#merthur20k

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Out Of Words by silver_etoile

MERTHUR

Summary: After Merlin came out the year before, he has really tried to keep his head down, but when jock Arthur Pendragon demands his help for upcoming A-levels, he finds himself in a new situation that Merlin isn't entirely sure is without strings. Between suspicion for Arthur's motives and Gwaine's assurance that Merlin will be shagged at some point in his life, he just wants to survive his last year of high school.

.Merlin/Arthur,  NC-17, Modern AU, high school, angst, drama, smut.

Word Count: 27, 000

https://archiveofourown.org/works/840184?view_adult=true

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The King of Queens' by pickitup

MERTHUR

Summary: Merlin has always dreamed of going to Cambridge University and is thrilled to win a place at Queens’ College. Whilst there he falls hopelessly in love with the JCR President, drinking society President, Lacrosse captain and all-round popular guy Arthur Pendragon. Arthur takes him under his wing until Merlin stands to be LGBT Rep on the JCR and Arthur realises that Merlin likes boys. Full of Cambridge slang, UST, Arthur being a knobhead with no knob, and eventual happy ending. 

.Merlin/Arthur, Modern AU, angst, college, drama, jealousy, pining.

Word Count: 45, 000

http://pickitup.livejournal.com/44338.html

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I appear to have conjured the spirit of a banker by Wreckage

MERTHUR

Summary: While getting a little bit tipsy with Freya, Merlin performs a spell to discover the identity of his one true love. He is a bit disappointed. Sure, Arthur is gorgeous, but he is also difficult, grumpy, apparently taken, by a woman at that, and he's not easily impressed by magic tricks.

.Merlin/Arthur, PG-13, AU, Modern, magic, romance, humour, corporate, drama.

Word Count: 30, 000

http://archiveofourown.org/works/750478/chapters/1400838

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Within a Sea of Red by Inane_Rational

MERTHUR

Summary: High-class prostitute, Merlin Emrys, becomes acquainted with Arthur Pendragon, heir to a massive crime empire lead by Uther Pendragon, consequently, also the owner of The Avalon, the brothel where Merlin resides. The more Merlin gets to know Arthur, the more he wonders about his family, and questions how far entrench into the crime world he could succumb, as he succumbs to his feelings for the Pendragon heir.

.Merlin/Arthur, NC-17, AU, modern, prostitution, angst, drama.

Word Count: 49, 000

http://archiveofourown.org/works/495735

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Two Sides by emeraldsword

MERTHUR

Summary: When Arthur pulls Merlin over the Beltane fire with him, neither of them realise what he has just started. Only when Arthur starts using Merlin's magic do they realise that there's a problem, but can they solve it before someone finds out, and before Morgause and Morgana carry out their scheme?

.Merlin/Arthur, M, violence, adventure.

Word Count: 26, 000

http://archiveofourown.org/works/111504

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Arthur Pendragon Is Many Things by nomical

MERTHUR

Summary: Arthur Pendragon can pinpoint the exact moment his life started going downhill.

.Merlin/Arthur, NC-17, AU, modern, college, fluff, pining.

Word Count: 38, 000

http://archiveofourown.org/works/929300

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Remember When We Never Faded by giselleslash

MERTHUR

Summary: Merlin and Arthur don't meet in Camelot: they meet near Ealdor. Merlin brings an unconscious Arthur home from battle, but when Arthur wakes, he's forgotten who he is. The closer they become, the more Merlin believes in the world their shared destiny could create.

.Merlin/Arthur, NC-17, AU, canon-era, magic reveal, hurt/comfort, fluff, first time, romance.

Word Count: 37, 000

http://archiveofourown.org/works/937771

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Such Fractured Shadows by i_claudia

MERTHUR

Summary: Lionel is the first, approaching Merlin one late summer afternoon as the sun slants through the dust in the stables and turns the air into heavy fire.

.Merlin/Arthur, NC-17, angst, canon-era, dub-con, hurt/comfort.

Word Count: 24, 000

http://i-claudia.livejournal.com/54149.html

Note: there is some serious non-con in this fic; it is in parts extremely explicit, please make sure you read all warnings.