“You’ve always shown mercy in battle.”

Two sides of the same coin.

(Source: lovelydreams2)

Well, Arthur. What can I say? You look like a total turniphead.

I want that spark.

(Source: lovelydreams2)

… just how much they’ve done for you.

What on earth are you doing?

Between you and me…

I’d come for you,
no one but you,
yes I’d come for you,
but only if you told me to.
And I’d fight for you,
I’d lie, it’s true,
give my life for you,
you know I’d always come for you.

Let’s see how Morgan’s doing.

Maria’s fanfiction rec list. 

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Merthur modern AU; 

* - Shelter / Haven.
Because sometimes happily ever after doesn’t always come easily. Because sometimes you have to hurt a little before you can smile. Because sometimes life gets in the way. Because sometimes when you find love, you have to seek its shelter and hold on tight. Because sometimes it’s worth it. 

* - Pianos are made for falling.
Arthur is a world class violinist, trapped in Sydney, Australia, by his fear of flying. In the wake of a mediocre concert, vicious critics and with barely a month to go before his next (hopefully reputation-saving) recital, Arthur is almost at breaking point. When his accompanist, Morgana, breaks her wrist in a car accident, Arthur is more or less doomed. And the story begins, when the Maestro at the conservatoire, Gaius Stresemann, recommends his protege Merlin Emrys to step in. Merlin, who plays by ear, as he pleases and really just wants to be a kindergarten teacher.

* - Two weeks noticed.
Arthur is a prattish Executive VP of the Pendragon Corporation with a disturbingly non-ironic love of Demotivational posters. Merlin is a tree-hugging barista with a “magic” tongue. Morgana’s a peeping Tom and her breasts have superpowers. Gwen and Lancelot get married. Owain is the company bicycle. Arthur attempts to steal Merlin’s affections from Will through epic DDR combat. Merlin gets drunk a lot. There is a pillow fight, and a helicopter ride, and rooftop confessions, and Arthur decides Merlin really is his destiny, whether he likes it or not. 

* - Good news (is on the way).
Arthur, a travelling businessman, decides to rent a room with the Wyllt family while in town. Hunith is charmed. Her son, Merlin, is not.

* - Overboard.
When single father Merlin Emerson discovers that the man who denied him thousands of dollars that was his due has gotten amnesia, he seizes his chance for revenge by pretending to be his husband. The joke is on him though when he realises that Arthur Pennington is possibly even more wonderful that he ever could have imagined…

* - The good times are killing me.
The boys pretend to still be together for Christmas.

* - All i want for christmas it’s you. 
Arthur is not amused when his (probably insane) father decides to hold a Secret Santa exchange for the entirety of Pendragon Corporation. He’s even less amused (and more than a bit panicky) when he draws Merlin’s name. 

* - As They Do In Rome.
Arthur’s a sheltered prince who just wants to experience a normal day, Merlin is a reporter after an undercover story so, naturally, they fall in love.

* - Turning Page.
When Merlin, best loved singer/songwriter in the UK, tragically loses his parents in a car accident his life is turned upside down. Depressed and alone he’s ready to give up and leave it all behind, but then he hears a voice.  

- A Binding Contract.
In a society where people with magic are considered to be dangerous, are labelled as freaks, and have their powers cut off from them, Merlin does whatever he can to survive the hard life he’s faced with. When he’s in desperate need of money, Merlin’s landlord Aredian arranges and offers a magically binding contract in which Merlin is to become a ‘companion’ to Uther Pendragon’s son, Arthur. And when Merlin feels compelled to accept it, he never would have imagined that one man could change his life so completely. 

- Crash Into Me.
Uther has been trying to get Arthur to settle down for quite some time, so when he mentions that they will be having dinner with another young woman, Vivian, Arthur decides that enough is enough. He asks Merlin to pose as his boyfriend and awkwardness ensues. But somewhere down the line, fiction becomes fact. 

- Accidental Memory In The Case Of Death.
Tony O doesn’t befriend losers.  

* - The Sex Shop Around The Corner.
Nothing says I love you like a ball gag. 

- The Fuckmachine.
Arthur stars in an amateur fuck machine porno. Merlin is a wizard. Except not really.

* - Hand in Glove.
Once inseparable, Arthur and Merlin were torn apart five years ago. When a chance meeting brings them back together their lives are thrown into chaos.

NEW * - In War, There Are No Unwounded Soldiers.
WWI AU. Dog tags/’come back to me’. 

