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  1. Public Bookmark 77

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    Zanka goes still, stunned. Rudo is on the floor now, back against his bed as he fights his hardest not to cry.

    “Fuck-FUCK- that fucking hurt-“ He curses, unable to stay quiet any longer, lest he explode. Zanka stares down at him with an unreadable expression before—

    “What the hell did ya do.” He deadpans, though there’s a tremor in his voice Rudo hasn’t heard before.

    “I told you to leave me the hell alone!” Rudo’s voice lacks the bite he would’ve preferred it had, “You hurt me, asshole.”

    Zanka stays silent, and Rudo goes back to breathing deeply, trying any and all methods Regto had shown him back up on the Sphere to make the stabbing in his hands stop.

    “Show me your arm.”

    Rudo freezes.

    “Why?”

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    Rudo’s hands have a habit of flaring up real bad. When Zanka stumbles upon this, his mind jumps to something else

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    18 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 93

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    From a prompt on Tumblr
    "As Arthur and the rest of Camelot get more comfortable with magic, Arthur makes a decision. He’s tried teaching Merlin every type of weapon out there, and he’s hopeless with every one of them. But, Merlin still insists on coming with him on dangerous quests. So, Arthur decides to have Merlin try his hand at magic so he has some sort of self defense"

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    17 Jun 2026

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    So the heart becomes bound with the roots, the lungs filled with the vines and the flowers. Thorns will maim and cut where they grasp hold. The solitary heart bears not the strength to banish the maladie. Coughing and vomiting may dislodge the barriers but only for so long as it takes for more to grow. Witches' briar consumes all in time. Thirty days from the fall of the first petal are granted unto the sufferer. Hanahaki is the curse of those with magic in their veins. No man devoid of magic’s song shall suffer this bite.

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    Merlin knows he was condemned from the moment he found the first petal on his pillow, because there is no way that Arthur Pendragon, the King of Camelot, can ever return his love.

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    17 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 19

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    It is only a dagger and a bit of blood.

    For Arthur, right?

    TW: Self-harm

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    15 Jun 2026

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    Arthur has never cared about being proper around Merlin because Merlin has never been one to treat him properly. Still, it's rare for Arthur to slip and use his alpha voice, knowing that, even to the beta he believes Merlin to be, it's an overt exertion of power. The few times Arthur has commanded his servant in such a way, he usually orders Merlin to "shut up" or "go away", and Merlin can play it off like he's following Arthur's orders too literally in retaliation, until he's able to find the one alpha that knows about him (thank the Gods for Lancelot!) and convince him to override Arthur's order with his own.

    This time he doesn't get the chance.

    [Merlin gets stuck in Arthur's chambers without his suppressants or his scent blockers. Things turn out much better than he expects...]

    EDITED: 16/4/26 (mostly for tenses, grammer, etc. but the old draft is saved if anyone preferred it)

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    14 Jun 2026