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The Wreckage of My Good Name by Queenknightmares
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
02 Jun 2024
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A complete Hogwarts story of Arthur Pendragon and Merlin Ambrosius during the 1st wizarding war: 1971 and onward.
Summary: Arthur Pendragon is on top of the muggle world. He comes from wealth and political power, he's the top fencer in his class and as high in a social hierarchy as an eleven year old can climb. He is also a wizard, or so his letter says.
Merlin Ambrosius is a pure-blooded heir of one of the most renowned sacred 28 families. He's a descendent of the original Merlin. Penniless but powerful, Merlin is in his element at Hogwarts school.
Arthur most certainly is not.
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Chapters are between 8000 and 12000 words each which is about 15-22 pages. CWs will be posted at the beginning of every chapter but forewarning I use a lot of swears and we touch on mature subjects including abuse and substance use as well as illness.- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 325,503
- Chapters:
- 32/32
- Comments:
- 307
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- 603
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- 152
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- 22,620
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21 May 2026
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Bring Emrys to the Dark Tower, Morgana demands. Or Gwen will die. Canon AU that diverges in mid S5.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 77,798
- Chapters:
- 19/19
- Collections:
- 8
- Comments:
- 409
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- 2,027
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- 27,615
Bookmarked by tryx
27 Nov 2025
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The silhouette is backlit from the headlights on the Mini Cooper and he’s maybe hit his head harder than he thought because it almost looks like…
“Merlin?”
And Merlin feels as though his heart is exploding in his chest because that voice and his real name and as he looks up...the golden hair reflected in the light from the car.
Arthur Pendragon is standing, completely starkers, in the middle of the road leading up to Lake Avalon.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 41,403
- Chapters:
- 12/12
- Collections:
- 3
- Comments:
- 875
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- 10,858
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25 Nov 2025
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While clearing out Morgana’s old rooms, Merlin discovers a pair of unusual magical bracelets. Arthur wants to destroy them, of course, and so begins a quest that will take them over snowy mountains and through rain-soaked forests, dealing with Druids, bandits and inns of questionable repute. With the future of magic itself hanging in the balance and matters complicated by the changing nature of their relationship, Merlin discovers that destiny comes at a price.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 41,886
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 202
- Kudos:
- 5,599
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- 1,573
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- 83,445
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20 Nov 2025
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Arthur’s treehouse was the same as Merlin remembered it, all of it was. Maybe a little smaller, but then everything was, now.
And then there was Arthur himself; and it wasn't so much that a lot had changed about him, not really, it was only that everything had lengthened and broadened and become more.
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- Part 19 of The Write Stuff
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 38,956
- Chapters:
- 4/4
- Comments:
- 484
- Kudos:
- 3,293
- Bookmarks:
- 928
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- 92,907
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13 Nov 2025
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Arthur and Merlin were both your average, straight high school guys ... until Arthur found Merlin's gay porn stash and discovered that neither of them were quite as straight as he'd thought.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 4,775
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 140
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- 3,044
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- 439
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- 43,967
Bookmarked by tryx
01 Nov 2025
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After Arthur disobeyed his father and retrieved the Mortaeus flower for Merlin's cure, Arthur's frantic pleading to save Merlin led to a misunderstanding that actually convinced Uther to take the flower to Gaius.
Now all Arthur has to do is explain to Merlin why Uther thinks they are lovers.
And while Uther is supportive of the relationship, he requires it kept secret. But in his paranoia, Uther misinterprets every innocent interaction between the two as something far more intimate, to the embarrassment of everyone involved.
And then the knights begin showing up...
Update 27/04/2024: This is long and in-process. So consider a break between story arcs!
Arc 1 - (chapters 1-32, 90k words) What happens when you accidentally tell your father you're gay and in love with Merlin and he ships it hard? You make it true.
Arc 2 - (chapters 33-70, 110k words) What happens when your father sends you to court someone you have no interest in? Side quests and Gwaine.
Arc 3 - (chapters 71+, in progress) What happens when your father invites every eligible woman to Camelot so you can find your wife like you promised in exchange for saving Merlin? Chaos.- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 350,448
- Chapters:
- 105/?
