Title: Heartgrove
Pairings/characters: Arthur/Merlin, some slight background Gwen/Lance
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~31k
Warnings: Some violence (no worse than the show), possible suggestions of underage depending on how you read it (very light, and both participants are over the age of consent for them.
Summary: Modern Era, AU. Fifteen hundred years ago, the two islands of Britain and Albion were united as one country, Brettagna, which, if you believe the legends, was full of magic. But now they're two very different places, as Merlin, the son of the new British Ambassador, finds out.
Author's notes:
This has been so much fun to write, I'm ridiculously glad that I decided to do Paperlegends this year. :)
Thanks first to my fabulous artist sripley, whose artwork literally made me sqee out loud (Seriously - I got some very strange looks haha). Go take a look, it's gorgeous! <3
Thanks also to my very helpful beta, who prefers to remain anonymous but had an extraordinary effect on this story. :)
And to the_muppet, for being a wonderful mod and organising the whole paperlegends thing in the first place!
Story links:
AO3 On LJ:
Part 1 Part 1 - ii Part 2 Part 2 - ii Part 3 Part 3 - ii Art link:
sripley did some absolutely gorgeous artwork for this story, which can be found
here. Go look, it's freaking amazing. <3
Disclaimer: Merlin, and anything that you recognise from the show or elsewhere, is unfortunately not mine. :(