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In retrospect, the "Prince on the Lam in Wales" Christmas headline was not what Arthur had intended.
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10 May 2026
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"“Emrys,” said Gaius, raising the Eyebrow of Disappointment and flicking his gaze to where Merlin stood behind Arthur’s chair. “That is who you wish to have as your court sorcerer.”
Arthur nodded gravely, every eye in the council meeting upon him. “Camelot is dangerously close to division even now that sorcery is legal. We need someone who will unite us all, and I cannot settle for less. I’ll send riders out at first light chasing rumours and follow up any promising leads we have myself.”
He looked so beautiful when he said it, every inch the king, with the sunlight through the windows turning him gold. His voice had taken on that richness that sometimes infused Arthur’s words – that for the good of the kingdom voice, that let it be so voice, the voice that Merlin had come to understand meant another brick laid on the road to Albion.
Unfortunately, that voice had been co-opted for a fucking farce."
Or - In which magic is legal and Merlin is still lying for reasons that are absolutely, totally 100% valid and have nothing to do with his love for Arthur
DO NOT ADD MY FICS TO GOODREADS
As a reminder, I can read what you put in the bookmarks
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10 May 2026
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Dreading the holidays?
Are you invited to a family Christmas party from hell? Your parents won’t shut up about grandkids, your cousin is trying to get you into crypto, your homophobic uncle keeps using slurs… whatever your problem, I can be your fake-boyfriend solution.Or: Arthur hires Merlin to be his annoying fake boyfriend for the holidays. Surely, nothing so inconvenient as real feelings could get in the way of his best-laid plans, right? Right???
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Based on a post I found on Insta, Uther notices a bunch of problems that could only be solved by magic spontaneously finding themselves taken care of around Arthur, and concludes that it must be due to Arthur's magical conception. Chaos ensues.
Everything interesting happens around a fire for some reason
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10 May 2026
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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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10 May 2026