merlin_holidays | Entries tagged with 2013

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Title: Over You
Recipient:

slantedknitting
Author: Anon
Rating: R
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur
Word Count: 5k
Content Notes/Warnings: None
Summary: Merlin sees Arthur at a party for the first time since their break-up two months ago. He has every intention of pretending his heart isn’t broken – especially since none of their friends even know they were ever together. But when he has to contend with Arthur unexpectedly bringing a date, Gwaine deciding to be his fake boyfriend, and a good deal of sniping, it soon becomes apparent that Merlin’s not as over Arthur as he tries to pretend.
Author's Notes: Happy Merlin Holidays,

slantedknitting! Thanks to my beta, A.

AO3 link to fanwork: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1053889

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Title: The Decisions We Make
Recipient: scoutshonour/cookie
Author: Anon
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur
Word Count: 4k
Content Notes/Warnings: no warnings
Summary: In a universe where slavery is common and magic still forbidden, Arthur and Merlin meet and have to deal with their feelings.
Author's Notes: Dear Cookie, I hope you'll like this! I tried my best to incorporate as many of your favourite things as I could. My never-ending thanks go to P for the beta and K for the Britpicking. <333

AO3 link to fanwork: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1056934

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Title: Twelve Minutes to Midnight
Recipient:

awyvern
Artist: Anon
Rating: G
Pairings: Arthur/Merlin
Medium: Pen and Ink
Content Notes/Warnings: Implied grief in small attached drabble.
Artist's Notes: This wanted to be SO MUCH LONGER, but there simply wasn't time and I'm sort of sorry about that, but I hope this little holiday gift tickles your office!AU fancy well enough! There's plenty of shy eye contact about to go around this office soon enough.
Link to fanart on AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1059482

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Title: Meet Me Beyond The Horizon
Recipient:

karuvapatta
Author: Anon
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Arthur/Merlin
Word Count: 15.8 k
Content Notes/Warnings: Reincarnation, Canon Temporary Character Death, Pining, Misunderstandings, UST to RST, Sailing
Summary: Arthur has spent his whole life at the village of Tintagel, building boats and sailing out to the horizon on his daysailer - the Avalon. Having no family and no friends, there is just one person he feels truly connected to: a man he meets in his dreams and whose face or name he can never remember upon waking. Arthur writes him letters, knowing that they'll never be answered, and wishes for nothing more than the mysterious M to find him. Until one day a young man shows up, apparently wanting to purchase a boat, and Arthur finds himself falling harder and faster than he ever thought possible.
Author's Notes: Thank you C for the awesome beta work, F for helping me with all the secrecy and T for slapping me upside the head when I needed it.

AO3 link to fanwork: Meet Me Beyond The Horizon

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Title: Timeless Circle
Recipient:

moiraes
Author: Anon
Rating: mature
Pairings: Arthur/Merlin
Word Count: 15,034
Content Notes/Warnings: None
Summary: When Merlin uses his magic to save Arthur and Uther, it sets in train a sequence of events that will take Arthur and Merlin on a journey they could never have imagined.
Author's Notes: Hope you enjoy it, moiraes and thanks to awyvern for the beta. This starts in the canon era and then becomes AU.

AO3 link to fanwork: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1061137

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Title: The Troublesome Reign and Triumphant Victory of Arthur Pendragon, Professor of History
Recipient:

puckboum
Author: Anon
Rating: M
Pairings: Arthur/Merlin
Word Count: ~8'600
Content Notes/Warnings: University politics, homophobia, philistines, rockstar historians.
Summary: Arthur Pendragon heads the history department at the prestigious University of Camelot when his life is turned upside down when his chancellor father assigns him a new doctoral candidate from the newly quashed Queer Studies program.
Author's Notes: Puckboum, you gave me a delicious wild card, and I ran with it. I really, really, really hope you like this! It's super-nerdy, yeah, but I couldn't help myself. Merry happy!

