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"Who's there?" — "Your Arthur"

A bit on the dramatic side, a ghost felt appropriate as we're in Halloween season. 🎃

I wish I had more time to draw my otps!!😫

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@merlinktober 2025 day twenty-eight: bone

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@merlinktober day one ❄️ beard

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day 3: queen

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im sick as hell drugged up to seven heavens and hallucinated this i dont even know how i did it it was supposed to be a merthur comic but then i saw it was merlinktober so decided to just be general. might still do the merthur one just lemme get okay first and post all the other merlin memes in my folder

#alr im awake now and just saw what i did and well nobody yet has pointed it out but. reason y i didnt draw arthurs face is cause.#merlin def doesnt remember it #merlin bbc #bbc merlin #merlinktober2025 #merlinktober #merthur #still kinda?#as an aroace individual i sure as hell love romance too much #im still not sure if im even awake and not hallucinating this rn #i hate tofen #merlin #arthur pendragon #arthur and merlin #merlin x arthur #bbc arthur

Fair

“You’re cheating, Merlin!” Arthur scolded, swinging his sword in an arc high above his head before bringing it down on his servant. “Stop using your magic!”

A few months prior, when Merlin had anxiously revealed his magic to Arthur, the prince had initially reacted harshly: demanding to know why Merlin had concealed this information from him for so long. But then his face had softened and he had reminded Merlin of how dangerous it was for a creature of magic to be dwelling within the walls of Uther’s Camelot. Nevertheless, after some grumbling, he had promised to keep Merlin’s secret on the condition that he only use it when it was absolutely necessary (which also translated as only with Arthur’s permission), and to always keep him in the loop of what was going on in regard to any magical threats to the kingdom.

‘My father may not approve of magic, but that doesn’t mean we can’t utilise it when needed.’ Arthur had explained, Merlin nodding his head in eager agreement, grateful that the prince hadn’t looked down on him and cast him away. He had hoped that this development in their relationship would generate some sort of mutual respect between the two of them, and that Arthur would view him as something slightly more valuable than just a servant. Sadly he had been wrong. The only thing that had changed was that Arthur now used his knowledge of Merlin’s magic as a form of teasing and torture as often as he could. Which, as it turned out, was very often indeed.

“I’m not, I promise!” Merlin yelped, expertly dodging the blade Arthur brought down on him once again, if only by a hair’s breadth.

Arthur had preferred to train out on the edges of the forest recently – something about it being easier to concentrate away from the loud brawliness of the other knights. As Arthur’s simple servant, Merlin had had no other option but to assist him, lugging the sword training equipment along behind him as they went.

“Good, because I’ll put you in the stocks myself if you are.” Arthur quipped as Merlin blocked one of his more aggressive blows with a battered wooden practice shield. Merlin was panting, his entire body weary from exertion. In a moment of credence, Merlin raised his own sword, which sharp-eyed Arthur reacted to immediately, meeting the strike with his own. Their blades clashed together, the firmness of it sending vibrations shivering down Merlin’s arm. Unfortunately for Arthur, his block came at an awkward angle – which Merlin took advantage of. Using the last dregs of his strength, he pressed down hard on his sword, forcing Arthur’s wrist to twist until his sword slipped from his grasp and tumbled to the ground.

Arthur let out an indignant noise and glared at Merlin. “I knew it!” He spat, red in the face. “You are cheating.”

“What?” Merlin barked, watching in outrage as Arthur stooped to the ground to collect his disarmed sword. “Oh, c’mon, Arthur! I won that fair and square.”

“You’re lucky we’re out here and not on the training field.” Arthur carried on, but there was a flicker of something light in his voice, indicating to Merlin that perhaps he wasn’t being as serious as he’d initially intended. “You know, if my father saw you using magic as powerful as that, Merlin, he would have you hanged." A playful atmosphere sprung into the air between them as Arthur grinned wolfishly, lifting his sword once again and returning to a fighting stance.

Merlin narrowed his eyes and steadied his own feet. “I already told you,” he said with a grin of his own. “I’m not using my magic. I’m just that good.”

Arthur threw his head back to let out a laugh, and Merlin took the moment to rush forward, hunching behind his shield and using it to bash into the centre of Arthur’s chest. The force of it sent the two of them crashing roughly to the packed earth.

Merlin lay on top of Arthur, his face just peeking over the top of his shield. “There, what did I say!” He cried, smugly. “Just. That. Good.”

Arthur was breathing quickly and heavily underneath him, and suddenly Merlin was all too aware of how close they were, how certain parts of their bodies were pressed up against each other in a way that was surprisingly not that unpleasant. Something blazed between the two of them, and Merlin couldn’t resist studying the prince’s face. His blonde hair was tousled, hanging over blue eyes that twinkled with something Merlin struggled to interpret. The sight of the prince of Camelot pinned underneath him sent a hot flush searing across his cheekbones.

“Okay, okay!” Arthur chuckled a little raspily, clearly unaware of the effects he was having on his servant. He good-naturedly slapped the top of Merlin’s bicep, his words laced with a softness that tickled along Merlin’s jaw when he spoke. “You won, fair and square. Now get off me. I’ve got a cramp in my leg.”

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day 17 prompt: fair for @merlinktober

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