Dec 13, 2025
Frank and jamia are a (married) couple in shop au 🥹
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Frank and jamia are a (married) couple in shop au 🥹
*Tango walks in and immediately flops down onto the first comfortable thing they can find.*
"Hey Ren! You said I could nap here right? Because I believe it is naptime o'clock now."
-@ask-tango-tattooparlor
He snickers, but he’s away in his own world.
“There’s a reading nook with comfy pillows in the corner.”
Neighborhood Curiosities
Rebelcaptain Shop Owner modern AU
Jyn Erso inherits Saw Gerrera's shop in a coastal town after his death. Recently laid off and with no where else to go, she travels across the country and finds herself meeting new neighbors and considering a career change.
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“You look like you’re looking at your screen, but I caught you watching me earlier,” she informed him.
Cassian lifted his head from the screen and cocked an eyebrow at her. “Was I?”
She snorted, “Yes, you were,” she replied bluntly. “I know I’m covered in dust but I’m not that interesting.”
“I’d disagree,” Cassian replied calmly. “You came from Gerrera’s old shop, and we haven’t seen anyone over there in at least six months.”
Something akin to sadness very briefly flashed over her expression before she shrugged, “Yes. I did,” she admitted. “Did you know him, Gerrera?”
“Not well,” Cassian replied. “He was a bit standoffish, didn’t get along well with his neighbors.”
Jyn rolled her eyes, “Yeah, that sounds like Saw alright.” She glanced at Bodhi as he finished making her drink and set it on the counter to ring her up. “What about you?”
The Cake Is A Lie by @thepolomonkey | Merlin/Arthur, 3.5k, G | Cake Shop
Merlin and Will pretend to be engaged to get free wedding cake samples. Obviously this backfires on Merlin when the baker turns out to be the gorgeous Arthur...
It Goes On and On by IambicKentameter | Merlin/Arthur, 3.2k, T | Flower/Tattoo Shop
Arthur was perfectly content to just live his life, helping Gwen out at the flower shop they co-owned and eating at the same little restaurant every night.
He was not, however, content to let the idiot tattoo artist next door kill his flowers every morning in what was probably a vague attempt to flirt with him.
Not Mine to Keep by Stelle_loves_reading | Merlin/Arthur, 996, G | Flower Shop
"And 'I wish to spend more time with you.'" Arthur looked at Merlin for the first time since he had entered the shop that day. Merlin wished he wouldn't. "And..." Please, enough, go tell those things to her yourself. I don't want to hear them! "'I love you.'"
Something In You (lit up heaven in me) by @invisibility-superiority | Merlin/Arthur, 15.3k, T | Book/Coffee Shop
Arthur has been coming to Merlin's bookshop-slash-coffee shop for a few months now, under the guise of studying but really just so he can stare at Merlin. He hasn't mustered up the courage yet to ask Merlin out, but he'll get there.
When Merlin accidentally transports the both of them into the world of the book he recommended to Arthur, they need to find a way out of there. Arthur finds out Merlin's not all he seems, but that might just be a good thing for them.
Fuck You Flowers by Fwufferson | Merlin/Arthur, 3.7k, NR | Flower/Tattoo Shop
Arthur had a very delicate ecosystem he'd created within his shop and Merlin had to go and fuck it up. But Arthur found he didn't mind too much.
Wake Up Your Saints by lostlenore | Merlin/Arthur, 6.8k, NR | Drugstore
It's hardly Arthur's fault that small town witches attract big city trouble.
One-Across Four Letters Starts With 'L' by Emjayelle | Merlin/Arthur, 6.9k, T | Coffee Shop
In which Freya owns a coffee shop, Arthur hates his job, but loves coffee, Merlin has smooth moves and a knack for words, and there's an unfair amount of caffeine-fuelled flirting happening over crossword puzzles.
Possibly Maybe I'm Falling For You by @theladyragnell | Merlin/Arthur, 13.7k, T | Coffee Shop
Merlin walks into his favourite coffee shop one morning to find the Prince of Wales behind the till. His life only gets more surreal from there.
Something Yellow This Time by @gigi-gigi | Elena/Gwaine, Merlin/Arthur, 3.8k, G | Flower Shop
Merlin owns a flower shop. Arthur is a frequent customer with a tragic love life.
Red Card by @believenthlie | Merlin/Arthur, Gwaine/Percival, 5.8k, T | Sports Shop
The only reason, and Merlin meant *only reason, he was standing behind the counter in a shop filled from floor to ceiling with sport’s equipment was because his bank account was in the negatives and Gwaine had promised all he would have to do was work the register.*
In which Arthur comes into the shop and tries to (unsuccessfully) wheedle free stuff out of a stubborn Merlin.
