Merlin is Uther's ward and is locked in a tower

[framas]

I'm trying to find a specific fanfiction that I read about a year ago. I think it was on AO3, but it may have been ff.net.

The fic starts when they are children. Merlin is Uther's ward, but only because Uther wants Merlin's magic under his control. Merlin spends most of his time locked in a tower, but I think Arthur and Morgana visit him.

I'm

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[brunettepet]

This doesn't fit your description completely, but it reminded me of Riventhorn's "Leashed" https://riventhorn.livejournal.com/15629.html. If it's not the same fic, it's still a good read.

[framas]

It's not the same one unfortunately, but it looks good so I'm definitly going to give it a read!

Merlin has been in Camelot either since birth or infancy in the one I'm looking for

[melikescookies]

i think what you're looking for is Canary in a Cage by CaffeinatedFlumadiddle but unfortunately that writer and all their fanfics disappeared a little while ago. You might be able to see if anyone has it downloaded as a pdf though.

[framas]

Oh my gosh thank you! That was it!

I gave it a google, and thankfully found a link to a google drive with all of their fics downloaded!

[ext_6143131]

Can i get the link???

[zoeylin_707]

https://web.archive.org/web/20220207142544/https://archiveofourown.org/works/21638977/chapters/51599461

[imamermaidbatch]

I’ve been searching everywhere for the same fic! Where did you find it? It was one of my favorites and then it disappeared and I’ve been so sad. 🥺