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Arthur is back and he is very confused by modern life.
Lucky Merlin loves nothing more than looking after his king
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Merlin is immortal and will outlive everyone he meets.
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- Part 5 of Febuwhump 2026
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Harry Potter and the Battle of Excalibur by ExcaliburStuckInMyStoneHeart
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
05 Feb 2026
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This is the last part in a three-part series!
After the death of Dumbledore, the wizarding world feels like it's in shambles, but beneath the surface, the light is moving forward, gathering up their weapons and people preparing for the big battle. Merlin gathers his old friends together to search for Death’s EarthBound items.
While Harry is hunting for Horcruxes, new friends will be found and old ones remembered. It's a battle against who becomes stronger before the final battle commences. Will it be Morgana and Voldemort, or will it be Merlin and Harry Potter? Only time will tell…
Book 3
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- Part 3 of A Techno Mage
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Merlin would never stop waiting, for he knew, one day, the Once and Future King would walk this Earth again.
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- 752
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- 1/1
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After Arthur's death, Merlin has trouble picking up the pieces of himself. What is one side of the coin without it's other half?
Or: Merlin is immortal and survives way too many people for his liking. But there's going to be a light at some point, right?
(Can be read as platonic or romantic Merthur)
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Merlin makes promises he can't keep.
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- Part 32 of MERTHUR SAD AND SOFT
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The Once and Future Professor by Buffoonery
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
25 Dec 2025
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Professor Emeric Ambrose is Hogwarts' new Muggle Studies teacher. His qualifications include a deep, personal animosity towards every major author of the Arthurian legends, an unnerving ability to reason with sentient furniture, and the eyes of a man who has been tired for a very, very long time.
He's also Merlin.
All he wants is a quiet life. But with a king in a painting who won't stop giving bad advice, a magical portrait of his nemesis down the hall, and two red-headed apprentices who are determined to learn the art of "narrative chaos," Merlin is about to discover that the only thing worse than being forgotten by history is having it come back to haunt you. Literally. -
Words I'll never speak, speeches you'll never read by thelastpendragon
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
14 Dec 2025
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It was the evening of Samhain and, like always, Arthur read over the speech Merlin had written for him before the feast. Only this time, his words almost moved him to tears. He knew Merlin was a gifted writer, but this was something else. This was personal. And so devastating that anyone who read it may think the author of such speech had undergone the deepest tragedy. And he couldn't help but wonder...
Just how much grief was Merlin carrying behind that cheeky smile?
Or: what their dynamic could've been in S5 if Arthur was just a bit more perceptive and less emotionally constipated.
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Merlin is at the end of his rope. If there was ever a time Albion needed Arthur it is now.
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“I love you so much that time can’t contain it…”
“…I will wait for infinity, and a little more, just to love you again.”
Or; Arthur is shipped off to France in 1941 to support the Allied forces, leaving him and his boyfriend surviving on stolen fifteen-minute calls, soft ‘I love you’s smothered beneath static. Every word is a risk in a world where their love can’t be spoken aloud, a promise to hold on to each other even as war and the times themselves threaten to burn everything away.
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Did you miss me? by HadrianPeverellBlack
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan
16 Nov 2025
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"We're gathered here to celebrate the end of this world's greatest hero," Chiron was saying.
Merlin had judged him too harshly, and perhaps the gods too (Poseidon was there weeping, the world was in turmoil over his loss), but right now he was looking at his boyfriend's burial shroud, and he couldn't care less about any of them.
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- Part 39 of Merlin Bingo 2025
- Part 33 of Merlin & Percy adventures
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Another time by HadrianPeverellBlack
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, Merlin (TV)
11 Nov 2025
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Merlin knew he wasn't okay.
How could he? He'd just watched his partner die, and he'd realized he'd lost him. Forever, this time.
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- Part 36 of Merlin Bingo 2025
- Part 32 of Merlin & Percy adventures
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A missing scene after Merlin poisoned Morgana in S2E12 The Fires of Idirsholas.
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“Dying is the easy part. Living is what’s hard.” Merlin is having a hard time with destiny and decides he’s had enough. A stranger helps him see the light.
**Crossposted on Wattpad and Fanfiction.net
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The lake lies still.
Merlin expected nothing else. The lake has always lain still, for all these long centuries. No matter how much he longs for it to ripple and break, to surge forth and return his destiny to him.
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- Part 8 of Merlin Micros
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Merlin's emotions are not as easily hidden as he thinks they are, nor are his friends as oblivious as he expects them to be. They can't make Merlin open up to them, but they can find creative ways to help him relieve those emotions. Namely, chores.
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Arthur, Gwen, and Gaius find ways to help their friend who refuses to admit he needs help.
Post season 2 finale, Morgana is still missing, Post dragon attack and Balinor's demise.
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And it feels like an eternity (since i had you here with me) by mxxnleigh
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
26 Oct 2025
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Arthur finds out about merlin's magic, and kills him in the woods
Title is from the song Eternity by Alex Warren
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Arthur is relieved when Balinor the Dragonlord agrees to help, but dismayed when he refuses to come back to Camelot. Instead, Arthur is stuck waiting in the middle of nowhere while Balinor calls the dragon. To make matters worse, Arthur’s idiot manservant clearly has a massive crush on the guy: despite him being a grumpy, straggly, cave-dwelling sorcerer, who makes terrible cabbage pottage, Merlin hasn’t taken his eyes off him! Arthur will tolerate this nonsense for a couple of days, but only because he must save Camelot.
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Merlin and the Whispers of the Past by mysticxy
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Movies), Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Video Game), Hogwarts Legacy (Video Game)
18 Oct 2025
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Certain important occasions in Merlin's life before the final chapter to his destiny arrives.
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“No.” Merlin wrapped his arms around his chest. “I wouldn’t even think about this!”
The other man gave him a tired look before trying to speak, only to be interrupted by Merlin.
“What would people say about me?” Merlin asked, spreading his arms. “I have a reputation to uphold! I can’t let them think I’m capable of…”
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- Part 4 of Merlin Fluffalooza 2025
- Part 31 of Merlin Bingo 2025