Before The Tears That Tore Us Apart
Title: Before The Tears That Tore Us Apart
Author: Lady Danielle
Artist: Sunfall
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon, Lancelot/Gwen (minor)
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 61,058
Warnings: No ao3 warnings apply
Disclaimer: I don’t own Merlin, but if I did, I would make sure he had a much happier ending.
Author's notes:It’s such fun to be back writing another story for acbb! I jumped in at the last minute with no idea of what to write, but quickly the boys set me straight and here we are 60k later. I tried to get creative with this time-travel story and my pen just wanted to fix-it all!
Thank you @acbbmods for running this fest and for helping when I needed it.
I was lucky to pull my previous fanfic wrangler @thismaz back to beta this story, she taught me everything I know about writing a proper tale, even though I continue my faux pas. Extra love to @TheDisir for jumping in for the final beta of this long story and who was extremely thorough. Any remaining mistakes are my own.
Super special thanks to my amazing artist Sunfall! She cheered me on, gave me inspiration and made me want to write a better story because her art was so freaking good! You must check it out!
Artist's notes:
Summary: After 1000 years, Merlin has paid his penance waiting for Arthur to return. He combines physics with new age magic to return to Camelot to change fate.
This time he wants to honor his own destiny as Emrys, as well as keep Arthur alive. Though, once he alters the timeline, events won’t unfold as he was expecting. Even the greatest sorcerer ever to walk the earth has to face the fact that he can’t alter everything. The wrath of the goddess ensues.
(Canon AU after Season 3)
Story link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/41121219/chapters/103074825
Art link:amazing art coming soon!