Fic: Swimming with the Sidhe
Title: Swimming with the Sidhe
Author: gwylliondream
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 53,589
Warnings: Implied marital infidelity, brief contemplation of suicide
Disclaimer: All Arthurian characters are the property of BBC/Shine and their creators. The Calming Manatee and most of its words belong to HT (the Human Typist) of the Calming Manatee meme.
Summary: No one likes a story that ends with a hero’s death and broken promises. As Merlin watches the wooden boat drift away with Arthur, he regrets that he ever believed a word that Kilgharrah told him about the bright future Arthur would bring to Albion. Fortunately, he is greeted by a new mythical advisor, the Calming Manatee. Only this docile sea creature can help Merlin through this difficult stage in his life so he learns to love himself and gets his happy ending with Arthur.
Author's notes: Swimming with the Sidhe was written for paperlegends 2013 and as a kinkme_merlin fill for this prompt.
Read on LJ: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5| Chapter 6| Chapter 7
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Author: gwylliondream
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 53,589
Warnings: Implied marital infidelity, brief contemplation of suicide
Disclaimer: All Arthurian characters are the property of BBC/Shine and their creators. The Calming Manatee and most of its words belong to HT (the Human Typist) of the Calming Manatee meme.
Summary: No one likes a story that ends with a hero’s death and broken promises. As Merlin watches the wooden boat drift away with Arthur, he regrets that he ever believed a word that Kilgharrah told him about the bright future Arthur would bring to Albion. Fortunately, he is greeted by a new mythical advisor, the Calming Manatee. Only this docile sea creature can help Merlin through this difficult stage in his life so he learns to love himself and gets his happy ending with Arthur.
Author's notes: Swimming with the Sidhe was written for paperlegends 2013 and as a kinkme_merlin fill for this prompt.
Read on LJ: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5| Chapter 6| Chapter 7
Read on AO3
Art Masterpost