#beautifulfiction

[saladscream]

My title for this manip is "Arthur the Enchanter". It's a long story. 😅 (Just be grateful that you didn't meet the "Merlin the Enchanter" version because he was a total mess)

💢 No AI used, as usual. 💢

Loosely (very loosely) inspired by @the-pen-pot's An Oracle Of Roses (of which there is a new chapter!) or maybe Sigh No More... Or just the lewd imaginings of my exhausted mind. 😏

Hope you're having a lovely Sunday, folks. ❤️

[cupidford]

Tipping The Scales by BeautifulFiction

Johnlock Love Letters #2395

When John is invalided out and left as little more than a glorified security guard in Baskerville, life has never looked so bleak. Will a strange merman in need of his help set his life on a new course, or will he lose everything in his effort to help this "Sherlock Holmes"?

[vxsellie]

okay sooo.... about that merthur fic ur talking about... THE NAME, GIVE IT TO ME GIRL that freaking show was and STILL IS one of obsessions and I NEED more it's never enough when it comes to my boyysss

STOP I LOVE U SM FOR THIS

this is the fic that i was referring to in the post !! it’s super well written & the plot is so creatively detailed 🤍 i love how the author characterizes merlin and arthur bc their dialogues and monologues actually feel like they’ve been taken from the show itself & i am fucking obsessed

[ao3feedformerthur]

A Garden of Forgiveness

Read it on ao3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/87365396

by BeautifulFiction

'Merlin, my friend. What –?'

'I need you help hiding a body.'

Every man in the antechamber froze, the silence thick and breathless. No one so much as moved as they all stared at the threshold, where the door stood ajar only a fraction, blocking them from view.

Yet it was Lancelot's reply, carried on the edge of a weary sigh, that made disbelief stutter in Arthur's chest.

'Again?'

******

A fragment of overheard conversation leads Arthur and his knights deep into the Darkling Woods, where the truth about Merlin's magic finally comes out.

Words: 14549, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Merlin (TV)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Merlin (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gwaine (Merlin), Leon (Merlin), Percival (Merlin), Elyan (Merlin), Lancelot (Merlin)

Relationships: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)

Additional Tags: monster in the woods, Soft(ish) magic reveal, Good Friend Lancelot, First Kiss, exhausted merlin, Emotionally Mature Arthur Pendragon, (mostly)

Read it on ao3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/87365396

[merthurao3recs]

Sorcerer’s Bane 

Author: BeautifulFiction

Rating: Explicit 

Word Count: 264,621

Details: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon, Merlin’s Magic Revealed (Merlin), Branding, Magical Branding, Abduction, Rescue, BAMF Merlin (Merlin), Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hurt Merlin (Merlin), Injured Merlin (Merlin), Slow Burn, Pining, Mutual Pining, Minor Character Death, Uther Dies (Merlin), Canon Era, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Temporary Character Death, Happy Ending, Angst, Angst With A Happy Ending. 

Summary: Arthur gave Merlin his cloak thinking only of the warmth it would offer in a snowstorm. He never thought his manservant may be mistaken for him and snatched by bandits. Nor did he expect his dashing rescue of Merlin to turn his world so utterly on his head.

Because the bandits hadn't kidnapped a prince. They'd snatched a sorcerer, and now captivity is the least of anyone's problems.

A golden age awaits, but can they claim it together, or are they doomed to fail?

[caitbird]

Fic cover I made for Tears and Rain, by @the-pen-pot . Read it on AO3 here!

[poetry-my-lord]

Fanart for Hiraeth by @the-pen-pot

Arthur's and Merlin's pendants if they ever locked together. Merlin's taking its final shape of Tayastra

[thalialunacy]

(thanks for the request, @otterpuff11!)

Yes, absolutely!

... except looking at my AO3 history from during Lent, it turns out it wasn't all romcoms and some of them are classics you've likely read already. ^^;

Epic Merthur Dramas

- 'Sorcerer's Bane' by BeautifulFiction

- 'Rise Up Like the Sun' by SideStepping

Yay Merthur Romcoms!

- 'Every Story is a Love Story' by lady_ragnell

- 'but the words get confused' by objectlesson

And erm I re-read some of my own...

- 'Life in the Key of C-Sharp'

- 'Quitters Never Win'