9 Works in Touch-Starved Merlin (Merlin)
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Merlín, un hechicero Beta, líder de un grupo de usuarios de la magia que luchan por la igualdad, es atrapado por los Caballeros de Camelot. Él está convencido que morirá apenas llegue al castillo, pero para su sorpresa, los reyes tienen otros planes para él. Merlín tendrá que luchar contra la locura que ambos monarcas tienen o se perderá él también en esa misma locura, todo mientras trata de llevar la paz a su pueblo.
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“Never wander alone, my darling, or Jenny Grinteeth will get you,” Hunith used to say. “Or if you forget, make sure you say the rhyme - that wards her off.”
Jenny Grinteeth leave me be, my mother loves me, leave me be.
Jenny Grinteeth is a game they play. But as Merlin is sucked into life at Camelot, he wanders alone more than ever. He is surrounded by people, but he doubts they love him; they can’t really even know him. The loneliness becomes so routine, he forgets his mother’s warnings and the funny, little rhymes, which might otherwise have saved his life.
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Arthur looked nervous, and Merlin wanted to reassure him, thank him, drop to his knees and pledge an oath of loyalty as if Arthur hadn’t had one from him all along, but he couldn’t even move.
“Merlin?” Arthur asked, suddenly much closer to him. He said something else, but Merlin couldn’t hear it. He was untethered, unable to find himself.
Arthur’s hands landed on his shoulders, and Merlin inhaled sharply, suddenly feeling his feet on the ground, his sleeves on his wrists, the tears on his cheeks.
“You with me?” Arthur asked.
“Always,” Merlin said.
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Camelot has rules about touch. Merlin struggles with them until he realizes he doesn't have to.
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With a beta for a manservant there is no reason Arthur would have to worry about his pheromones giving away his true emotions.
Except, Merlin isn’t a beta.
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Merlin slowly loses his mind as he scrambles for flimsy excuses to explain why Arthur’s scent is growing hopelessly besotted.
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How to Kill an Immortal Being - in the Height of a Wall of Stone or Less by fallen_stxr
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
10 Apr 2025
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Merlin isolates himself from the world, certain it's the best for everyone else. After a friend breaks in, he breaks down. By the end, he thinks he has his answer.
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"“Do… Do you no longer wish to serve me?” Arthur said, quietly."
"“It felt like years… until you entered, that is. Then it felt like only a few minutes.""
"He hated knowing he was loved. He just wanted to disappear. But it felt so good. He indulged in the feeling of love. He hated that he wanted to be loved and that he was loved."
"Merlin ignored it heading straight for the Throne Room - straight for Arthur."
Series
- Part 10 of Mentally-Ill Merlin (Merthur)
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 5,670
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 62
- Hits:
- 906
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Merlin is cursed by a powerful sorcerer and loses the ability to use magic. Terrified of what could happen to Arthur without his protection, Merlin becomes a bit too protective of him.
Meanwhile, Arthur doesn't understand why Merlin's acting so weird and paranoid lately. Much less why he basically refuses to leave his side, even if he offers him a day off. -
So we're slaves to any semblance of touch (lord we should quit but we love it too much) by Control_F
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
19 Jan 2024
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Merlin couldn’t remember the last time he’d hugged or been hugged by someone. He had grown to love Camelot, its landscapes and its people. Camelot had sunken into his bones and had started feeling like home. He had Gaius, he had Gwen, and, sometimes, even Arthur. Yet the loneliness never truly left him.
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Arthur’s father was not a very tactile person, and could not be called affectionate in any breadth or sense of the word when it came to physical touch. While he shared and experienced camaraderie with his knights, it was limited to pats on the shoulder and thumps on the back.
What he had with Merlin… it was different, and he was slightly unsettled by how much he needed it.
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In which Merlin and Arthur suffer seasonal bouts of loneliness, and the combined friction of their pain leads to Merlin confessing his magic to Arthur. (Not without serious emotional subtext, a massage representing the last vestige of Merlin's heterosexuality and a little display of magic).
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Summary: A bundle of hugs, grins, fluff, and more fluff.
Merlin Bingo Fill sq G1 : HugsSeries
- Part 4 of Merlin Bingo Fills
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Merlin, new to the cold and impersonal Camelot, misses the love and closeness of home. This is his journey to finding that love and closeness again, with the most unlikely of princes.