AO3 link to fanwork: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1062343

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Title: Cleats, Christmas and Confessions
Recipient:

aunt_agatha
Author: Anon
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Merlin/Gwaine
Word Count: 5858
Content Notes/Warnings: might be read as underage, but in my mind they are about 19

Summary: Merlin has a crush on his team-mate Gwaine since forever. But he knows he will never have a chance since Gwaine has a new girlfriend each weekend. So he's in for some surprises when he gets injured in the school's last soccer game before Christmas.

Author's Notes: Thanks to my lovely beta I for once again wrestling with my mistakes and thanks to the mods for this fest!

aunt_agatha, I hope this is what you had in mind and that you enjoy reading it. Happy holidays!

Happy Holidays everyone!

AO3 link to fanwork: Cleats, Christmas and Confessions

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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

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Title: What dreams may come
Recipient:

amphigoury
Author: Anon
Rating: E
Pairings: Arthur/Merlin, Arthur/Others
Word Count: ~5700
Content Notes/Warnings: Non-Consensual Somnophilia, Mind Control, incubus, Bondage, Tentacles, Dreams, Sex Magic , Alternate Universe - Canon, Dubious Consent, Horror.
Summary: The dreams begin when Arthur is crowned heir to the throne on his twenty-first birthday. He doesn't think anything of it, at first. After all, he is a healthy young man, and since his investiture, he has been surrounded by beautiful young men and women hoping to gain his favour, which he will not confer, but when he can have his pick of any one or dozen of them, it's surely only natural that he should . . . consider the possibilities.
Author's Notes: Happy holidays, Amphigoury! Thanks to F for excellent beta.

AO3 link to fanwork: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1058255/

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Title: A Better Version of Me
Recipient: tu_es_mi_amour
Author: Anon
Rating: PG
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur
Word Count: 6,500
Content Notes/Warnings: None
Summary: Merlin thought he was doing the right thing. Most people would have called him a hero - not Arthur Pendragon.
Author's Notes: Written for tu_es_mi_amour for Merlin_Holidays. I hope youlike it and that it contains the right amount of fluff

AO3 link to fanwork: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1061519

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Remember, all our submissions this year can be found on our tumblr for easier sharing.

ART

When You Needed Saving for

kriadydragon [Gen, Gaius, Merlin:G - canon] also on AO3.

Ready? for

tink_sky_reid [Arthur/Merlin:NC17 - modern!AU].

Corsets and libraries for

lyryk [Merlin/Arthur, Morgana/Gwen:PG13 - modern!AU].

Walking Into Fire With You for

lizzietothet [Arthur/Merlin:G - canon] also on AO3.

Leather Jacket and Bonus Surprise for

zairaalbereo [Arthur:G].

FIC

Falling Slowly for

bunnysworld [Merlin/Arthur:G:3.6k - modern!AU]

Hidden Light for

malu_3 [Merlin/Arthur:PG13:9.4k - canon, AU after S4]

Hold On To What We Are for

xthursdaynextx [Merlin/Arthur:NC17:11.5k - modern!AU]

Opening Doors for

alittlecastiel [Merlin/ Arthur, Gwaine/Percival:R:6k - modern!AU]

Snapshots (Dearly Beloved) for

camelittle [Arthur/Merlin, Gwen/Lance:PG13:23k - modern!AU]

Hunting, Medieval Style for

raphaellover [Arthur/Merlin:NC17:3.7k - modern!AU]

When I Lifted My Eyes to Your Name for

emjayelle [Elena/Mithian:G:2.1k - modern!AU]

The One Where Arthur Doesn’t Like to Share for

eledhwenlin [Arthur/Merlin, Merlin/Gwaine:NC17:5.1k - modern!AU]

Just One Thing I Need for

bend_me_baby [Arthur/Merlin:R:18.1k - modern!AU]

And This Is How I See You for

giselleslash [Arthur/Merlin:PG13:17k - modern!AU]

True Love or Whatnot for

destina [Arthur/Merlin:NC17:2k - canon]

Welcome to the New Age for

eurydice72 [Merlin/Gwaine:NC17:16k - modern!AU]

Welcome to The Family! for

bohemia86 [Arthur/Merlin:PG13:2.2k - modern!AU]

