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The coin metaphor goes literal.
Written for magog_83's prompt: An Ealdor tradition.
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28 Jun 2026
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Cupboard Confessions (The Lesser of Two Evils) by EachPeachPearPlum for fancyh
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
19 Jan 2019
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“I can explain?” Merlin says, and since Arthur doesn't immediately interrupt him he figures he might as well carry on. “I'm being blackmailed, and the first thing you need to know is that it's really not my fault.”
Arthur huffs, low and almost inaudible; Merlin’s going to continue being optimistic and call it a laugh. “Oh, really?” he asks. “Tell me, Merlin, how exactly is this not your fault?”
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In which Arthur’s cousin is a flirt, Arthur is ruffled, and Merlin remains unbothered.
If he dreams of Merlin that night, a shadow stroked across the bartop, with a dark faceless figure draped alongside him, licking whispers into his ear, dribbling alcohol into his open mouth, onto his tongue, down his throat—
—well, then that’s got nothing to do with anything at all.
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"I know what this is, Merlin."
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There are many reasons that Merlin is a horrible manservant. Most of the time, Arthur is the one who suffers from Merlin’s unscrupulous behaviour, and it’s this fact only that has saved Merlin’s job. Because, as much as Merlin lacks the qualities for being a properly attentive manservant, his unique view on the nobility’s importance—namely, non-existent—means that he is probably the closest thing Arthur’s ever had as a friend.
Not that he’d tell Merlin, obviously.
Or: Five times Merlin wears Arthur's clothes out of need, and one time because Arthur asks him to.
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