- Comments:
- 4,702
- Kudos:
- 8,067
- Bookmarks:
- 1,730
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- 337,936
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26 Sep 2025
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Arthur's life is turned upside down when Uther announces his marriage to a woman his children barely know. Enter Hunith and her son, Merlin, who is everything Arthur is not: unapologetically loud-mouthed, rebellious, cocksure and unabashedly queer. He’s also every bloke Arthur ever had a crush on rolled into one, despite wearing a hideous combination of Oxfam bargain bin and Pride parade and playing obnoxious new rave music in a band called “i am magic”.
His unfortunate attraction to Merlin isn’t the only thing Arthur has to deal with: His last year of sixth form lies ahead and satisfying his father’s expectations of becoming a lawyer like him suddenly seems impossible to reconcile with Arthur’s passion for drawing and sketching.
Meanwhile Arthur and Merlin’s relationship runs through a quick succession from reluctant strangers to trading hostile insults to burgeoning friendship to somewhat fuck-buddies in the span of a couple of weeks.
Life is all kinds of complicated and Arthur finally has no choice but to stand up for what he wants…
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- Part 1 of Nobody moves, nobody gets hurt
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 117,665
- Chapters:
- 17/17
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 479
- Kudos:
- 647
- Bookmarks:
- 167
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- 17,403
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26 Sep 2025
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In which Arthur inadvertently triggers an ancient magic, but he does not face the consequences alone.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 42,380
- Chapters:
- 11/11
- Comments:
- 332
- Kudos:
- 5,357
- Bookmarks:
- 1,036
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- 106,993
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01 Mar 2025
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Harry and Draco are sent on an undercover assignment to catch a Dark wizard — which might not be so bad if it weren't at a Muggle nudist resort.
Now Draco has to deal with a very interested Harry, temptation he's long-since learned to ignore, and threats around every corner — including the one to his heart.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 57,449
- Chapters:
- 3/3
- Comments:
- 662
- Kudos:
- 8,931
- Bookmarks:
- 2,204
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- 167,742
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03 Feb 2025
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For The Greater Good by jadepresley for unadulteratedstorycollector
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
05 Dec 2017
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When Harry and Draco discover they’ve been bonded to one another, neither one of them is prepared for the secrets they slowly begin to uncover.
Together, they learn that they can’t escape their past, or the things that have been left hidden there, and that sometimes the only way to move forward is to look back.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 59,246
- Chapters:
- 9/9
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 861
- Kudos:
- 10,963
- Bookmarks:
- 2,915
- Hits:
- 181,149
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23 Jan 2025
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Harry has had quite enough of sharing his mind with someone else, thankyouverymuch. A miscast Legilimecy spell says otherwise.
(Fic from 2010 FF archive being uploaded here.)
AND FOR THE LAST FUCKING TIME, STOP REPOSTING THIS ON WATTPAD. I DO NOT WANT IT ON WATTPAD. YOU DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO POST THIS ON WATTPAD.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 186,678
- Chapters:
- 32/32
- Collections:
- 25
- Comments:
- 2,568
- Kudos:
- 44,400
- Bookmarks:
- 10,980
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- 1,407,243
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19 Oct 2024
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Draco Malfoy might not be a killer, but it turns out he's an effective painkiller. If stopping pain was all Draco's touch did, things might not be so complicated, but either way Harry can't afford to be choosy.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 123,754
- Chapters:
- 10/10
- Comments:
- 2,771
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- 11,184
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- 3,249
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03 Oct 2024
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King Arthur, Newly Crowned, Conqueror of Essetir, has been informed that he is out of touch with the common folk. In order for that to change he must take on a Common Consort for three years, a spouse that will help him keep the interest of his poorest subjects in mind. Unfortunately, he winds up with Merlin.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 65,668
- Chapters:
- 19/19
- Comments:
- 1,002
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- 7,489
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- 1,777
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- 100,076
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18 Sep 2024
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In retrospect, the "Prince on the Lam in Wales" Christmas headline was not what Arthur had intended.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 22,181
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 225
- Kudos:
- 6,314
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- 1,306
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- 83,941
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17 Sep 2024
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It is the 57th annual Hunger Games, and Merlin Emrys stands at the Reaping ceremony with Guinevere Smith at his side, unable to hear the roar of the crowd over the ringing in his own ears. Because Merlin is about to face his best friend and twenty-two strangers in a fight to the death, where there can only be one victor.
