Suffer More Gladly
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by LoveintheWind
In Camelot, it is a well-known fact that the heirs to the throne are utterly, hopelessly enthralled by their servants. It is a _less accurate_, but far more entertaining, rumor that the prince and the king's ward are secretly entangled themselves—or that their servants perform… other duties best left to imagination. What is _rarely acknowledged_ is that nearly everyone in the castle suffers the same affliction.
While Merlin and Gwen inadvertently charm everyone in their immediate vicinity they are both far to busy with other matters to understand this and are consequently very lonely. Perhaps that is why pretending to court one another seemed like the only sensible solution at the time.
-- Story in progress themes, rating and tags subject to change.
Words: 1400, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M, Multi
Characters: Merlin (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Morgana (Merlin), Gwen (Merlin), Uther Pendragon (Merlin), Gaius (Merlin), more to be added
Relationships: Gwen/Merlin (Merlin), Morgana/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gwen/Morgana (Merlin), Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Merlin/Morgana (Merlin), Gwen/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gwen/Merlin/Morgana/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), look it's complicated - Relationship, but also not at all - Relationship
Additional Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, Bisexual Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Bisexual Morgana (Merlin), Disaster Gays, Oblivious Merlin (Merlin), Oblivious Gwen (Merlin), Everyone Loves Merlin (Merlin), Everyone Loves Gwen (Merlin), Not Actually Unrequited Love, the political implications of dating your servant, Period-Typical Homophobia, Period-Typical Sexism, Druid Merlin (Merlin), More tags to be added, inspired by a tiktok, arthur is 80 percent into men and 20 percent into women, morgana is 90 percent into women and 10 percent into twinks, they bond over this, Rumors
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