The winner :p
There are so many good fics going out recently! My "to rec" folder is literally exploding. I haven't had the time to start reading the merlin_games fics but merlinreversebb is full of amazingness (I should hopefully manage to rec at least some of them in the ext few days). In the meantime, get this Merlin/Arthur Modern AU:
Time Forward, by kianspo ; PG-13 ; One Part ; 23k words
A/S: While still at uni, Arthur Pendragon meets two people who become his best friends. He falls in love with one of them... but marries the other. This isn't his story to tell; it's Merlin's. And Merlin will always remember that he met Arthur first.
This fic is really very lovely because you absolutely can't hate Gwen, or Arthur or anyone (except Uther). A big chunk of it made me cry like I haven't cried in front of a story for a while (and I cry all the time while reading :p) and the ending put a nice warm feeling in my heart. I adore fics where there is a lot of times (as in several years) passing. I always find them so very powerful. And I'm still a bit emotional from reading this, so I'll just leave you to it.
Time Forward, by kianspo ; PG-13 ; One Part ; 23k words
A/S: While still at uni, Arthur Pendragon meets two people who become his best friends. He falls in love with one of them... but marries the other. This isn't his story to tell; it's Merlin's. And Merlin will always remember that he met Arthur first.
This fic is really very lovely because you absolutely can't hate Gwen, or Arthur or anyone (except Uther). A big chunk of it made me cry like I haven't cried in front of a story for a while (and I cry all the time while reading :p) and the ending put a nice warm feeling in my heart. I adore fics where there is a lot of times (as in several years) passing. I always find them so very powerful. And I'm still a bit emotional from reading this, so I'll just leave you to it.