Roast-Impressionism and Other Latte Art by @burglarhobbit | Merlin/Arthur, 12.8k, T | Coffee Shop
“Right,” the stranger says, and nods sagely. “So you’re a bit of an arse, then?”
“I’m not,” Arthur says, strangled.
“Clearly,” says the stranger in an oddly cheerful tone, and sticks out his hand. “I’m Merlin. I can keep this very short. I’ve spent four years as a barista in another coffee shop, then went to art school, failed utterly and horribly, and now I’m back to being a barista. I’m a hard worker and am immune to people shouting at me, because I’m a starving artist, which means I know how to deal with negative feedback very well. So. That’s me. I didn’t bring a CV, sorry.”
Or: In a final bid to find happiness after leaving his job at his father's company, Arthur opens a coffee shop. Merlin just wants to make latte art.
The Booth in the Corner by ambrosius | Merlin/Arthur, Gwen/Lancelot, 22.2k, T | Coffee Shop
When Merlin befriends the lonely man he always sees in the morning at his local coffee shop, the last thing he expects to happen is to fall for him. Let alone find out the man is actually Arthur Pendragon, the Prince of Wales.
It's Not a Homeless Life For Me, It's Just I'm Home Less Than I'd Like to Be by @destinyspoon | Merlin/Arthur, Mithian/Morgana, 11.4k, T | Charity Shop
Am considering donating 2/3 of my belongings to a charity, he texted Morgana as he got into his car. When he slammed the car door, having parked it haphazardly somewhere along his driveway, and made his way to the house, she had answered.
As if. The day you do anything that's not self-serving is the day I will swim naked in uncle Agravaine's duck pond.
Well, that settled that.
Or: Arthur's a bit of an arse, but Merlin fixes him in less than three months.
The Confectioner by Camelittle | Merlin/Arthur, 5.9k, T | Candy Shop
Having banished Merlin for doing magic, Arthur becomes a sulky grumpyguts of a king. At the end of her tether, Gwen encounters a mysterious confectioner who has opened a shop in the lower town. The shop's sign bears the message “Magical sweetmeats to sweeten the sourest of tempers”. Surely it must be worth a try?
Smoking Habits by hermestheghost | Merlin/Arthur, 4.4k, NR | Coffee Shop
Prompt: “I’m a med student who has a huge crush on the hot guy who works at the coffee shop who always gives me free drinks when I’m stressed and calls me princess, even though I pretend I think it’s annoying. I’m concerned about him because he always smells like smoke so I give him lectures about how terrible cigarettes are. I may have made a PowerPoint, which is probably excessive, but lung health is extremely important. Oops it turns out he’s part-dragon or something oops.” AU
Merthur AU.
lovely, lonely blooms by ashamedbliss | Merlin/Arthur, 9k, M | Flower Shop
Merlin, in this lifetime, owns a flower shop that only opens at night.
Arthur is his customer, with no idea that his local florist is a vampire.
You Swiped Right by xancredible | Merlin/Arthur, 22k, E | Book Shop
Pendragon Books is to London's bookselling industry what Sauron is to Middle-Earth: Bad fucking news.
Merlin could also compare them to the White Witch and Narnia, but no matter what analogy he picks, the point remains the same: Wherever Pendragon Books pops up with a new shop, existing businesses die a painful death, robbing their city of more and more personality and character. Therefore it comes as a bit of a shock when they're settling in right across the street from Merlin's bookshop, and Merlin finds out that Arthur Pendragon himself is gorgeous and unreasonably easy to talk to, and - worst of all - a bit of a nerd.
However, not only is Merlin most definitely not fraternising with the enemy, he's also already sort of dating someone. So what if it started on Grindr, and is only through text messages?
see you next month! 💞💞💞 (if you want your @ added or removed, just let me know! i just went off of what I found on ao3 profiles!) (interested in reading along? join @merlin-fic-server's discord)
Does anybody else miss the opal/shop Fandom in most likely 2022-2023 when it was actually kinda still active?? I'm thinking of still posting my shop au on here but I don't think people are still interested 💔💔
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He put up these posters EVERYWHERE.... and shouted about it everywhere he went! Trying to make a profit wasn't easy, so he had to make the best out of these!
hey mall people have any of you seen an image of your shop through the vents or anything-???
They are busy putting up a billion different decorations all over "Tektoo's: Tattoo Parlor". Some of his tattoo designs, random neon signs, and multiple figures of the same silly robot in different positions! They have headphones blasting music into his ears as vee throw stuff into random spots to make sure it's the perfect amount of cluttered.
Should Tango be putting advertisements up? Yes. Will he? Nah... The tattoos are totally advertisement enough! Plus posting advertisements everywhere will just cause the cranky old people to complain.