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1. should I change, or should I stay the same? by gigiLemon

   Fandoms: Merlin (TV)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   21 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
   • Merlin (Merlin)
   • Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
   • Alpha Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
   • Omega Merlin (Merlin)
   • Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics
   • Jealous Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
   • Gender Reclassification
   • Canon Era
   • Kinktober 2025
   • Rough Sex
   • First Time
   • Getting Together
   • Fluff

   Summary

   Arthur is born alpha. So is Merlin.

   They butt heads like no one else in all of Camelot.
   Then as Merlin started to serve and grow fond of the blond royal prat, his body started shifting.

   The books called it reclassification, a rare collapse of dominance under emotional strain.

   Gaius called it falling in love.

   -OR-
   In other words, Merlin is being reclassified to an omega due to a certain royal alpha. And Arthur takes notice.

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   English

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