NEW - Near-Mint Condition.
Merlin owns a small comic shop on Cardiff Bay. Life’s been a struggle for Merlin lately… His life is surely over. There are a few things that keep Merlin going though; the support of his friends, an agent is interested in his online serial, and the hot bloke on the comic forums likes him. At least he thinks it’s a bloke. If only he could be sure, and if only he could figure out how to save his shop. Oh, and there’s one more thing. Just like his favorite comic book heroes, he can move objects, control the wind, and can even make his dog Kilgharrah do the most amazing tricks. He doesn’t know whether to don a cape or check himself into a psych hospital. But he’s no superman, just an average guy with a lot of problems, and the biggest one of all is named Arthur Pendragon.

- Ten Days of Perfect Tunes.
There’s an instant attraction between Arthur and Merlin when they meet at a wedding – an attraction that doesn’t ebb even after they find out that it’s their parents who got married.  

- My Brother’s Keeper.
In which Arthur plays sick, Merlin lies, little Morgie glares, and the McLeod family sans two goes on vacation. It’s been a while since Merlin and Arthur were able to steal some time alone.

NEW * - As a forgotten continent.
Destiny sometimes plays tricks… Merlin and Arthur are born again as brothers. They have been strongly connected since when they were kids, but at a certain point, when they both are teens, something shifts in the balance of their relationship. How will they cope with it? And what will happen when Merlin starts to understand that the recurrent dreams that he has been having since when he was a child are something more than simple dreams? Will they manage to truly find each other in this new lifetime? 

NEW * - Same River Twice.
Modern royal AU. When Arthur, the Prince of Wales, was seventeen, he made a mistake that is still haunting him. Eight years later, can he finally make it right?

- COD (Centre of detention).
In Merlin’s opinion, Arthur Pendragon is a complete prat. Isn’t it odd how quickly and wholly a person’s opinion can change? A tale of how a few detentions, a couple of arguments and a kiss can change your life. 

- Let me be your canvas.
Merlin wants a tattoo. And maybe the tattoo artist as well.

- So close.
They’ve been friends for years and it’s a well known fact that Merlin has HIV. Its also a well known fact that Arthur would do anything for him.

- Lord Drake’s Bequest.
Arthur needs to marry to take control of Tintagel Distribution. Fortunatly he knows the right man for the job.

* - Spartacus and the Open Taxi Door.
Merlin works in a coffee shop, is a literature student, lives with Will, flirts with Gwaine, is friends with Gwen and has a stunningly normal life. Until Arthur walks in and changes everything. 

* - Chaste.
Businessman Arthur Pendragon becomes sexually obsessed with an intern at his company, 15 year old Merlin.

NEW - Deny Thy Father.
When Arthur refuses to marry the woman his father has picked out for him, he loses everything; job, his status and the only life he’s ever known. With the help of his estranged step-sister and a few odd new friends, will Arthur be able to stand on his own two feet and finally find what he never thought he could have? 

NEW - This Fast, Unreasonable Spring.
Merlin was looking for something uncomplicated. Arthur was just looking to get paid. Neither of them expected to find the other.

- What Looks Like Crazy.
Three years after being diagnosed with HIV, Merlin Emrys is managing, if not quite coping. Enter Arthur Pendragon, the man who doesn’t know how to take no for an answer. 

- Weave the sunlight.
In which Arthur is the least romantic romance novelist in the world, and Merlin is the only person who can cure his writers’ block. Arthur keeps losing control of his feet, and Merlin refuses be wooed by witticisms alone, much to Arthur’s chagrin. 

- An Exercise in Holding One’s Breath.
Arthur Pendragon had been in love with Merlin Emrys since he was five years old. It was not a very well known fact. He’d closely guarded it as a secret since the day when they met, twenty three years ago, on the first day of school. 

- On That Last Night.
Merlin has had a crush on Arthur for ages. It’s the last night of university so it’s pretty much now or never.

- Where the hurt is.
They were childhood/teenage sweethearts but Arthur’s family moved away. They promise to write. After Uther’s death Arthur finds all the letters from Merlin he never received.

* - Not an Act, But a Habit.
Arthur was certain that being forced to sleep at a homeless hostel would go down in history as the best thing that ever happened to him.

- It Takes Two.
All Arthur wanted was a quick and easy dance class to prepare him for his best friend’s upcoming wedding; he gets much more than he bargained for when he discovers that Merlin, his ex-fiancé, is his dance instructor.

- The Pendragon Way.
Arthur answers an ad in the paper for a third flat mate, and his life is turned completely upside down. It’s the best decision he’s ever made.

- Natural selection.
In which Arthur goes on blind dates, Merlin is his waiter, and everyone takes a ride on the crazy train.

