Means to an End by fallingtowardsoblivion
An inspector’s nightmare. Robin hood’s wet dream. Arthur’s life for the past seven years.
The man was a mystery, enigma – nearly a myth, if it wasn’t for a thin folder in Arthur’s desk full of grainy photos, eyewitness accounts and scraps of books to prove otherwise. To say he was a thief would be to not do the man justice; Emrys was so much more. He was a revolutionary, a master of disguise, an obvious intellect, an artist, and an omen.
He was a proper adversary.“
Arthur has been on the trail of Emrys, infamous thief and even more elusive man, for nearly his whole career. It’s been a game of cat and mouse, traversing across the globe. That all changes one day, though, when Arthur gets an unexpected visitor and unwanted information. Suddenly, the Inspector’s world is turned upside down, as he is shoved into a conspiracy of epic proportions, and forced into an underworld he never expected existed - with one sole goal: save Emrys before it’s too late. But with the clock counting down, opposing loyalties rearing their ugly heads and run-ins with the law, can Arthur save Merlin before it’s too late?
This fic was published recently so is therefore not finished but we can hope for the best. Honestly, I enjoyed it far more than this author’s most popular work, “Who the hell is Emrys”, largely due to the tone of the latter not fitting my style, rather than the writing itself.
Anyway, it was a great read - BAMF!Merlin, angsty, Arthur as usual making you want to hit your head against a wall (in other words, in character line with what he was like for 99% of the series).
UPDATE: It’s finished now! Go check it out!
