Charlie_Solace
Recent bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
Merlin is magic, and iron hurts magical creatures.
How did Arthur not catch that before!A study in the lengths Arthur will go to confess in every way but with words.
Bookmarked by Charlie_Solace
18 Jun 2026
-
Tags
Summary
“I didn’t know!” Merlin’s voice rises in pitch now to match Arthur’s. “I didn’t know what you would do, not at first—”
“And what about after I helped you get the druid boy out of the castle? Hmm?”
Arthur has Merlin there, or at least he thinks he does. Certainly, Merlin deflates a bit, and the strange, heavy atmosphere that had settled over them seems to lighten slightly. But the next words out of Merlin’s mouth are, “So I was supposed to just let you make me leave too? I couldn’t do that, Arthur, I wouldn’t. Not then, not ever.”
“I wouldn’t have sent you away,” Arthur protests before he can think better of it. He’s struggling to hold onto the anger, the betrayal, but in the face of Merlin’s own evident pain, his overwhelming instinct is to make it go away. “I would have never sent you away, Merlin!”
“Why not?” Merlin demands.
“Don’t—” Arthur swallows hard. “Don’t pretend you don’t know,” he goes on, barely more than a whisper. “Not now.”
--
In which Arthur finds discovers Merlin's magic due to Merlin's own bleeding heart, they acknowledge the bond they share, and Arthur realizes that he never had to know about Merlin's magic to truly know him anyway.
Bookmarked by Charlie_Solace
18 Jun 2026
-
You Have to Tell Me For Me to Understand by WearAMaskAndSpeakTheTruth
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
01 Jun 2026
Tags
Summary
His chest clenched in worry as Merlin struggled to pick up the buckets again, a normally easy task. Merlin staggered a little, and Arthur found himself taking a step towards Merlin.
No, there's no need. He reminded himself.
He turned his back, and walked to the divider to undress, which was exactly when he heard a cry of pain, a thud, and a massive splash of water.
OR
Merlin hides what happens after all his adventures, hiding the physical injury and mental hurt, too scared to tell Arthur as it would reveal his secret. However after being poisoned by Morgana and watching Daegal die, it becomes too much and he collapses in front of Arthur. What follows is Arthur trying to learn about his manservant, and Merlin finally getting understanding from the person he cares about.
Bookmarked by Charlie_Solace
17 Jun 2026
-
Tags
Summary
What if no one is around when Arthur rises from the lake,
what if Arthur is left to make his own way, towards the warm feeling guiding his soul.
With a knights mindset in the modern world.A fairly sappy warm take on Arthur rising and finding Merlins new life in his little tudor house with his big grey cat
Series
- Part 1 of The second life of Arthur Pendragon
Bookmarked by Charlie_Solace
17 Jun 2026
-
Tags
Summary
The bandits came from the tree line like shadows given teeth. Arthur had his sword drawn before the first cry rang out, steel singing free of the scabbard as he pivoted toward the rush of bodies.
They were outnumbered—six knights against what looked like twenty men, ragged and desperate, pouring from the dark wood on either side of the forest road.Bookmarked by Charlie_Solace
17 Jun 2026