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Title: Any Inn in a Storm
Prompt: The Kings Chambers Prompt #2 - Inn
Rating: Teen and Up
Warning(s): Mentions of sex work
Summary: "Hi," he said politely. "I’d like to get two rooms please."

She scoffed at him. "You’ll be lucky. With this weather we’re booked out!"

"Booked out? Are you sure? My master and I have travelled a great distance. We would appreciate having a place to uh, lay our heads for the night. One room will do, if you don’t have two."

She shook her head. "We’re all booked out."

"There’s nowhere at all? My master will pay well, I promise."

"You speak from experience, huh?" she asked with a sly grin. Merlin felt himself flush at her strange behaviour, wondering what on earth she meant. "Well, there might be something… And lest I be the one who disturbs your trade. I know men such as yourself rely on being able to be discrete. I have one last room. It's very small, only the one bed. Mind, I suppose that won’t matter much to the pair of you. You’re not here to admire the interior."

( FIC: Any Inn in a Storm )

Author: fifty_fifty
Title: The Horizontal Tango
Rating: Explicit
Pairing/s: Merlin/Arthur
Character/s: Merlin, Arthur
Summary: It’s Freshers week and Merlin and Arthur decide to do the horizontal tango in the hottest club in town.
Warnings: Anonymous Sex, Hand Jobs, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Public Sex, Light Dom/sub, First Time, Loss of Virginity, Unsafe Sex/Barebacking, Drinking
Word Count: 1806
Author's Notes: Written for Kinkalot 2019 Week 1 Bonus Challenge: Dirty Dancing.

( The Horizontal Tango )

Finally able to post the collab between myself and digthewriter for this years Merlin Reverse Bang.



Title: Heal Your Body to Make Me Whole
Artist:digthewriter
Writer:fifty_fifty

Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon, Gwen/Sophia
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 46,209
Warnings: Canon-level violence, homophobia

Author's Notes: I was so excited when I saw Dig's art and summary, it sounded right up my street so I am very glad that we were matched together. If you enjoyed the art please feel free to head on over to Tumblr, if you can, and give Dig a reblog and a like (through the art link below)! Thank you ♥!

Summary: Merlin has been Princess Sophia’s bodyguard since he was twenty four and she was twelve. Now, eight years later, she’s out, and wants to attend her first Pride parade. Merlin’s all for it. He’s never hidden his sexuality from his employers, but his number one job has always been protect Sophia and ensure she has the freedom to be herself. When Sophia’s father decides to hire a second man as Merlin’s backup, however, Merlin takes it as an insult. Not to mention, he thinks the new bloke is an arrogant, homophobic prick. He doesn't know how wrong he is...

[ Dig's art is here | Words are here ]

Happy Pride Month everyone!

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: Brotherly Comfort
Pairing(s): Keegan Sherman/Webb Sherman (Bounty Hunters)
Character(s): Keegan Sherman, Webb Sherman
Word Count: 4,202
Rating: Explicit
Warning(s): Incest/Twincest
Summary: Webb would say that the car accident had brought them closer together. But the truth was they were already as intimately acquainted as two people could be.
Notes: Written for Hurt/Comfort Bingo - Round 8. Thank you to Pelydryn for the quick beta. Any remaining errors are my own. Written for the h/c bingo small fandoms challenge: my prompts were vehicle crash and hugs. On AO3 here.

( Brotherly Comforts )

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: Clouds and Silverlinings
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
Character(s): Merlin, Arthur Pendragon, Gwaine, George
Word Count: 1,201
Rating: Teen and Up
Summary: Arthur Pendragon is tired of the whims and gossip of society and decides to opt for a quieter life, stepping away from London's high society. He attends one last ball at his friend the Earl of Orkney's home, where he meets an intriguing young man.
Notes: Written for Prompt #281 - WLM: 1200 for Camelot Drabble. On AO3 here.

( Clouds and Silverlinings - Chapter 1 )