In Spite of Everything (Merlin)
Title: In Spite of Everything
Fic by bananahater336
Art by evian_fork
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin, Merlin/Elyan, Merlin/Gwaine, Merlin/Percy, Lance/Gwen
Fandom: Merlin
Rated: R
Word Count: ~22,000
Warning: Infidelity
Summary: Arthur has rejected his father's way of life so that he can become his own person. With no money and few friends, he moves in with Morgana's friend Merlin, who is cheerful and sweet and attentive, and with whom Arthur easily finds himself falling in love. Merlin seems equally smitten, but seems to have his own ideas about what a relationship is and should mean, and Arthur struggles to balance wanting to be with Merlin and wanting to live his life as he has always dreamed.
Written for the au_bigbang.
Part I.
Part II.
Part III.
Part IV.