Summer Olympics Merthur Rec List
Winner Takes All by thecheekydragon
Word Count: 867 / Rating: NC-17
Summary: Rivals Merlin Emrys of Team Canada and Arthur Pendragon of Team USA have made a bet - whoever wins gold gets to top. / Comment: Art by amphigoury
The Closing Ceremony by mollrach13
Word Count: 1,059 / Rating: N/A
Summary: It's Arthur's last games and he realises something as he watches the flag descend.
Straight On Till Morning by FayJay
Word Count: 1,452 / Rating: General
Summary: Being a quick dialogue-only response to the fabulous Opening Ceremonies of The London 2012 Olympics, set in the Student Prince 'verse.
Not Every Win Gets a Medal by ingberry
Word Count: 3,103 / Rating: Explicit
Summary: It wasn’t that Arthur was obsessed; it was just that he couldn’t stop thinking about the Irish archer with those full, gorgeous lips. He’d nearly spaced out during an early qualifying heat thinking about what he’d like to do to that mouth (and also the rest of him). The opportunity to do anything about it had never presented itself and, shamefully, Arthur was pretty sure he’d sacrifice his medals for it to happen at this point.
We Know The Way by karuvapatta
Word Count: 4,014 / Rating: Teens and Up
Summary: Arthur is a Laser-class sailor with an ambition for an Olympic medal; Merlin is his rival. They meet at the qualifications for the Olympic Games.
Head First, with a Twist by aa_fic
Word Count: 6,234 / Rating: Explicit
Summary: Arthur has the shock of his life when he sets eyes on his new synchronized diving partner, Merlin Emrys, after Leon suffers an injury during training. /Comment: Login to AO3 required.
Complications (With Spiderman T-Shirts and Optimistic Outcomes) by herbeautifullie
Word Count: 10,676 / Rating: Mature
Summary: Arthur thinks Merlin is an embarrassment to the country (especially in that tattered Spiderman shirt) and is in favour of sending him packing as soon as he meets him. Merlin thinks Arthur is self-entitled and would really rather not be in the same country, much less the room across the hall from him. Somewhere along the way there’s a reporter who tells them things they don’t want to hear (Merlin – a decent swimmer? Christ. Arthur and Gwaine – leading prospects for gold in beach volleyball? That won’t deflate their egos any, will it?), a bit of stalking and a lot of sentences that start with “So…” but maybe (Arthur makes no promises) it’ll all work out in the end.
Game, Set, Match by ingberry
Word Count: 15,621 / Rating: Explicit
Summary: All of Britain watches as Arthur Pendragon (golden boy of tennis) gets injured at Wimbledon with the London Olympics looming only a few weeks away. Not many people watch as Merlin Emrys (newbie on the medical team) works to get Arthur back into shape, but maybe that’s just as well because Merlin gets a bit more entangled than he planned.
Stop Watching by Footloose
Word Count: 51,845 / Rating: Explicit
Summary: Browbeaten and threatened into denying himself by a domineering father who refuses to be embarrassed by even a whisper that his son is gay, Arthur has given up everything that he’s ever wanted in his life to keep the peace – shaky as it is – with Uther. Arthur Pendragon, a former track and field Olympic medallist, is the well-liked and successful track coach of Camelot High, with a long list of former students making the national teams. For years, he’s been courted to join the coaching staff at Ivy League universities, with the national team, for the Olympic team, but instead of jumping at the opportunities in front of him, Arthur keeps his head down and stays at Camelot out of a feeling responsibility for his students, duty to the school, and a tiny, little bit of fear. It’s the first day of school and a new runner joins Arthur’s team – a senior transfer from Ealdor High. Merlin Emrys is out, open, impossibly friendly, immediately popular, and impossibly persistent. Merlin has two goals: the Olympics and Arthur.
Related tags: athlete!Merlin + athlete!Arthur
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