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John wants to take Sherlock on what he considers to be a 'proper' date. He then discovers that it's Sherlock's first. Ever.
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01 Sep 2025
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To put off his meddlesome, matchmaking mother, John convinces Sherlock to play the role of his significant other. Unparalleled awkwardness ensues.
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01 Sep 2025
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Hitting the Water at Sixty Miles an Hour by what_alchemy for ghoulkitten, peevee, ohgodyescake
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV)
28 May 2013
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“You love your mother, Sherlock?”
John watched the muscles in Sherlock’s jaw jump. He nodded in one sharp jerk.
“Then we’re going to her party and making her happy.” John let out a resigned sigh. “As a ruddy couple, you bastard.”
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01 Sep 2025
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Everyone on earth is born with eyes that see in black, white, and an endless series of greys.
When you meet your soulmate, you finally see the world in color.
We're all searching for the person who brings color to our lives.
John and Sherlock are no exception.
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- Part 1 of The Colors 'Verse
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18 Jun 2025
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"Ever since I returned to London, you have made it plain that my behaviour is intolerable. Clearly, you no longer find me praise-worthy in any capacity, so why are you still here?"
When a familiar argument threatens to destroy the last remnants of John and Sherlock's failing friendship, both men are left questioning their worth to one another. Before either of them has the chance to make amends, circumstance intervenes. John is left at the mercy of his abductors, and this time, he's not sure Sherlock will bother coming to his rescue.
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11 Jun 2025
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John wants, and agonizes, and argues with himself. Meanwhile, Sherlock Holmes falls in love.
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08 Jun 2025
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Amnesia is just another case to solve. Piece together unfamiliar faces, reconstruct the old identity, the lost reality. A challenge that Sherlock could even enjoy. He can read people like books. The man with the silver hair is his boss. The tottering old woman, his landlady. The girl with the worried look in her eyes…infatuated. And as for John Watson? His husband. Obviously.
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They stood face to face in the middle of a clearing. The dim light of the moon barely allowed Sherlock to see the glassy terror in John’s eyes and the sweat that glistened off his forehead. His nose was bleeding again, blood dripping in a slow stream from his right nostril.
They were both gasping for air, John’s eyes locked on Sherlock’s. There was no recognition there, just wild animal fear.
Time stood still for an eternal few seconds, and Sherlock took a shaky breath. “John—”
Spell broken, John spun and bolted back into the woods.
Still heaving for air, Sherlock took off after him.
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06 Jun 2025
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The problem, Bilbo would later tell Gandalf in aggrieved irritation, was not so much the unannounced visitors, oh no, but the fact that due to the lateness of the hour and sheer merciless fate, it came to be that at the respectable age of forty, Bilbo was being introduced to a real, live king while wearing striped pyjamas and fluffy slippers.
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05 Jun 2025
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After the Dust Settles by Bgtea
Fandoms: The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies)
17 Feb 2013
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“It seems that your bravery has done the impossible and sparked a truce between us and the Elves, fragile as it may be.” At this, the Dwarf king smiled wryly. Who would have thought that a soft Hobbit would have so much sway over the two most powerful figures in this region?
Bilbo Baggins did not respond. He had been deeply unconscious for the past seven days.
Thorin Oakenshield tried not to let his heart break.
An AU retelling of the events before, during, and after the Battle, but not necessarily in that order.
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02 Jun 2025
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The Age of Miscommunication by SilverSkiesAtMidnight
Fandoms: The Hobbit - All Media Types
30 Sep 2019
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“It’s got such a presence to it, even from a distance,” Bilbo says softly, and there’s a general murmur of awed agreement from the others. “Why, in all my fifty years, I never thought I’d see such a thing, and we haven’t even arrived yet!”
Thorin’s sword hits the ground with a clatter, and Balin chokes on his pipe.
The hobbit doesn’t look at Thorin, too busy thumping Balin on the back. Once the dwarf seems able to breathe again, he looks up, to find thirteen wide pairs of eyes fixed on him.
