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    It's 2008, and Merlin's in college while Arthur's stuck in the valley working for his father's company, wondering why the hell he relates to every single one of Blink 182's songs about being brokenhearted, when his heart isn't even broken. At least, he doesn't think it is.

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    21 Sep 2023

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    I don't even care that it's not finished, this is my favorite fic I've ever read in my damn life.

    Update: it's finished!! if I think about it too much it makes me cry!!! I'm fine!!!!

  2. Public Bookmark 40

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    It’s silly, really, to miss someone who is just down the hall. Maybe he does need a break soon—like everyone, Mafuyu included, keeps telling him he might.

    Soon.

    Hopefully.

    Better not to think about it.

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    11 Jan 2026

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    Suddenly he remembers how young Merlin looked in their bed, how he trembled and how he blushes. How he’s dressed in those old rags of his servant days that he hasn’t seen in bloody years. Groaning, Arthur ends the kiss and leans his forehead against Merlin’s. “Please don’t tell me I’ve been sent back in time and took you to bed like a brute.”

    Basically a PWP one-shot with a dash of time travel.

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    09 Jan 2026

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    His mother warns him, she says, don't let that boy get too attached to you.

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    08 Jan 2026

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    sometimes i think i forget to bookmark things bc i think about them so often i don't need to save it anywhere. i just look it up by name every time.

    this would be one of those.

  5. Public Bookmark 29

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    It's the first Christmas after his father's death, and Arthur is spending the holidays in Ealdor, visiting an old university friend for the first time in years. With his father gone and his sister unreachable, he isn't expecting much joy from the festive season, but it turns out this might just be the beginning of something wonderful after all.

    Written for Winter Knights 2025.

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    04 Jan 2026

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    Tis the season for me to be obsessed exclusively with fics about bone-crushing, paralyzing grief, apparently. This one also cute, though.

    *ugly crying*