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Q is very protective of his younger brother.
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The next task was calling his mother. She would attempt to make him feel guilty for not calling back immediately, take offense when he pointed out she’d contacted him at work, and after several minutes of low-level moaning about how difficult it was being a single mother, would demand to know whether he was going to be any use to her at all.“Yes,” he’d reply. “That’s why I texted ‘happy to, will call in an hour for details’. I’ll be there around 5:30. Tell Morey I’ll take him out for dinner.”
He hesitated to ask why she was going to be gone for the weekend. The chances she had some unfortunate, inevitably criminal, and possibly ridiculous money-making scheme were just too high. Best case, he’d hear about its ultimate fizzle from Morey. Worst case, well, he hoped he’d just read about it in the papers.
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(Post Spectre)
A despondent James returns to England alone and finds MI6 in a dire situation, with the Quartermaster at the centre of it.
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"Remember when I nearly lost my job in my first week because you asked me to make you disappear?” James struggled to hear him through the sounds of the crowd and the muffling of the scarf.
He tilted the corner of his mouth up, “How could I forget?”
Q continued, refusing to face James, “And how I lied to M about the smart blood-” James hummed, keeping his eyes forward- “and how I travelled by plane to personally warn you away from chasing Spectre, only for you to ask me for ‘a final favour’, which nearly got me kidnapped in a ski lift?” James did remember. He remembered hearing from Moneypenny how Q nearly got shot, too. She hadn’t been very happy about that.
“Are you finally cashing in?” he asked, the ball dropping. The theatrics were entirely unnecessary, though.
Q dipped into an alley, and James followed behind him, boxing Q away from the crowd.
“Can I trust you?” Q asked, instead of answering the question. “Can I trust you, like when you asked me to trust you, and I did, undoubtedly?”
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07 Jun 2026
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insane emotional ride. everything works out
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Arthur does not need love. A prince is above such things. He does not need to be held, he needs only the embrace of armor on his skin as he trains to protect Camelot. He does not need friends, only allies to ensure his kingdoms future. These are the marks of a good leader.
That is what he tells himself, anyway.
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05 Jun 2026
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Beautiful character study of Arthur omfg
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Five years after the battle of Camlann, King Arthur devises a challenge: whoever can enchant him to hand over his mother’s sigil is to become Court Sorcerer of Camelot. To most sorcerers, it is an impossible, undecipherable task.
But to one sorcerer, it is a clear message: come home.
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a man like me is dead in places other men are liberated by hydrothermal_ventricle
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
21 Jan 2022
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Arthur's used to his rotating cast of bedfellows rushing out of his room. He's not prepared for Merlin just...staying. And being gentle.
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- Part 3 of Canon-Era Trans Merlin
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01 Jun 2026
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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.
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31 May 2026
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Merlin decides that he's not going to be having this "evil Morgana" hogwash.
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- Part 4 of Different Days (Merlin One-Shots)
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29 May 2026
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Merlin doesn't like fire.
Arthur eventually figures out why.
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Hold my sword, I've got a destiny to thwart by inthemiddleofwishing
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
12 Apr 2026
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Mordred learns he's destined to kill Arthur (bad). Emrys comes and finds him (bad). Emrys... doesn't kill him for it? (good). Emrys decides he's going to be Mordred's friend instead (questionable).
This was written as a bonus scene for my other work "The pyre? I hardly know her" so go and check that one out if you'd like some more context but can also be read as a standalone!
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26 May 2026
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No one understands Arthur and Merlin's relationship, least of all Arthur and Merlin. Limping home after Camlann they have time to figure it out.Now if only people would stop trying to give Merlin a promotion.
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21 May 2026
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so amazing and beautiful omfg!!!!!
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to be loved, and found magical by schweet_heart for haveyoueverconsideredpiracy
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
23 Apr 2026
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Shortly after Arthur is crowned and Merlin reveals his magic, he and Merlin take on a magical beast together.
In retrospect, they probably could have planned things better.
Written for Merthur Glompfest 2026.
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- Part 283 of Merlin Fic
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17 May 2026
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It’s there, suffocating under the golden hues of the morning sun, that Arthur first experienced what it must feel like to truly believe in something.
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Sometimes, he’d hear someone wax poetic about their faith. [..]They’d all told him about the same - that one day they just knew. They looked around at the world around them and found miracles and intention. Realized that surely, something or someone had to be the cause. Surely, there was a point to this. There was meaning.
Arthur had never understood it. He’d never needed faith. Never needed blind obedience, or trust in some entity he could not see much less touch. Did not experience that Knowing.
Merlin knelt beside him, chin up and hands low, and yet Arthur felt like the one who was praying. Felt the buzz at the center of his chest; the twitch of his hands at the need to - to say something. Do something. Let that Knowing escape him like a hymn.
