Word Count: 3,300
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: none; established relationship, modern AU
Summary: Merlin's inspired, Arthur's sleepy, and on a lazy morning, Arthur's skin becomes Merlin's canvas.

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A/N: I wanted to try to ease myself back into the swing of things, so here's a quick unbeta'd tattoo fic. Hopefully I'll be able to crank out ( Read more... )

Word Count: 3,815
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: none; established relationship
Summary: Merlin and Arthur decorate their new home for Christmas, and Arthur gets his present early.

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Bonus update for my pole dancing AU. [part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | all]

A/N: Surprise update for Christmas!  No promises for more, but I had some free ( Read more... )

Word Count: 5053
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: none; established relationship
Summary: Merlin has never been a master of the kitchen, but when an offhand comment from Arthur brings his culinary failures in to fresh light he decides to give it a try.  How hard can baking really be, anyway?

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A/N: Just a quick oneshot for my favourite season ( Read more... )

Word Count: 6,350
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: none
Summary: A little over a year into their relationship, Merlin and Arthur have settled into routine.  Arthur doesn't know how he feels about this, but he should have known life with his nerdy, pole-dancing boyfriend would be anything but boring.

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Part 6 of the Pole Dancing AU [part 1 | 2 | ( Read more... )

"Coming," he shouted, shoving his legs into the first pair of trousers he found and stumbling out into the hallway.  He couldn't resist looking towards Arthur's door, but it was still firmly shut.  Another impatient knock on the door prevented Merlin from checking to see if Arthur was still in. He hurried over to the door of the flat and yanked it ( Read more... )

Words: 5,794 (series total: 17,000)
Series Rating: NC-17
Warnings: none
Summary:  Merlin had had enough to worry about before between passing his classes and making rent.  He hadn't counted on an excitable dragon hatchling suddenly finding its way into his life, or the way it would turn his life upside down.

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[ Part 2a]
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A bush across the way rustled, and a second later something darted out of it.  Aithusa followed close behind, wings tight against her body, and then she pounced.  The squirrel gave one final squeak, and Merlin winced as Aithusa made her kill, victorious tail in the air.

“Well done,” he said encouragingly when Aithusa trotted over for praise.  “You ( Read more... )

All in all, seven year old Merlin had it unquestionably better.

"Come on, Merlin, keep up!" Arthur shouted as he loped gracefully around Merlin (again).  Merlin scowled, pretending not to be jealous of the easy way Arthur ran, as if it wasn't a strain at all.  And of course it wasn't.  Arthur was one of those people who had grown up playing every ( Read more... )

Words: 2,810
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Summmary: “You’re such a baby,” Arthur taunted without any heat, smoothing Merlin’s hair off of his forehead.  “I had the exact same cold and I wasn’t nearly this bad.”

Part 5 of the Pole Dancing AU [part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | all].

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Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 4,450
Warnings: none
Summary: Merlin and Arthur become roommates after Gwen and Lance move in together. The only problem is, Merlin is a Morning Person, and Arthur...really, really isn't.

Read on AO3A/N:  Super fast and pointless fluff/smut written in between bouts of my Pole Dancing AU, unbeta-ed. Title is taken from a ( Read more... )