Work for a cause, not applause. Live life to express, not impress

Author: fifty_fifty
Title: All For the Cameras
Rating: Explicit
Pairing/s: Merlin/Arthur
Character/s: Merlin, Arthur, Gwaine
Summary: “So, thank you both for coming in. I must say it was a delightful coincidence when you both auditioned for the film and I think it will work out well for the… intimate scenes we want to portray with Andrew and Gregory. I wouldn't normally ask actors to be so... hands on. We would shoot around it. But... given your relationship status and the fact that we want this film to be grittier, real and honest. We would be thrilled if you'd consider... going a bit further than the script? What I mean to say is: would you be willing to touch each other on camera?”
Warnings: Semi-Public/Public sex, Exhibitionism, Acted homophobic language/behaviour (not genuine)
Kink: Exhibitionism, Spanking, Dirty Talk, Sex Toys ¦ Trope: Actor AU, Enemies to Lovers ¦ Word: Tomfoolery
Word Count: 1000
Author's Notes: This fic was written for Pornalot 2018 - Challenge 3: Kink Link.

( All for the Cameras )

Title: Seasons
Author: wangler on AO3
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 40,000

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I read this quite some time ago and was very happy to come upon it again. I've not always been a fan of modern AUs, but now really enjoy them. I especially love coming of age stories. There's just something so poignant about that transition period between being a teenager and becoming an adult, and this story makes it even more so.

That Merlin and Arthur were torn apart just when they had such a deep bond, that Merlin in his youth tried to do what he felt best, that he cut off contact from Arthur and his own emotions in order to survive the horror of war. Just heartbreaking for both Merlin and Arthur. And then when he returned to 'normality' he found that Arthur was no longer the boy he left behind. Different, changed. But yet still the same.