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known in my head as 'the adventuring au', a straggly series of stories where merlin is a wandering physician (nearly. sort of) and Arthur is a wandering knight (er. almost. kind of) and they run into each other.
It's Arthur/Merlin but quite background, and there are other background pairings too.
Lots of 'magic can do cool things' and Merlin is a competent badass. And there is a DOG. a very good dog <3
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When Leon's still suffering from the dragon's attack several months later, Merlin is anxious to help. Meanwhile Arthur goes hunting, Merlin dabbles in things that he shouldn't, and they find themselves on a quest with an unusual companion....
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Arthur is king, and change is in the wind.
Bookmarked by shutupluke
09 Mar 2026
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lovely lovely vision of how things should have been. wonderful!!
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I suppose that I look different (without the robes and crown) by WingedWolf121
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
16 May 2020
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When Arthur blows the horn of Cathbdhah for the second time, the horn doesn’t just send Uther to the other world. It sends Arthur away as well – to a world where Ygraine never died, the Great Purge never happened, and magic lives freely at court. As do those who practice it.
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Bookmarked by shutupluke
05 Feb 2026
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When Merlin Emrys is sent on a 'round-the-world assignment, he begins remembering a life of magic, dragons, and kings. To make matters worse, a strange woman starts stalking him along the way. And that's before he even meets Arthur Pendragon, whose answer to climate change is going to save the world. Because apparently just saving Britain won't be enough this time around.
Edit: An eagle-eyed reviewer pointed out some mistakes/things that need to be fixed about Brasil. Apologies and I will do my best to fix them up.
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It's the hottest summer in Camelot's history. Arthur is confused about what he likes, Merlin tries to help him figure it out, but neither one of them has a clue what they really want.
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Considering Arthur's future wife will be chosen less for compatibility than for her political value, Merlin may be the only marriage he'll have that won't end in bloodshed or a great deal of fortifying wine.
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Merlin's dreams have always fuelled his art, but they've always been abstract and removed from reality. Soon after he meets Gwaine, he starts to see vivid images of a past full of death and magic and love for a King who was ripped from him. Things only escalate further when he spends a weekend in the country with Gwaine and meets his group of friends, which includes aristocrat and It Boy, Arthur Pendragon. Merlin soon realises that no matter how hard you try, one thing is certain, you can't fuck with destiny.
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Bookmarked by shutupluke
25 Nov 2025
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Uther dies instead of Ygraine when Arthur is born. Balinor helps Ygraine secure her position as regent, magic isn’t banned, and Merlin and Arthur grow up side by side. Camelot is different but not cloudless, destiny is still a troublesome thing, and Arthur is still charmingly oblivious when it comes to things that matter most in life.
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Post S5 (AU); canon to the end of S4 & part of the way through S5. Gwen and Arthur have been married for several years, Merlin's magic has been revealed and Arthur has now reached a kind of cold peace with it. Then a delegation arrives from a kingdom based on magic, and suddenly Destiny is starkly and ruthlessly to the fore. The question is should - can - it be avoided?
WARNINGS: One scene may be interpreted as dub-con, infidelity, attempted suicide (magical/fantasy), season 5 spoilers. Angst. Please do not read if ambiguous consent or any kind of force used in sexual situations is a trigger or is distressing to you.
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When Albion’s need is greatest, Arthur will rise again.
Fourteen hundred years after the dragon’s prophecy, Merlin’s magic is fading. He’s starting to age. Yet this is the moment he finally finds Arthur, returned, reborn… and imprisoned in his own home, after car accident a decade earlier left him with life-changing injuries.
What use will these two broken warriors be in the hour of Albion’s greatest need? More’s to the point, what is Albion’s greatest need? No one (including Merlin’s crack team of reincarnated friends) seems to know.
Meanwhile, out of sight, a corrupt government and a wicked uncle scheme and plot. At the same time, in the deepest depths of Albion’s soil, the omniscient threads of an ancient magic call. They call to Arthur’s altered mind. They call to an ailing Merlin.
Their message is simple. For Albion to survive, Merlin and Arthur must thwart the biggest heist in history – no matter the cost. -
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In a land of myth, and a time of magic, the destiny of a great kingdom rests on the shoulders of a young boy.
His name...Merlin.
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A complete rewrite of BBC’s Merlin
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Michael Clifford is an up and coming choreographer who has been brought to the Minneapolis Ballet to revamp their production of The Nutcracker. Ashton Irwin was a ballet prodigy who stepped out of the spotlight after a devastating injury five years ago and is now ready to return to dance. After they begin fake dating to protect a secret, they end up spending a lot more time together than either of them anticipated, both inside the rehearsal room and outside of it.
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Ashton's aware from the beginning that there's something weird about his marks, and no it's not the whole You Have A Mark On Your Skin That Will Tell You Who Your Soulmate Is thing. More like... no one Normal has three of them.
OR: they're all soulmates, Ashton has issues, Calum is totally fine with it, Michael's scared, and Luke wonders why everyone has to make it so complicated.
Bookmarked by shutupluke
24 Jan 2017
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Soulmate au OT4 with angst and feelings- OR: they're all soulmates, Ashton has issues, Calum is totally fine with it, Michael's scared, and Luke wonders why everyone has to make it so complicated.
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21 Oct 2016
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girl sos, witch sos, cute sos
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I'll Never Smile Again by moonbands for blessyouclifford on tumblr
Fandoms: 5 Seconds of Summer (Band)
12 Oct 2016
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Four soldiers find a song that keeps them going through the war against Hitler.
Or the fic where Ashton is a captain, Calum is a badass, Luke is indifferent, and Michael is scared.
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i didn't know that i was starving till i tasted you by irwah for shutupluke
Fandoms: 5 Seconds of Summer (Band)
18 Sep 2016
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'we just had sex and it's the morning after and i woke up to an empty bed and how could i be so stupid of course you left me alone but wait you're in my kitchen cooking me breakfast and i'm so relieved' au
Bookmarked by shutupluke
19 Sep 2016
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I fucking love mashton so much I love Dani so much pls read this and share my emo ness
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Michael Clifford doesn't do commitment. He doesn't do feelings, or romance, and that's why casual sex works for him. Until he falls into bed with a man he knows too well, and spends all his time telling himself that it's nothing more than sex.
Except it's not, and Michael doesn't realize it until it's too late.
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The Mashton side piece to my Cake story 'Lay Me Down'.
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- Part 2 of The Ruby Universe
Bookmarked by shutupluke
10 Sep 2016
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Michael is an idiot with commitment issues and an inferiority complex- sad styfford into wholesome sexy mashton