In a twisted game where death seems the only certainty, Merlin will find himself tested in ways no one could have ever predicted - and may even find himself fighting for more than just his own life as he enters into an unlikely alliance with Arthur Pendragon, the Career tribute poised to win it all.
Merlin/Arthur AU, set in the Hunger Games universe.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 87,540
- Chapters:
- 10/10
- Comments:
- 562
- Kudos:
- 7,384
- Bookmarks:
- 2,040
- Hits:
- 129,127
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14 Sep 2024
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And like the cycle of the year, we begin again by katherynefromphilly
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
27 Nov 2016
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Set after the Merlin Series 5 Finale "Diamond of the Day".
Canon Compliant. In Character. Arthur Pendragon Returns.
Cover art by Lao-Pendragon------
For many long years Merlin waited.
For the other part of his soul, for the other half of his life. He was born to serve Arthur. So that meant he was also born to wait. Even if it took a thousand years. Even if the wait seemed never to end.
Until one day, suddenly, it did.
When Arthur stumbles from the Lake of Avalon 1,500 years after his death, he finds a world unlike the one he knew. Faced with the loss of everyone he loved, and the threat of impending prophecy, Arthur must learn what it means to be not just a king, but the Once and Future King. Merlin does all he can to guide him, even as he struggles to hide his love for his king, and his fear of losing him again.
Story includes sass, banter, horseplay, & True Love.
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- Part 1 of We Begin Again
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 207,580
- Chapters:
- 39/39
- Comments:
- 6,163
- Kudos:
- 39,012
- Bookmarks:
- 9,169
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- 1,046,598
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20 Aug 2024
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“You’re the Prince?” Merlin says, eyeing him. He hesitates, then adds, defiant, “The Mad Prince of Camelot.”
Arthur doesn’t move. There’s quiet for a long time, then he says it. “I am.”
“You don’t seem mad,” he says.
The smile wells up from somewhere deep, and very sad. “Well, Merlin,” he says, “give me time.”Series
- Part 1 of Magical Bloody Sex Assassin
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 76,831
- Chapters:
- 28/28
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 1,196
- Kudos:
- 11,659
- Bookmarks:
- 3,404
- Hits:
- 324,323
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17 Aug 2024
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What if Arthur gave a different answer to the Disir, but no one knew it?
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- Part 1 of The Hands of a Hundred Winters
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 234,846
- Chapters:
- 15/15
- Collections:
- 3
- Comments:
- 577
- Kudos:
- 2,397
- Bookmarks:
- 683
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- 106,702
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17 Dec 2023
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“You’ll give me magical training?” Merlin asks.
Arthur smiles. “Yes, and training in courtly etiquette. I imagine Ealdor doesn’t have nobles?”
“We don’t have nobles, but we do have pigs. And chickens,” Merlin says. When Arthur raises his eyebrows at him, Merlin flushes heavily with embarrassment. “Oh, shut up. My lord.”
“Don’t talk to your king like that,” Arthur says, but he doesn’t actually seem very upset about it, even though Merlin sort of wants to hit himself in the face. “Welcome to Camelot, sorcerer-apprentice Merlin of Ealdor.”
Or: Merlin is sixteen when he comes to Camelot, vying for the new position of court sorcerer that has opened under King Arthur—a noble king, golden and lionhearted, who is trying to legalise magic in all of Albion. Of course, Merlin doesn't expect to be chosen.
But he is.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 76,250
- Chapters:
- 7/7
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 177
- Kudos:
- 1,232
- Bookmarks:
- 376
- Hits:
- 15,720
Bookmarked by tryx
24 Sep 2023
