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And another month goes by!

In March, we received 45 fantastic fills from 23 wonderful participants, 36 of which will be listed below the cut! We've got 27 fics, four artworks, three fic + artwork combos, one fic + moodboard combo, and one lovely gif!

Since peach is still pretending people are interested in the stats part of the monthly round up, she's going to prattle on a little longer about ships. Gen/no ships came out top again this month with 16 works, while Merlin/Arthur came in second with 14. Merlin/Gwaine is third with two fills, and then we've got Gwen/Morgana, Merlin/Will and Lancelot/Will all with one.

(Another fun stat for you - there are only six works for Lancelot/Will on ao3, and a third of them are bingo fills!)

Now, finally, the bit you all care about: the fills themselves! Remember to check the warnings and ratings, practice self-care when clicking on those links, and leave so much love for the fabulous people who've created them!

No ships/gen

Not a Blacksmith by bugbonz Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: weapons, blacksmithing, minor injury, weapon appreciation Summary: From the time he was old enough to hold a proper sword, Arthur had been trained, honed, into the best fighter in all of Camelot. And that’s where his fascination began.

Pole Dancer by art stelle Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: fanart Summary:

What's the problem, weather boy? by HadrianPeverellBlack Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Sassy Merlin (Merlin), BAMF Merlin (Merlin), Immortal Merlin (Merlin), God Merlin (Merlin), Percy Jackson & Merlin Friendship Summary: Percy and Merlin meet

What have you done? by HadrianPeverellBlack Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Tired Leon (Merlin), BAMF Merlin (Merlin), Merlin is a Little Shit (Merlin), BAMF Percy Jackson, Percy Jackson is a Little Shit Summary: Leon has to deal with Merlin and their new friend, Percy Jackson. Leon isn't paid enough for all this.

Where are you ~ Please, don't leave me by HadrianPeverellBlack Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: POV Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Worried Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Scared Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Guilty Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Episode: s04e07 The Secret Sharer (Merlin) Summary: Arthur discovers that his servant has not come to wake him and, at dawn, runs throughout the castle looking for him.

Remember that time? by HadrianPeverellBlack Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Good Uncle Hades (Percy Jackson), Hurt Merlin (Merlin), POV Merlin (Merlin), Percy Jackson & Merlin Friendship, Sassy Percy Jackson Summary: It's time to ask Nico his help in their research. Of course, when Percy says 'everything's going to be fine', Merlin should worry.

Sweet Persuasion by HadrianPeverellBlack Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Omega Merlin (Merlin), Omega Gwen (Merlin), Alpha Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Episode: s01e07 Gates of Avalon (Merlin) Summary: In his attempt to keep Arthur safe, Merlin uses Gwen's advice: sweet persuasion

Excalibur by LikeAPaperPlane Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Summary:

Red by kairennart Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: digital art, screenshot redraw Summary:

in time of daffodils by willowsmarika Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: N/A Summary: Five characters' stories about discovering Merlin's magic and coming to terms with it. Each representing one of the five stages of grief.

Rain or Shine by s0mmerspr0ssen Rating: Teen Warnings: Rape/non-con Major tags: Post-Season/Series 03, Canon Compliant, Caring Gwaine, Misunderstandings, Loyalty Summary: Gwaine, plagued by doubts about swearing fealty to a prince, is pushed to the brink when Arthur seems to prove himself unworthy.

On a Blade’s Edge by VikingSong Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Loneliness, Friendship, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Fleshing out Elyan’s backstory because canon failed us Summary: The trouble with being a blacksmith-turned-knight was that Elyan was very picky about his swords…but even he could admit there were things more important than craftsmanship. Like purpose and belonging, for example. Or: In which Elyan turns his assessing gaze from broken swords to broken manservants.

