Merlin Holidays

Title: Take to the Sky
Recipient: doctoraicha
Author: Anon
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur, Elena/Gwaine, Vivian/Arthur
Word Count: 37,000
Content Notes/Warnings: Passing mention of prior unnamed minor character's death.
Summary: After a sexual scandal of significant proportions, Prince Arthur is compelled to go on best behaviour mode to appease both his father and the press. A visit to a humanitarian-aid organisation camp seems like the perfect measure to divert attention from Arthur's recent past and a good way to effectively show off his caring side. At the camp, Prince Arthur meets Merlin Emrys, a committed doctor who doesn't much care about Arthur's royal aura of fame.
Author's Notes: Dear doctoraicha, I wish you the best holiday season ever and I hope you enjoy this. After reading your prompts, I went for a royalty AU that's a start of a relationship story. I think a couple of New Years' celebrations might have ended up in there.
(i) This was beta'd by the lovely camelittle. I also had some help from the equally lovely leaves_girl. (ii) My Thanks also go to kitty_fic for the cheerleading. (iii) The title is from the song Merlin mentions: Summertime. M

Take to the Sky

Title: Something's Brewing
Recipient: Wrecksfic
Author: Anon
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Arthur Pendragon / Merlin
Word Count: 15653
Content Notes/Warnings: Homophobia, mild drunkenness
Summary: Secrets, secrets, secrets. In the build-up to Christmas, Merlin makes the mistake of letting Gwaine know that he has three guilty secrets concerning his boss, Arthur. But Merlin’s terrible at keeping secrets, especially when he’s being plied with Pendragon Breweries Ltd’s latest truth serum – aka “beer”. Meanwhile, Arthur's uncle, Agravaine, seems to have secrets of his own. Something’s brewing all right: a fermenting mash of false accusations, industrial espionage, malted barley and hops.

Author's Notes: This story is for wrecksfic, who asked for a seasonal reason for them to come together, plus hurt/comfort and fighting. Thank you for these lovely prompts: I hope you enjoy the outcome!
These characters are inspired by the BBC/Shine production "Merlin". I'm doing this for love, not for money.
My eternal thanks to the wonderful X for beta-ing this fic with patience and sensitivity. Any errors that still remain are all mine.

AO3 link to fanwork: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1053408/chapters/2108595

Title: Welcome to the New Age
Recipient: eurydice72
Author: Anon
Rating: nc17
Pairings: merlin/gwaine, minor background arthur/percival and past gwaine/everyone
Word Count: just over 16k
Content Notes/Warnings: modern au, fluff, friendship, romance, developing relationship, comedy, banter, ust; explicit sexual content, dirty talk, breathplay, power play, some minor bdsm elements, generally irresponsible behaviour, borderline stalking, a short written fantasy that includes somnophilia bordering on dub-con
Summary: Getting the job as tech support for Pendragon Inc. is both the best and the worst thing that ever happened to Merlin. Mostly the best, really; after all, it's how he meets Gwaine.
Author's Notes: you can find them on ao3

AO3 link to fanwork: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1057238

Title: Fanart : Corsets and libraries.
Recipient: lyryk
Artist: Anon
Rating: Teen and up.
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur, Morgana/Gwen
Medium: Digital and traditional art
Content Notes/Warnings: None
Artist's Notes: I really enjoyed creating this art and I hope lyryk will like it! It was a lot of fun and a pleasure to draw! c:
Link to fanart: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1057103

Title: Just One Thing I Need
Recipient: bend_me_baby/fingerprintbruises
Author: Anon
Rating: Mature
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur
Word Count: 18,118
Content Notes/Warnings: None
Summary: Arthur was never lucky in love, until he met Merlin, the slightly awkward barista at Albion Café. When the café is threatened to be shut down, Arthur teams up with Merlin to help him save Albion. Little did he know he'd be falling hard in love along the way.
Author's Notes: Happy Holidays bend_me_baby/fingerprintbruises!!
I hope you enjoy your Merlin Holidays gift! I tried my best to incorporate as many of your interests as I could! Much love to you this Holiday season!!
Many thanks to my wonderful betas, my two profound bonds, J and A.

AO3 link to fanwork: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1056689

Title: When I Lifted My Eyes to Your Name
Recipient: emjayelle
Author: Anon
Rating: G
Pairings: Elena/Mithian, mentions of Freya/Percy
Word Count: 2,085
Content Notes/Warnings: None
Summary:Elena seduces Mithian into staying for Thanksgiving, then fails at cooking the turkey.
Author's Notes: Written for the lovely Emjayelle. I hope it's something like what you asked for. Thank you to Iggy, for the quick beta, and to the new mods for deciding to continue hosting this fest. Title is from Pablo Neruda's 100 Love Sonnets.

AO3 link to fanwork: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1057452

Title: Ready?
Recipient: tink_sky_reid
Artist: Anon
Rating: NC17
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur
Medium: Digital Drawing
Content Notes/Warnings: Warnings and contents may vary on individual interpretation, and may include (but not limited to) underage, age difference, teacher/student, student/student, first times, and/or dub-con. Definitely a blow job incoming, though.
Artist's Notes: Big thanks to the betas! I could not have done this without you. Well, I could have, but it would have looked like shit.



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Title: Opening Doors
Recipient: alittlecastiel
Author: Anon
Rating: Mature
Pairings: Merlin/ Arthur, Gwaine/ Percival
Word Count: 5018
Content Notes/Warnings: None
Summary: Office AU set nearing Christmas. Merlin is a University graduate and after looking for the perfect job, he's found one at Kings Consolidated but the boss is a little more than he bargained before, mainly because of his beautiful blue eyes and stupid grin.
Author's Notes: -

AO3 link to fanwork: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1055723

Title: Hidden Light
Recipient: malu_3
Author: Anon
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur
Word Count: 9405
Content Notes/Warnings: None
Summary: During a winter hunting trip, Merlin finds he still has much to learn about Arthur.
Author's Notes: For the purposes of this story, I pretended that certain events near the end of series 4, and all of series 5, never happened. Set during the 'Golden Age of Camelot' after series 4.
AO3 link to fanwork: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1053598

Title: When You Needed Saving
Recipient: kriadydragon
Artist: Anon
Rating: G
Characters: Gaius, Merlin
Medium: Chalk pastel on black paper
Content Notes/Warnings: Gaius caring for an unconscious Merlin.
Artist's Notes: Happy Holidays, kriadydragon! I was delighted to draw on several of the elements in your signup, not least of which were hurt/comfort with an emphasis on comfort, helpless and hurt!Merlin, friendship, brotherly love, Arthur or someone else taking care of Merlin for a change, and sick Merlin being cared for by Arthur, one of the knights or Gaius. Title taken from The Decemberist's song, "Dear Avery," which always makes me think of Gaius and Merlin.


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Also on AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1053163