If someone looked at me the way Arthur looks at Merlin I would get married, it doesn't matter that I am aro/ace.
I.would.get.married.
FACT 💅🏻
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giggling and kicking my feet
modern au, merlin & arthur are long distance buddies who get to visit maybe once a year if they're lucky. this year it's twice. the second time, they go camping:
arthur, lounging while merlin cheerfully sets up a fire: you know merlin, guinevere's insisted you're fairly miserable. she's been worried. but every time i see you, you seem perfectly well. what shall i tell her that's about?
merlin, pausing, firewood in hand:
[merlin, internally: this daft prat]
arthur, awkwardly: if something is wrong, you ought to tell her. she's your roommate. i don't know what she expects me to do about it from new york
merlin, begging the gods for patience:
merlin, resuming fire duties: i don't suppose you've considered that seeing you makes me happy
arthur, blue-screening:
merlin: or that i miss you when you're gone
merlin, grumbling: or that gwen is tired of my moping about, the traitor
arthur, distractedly: then you ought to stop moping about. i can hardly imagine what you're like if she's reached her limit
merlin: i don't suppose you'd give me a reason to
arthur, blinking:
merlin, flustered, looking very busy: not that my happiness depends upon you, you prat. of course i'll talk to gwen. clearly she's exaggerated a bit. as if anyone could miss you that much
arthur:
arthur, casually: i suppose they could do without me next quarter
merlin, frozen, little flames coming to life:
arthur: i was always meant to come back to london
arthur, flushing admirably: as if i'd come back just for you
merlin, all shining blue eyes and dimples and joy:
arthur, helpfully, smitten: your sleeve is on fire
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Leon: sire, I need an advice.
Arthur: with what?
Leon: with love, Sire. How did you know you were in love with Merlin?
Arthur: ...
Arthur: i’m in love with Merlin?
Gwaine passing by: yes, you are.
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He had to lose Merlin in order to find Emrys.
He did it in order to save Arthur.
But in the end he lost both himself and Arthur.
something i will never move on from is how merlin changed since season one. how he became a shadow of a shadow, the remains of a dream, the silent echo of who he once was.
he killed himself to become Himself, and in the end it was for nothing.
in the end, there was blood and silence.
merlin held arthur's body in his arms and thought that maybe, in that field, in front of that lake, there might had been two corpses.
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“Oh, take me back to the start”
First and last time that Merlin looked directly at Arthur
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"Why can't you be my destiny if I can be yours?"
Fun fact: i ran into this fanart the other day and my head just snapped and i immediately imagined an entire plot for a hurt/comfort fanfic that ends with this kiss and i automatically wrote it in like 2 hours.
You can find it here.
Am i insane? Probably. But can you pls help me finding the author of this fanart? I wanna thank them for the inspiration and for the wonderful masterpiece they created!! Ty
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This hurt me in ways I didn’t know it could
Orpheus and Eurydice AU
Where Merlin is given the opportunity to lead Arthur out of Avalon.
However, if he turns around and looks at Arthur before they reach the surface he forfeits their destiny and Arthur will never return.
Merlin can. He looks straight ahead. He's suffered worse than this for Arthur's sake and he won't throw it away now for a glance. He knows Arthur, he knows he will follow.
Arthur on the other hand ....
He's fresh off the betrayal of a magic reveal. He died in Merlin's arms with so much left unsaid. He follows, of course he does it's Merlin how can he not.
But he's not used to this Merlin. The Merlin that gets shit done, the Merlin that's been defending him and his kingdom for a decade. The cold, calm, ruthless man Merlin has forced himself to be for Arthur's sake.
He NEEDS Merlin to turn around. To flash him that goofy smile that lets Arthur know that despite everything Merlin is still there. His Merlin. Kind and affectionate and trustworthy. Merlin who would cry over the death of a stranger. Merlin who is always by his side.
He doesn't know the Merlin in front of him and he's scared. And maybe he begs Merlin to turn around. Fueled by grief and fear and isolation.
But Merlin doesn't. He keeps going forward.
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Sir Percival and Sir Leon trying to console a depressed Arthur not used to being away from his lover servant after Merlin told him he would take half a day off.
Bonus: Sir Elyan and his useless attempt to seem lifeless in order to avoid another whining of his King about Merlin.
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Babe, pls, let’s not fight
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