You're just special by HadrianPeverellBlack Rating: Teen Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Survivor Guilt, Hurt Merlin (Merlin), Merlin Needs a Hug (Merlin), Protective Percy Jackson, Percy Jackson Needs a Hug Summary: Merlin has a nightmare. Percy is there for him. They trust each other

Why I hate hunting by HadrianPeverellBlack Rating: Teen Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Sharing secrets, sharing past trauma, mention of slavery, Protective Knights (Merlin), Hurt Merlin (Merlin) Summary: During a hunt, the knights and Merlin are stuck in a cave and must say the thing that weighs most on their minds.

the motivations of a friend by sleepygecko Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Cuddling, Soft Arthur, BAMF Gaius Summary: Arthur was angry at Merlin until Gaius made him understand that he couldn’t truly understand what it was to grow up as a magic user during Uther’s purge. He seeks out Merlin to apologize but can’t hold in the utter devastation he feels at the mere glimpse Gaius showed him of Merlin’s justified fear.

Relationship Takes Effort by cynthia1314 Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Merlin & Arthur Parabatai, AU - Shadowhunters, platonic soulmates, character death (Uther) Summary: Arthur and Merlin were Parabatai, but Arthur didn't know if Merlin was as content about this relationship as he was.

Gwen/Morgana

tender deception by queerofthedagger Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Porn without Plot, Orgasm Denial, Post Canon Summary: “All you have to do is renounce your claim to Camelot’s throne once and for all.”

Arthur/Gwen

Forgiving Yourself Is the Hardest Thing by VikingSong Rating: Teen Warnings: Major character death Major tags: Merlin dies, Gwen POV, Grief, Guilt, No magic reveal Summary: Gwen is intimately familiar with grief; she was prepared—as much as anyone can ever really be—to tread the long, winding road to the place where the sudden rush of loss hits less often, when it will no longer knock the wind out of her at every trifling reminder of Merlin. What she was not prepared for is the invisibility of her grief. She is the Queen now; no one seems to remember that he was her friend, too, back in the days when she was just Gwen and he was just Merlin. Or: Gwen struggles through her grief after Merlin’s sudden death and wrestles with guilt as she reflects on the slow demise of their friendship.

Lancelot/Will

Blue by bugbonz Rating: General audiences Warnings: Major character death Major tags: afterlife, Summary: Stepping through the veil, Lancelot wasn’t sure what to expect. He anticipated pain. Or perhaps himself just blinking out of existence. Anything but the room around him staying exactly as it was, only now shrouded in a deep blueish shadow.

Merlin/Will

A Letter of Farewell by gwenpendragons Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Canon era, established relationship, love letters, goodbyes Summary: Merlin and Will say goodbye before Merlin leaves for Camelot.

Merlin/Gwaine

The knight and the king by HadrianPeverellBlack Rating: General audiences Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: Episode: s04e06 A Servant of Two Masters (Merlin), Deleted Scenes, Pining Gwaine (Merlin), Protective Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), POV Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) Summary: A deleted scene in A Servant of No Master. Arthur and Gwaine look for Merlin

A Fairytale, This Is Not by Fighting_for_Creativity Rating: Mature Warnings: Major character death Major tags: Alternative Universe- Reincarnation, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon Era, Past Lives, Tony Stark(Merlin)- Centric Summary: Chapter Summary: Tony was dying, not that he regularly didn't risk his life but- who would have thought that Palladium is poisonous? The line between past and future, dream and reality merges more and more. While Tony and his friends try to figure out how to save his ass, Vanko appears, SHIELD being interfering and time nearly runs out. Maybe, sometimes the solution to present problems lays in the past.

Merlin/Arthur

In Arthur's Chamber by LikeAPaperPlane Rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Summary:

That Loving Feeling by ravenwilds Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Top Gun AU, slow burn, banter, found family, gray-asexuality Summary: Dr. Merlin Emrys is a civilian instructor for Top Gun, the U.S. Navy's elite aviation combat training school, which means he knows all about brash pilots, and their cocky attitudes. When Lt. Arthur Pendragon joins the program, it looks like he’ll be just another one of the same, but in a class of show-offs, Pendragon is determined to be noticed—and it seems it is Merlin's attention, in particular, that he wants. Merlin's not sure what he did to deserve this ...

