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They’ve been treading so very carefully lately, tension in every interaction, striving desperately for normalcy. Both of them are clearly afraid to rock the boat and ruin whatever progress they’ve made, but the longer Arthur observes Merlin’s sojourns to the woods for some unknown purpose (something worth lying about, again), the more difficult it becomes to hold his tongue.
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Merlin is preoccupied with wiping his eyes, so he doesn’t notice Arthur right away, but Gwen does. She sees how the king’s face freezes at the sight of Merlin’s red-rimmed eyes and damp cheeks, watches as the penny drops and Arthur’s anger abandons him, leaving a distinct look of queasiness in its wake.
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- Part 18 of Merlin Micros
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Merlin remembers, sort of.
He recalls the panic and chaos of the battle, the dread of realising Camelot’s forces were vastly outnumbered, of knowing innately what had to be done even though he couldn’t name it. He remembers locking eyes with Arthur, seeing the moment his king registered what must have been an expression of grim apology on his Court Sorcerer’s face. The widening of dismayed eyes, the alarmed, half-formed forbiddance on his lips, and it all gets a bit muddled after that.
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- Part 17 of Merlin Micros
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‘Merlin, what language is this?’
‘Hm?’
‘This word, it doesn't look English, and it's certainly not Brittonic.’
‘How's it spelled?’
‘M-p-r-e-g.’
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- Part 16 of Merlin Micros
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These hidden moments in the wilderness are challenging, but sacred all the same. They always make the return to the castle more potent in its relief. The longing for the safety of his chambers lives within you like an ache, an itch that passing glance and stolen touch can never satisfy.
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"Gaius sighed, 'That’s the problem, my boy. It’s so rare that it hasn’t been seen in over a generation. The only account I could find was limited. The patient had fallen in love with a married man who did not love her, and she had started to develop a cough that had produced flowers rather than mucus. A post-mortem examination found that a flower had magically planted itself in the woman’s lungs and had wrapped around her heart.'"
In which Merlin develops Hanahaki disease, but mysteriously does not die from it.
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28 Jan 2026
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Hockey is a dangerous sport. Ilya has seen everything from broken teeth to broken bones, but nothing could have ever prepared him for the sight of something dark oozing out from underneath Shane’s head, dying the ice beneath him a bloody red.
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24 Jan 2026
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They are in Arthur’s rooms, safely tucked away from the rest of the castle, when Merlin casually leans forward in the low burn of the fire and lights a candle with a flick of his hand – an action that would have damned him days ago and that still sends a strike of fear and apprehension through Arthur’s stomach. There is the fear and the magic, and the fear of the magic, and then there is the way Merlin’s jaw looks in the firelight.
It has been days since Arthur discovered Merlin’s magic – days since he first felt the brush against his skin. He is unsure, suddenly, which part of Merlin is which – what is the magic and what is the man (for Merlin has surely become a man). Just what, Arthur wonders, will he risk to find out?
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24 Jan 2026
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The commonfolk were soon to start their day, and as he darted past merchants hauling goods to the market, Merlin resigned himself to the truth he'd been hesitant to accept; he had lost his chance to nap.
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Merlin overworks himself and gets sick. Everyone else in Camelot figures it out before he does.
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21 Jan 2026
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Part 1: Arthur is hit by a love spell. Merlin isn't okay with it, until he is.
Part 2: Not all good things come from good means. The spell ends and Merlin deals with the consequences.
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20 Jan 2026