“What?” he says defensively, though he’s not sure what he’s defending.
“You’re how old?” Kíli squeaks.
Bilbo frowns at the young dwarf. “I’m fifty years old. Well, fifty-one, come springtime. Though it is not very polite to ask someone their age so bluntly,” he tells him primly.
Fíli makes a choked sound, and Nori lets out a vicious string of swears in Khuzdul.
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When Merlin first arrives in Camelot, Prince Arthur is away from the citadel. Merlin starts working for Gaius full-time and doesn’t give the Prince or the mad ramblings of a certain dragon any further thought. But destiny always finds a way: Four weeks into Merlin’s apprenticeship, an injured man walks into the infirmary and Merlin, oblivious to the fact it’s the Prince, treats him like a fellow peasant. The two of them strike up a rather unconventional friendship…
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18 May 2025
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Merlin sacrifices himself to save Arthur at the Battle of Camlann. Arthur must rush him to Avalon before it's too late, but new truths weigh them down.
BAMF merthur day 7: presumed dead
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16 May 2025
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After a sudden encounter with Morgana, Merlin is severely injured, only managing to survive by calling the Great Dragon. However, he must return to Camelot still affected and somehow hide this from Arthur. But what's another secret on top of so many others?
Disclaimer: I do not own Merlin, and the whole idea of how Merlin's blindness works is from TA Barron's Merlin series (which is amazing and everyone should read)
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11 May 2025
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All of Britain watches as Arthur Pendragon (golden boy of tennis) gets injured at Wimbledon with the London Olympics looming only a few weeks away. Not many people watch as Merlin Emrys (newbie on the medical team) works to get Arthur back into shape, but maybe that’s just as well because Merlin gets a bit more entangled than he planned.
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09 May 2025
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“Where did you learn to do that?” Gwaine asked, following Merlin up the bank.
“This is how normal people fish,” Merlin replied dryly. “Not trying to stab them with swords.”“This is a knife,” Gwaine retorted, sounding every bit as sulky as he felt.
“Still, you didn’t catch a fish.”
------------------------------------------------------Gwaine saves a young Merlin from a beating and ends up with a new little brother to take care of on his travels.
Or, what would Merlin be like if he had Gwaine influencing him over his formative years?
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“My father wishes to host a dinner for Lady Mithian and her father. They have arranged a marriage.” Arthur’s mouth barely moved. Merlin’s body ran hot. Then cold.
And then, nothing.
It was always going to happen. Merlin knew it was always going to happen, but the sudden, agonizing reminder almost brought Merlin to his knees.
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Regency Era!AU
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05 Jan 2025
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You were the one to teach me how to use knives: Vol 4 by Obsessedwithfanfiction
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
05 Jan 2026
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Morgana's back in Camelot, but she's more alone than ever, having cast a spell that's made everyone forget about her magic. Forced back into the position she was in a year ago, she's determined that she won't feel as hopeless. She's a High Priestess now, and she has her sister firmly in her corner. As more things about the year she missed come to light however, she'll have to grapple with wondering whether she made the right choice- and whether her heart can take any more secrets being revealed.
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18 Aug 2024
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You were the one to teach me how to use knives: Vol 2 by Obsessedwithfanfiction
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
23 Dec 2022
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Merlin's trained Morgana in magic against Gaius & the dragon's advice, hasn't killed Mordred, and honestly thought he was doing a pretty good job of moving his destiny along. Then, he lost Freya. Has his faith in Arthur been shaken enough to make the prophecised Albion further away than ever? Featuring Merlin actually reacting to Arthur killing his beloved, Morgana realising that Merlin's role in keeping Arthur alive is even harder than she thought, and Arthur still trying to come to terms with his own opinions on magic- and his father
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20 Jul 2024
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A hunting trip. A bad feeling. An ambush.
An arrow, straight through the chest.
Merlin is dead. Until he isn’t.