Somebody Roll the Windows Down (There Are No Windows) by prettylittlecandid31 Rating: Teen Warnings: One use of the word "homosexuals" bc it's a period piece Major tags: The "Oh" Moment, Carriage Ride, Period AU, Arranged Marriage Summary: Arthur is on a carriage ride to his arranged marriage fiancee's home. He has forced Merlin, his best noble friend to come with him. Along the way he realizes his true feelings for Merlin.

Meet Me More Than Halfway Up by thesongistheriver Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: long-suffering Leon, pining Arthur, friendship, coming out, modern era Summary: Arthur's star is on the rise in Hollywood; Leon's a nose-to-the-grindstone sound editor. L.A. may be superficial and artificial, but the friendship they forge there is real. (And eventually Leon will get Arthur to Merlin, so help him, before he loses his damn mind with all the pining.)

Dragon of the Dawn by SlantedKnitting Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: dragon dads, baby aithusa, druid merlin, dragonlord merlin, healing magic Summary: To avoid war with the Druids, Arthur lifts the ban on magic in Camelot. As a sign of peace, the Druids gift him a dragon egg. Now Arthur must decide if it would be wise to bring a dragon into the world, or if his interest in the egg is only due to the handsome Dragonlord who wields the power to hatch it.

Dancing in the Dark by gwenpendragons Rating: Teen Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: modern au, nonbinary merlin, first meetings, love at first sight Summary: Arthur thinks he’s done with dating until he meets a gorgeous pole dancer at a nightclub.

let the punishment fit the crime by insane-ohwhyfandoms Rating: Mature Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Major tags: modern au, boarding school, bdsm, spanking Summary: Merlin deliberately irritates Arthur.

Ghosts by s0mmerspr0ssen, PapySanzo89 Rating: Mature Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Alternate Universe - BDSM, Dom Merlin (Merlin), Sub Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Past Character Death, Grief Summary: Merlin’s past comes back to haunt him—right in the middle of a scene.

More Melodies Than Can Ever Be Heard by thesongistheriver Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: smut, banter, established relationship, domestic fluff, musician AU Summary: Arthur's movie finally premieres! Merlin and the trio rehearse, Gwaine and Percy take a big step, and now it's time for what comes next.

Into the Inward Places of Our Souls by thesongistheriver Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: established relationship, fluff, smut, banter, snark Summary: With the new flick getting more positive buzz than Arthur had expected, it's starting to look like he just might write his own ticket into a high-visibility West End role, even as he tries to rework his treatment for the stage. Merlin's own star is on the rise too, with the Proms and a new world tour. They've always been good for each other ... so maybe this is just the beginning of something even better.

Limits by s0mmerspr0ssen, PapySanzo89 Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - BDSM, Dom Merlin (Merlin), Sub Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Developing Relationship Summary: When Merlin turns out to be everything Arthur could ever wish for in a dom, Arthur realises he would do a lot of things to make him stay—even ignore his own limits.

Am I Nothing More Than an Inconvenience to You? by TrebleMaker07 Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, POV Arthur Pendragon, Angst with a Happy Ending, Bad Parent Uther Pendragon, Friends With Benefits Summary: Meet Arthur Pendragon: lawyer, gay, works for his father, and in a friends-with-benefit relationship with Merlin. Meet Merlin Emrys: principal dancer, gay, owns a ballet studio, and in a friends-with-benefit relationship with Arthur. Just two normal guys living very normal lives, until life decides it wants to throw some hurdles into the ring. What will happen to Arthur and Merlin then?? Will they be able to persevere, or was everything doomed to fail from the very start??

The Viscount's Depravation by ravenwilds Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Victorian AU, Smut with feelings, Orgasm control, D/s, Dom!Merlin Summary: In which Arthur endures great depravation and finally earns his reward

Home by s0mmerspr0ssen, PapySanzo89 Rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Alternate Universe - BDSM, Dom Merlin (Merlin), Sub Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Uther Pendragon's A+ Parenting (Merlin) Summary: When Uther finds out Arthur has been dating a dom for months without his approval, things come to a head—and fall into place, too.

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