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Title: Rub-A-Dub-Dub, Court Sorcerer in a Tub
Rating: Mature
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
Character(s): Merlin, Arthur Pendragon
Word Count: 1525
Summary: “Merlin, you and I both know that water in the tub is stone cold. Surely you weren’t planning on presenting the King of Camelot with an ice bath? Heat it up.”

Merlin looked over at the door in confusion and reached down to picked up the buckets and started to make towards the door. Damn Arthur, now he had to go and haul another several dozen buckets of water up all those stairs, ensuring they actually were hot to begin with.

“Oh, stop running away and looking confused, Merlin. We both know you don’t need buckets.”

Merlin froze mid-step.

“Heat it up. I won’t ask again,” Arthur commanded.
Author’s Notes: Written for @merthurdaily‘s 10 Years of Merlin & Arthur celebration - Day 4: Scenery/Locations Also on AO3 here.

( Rub-A-Dub-Dub, Court Sorcerer in a Tub )

Author: fifty_fifty
Title: Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears a Crown
Rating: Gen
Pairing/s: Merlin/Arthur
Character/s: Merlin, Arthur
Summary: The wine is flowing all around him, as is the conversation. And yet, he is like an island in the midst of it all. Dry, untouched, devoid of company. For even when they talk to him, it is at him and not with him. He is in a room, surrounded by so many people, a prince who is almost a king, and yet, still he is completely alone.
Warnings: Angst?
Word Count: 500
Author's Notes: Written for merthurdaily's 10 Years of Merthur celebration - Day 1: Joy and Sorrow.

( Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears a Crown )

Author: fifty_fifty
Title: Practical Magic
Rating: Explicit
Pairing/s: Merlin/Merlin
Character/s: Merlin, Arthur
Summary: They search for hours, through book after book, before finally they reopen the discarded one. They both stare at the rather explicit diagram with dismay.

“I guess we’ve got no choice. We’ll have to do it,” says other Merlin.

“Well, it’s not like you haven’t got anything I’ve not seen,” jokes Merlin to ease the mood. “It will be like...” he licks his lips managing to force the word from his lips, “...masturbating. But…”

“With one of us having their cock up the other’s arse.”
Warnings: Self-cest
Word Count: 1000
Author's Notes: This fic was written for Pornalot 2018 - Challenge 4: Super(natural). I plan on writing a longer, more fleshed out version of this at some point. Until then, I'm just gonna post it here.

( Practical Magic )

Author: fifty_fifty
Title: Unconventional
Rating: Explicit
Pairing/s: Merlin/Arthur
Character/s: Merlin, Arthur
Summary: It had all started with the last convention Merlin had gone to. Arthur had been sitting in the audience giving him knowing looks, undressing him with his eyes. Driving him mad. He’d meant it as a joke. He hadn’t been serious. But Arthur had. And yes, Merlin had had fantasies like this. But he’d never thought that it would actually happen. Fantasies weren’t meant to happen. That’s what made them fantasies. So how he had ended up like this?
Warnings: Semi-Public/Public sex, Exhibitionism
Word Count: 936
Author's Notes: This fic was written for Pornalot 2018 - Challenge 2: Fantasy.

( Unconventional )

Title: Sail Thou Forth
Link to Work Remixed: https://archiveofourown.org/works/1004451
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 37,070
Warnings: Infidelity (Consenual, not M/A)
Summary: Trapped in a marriage of convenience, Merlin Emrys doesn't believe in love at first sight - or true love at all, for that matter.

That is, until he meets Arthur Pendragon, an extraordinary man whose courage inspires him to begin the career that he has always longed for, and in whose arms Merlin begins to hope for better things.

But society isn't kind to men like them, and both must overcome tremendous obstacles before they will be free to live the life they've been dreaming of.
Notes: Cookie, I hope that you have as much fun reading this, as I had writing it. It was a joy to read your work (although I had already read many of your stories before) and when I happened upon this story I knew that I had to chose it for remix.

A huge thank you to my beta reader!

As Cookie notes in the original fic, their story is based on Now, Voyager (1942), starring Bette Midler and Paul Henreid http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035140/, which in turn is inspired by a novel of the same name by Olive Higgins Prouty (Inception enough for you yet?) who borrowed her title from the Walt Whitman poem “The Untold Want”.

I will confess, I have never seen the film, nor have I read the book, so I am basing my story on Cookie’s fic (and Whitman’s gorgeous poem). But maybe I will have successfully channeled both.

As with Cookie’s fic, there is a strong theme of infidelity (consensual) running through the story (not between Merlin and Arthur). And also period-typical homophobia.