- Where I End and You Begin.
In which Merlin is Arthur’s best friend’s younger brother.

- Five Days in New York.
Arthur and Merlin in NYC. Five random days and everything that’s attached to them. (Or, really, just Merlin and Arthur being completely dumbface in love.)

- Prove all my hypotheses.
Merlin is an emo/scene kid. Arthur is a jock with a secret kink for emo/scene kids. They meet in a club and chaos ensues.  

NEW - The Things That Want To Let Go.
Arthur is expected to be a lot of things, but he gives himself one weekend to forget all those things he’s supposed to be.

NEW - Like it’s 1999.
Being fuckbuddies goes well for an entire semester. Until it doesn’t.

NEW - Driving Lessons.
It’s bad enough that Arthur is going to have to get a stupid fucking stats tutor because he spends all of his lectures staring at the back of Merlin’s neck and wondering what sort of noises he’d make if Arthur scraped his teeth against all that pale skin. But now, now he’s supposed to tolerate Merlin showing up at his door early in the morning with snowflakes clinging to his eyelashes? Now he’s supposed to spend four hours alone in a car with him, and fuck all, there is no way Arthur comes out of this without making some manner of arse out of himself.

- ‘Tis a Pity He’s a Whore.
Arthur is a rich business man - Merlin is the down-on-his-luck hooker he picks up almost by accident one night. Things Happen Between Them - and not just the things Arthur paid for. (Pretty Woman).

- To the Syntax of Things.
Arthur/Merlin, first kiss in the toilet of the school. Denial as usual.

- Oh Baby I’m a Fool For You.
Arthur doesn’t like the new guy at all. It has nothing to do with Merlin, of course, who he isn’t even remotely interested in. And if he was? Well, he’d never admit it. Not even with the aid of a lot of alcohol, karaoke and a meddling sister.

NEW - Arthur and Merlin’s Big Gay Vacation.
Merlin and Arthur like to go on yearly Man Trips, a.k.a. Big Gay Vacations, where there are issues about missing socks, luggage choices and true love (when both participants are sober).

NEW- Pairing Pendragon/Merlin.
Arthur is a BNF and Merlin is his prized beta. 

NEW - Teenage Dream.
First-time, lots of making out, no sad endings/no super!fluff, GWAINE, LANCELOT, humping like RABBITS, Arthur!Pining, sex in public places (like cars), frottage, rough sex, filthy makeouts, shower sex, ridiculously horny boys, turned on to the point of near oblivion/sobbing…  

NEW *- Drawing Straws.
Someone is fucking in the locker room.  Merlin realizes he’s having one of those life-changing moments. 

- Laundry Letters.
Arthur attends a prestigious university and seems to have everything going his way… except for an inability to do his own laundry.

- The Advent of Coffee.
Merlin’s daily visits to Castle Grounds for his coffee fix have become something of a habit, so when everyone else goes home for the semester, he keeps them up. The baristas seem to like him, for the most part, and as Christmas approaches, things start to get interesting.

- Lines and Boundaries.
After working for Arthur for over a year, Merlin finds that his favourite client is starting to confuse work and reality. 

- Paraphrase.
“Merlin,” Arthur says, barely looking up from the stack of documents on his desk, “come here, please.”

- Communications In Binary.
Merlin and Arthur are room mates at the Uni, and eventualy, they fall in love.

- Time Forward.
While still at uni, Arthur Pendragon meets two people who become his best friends. He falls in love with one of them… but marries the other. This isn’t his story to tell; it’s Merlin’s. And Merlin will always remember that he met Arthur first.

- Heartbreak, Secret Friends, and Stupid Doodles.
Merlin has a secret crush on Arthur, who has no idea who he is. When Arthur has a bad break up, Merlin takes it upon himself to cheer him up. Secretly, of course.  

- The student prince.
A Modern day Merlin AU set at the University of St Andrews, featuring teetotal kickboxers, secret wizards, magnificent bodyguards of various genders, irate fairies, imprisoned dragons, crumbling gothic architecture, arrogant princes, adorable engineering students, stolen gold, magical doorways, attempted assassination, drunken students, shaving foam fights, embarrassing mornings after, The Hammer Dance, duty, responsibility, friendship and true love… 

Merthur canon;

NEW * - Let Us Dare.
Uther dies instead of Ygraine when Arthur is born. Balinor helps Ygraine secure her position as regent, magic isn’t banned, and Merlin and Arthur grow up side by side. Camelot is different but not cloudless, destiny is still a troublesome thing, and Arthur is still charmingly oblivious when it comes to things that matter most in life. 

