Camelot Remix 2024 - Week One Round Up
Fic: Standing still; for six months and two weeks for MerlinLikeTheBird
(Merlin/Arthur, Gwaine/Percival - Gen - 2605w)
Summary: We all know Percy influenced Arthur to finally undertake action with Merlin. But what if he had underlying motives? And what if Gwaine has something to do with it too? Eventually all knights get involved.
Fic: This Song and Dance (The 'Balancing Act' Remix) for polomonkey
(Merlin/Arthur - Teen and Up - 1200w)
Summary: The thing is, Merlin has been thinking about it. About Arthur and the grief that he wears like penance, how he fits so easily into the spot beside Merlin. How he always has, and how, for all his talk about
leaving, he does not seem to be in a hurry.
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Between circus shows and late nights, Merlin and Arthur figure
themselves out, one step at a time.
Fic: wandered out in the world for years (the king and the knight remix) for HadrianPeverellBlack
(Gwaine/Merlin - Gen - 800w)
Summary: Gwaine doesn't like Arthur.
Respects him, sure. Admires his fighting prowess, yeah. Envies his freedom and pities his lack of it in equal parts. He'll follow him into battle and mostly follow orders as he does so, because chances are Arthur’s on the right side of a fight, and even if he isn't he's got Merlin to push him until he is. But he's more than capable of all that without actually liking the man.
Or: Arthur and Gwaine search for Merlin during the deleted scene from A Servant of Two Masters.
Fic: A Time to Mourn, and a Time to Dance [Remix] for scotscookie
(Merlin/Arthur - Explicit - 1478w)
Summary: After a night of drinking with Morgana, Arthur goes home to wind down.
Fic: The Best and Terrible (An Extended Remix) for linorien
(Gen - Teen and Up - 30,691w)
Summary: After meeting the Druids, Morgana cannot sit idly by while Uther’s tyranny against magic continues; but, taking action may put her in more danger than she can get out of alone. Meanwhile, Merlin struggles under the loneliness of his secret, and wonders who he’s destined to be. A story about working together, magic reveals going better than expected, and Uther Pendragon being the worst man ever.
Fic: Where We Find Our Peace for queerofthedagger
(Merlin/Arthur - Gen - 2687w)
Summary: Arthur looked the most relaxed Merlin had ever seen him; his hair was a golden mop, glistening droplets of water traveling down the planes and angles of his face. Merlin’s eyes followed one, down the side of Arthur’s sculpted nose, reaching his plump lips where Arthur’s tongue darted out to catch it.
Merlin tore his eyes away and let his face break out into a bright grin as he looked into Arthur’s eyes. “You could’ve told me that we were going for a swim; I would’ve complained far less.”
Arthur rolled his eyes slightly. “I was going for a swim,” he replied, “you simply decided to follow me.”
A remix of Bad Choice of Words in My Alibi by queerofthedagger
Art: Reluctantly in Love for chaosgenes
(Merlin/Arthur - Gen - Digital Art & 127w)
Summary: Arthur has waited for Naming Day all his life, but could not be more disappointed when he finds out who the Soul Stone names for him. It isn’t the prisoner he meets in the dungeons, but his heart aches for him anyway.
Merlin has never thought about soulmates until they come knocking at his door in Ealdor. Convinced that there’s something wrong with the Soul Stone, he travels to magic-banned Camelot to end its influence. He never thought that he would be enraptured by the crown prince who comes to interrogate him.
Fic: Disillusion (a remix of Light Pollution) for Ynnealay
(Gen - Gen - 1041w)
Summary: Some of Merlin's letters to Arthur over the years.