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• The Life, The Summer, The Death by merthurtrenches

  Fandoms: Merlin (TV)  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/F, F/M, Gen
  • Work in Progress

  17 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Ygraine de Bois/Uther Pendragon (Merlin)
  • Balinor/Hunith (Merlin)
  • Ygraine de Bois/Nimueh (Merlin)
  • Gorlois/Vivienne (Merlin)
  • Gaius & Hunith (Merlin)
  • Hunith & Uther Pendragon (Merlin)
  • Balinor & Hunith (Merlin)
  • Uther Pendragon (Merlin)
  • Balinor (Merlin)
  • Gorlois (Merlin)
  • Nimueh (Merlin)
  • Kadoc
  • Hunith (Merlin)
  • Gaius (Merlin)
  • Alice (Merlin)
  • Kilgharrah (Merlin)
  • Avalora
  • Vivienne (Merlin)
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • Original Male Character(s)
  • Original Non-Human Character(s)
  • Pre-Canon
  • Hurt No Comfort
  • Friendship
  • Friends to Lovers
  • Friends to Enemies
  • Doomed Relationship
  • doomed everything
  • Betrayal
  • Why Did I Write This?
  • How Do I Tag
  • Sad Ending
  • No Sex
  • Just love & hate
  • Love/Hate
  • Canonical Character Death
  • Major character death - Freeform
  • none of them wanted this
  • I did
  • Canon-Typical Violence

  Summary

  Only if we remained young, with no heed for the world around us.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  12,636

  Chapters:

  7/?

  Comments:

  12

  Kudos:

  9

  Bookmarks:

  1

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• Is It Better to Speak or to Die? by merthurtrenches

  Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/F, F/M, M/M
  • Work in Progress

  07 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Castiel/Dean Winchester
  • Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester
  • Castiel & Sam Winchester
  • Dean Winchester
  • Castiel (Supernatural)
  • Sam Winchester
  • Apocalypseverse Michael (Supernatural)
  • Post-Canon Fix-It
  • Mind Manipulation
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Siblings

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,051

  Chapters:

  2/?

  Kudos:

  1

  Hits:

  27