#rageynerd

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The Perfect Blend

Author: rageynerd

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Word Count: 1,508

Details: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Barista Merlin (Merlin), Barista Freya, Bad Pick-Up Lines, Dirty Jokes, Fluff, First Meetings, Getting Together, Christmas Fluff, Christmas Romance.

Summary: Whether it was fate or the smell of roasting coffee beans, something lures Arthur Pendragon into the Sorcerer's Keep café one morning before work. This is where he meets Merlin, a cheeky, bloody gorgeous barista. Every time Merlin is his barista, Arthur ends up leaving with a delicious coffee and a bad pickup line on his cup.

And he just can't seem to stop coming back.

[merlinfanficquotes]

There was something oddly familiar in the arch of those indomitable cheekbones, those satellite-esque ears, the flushed pink of his nose and cheeks from the cold. Arthur found God in the warm ice of his eyes and lost Him again in the sinful curve of his cupid’s bow. His hair was dark and horribly messed from the helmet, and Arthur could not remember, for the life of him, one person more attractive than Merlin. Adonis sat before him in ski garb.

Snowboarding Is More Fun With Two by AidraMyrdin

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It's Always Darkest Before The Dawn

Author: rageynerd

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Word Count: 4,407

Details: Evil Morgana (Merlin), Canon Era, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Episode: s04e01-02 The Darkest Hour, Episode Rewrite, Huddling For Warmth, Body Heat, Pining Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Protective Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Getting Together.

Summary: When Merlin is attacked by the Dorocha, saving Arthur's life in the process, Arthur refuses to let him die. He's freezing to death, and they can't make it to Gaius in time, so he takes some advice Gaius gave him long ago.

He strips.

[merlinfanficquotes]

“There, at the front of the crowd, held back by four men whose faces have gone red from toil, screams Arthur. The people have parted around him. Those nearest spare him concerned glances that linger only briefly before returning to the dance in front of them. Arthur does not look beautiful this close to the blaze. His eyes glint crazed and wild and his skin runs with grime and sweat. The heat has chafed his cheeks and neck and arms. This is what Merlin has suffered for. Merlin would do it all again in a heartbeat. An agonizing cry rips from the prince’s throat. It flattens the courtyard with its raw anguish. Merlin longs to reach out to him and comfort his dolorous heart, longs to whisper affirmations in his ear and peel the matter hair from his knotted brow, longs to ease any sufferings that has conquered his ailing soul. Merlin can feel tears bite into his cheeks like aconite. Is this really how Arthur believes he’ll die?”

Undertaker, please take it slow by yrelec

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When The Love Light Gleams

Author: rageynerd

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Word Count: 1,389

Details: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting: No Powers, Home For Christmas, Meeting The Parents, Hot Chocolate, Dorks In Love, Teeth-Rotting Fluff, Christmas Fluff, Christmas Romance.

Summary: Merlin is home for the holidays, and he's brought Arthur, who is rather nervous to be meeting Hunith for the first time.