Something's Brewing for

wrecksfic [Arthur/Merlin:NC17:15.6k - modern!AU]

Take to the Sky for

doctoraicha [Merlin/Arthur, Elena/Gwaine, Vivian/Arthur:NC17:37k - modern!AU]

Rattling the Bars for

le_rameau [Arthur/Gwaine:R:13.7k - modern!AU]

A Breath Is Also A Sound for

ca_te [Merlin/Arthur:PG13:4.7k - modern!AU]

The Succession for

merlin_holidays [Arthur/Merlin:NC17:14.5k - canon, AU after S4]

You Are Here for

lawgoddess [Arthur/Merlin:PG13:3.2k - reincarnation]

I'll Be Home for Christmas for

spacealtie [Merlin/Arthur, Merlin/Lance, Arthur/Gwaine, Merlin/Freya (past):NC17:25k - modern!AU]

Once Upon A Midnight Clear for

fleete [Gwen/Arthur, Merlin/Arthur, Gwen/Lancelot:PG13:10.5k - modern!AU]

A Sprinkling of Snow for

crimsonswirls [Arthur/Merlin, Leon/Morgana:NC17:5k - modern!AU - age disparity, dub-con because of teenaged character]

The Royal Camelot for

rotrude [Arthur/Merlin, Gwen/Lancelot, Percival/Freya:NC17:102.7k - modern!AU - Past canonical minor character death. Implied past off-screen euthanasia]

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[Mod note: This will be the only work posted today. A mid-fest round-up post will be up shortly.]

Title: The Royal Camelot
Recipient:

rotrude
Author: Anon
Rating: NC-17/Explicit
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon. Very side Gwen/Lancelot and Percival/Freya. Past Morgana/Morgause
Word Count: 102,777
Content Notes/Warnings: Past canonical minor character death. Implied past off-screen euthanasia

Summary: Merlin has just transferred from Ealdor General to a better programme at The Royal Camelot. Unfortunately for him, this also means having to deal with Arthur Pendragon, son of the Medical Director of The Camelot and a princely prat. For the most part.

Author's Notes:For Rotrude, fulfilling prompt 4) They're A&E/ER doctors with Merlin as the newbie and a lot of early butting heads. With a light smattering of 5) Anything seasonal.

The hospital set up and training program is mostly based on the British system as it's what I know, but some bits are invented where my knowledge has holes and is covered by this being set in the fictional country of Camelot.

In the current system a person attends medical school, then has two Foundation years, and then has 6 years of training as a Specialty Registrar (StR) in their chosen specialty before becoming Consultants. So at the start of this Merlin is in his 4th year of StR so is 6 years into his 8 years of training. Arthur is in his 5th year so is in his 7th year of his 8 years of training.

As a side note, the implied past abuse is not of the main pairing and is only faintly hinted at. The Morgana/Morgause is a past pairing but it is mentioned and I'm trying to cover all bases. The implied euthanasia is in chapter two and is off-screen as having occured a decade earlier

AO3 link to fanwork: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1057371?view_full_work=true

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Title: A Sprinkling of Snow
Recipient: crimsonswirls
Author: Anon
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Arthur/Merlin, Leon/Morgana
Word Count: 5K
Content Notes/Warnings: Age disparity, dub-con because of teenaged character
Summary: Merlin gets an unexpected surprise when babysitting for Leon and Morgana's girls.
Author's Notes: Thanks to my special helpers G and L <3. To crimsonswirls, although I don’t know you personally, I feel as if I have met you through your LJ. It has been a pleasure and an honour to write this fic for someone as wonderful as you. Thanks so much for all the prompt notes that you left in your gift request. I tried to include as many of your likes as I could. I hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a magical Merlin holiday!

AO3 link to fanwork: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1057853

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Title: Once Upon A Midnight Clear
Recipient: fleete
Author: Anon
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Gwen/Arthur, Merlin/Arthur, Gwen/Lancelot
Word Count: 10,500
Content Notes/Warnings: None.
Summary: Three nights before Christmas, two couples, one old house with no heat... what could possibly go wrong?
Author's Notes: Gratitude to the ones who've earned it.

