The Great War Challenge
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"This will hurt if left untended," Merlin murmured, his thumbs ghosting over Arthur's palms.
"Then tend to it." The words were barely above a whisper, but they carried the weight of complete trust.
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- Part 1 of The Great War Challenge
- Part 181 of Taylor Inspired
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Arthur and Merlin meet in their dreams and speak truths too sacred to speak aloud
"Kiss me," Arthur breathed. "Please. Just once, let me know what it feels like."
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- Part 2 of The Great War Challenge
- Part 182 of Taylor Inspired
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The sword clattered to the ground as Arthur ran both hands through his hair. Merlin had seen him angry before, frustrated, even furious, but this was different. This was raw.
"Arthur..." Merlin stood slowly, his usual snark dying in his throat.
"No, you want to mock me? Go ahead. Tell me how easy I have it while I lie awake every night wondering if I'm strong enough, if I'm worthy enough, if I'll ever be half the king my father expects me to be."
"That's not — I didn't mean — I —" Merlin stammered.
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- Part 3 of The Great War Challenge
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"Merlin."
"Yes, sire?"
"Have you ever wondered about your soulmate?"
Merlin's hands stilled on the breastplate. "I... what do you mean?"
Arthur was sitting on the edge of his bed, unlacing his boots, but his movements had grown slow and thoughtful. "I mean, do you ever think about what they might be like? Whether you'll recognize them when you meet them?"
"Sometimes," Merlin admitted, his voice barely above a whisper. Every waking moment.
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- Part 4 of The Great War Challenge
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"It started during your coronation," he said carefully.
Arthur stopped pacing. "During the ceremony itself?"
"Yes."
"So it was someone who was there. Someone in the crowd." Arthur's eyes lit up with the fervor of a man who'd found a crucial clue. "I can get the guest list. Cross-reference it with people you've had contact with. There couldn't have been that many — "
"Arthur, you're not going to figure it out that way."
"Why not?"
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- Part 5 of The Great War Challenge
- Part 180 of Taylor Inspired
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Arthur wakes up first, and falls a little more in love with Merlin
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- Part 6 of The Great War Challenge
- Part 37 of No Dialogue
- Part 126 of Taylor Inspired
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Merlin lets slip that he wrote poetry; Arthur asks him to show him.
For Day 3 of Fictober
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- Part 2 of Justified It
- Part 7 of The Great War Challenge
- Part 3 of Fictober 2023
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Arthur interrupts Merlin's retelling of one of their adventures to a group of children during a festival.
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- Part 8 of The Great War Challenge
- Part 124 of Taylor Inspired
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Merlin falls asleep on the way back to Camelot from a hunt. And in it, he dreams of the impossible
“Merlin.” Arthur’s voice is honey and silk, rough edges sanded down after years of gentle use. Merlin wants a lot of things at that moment, but most importantly he doesn’t want them to stop. Doesn’t want this to stop. “Merlin.” his voice sounds further away, somehow still reverberating in his mind, and he feels a hand on his shoulder, a pressure different from the one Arthur had around his waist just a kiss ago.
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- Part 9 of The Great War Challenge
- Part 59 of Taylor Inspired
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Merlin leaned into the touch, eyes falling closed. "Just... remembering. When I thought I might lose you."
"You didn't lose me," Arthur said simply, drawing Merlin closer until they were sharing the same breath. "I'm right here."
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- Part 10 of The Great War Challenge
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just a little something stupid
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- Part 11 of The Great War Challenge
- Part 56 of Taylor Inspired
- Part 17 of 100 Word Challenge
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Arthur distracts Merlin from Camelots latest problem for the night.
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- Part 5 of Fictober 2023
- Part 12 of The Great War Challenge
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in which Merlin makes it seem like theres an emergency, but instead its just to snog arthur.
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- Part 13 of Fictober 2023
- Part 132 of Taylor Inspired
- Part 13 of The Great War Challenge
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In which the events at the lake happen a little differently
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- Part 52 of Tumblr Prompts
- Part 14 of The Great War Challenge