partofme
Recent bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
Arthur stood frozen in the corridor of cells. He refused to turn around back to that room of death. He wouldn’t look or even go near the poor forgotten bodies until one man was in his presence alive and well. Because he had to be, he couldn’t be in that mess of burnt flesh and blood. Merlin couldn’t have been captured or held here. It wasn’t true, he didn’t, none of those bodies could be him. But he knew that scrap of fabric. He had given that neckerchief to him himself, it was a birthday present.
Or
6 months after banishing Merlin for magic Arthur believes his former manservant has been tortured and murdered. Now 3 years later they finally succeed in repealing the magic ban and are ready to welcome the druids back to Camalot, but when the Druid Lord Emrys has been targeted by Morgana the King sees it as his duty to send aid.
Bookmarked by partofme
14 Jul 2026
-
Tags
Summary
A banquet, a drink, and one (un)fortunate mistake. Merlin awakens in Arthur's bed with little memory of the previous night, but with all of the physical reminders.
While pretending it never happened works for Arthur, it's less easy for Merlin as he comes to realize that he is carrying more than just regrets.
Bookmarked by partofme
07 Jul 2026
-
Tags
Summary
Arthur Pendragon is getting ready for what is supposed to be the happiest day of his life.
Camelot has spent weeks preparing for the royal wedding. The kingdom is celebrating, the castle has never looked finer, and in just a few hours Arthur will marry Guinevere and begin a new chapter as king.
Morgana Pendragon has plans of her own.
After witnessing Arthur’s desperate search for Merlin during his last disappearance, she comes to an interesting conclusion: Her brothers greatest weakness has nothing to do with his kingdom or his people.
It’s one hopelessly oblivious servant.
So, on the morning of Arthur’s wedding, Merlin vanishes.
Again.
Arthur is about to discover that everyone else is paying attention long before he is.
Inspired by a tiktok by @lilysward !!!
Bookmarked by partofme
04 Jul 2026
-
Summary
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
- Words:
- 184,780
- Works:
- 10
- Bookmarks:
- 16
Bookmarked by partofme
03 Jul 2026
-
the ways of the old, old winds blowin' back round by habituallywastingtime
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
24 Jun 2026
Tags
Summary
As a child, Arthur didn’t know why he was kept away from the courtyard.
Or why it so often smelt… like that.
Until one morning, Sir Kay guided him to the balcony he’d only been allowed on sometimes. Only sometimes, because it looks over the courtyard.
His father was waiting for him, holding an arm out to beckon him closer. Arthur rushed in, latching himself onto his father’s side as it was so rarely permitted.
There was a crowd below him; he had never seen so many people in one place.
There was a pile of wood.
He remembers little outside of the way his eyes burned, how he at last understood that smell. He remembers forcing down his supper that night and emptying his stomach in the corridor before he could even reach his room.
Now he remembers it all.
He can’t feel the bruising stones under his knees, hardly tastes the leftover bile coating his mouth.
All he knows is the all-consuming realization that his greatest fear and anguish still holds the throne, even in his heart.
sequel to the pale morning sings of forgotten things
Series
- Part 3 of the dragon's roar
Bookmarked by partofme
01 Jul 2026