NEW * - So That I Might Be Where You Are.
Merlin had no idea what Arthur’s personal habits were, and in fact he tried very hard not to think about it, but he himself never went more than a day or so without taking care of things…

NEW * - At Our Best When It’s From the Hips.
Merlin goes to a brothel to get rid of that virginity thing and runs into Arthur. From there on, it’s all madness.

NEW * - A Heavy Heart to Carry.
When Merlin is captured and injured, Arthur must face up to his own feelings for his manservant as well as the many secrets he discovers are being kept from him.

NEW *-An Unshakeable Desire.
Arthur meets a boy in the rain. A dirty, poor, insolent peasant. A common whore. But Arthur can’t stop thinking about him…  

- Pavlov Penis.
In which Merlin is hot for Arthur’s bed, Arthur’s hot for the laundry and there’s this big fucking heatwave all over the place.

- Four Times Merlin Cock-Blocked Arthur, and One Time He Didn’t.
He doesn’t mean to the first time. Truly. It was an honest mistake.

- In the Spaces Between.
Merlin dies. Alternatively, Arthur is so stricken with grief that he goes on a mad quest looking for a sorcerer to bring Merlin back to life. When it finally happens, Merlin is horrified because it’s truly impossible to just bring someone back to life like that and he’s fairly certain he’s some kind of half-dead abomination. Arthur doesn’t care.  

NEW * - Unseemly Attachment.
One of Uther’s men takes an interest in Merlin, spurring Arthur into unexpected action. 

NEW-Something Beautiful.
King Arthur meets his new manservant, a 16-year-old boy named Merlin. 

- Obeisance.
It’s not that Arthur won’t share his toys, just that he expects to get them back undamaged.

NEW - Such Fractured Shadows.
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. 

- The Sorcerer and the King.
Merlin’s death is only the beginning; with no-one to protect the kingdom, Camelot falls to an enemy sorcerer and Arthur is forced to serve in the court that he once ruled. When an escape attempt goes horribly wrong, Arthur is rescued by someone he never expected to see again — and it’s their destiny to put things right.  

- Before the Sun Rises.
After saving King Arthur’s life, a seventeen year old Merlin is asked to move to Camelot and become his manservant. 

- Instructions to make it perfect.
Arthur thinks that he is a sex GOD. Merlin is dubious and not impressed. Chaos ensues.

- Stumble Into Faith.
Arthur returns from a deadly mission, and Merlin is concerned.

NEW * - Fools of Us All.
Merlin accidentally makes everybody in Camelot fall in love with him. Everybody except Arthur, that is. 

NEW - Finding Home.
When Gaius retires, a new physician takes over, one that quickly kicks Merlin out of his room and takes it for himself, Arthur finds Merlin sleeping in the stables… and it’s winter. 

NEW - Let Go and Watch the Sunlight Bend.
It’s the hottest summer in Camelot’s history. Arthur is confused about what he likes, Merlin tries to help him figure it out, but neither one of them has a clue what they really want.

- A Question of Power.
Arthur gets hit with a spell that makes him think he’s a slave and Merlin is his master. 

NEW - A Warlock’s Worth.
When a visiting prince sets his sights on Merlin, Arthur is not amused. A story of love, loyalty, and secrets too-long kept. 

- All the Laughter from Before.
It’s pretty, but very distressing. And lo, all is sunshine and daisies… and death, but what can you do? 

- In the Service of the King.
When Arthur looked at his new servant he wondered just who thought this boy’s spirit had been broken. 

- Misrule.
“Well,” Morgana said, looking pleased, “Maybe Arthur won’t actually throw the tourney this year.”

NEW - For the Good of the Kingdom.
Merlin returns from his sojourn with the druids in the company of a man who is criminally handsome. Arthur reacts in the mature and reasonable fashion you would expect.

- Privileges of Rank.
Arthur’s biggest problem to date, Merlin thinks darkly as he carries yet another load of suspiciously not-really-dirty clothing down the stairs, is an unaccountable fear of anyone, anywhere, suspecting he’s capable of being other than a complete and utter prat. 

Brolin;

* - RPS DOESN’T GET TO HAVE A TITLE.
In which Bradley thinks people should call him to hang out and do stuff.

* - The colour of cartoon sunshine.
As filming for the second series draws to a close, Colin thinks his biggest problem is evading one of Bradley’s goodbye hugs. It isn’t. It’s that he’s about to do something that’s fourteen different kinds of stupid: fall in love.

