthur has always taken Merlin on every mission — unarmoured, untrained, endlessly reckless.
It never used to matter.
But lately, every danger feels sharper. Every close call lasts too long.
And Merlin is starting to notice the way Arthur hovers… and how the prince’s worry is beginning to look a lot like something else.
A slow-burn story about devotion disguised as duty, love revealed through quiet choices, and the people who become home when the world turns dangerous.
Love wins — even when it has to fight for it.
Written with a companion playlist (linked in the notes) :)
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18 Dec 2025
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What if Spencer Reid joined the BAU a bit later, and was a bit younger than in canon.
20 year old Spencer Reid joins the BAU around season 4. He struggles to find his place within the team.
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25 Oct 2025
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The Intelligence Control and Analysis Program by inkandpaperqwerty
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
25 Jul 2019
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Aaron Hotchner couldn't ask for better agents than David Rossi, Derek Morgan, Emily Prentiss, and Jennifer Jereau. In fact, he prides himself on heading the best team the BAU has to offer. Still, he's not so arrogant he doesn't know when it's time to call for help, so when his team hits a brick wall with a ticking clock, he reaches out to the Intelligence Control and Analysis Program. ICAP sends him a mountain of files, all of them good candidates, but Hotch is repeatedly drawn to the same file. Genius #2036334-4383 has three doctorates and a high success rate with the Bureau, though he's never been in the field. According to his file, he has behavioral issues and doesn't play well with others, but Hotch doesn't see that being a problem. It's a temporary arrangement, after all.
What's the worst that could happen?
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20 Oct 2025
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Recently appointed as Pendragon Consulting’s director, the last thing Arthur wanted was to have an intern entrusted under his responsibility.
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19 Oct 2025
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Clay is supposed to be starting his life anew, putting Crestmont and Hannah and the past few years and all his mistakes behind him. Except now he finds himself clinging to Tony, both to their long-distance friendship and this notion of his that Tony must be attracted to him. He makes quite a few more mistakes in the process of figuring out why that even matters.
Tony is trying his best to be a good friend, and only a friend, but Clay is making that as difficult as possible.
(The agonizing path Clay takes to accidentally falling in love with his best friend while repeatedly upending both of their lives.)
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03 Jun 2025