( Sail Thou Forth )

Title: The Pint-Sized Manservant
Pairing(s): None
Character(s): Merlin, Arthur Pendragon, Gaius
Word Count: 400
Rating: Teen and Up
Summary: Merlin takes a spell for Arthur. It has larger - or rather, smaller - consequences than intended.
Notes: For LFB72. Written for Prompt #313: Art Prompt (In The Palm of My Hand)for Camelot Drabble. On AO3 here.

( The Pint-Sized Manservant )

Title: The Coming Storm
Rating: Gen
Pairing(s): None
Character(s): Merlin
Summary: Merlin thinks about Excalibur and what is yet to come.
Word Count: 100

( The Coming Storm )

Title: Stepping Up
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Arthur/Gwen (Merlin), Gwen/Lancelot (Merlin)
Character(s): Merlin, Arthur Pendragon, Uther Pendragon, Hunith (Merlin), Gaius (Merlin), Morgana (Merlin), Gwen (Merlin), Gwaine (Merlin), Leon (Merlin), Elyan (Merlin), Will (Merlin)
Word Count: 48,272
Rating: Explicit
Summary: Arthur is a closeted Olympic snowboarder who has only just started to come out to his close friends and family. To the rest of the world, he’s Arthur Pendragon, Team GB’s Golden Boy and best hope of getting a gold medal in the Olympics after coming home with the silver in Sochi (and fuck wasn’t that an experience, worrying about being outed in homophobic-central Russia. To be honest, Arthur feels guilty he even attended those games).

The pressure on Arthur is immense, but as long as he can keep his head down and get on with things, he’ll be fine. Cue Merlin Emrys, a newcomer to Team GB and up-and-coming figure skater who is determined to make his mark on the scene. And he’s fucking hot.
Notes: A huge, huge thank you to Schweet_Heart my beta reader (and a fantastic writer!), who has been so, so wonderful and helpful with this fic. I wouldn't be anywhere near as good as it is with her! And thank you to Kitty for hosting the Merlin Olympics again. Merlin Olympics was my first Merln fest, so it will always have a special space in my heart. This started out as an idea that I thought would run up to 10K, almost ended up at 37K and now is almost 49K. I also want to thank everyone who listened to me talk about this fic endless in the Merlin Chat.

With regards to warnings for the fic, please do be aware that there are some parts where homophobia and homophobic slurs are mentioned, as well as flashbacks to events where they are used.

I also wanted to add that this fic was inspired by Gus Kenworthy, an American freestyle skier and an interview he did with the BBC here.

On AO3 here.

( Stepping Up )

Title: The Prat in the Library
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
Character(s): Merlin, Arthur Pendragon
Word Count: 1042
Rating: Teen and Up
Summary: “You know, it’s rude to be listening to music when you’re waiting to borrow books,” said the man, accusingly.

Merlin returned his glare with a frown. “Calm down, friend. I was just getting into the mood.”

The man behind the desk snorted and looked Merlin up and down, taking in his black faded band t-shirt, dark washed jeans and scruffy boots. “As if someone like me, would ever be friends with someone like you,” he sneered. He looked down at Merlin’s ID card to read his name. “Merlin.”
Notes: Written for Prompt #295 - Renewal for Camelot Drabble. On AO3 here.

( The Prat in the Library )

Title: My Hero
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
Character(s): Merlin, Arthur Pendragon, Gaius
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 9405
Summary: A Superman AU of sorts.

Merlin Myddrin and Arthur Pendragon are best friends and roommates who work together at the Camelot Times. Merlin has been head over heels for Arthur since the moment they met. But all Arthur can talk about is the mysterious superhero who has recently started saving people across the city. Arthur is desperate to land an interview with the man and is under a lot of pressure from his father to get an interview or else lose his job.

Little does Arthur know that the mysterious hero Emrys is closer than he thinks...
Notes: delicirony, I really hope that this fulfills your prompt. I tried my best to write within the spirit of the prompts you gave, even though I didn't follow them exactly. I've always been a big Superman fan, so this is what really called to me in the end (although I did end up writing a 600+ word plot for a You've Got Mail AU, so who knows maybe that will eventually see the light of day if I get the time to write it). I tried to include as many of your likes as the boys would allow in the story. It turned out to be quite a lot longer than the 5000 word limit as this one got away from me, oops! I'm sure you'll all forgive me though, as it is Christmas. :)

Also a big thank you to my beta luxorien for the last minute beta. Very much appreciated!

( My Hero )