AO3 link to fanwork:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1056060

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Title: I'll Be Home for Christmas
Recipient:

spacealtie
Author: Anon
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur, Merlin/Lance, Arthur/Gwaine, Merlin/Freya (past)
Word Count: 25,049
Content Notes/Warnings: major character death off screen not Merlin or Arthur
Summary: It's been two years since Merlin left, and his return to the University of Camelot brings a barrage of memories of Arthur and everything they had together.
Christmas is the most painful time of year for Arthur.
Author's Notes: contains angst, bottom!Arthur. Special thanks to hardnailedboots and bekah_rose for the beta and brit-pick!

AO3 link to fanwork: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1053436

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Title: "Leather Jacket" and "Bonus Surprise"
Recipient:

zairaalbereo | ZairaA (AO3)
Artist: Anon
Rating: G
Pairings: Arthur
Medium: Art
Content Notes/Warnings: None
Artist's Notes: For the Merlin Holidays Fest, my prompt was: "Arthur in a leather jacket. If you manage that I'll love you forever." And, as I very much enjoy being loved forever, I did just that! His hoodie is a Pendragon hoodie, to make him more Arthur and less Bradley. Hope you like it, deary! HAPPY HOLIDAYS! <3 And a second drawing surprise!

AO3 Link to Fanwork: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1056486

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Title: You Are Here
Recipient:

lawgoddess
Author: Anon
Rating: T
Pairings: Arthur/Merlin
Word Count: 3234
Content Notes/Warnings: Mention of past character death.
Summary: He'd only allowed himself to daydream about Arthur's return a few times.
Author's Notes: Happy holidays, lawgoddess!

AO3 link to fanwork: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1057399

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Title: The Succession
Recipient:

merlin_holidays
Author: Anon
Rating: NC-17/Explicit
Pairings: Arthur/Merlin
Word Count: ~14,500
Content Notes/Warnings: References to dub-con situations (mind control, simulated sleep sex)
Summary: The Southrons have been defeated, Camelot is recovering nicely, and the time of Albion is nigh. But Merlin can't get over what almost happened that night in the forest, and Arthur still hasn't taken a wife.
Canon era AU set after S4 (divergent from 412)
Author's Notes: Because I am a naughty, greedy elf, I grabbed handfuls of various porny things from a prompt for canon era guilty attraction and UST resolved with porn, ran off cackling to my S5-never-happened corner and this is the thing I have made. I hope you enjoy the thing. Happy Holidays!

AO3 link to fanwork: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1057368

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Title: A Breath Is Also A Sound
Recipient:

ca_te
Author: Anon
Rating: Teen and up
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur
Word Count: 4,676
Content Notes/Warnings: Modern AU, swearing, musicians, fluff and angst. No real warnings.
Summary: For weeks, Arthur has been coming to the club to listen to this band. Or, rather, to watch their guitarist use those beautiful, long fingers of his.
Author's Notes: For ca_te. I hope you won't get too disappointed, even if I didn't quite use the prompt you gave me.
A huge thank you to my betas (TN and C), and to D for cheering me on when I wanted to give up.
Disclaimer: The caracters of Merlin belongs to BBC and Shine.

AO3 link to fanwork: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1056966

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Title: Rattling the Bars
Recipient:

le_rameau
Author: Anon
Rating: R
Pairings: Arthur/Gwaine
Word Count: 13,720
Content Notes/Warnings: Graphic violence
Summary:CBI agent Arthur Pendragon is on a rescue mission - to fetch the man his father's kidnapper is demanding as ransom. When the escape goes wrong, however, he has little choice but to team up with his target's guard, independent mercenary Gwaine. Arthur and Gwaine go way back, but this night will test their friendship in ways it's never been tested before.

It just might give it a future, too. Provided they survive...
Author's Notes: I saw your request for plot and pretty much ran with it. Thank you for the opportunity to write these guys!

AO3 link to fanwork: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1057616/chapters/2118548