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10 May 2026
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Everyone insisted that Arthur needed time to process, to accept that Merlin was gone. The only problem was that Merlin wasn’t.
Arthur didn’t know how to explain it without sounding like Uther when he’d seen Ygraine in the well, like he was losing his mind and looking for ghosts. He didn’t know how to look at his court and make them understand that Merlin had once told him about nature, about the sacred connectedness of the earth, and asked Arthur if he felt it. He didn’t know how to say that he hadn’t felt it back then, but that he did now. He felt it all. He felt Merlin in it.
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Merlin saves Arthur's life at Camlann at the cost of his own. Merlin can't die, so it's not that simple.
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08 May 2026
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Arthur would have been more than happy to live the rest of his life (or his father’s life, more specifically) with his pretty blonde head buried under the sand.
Trust Merlin (and a farmer!), to not only ruin his plans, but also shamelessly lie.
Also, Arthur was so getting new knights.In other words, Arthur wants a vacation and Merlin is a lying liar who lies. Normal life in Camelot.
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23 Apr 2026
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“Lord Geoffrey,” Arthur sighs, rubbing a hand along his brow in frustration. “We’ve talked about this. I am not, at this point, interested in marriage.”
Geoffrey looks over at him then, lips pinched and eyebrows high on his forehead. “No sire. I shouldn’t think you would be the right person for this, anyways. Forgive me for saying so, but I hardly think there’s a magical being in all of Albion that would happily marry you, the son of Uther Pendragon.”
Arthur flushes in anger and embarrassment, despite how he privately agrees with Geoffrey. It shouldn’t bother him so much, really— after all, he intends to marry for love. Still, the claim that no being of magic could ever love him stings for a reason he can’t quite pin.
“No, I was thinking marrying off your Court Sorcerer might be a more effective strategy for gaining magical allies.” Arthur chokes on his own spit.
Camelot has legalized magic, but needs a magical political marriage to seal the deal. Merlin gets courted. Arthur pines, stresses, and pines some more.
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- Part 1 of The Golden Age
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22 Apr 2026
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The Prayer of St. Francis by Merrily_We_Along (Lovely__Days)
Fandoms: Knives Out (Movies), Wake Up Dead Man (2025)
18 Mar 2026
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Philip ‘tsks’ and hands him a napkin. “It’s just mass, love. Nothing to get so worked up about.”
He doesn’t dignify that with a response until he’s mostly cleaned up. “Now, dear,” he says carefully, “if you want to go, you are more than welcome to do so. I, however, will be at home with Jelly watching our baking show.” He narrows his eyes. “Why do you want to go?”
“Curiosity mostly,” Philip says mildly. “I’ve heard so much about your priest in Chimney Rock. Why not pop in for a visit?”
Blanc sets his mouth in a firm, thin line and begins the spiel Philip hears every Easter. “It is an institution built on racism, misogyny, homophobia—“
“—traits you’ve been very clear Father Jud does not possess—“
“—you are being intentionally difficult—“
Philip huffs. “Love, I’m not asking you to convert. I just simply am feeling a little nostalgic for my choir boy days.”
“Then you go.”
“You two could catch up,” Philip points out, completely sidestepping his argument. “What’s he been up to since the murder?” For the second time, Blanc is left dumb. His husband waits a moment before quirking an eyebrow. “You haven’t kept in contact,” he more surmises than asks.
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Benoit Blanc catches his long-suffering husband up on the murder mystery with the adorable twinky priest.
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15 Apr 2026
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The team's latest contract sends them to Boston. Scout bumps into an old “friend” and Spy cares about him more than he lets on.
(Title translation: protecting from a distance)
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08 Apr 2026
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Those Things that Sink by if_u_dont_like_this_ill_cry
Fandom Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
07 May 2026
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Inspired by “This Devotion May Contain Side Effects” by owepossum.
A young Viktor stumbles into a very important bar at a very important moment. This changes a lot, and yet very little.
**A series of One Shots chronicling canon and how it would change for the better or worse. Fics can be read alone but they follow a story from one to the next. Arranged chronologically**
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01 Apr 2026
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'The door swung open to reveal Gawain again, this time without the axe. “Lancelot! How lovely of you to drop by! What can I do for you?”
“I need your advice,” Lancelot muttered.
“I’m sorry, what was that?”
“I need your advice,” Lancelot repeated, loudly.
“Why, of course! Come in, come in!” Gawain closed the door and raised an eyebrow. “Was that so hard?”
Lancelot glowered at him. “This really is an emergency.”
“No, it’s not.” Gawain flopped down onto his bed, crossing his legs and leaning forward eagerly. “You need my advice, which means this is a potentially ripe-with-gossip chat.”'
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Lancelot is dealing with some... complicated circumstances surrounding his King and Queen. Gawain gives some advice.
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30 Mar 2026