ART: fly like great birds [R] Arthur/Merlin

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Title: fly like great birds
Recipient: merlin_holidays
Artist: Anon
Rating: R
Pairings: Arthur/Merlin
Medium: Photomanipulation/Digital
Content Notes/Warnings: Canon AU, Animal Transformation, Curse, Magic Made Them Do It/Sex Ritual
Artist's Notes:
Season greetings to everyone at Merlin Holidays! The prompt I worked with was "By day Merlin is Arthur's hunting bird, by night he takes human form," and the kinks/tropes I tried to include were hurt/comfort, tenderness, animal transformation, magic-made-them-do-it, and a little bit of marking if you squint. I hope you enjoy! :]

Thanks to B, C, D, and D2 for all their help. Titles is from the story "The Wild Swans" by Hans Christian Anderson: “Go out into the world and get your own living,” said the queen. “Fly like great birds, who have no voice.”

“...You know, Merlin,” Arthur said with a smirk, “I didn’t think it was possible, but it seems you are even more useless as a bird than you are a manservant.”

Merlin let out an indignant squawk and puffed out his feathers until he nearly doubled in size. And Arthur could only imagine the barrage of creative insults he would have been subjected to if Merlin currently had the ability to speak.

(Or the one where Merlin is cursed to be a bird by day, human by night, and Arthur tries not to be too concerned.

But he fails. Horribly.)





Link to fanwork on AO3: fly like great birds