NEW * - Call It Love.
As filming wraps up for the final series, Bradley tries to sort out where his friendship with Colin stands and where it could progress. Pining, nostalgia, texting, and the banter of weirdos in love ensues.

- The James’ Resident.
Innocent bed sharing turns into not so innocent bed sharing when one of them has a sex dream about the other. Cue awkward erections, denial of feelings and eventual giving in to temptation.

* - Did You Hear About The Morgans?
Bradley isn’t gay, he’s just Colin Morgansexual.

- A Truly Terrible Idea. 
On set filming the first Arthur/Merlin sex scene.

* - One Star Fell And Another.
The reason Colin is so defensive about slashing Arthur and Merlin is that he secretly reads and/or writes A/M slash and is terrified of anyone finding out. Bonus points if the discovery of Colin reading/writing stash leads to some Bradley/Colin action.

* - Closer to love.
The boys have a little downtime during the filming of the next Real Arthur and Merlin and Colin wants to sight see. Bradley has … other plans. 

*- The stupidest of ideas (can lead to something brilliant).
Working in the theatre was not what Bradley had pictured himself doing. Cue a little play called “Merlin”, and the nine months that changed his life. Playing Arthur Pendragon made sense. That Bradley found a new family, and Colin, in the process was just a bonus. 

- Chances.
The fifth and last season of Merlin wrapped two months before. In all their years of working together, Colin and Bradley never managed to get together. But maybe, with the last episode screening on the BBC that evening, they have one last chance. 

* - You’re all a part of me.
Merlin is finished, and despite their vehement protests, Colin and Katie are whisked off to Italy with some of the other young cast members before they have to say goodbye and move on with their lives. Problem is, Colin thinks he might possibly be in love with his (straight) on-set best friend - and neither of them are terribly good at communicating. Two weeks of misunderstandings, blanket forts, sofa-sleeping, and way too much alcohol leads to something pretty close to happiness.

- Brolin in the Theatre.
Bradley takes Colin on a date, but Colin doesn’t know. (From those crazy times they hung up to see Hamlet).

* - The invention of subtlety.
When Bradley realizes Tristan, the new character on the show (who’s practically Merlin’s new love interest), gets a lot of new fans, Bradley gets upset for some reason.

* - It’s a Little Bit Funny (This Feeling Inside).
When an editing error accidentally makes it on the air, Bradley is forced to take a step back and re-evaluate his relationship with his co-star.

- Something Kind of Wonderful.
In which Colin has writer’s block, Katie is helpful, Bradley makes coffee, Angel is awesome, and along the way something kind of wonderful happens. 

- The Cutting Room.
It’s 2013 and the cameras are about to roll on the Merlin Movie - but can its two stars put aside the pain of their past and recapture the magic, after a hard break up, years ago? 

- Arthur to His Merlin.
In which Bradley James and Colin Morgan don’t realize they are actually kind of married, and then they do.

- If We Sleep Together (Will You Be My Friend Forever).
According to Wikipedia, and I quote, a bromance or “man-crush” is a close but non-sexual relationship between two men. Bradley James does not read Wikipedia. 

NEW * - Of Pants, Pranks and Incidental Courtships.
Three days before they’re due to start shooting series four, Colin Morgan comes out on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross.

NEW - Faith in Sound and Song.
Colin teases Bradley about his facial hair, his musical tastes and his clothing. It must be love. 

NEW - The Horse and His (Co-star’s) Boy.
Everyone thinks Bradley’s just a little bit gay for Colin. Bradley thinks the only sensible person on set is the horse. 

NEW - The Chronology of a Relationship, with Emphasis on Sexual Milestones.
How Colin’s relationship with Bradley goes when it comes to sex.

- And Nobody Wears A Crown.
A story about a summer in France, in which Bradley finds himself intrigued by Irish names, Colin reads a lot, Angel and Katie are their usual innocent selves, and a few moments change everything. 

- Peppermint Notes and Other Ways to Court Bradley James.
Colin is dropping hints but Bradley isn’t entirely sure what exactly he’s dropping.

- Strange, Like Bradley’s Toes.
 Colin wants Bradley to tell him something strange.

- Stuck on you.
The first thing Colin notices about Bradley the first time he meets him is his silver thumb ring. 

* - Five things Colin learns while filming Merlin.
It’s not as though Angel knew before she played back the last footage recorded on Colin’s video camera that it was going to be Colin and Bradley having sex. 

- Exposed.
Bradley James and Colin Morgan are in a theater play together, in which they play gay lovers. The show is directed by their Merlin co-star, Richard Wilson. There is full frontal onstage nudity. They are not in a romantic relationship when the show starts, but…