2014 prompts 1-20
#1
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Merlin/Arthur
Time-period or theme: canon era
Place: Arthur's chambers
Emotion: fondness
Sense: sight
Object: bed
Action: sleeping
Mood: quiet
Maximum rating: NC-17
Squicks: non-con
#2
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Merlin/Arthur
Time-period or theme: Canon Era (5x13??)
Place: Avalon
Emotion: Hope
Sense: Sight
Mood: Starlight
Maximum rating: Any
Squicks: None
#3
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Priest!Arthur/Merlin
Time-period or theme: Any
Place: confessional, rectory, pew, church
Emotion: longing
Sense: sight
Object: chalice, incense, robes, scarves
Action: a shared look, a secret glance, a stolen touch
Mood: scandalous, forbidden, secretive, longing
Maximum rating: nc-17
Squicks: Chan, non-con, dub-con
#4
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Any
Time-period or theme: gangsters
Place: any
Emotion: desire, UST,
Sense: any
Object: cigar, flask, guns, blindfold, cards
Action: lounging, playing cards, threatening someone
Mood: danger, excitement, thrill
Maximum rating: any
Squicks: n/a
#5
Author: sksdwrld
Drabble or Excerpt: Arthur as a Gordon Ramsay and Merlin his poor, clueless, abused soux-chef:
"Where is my damn soup?" Arthur bellowed, slamming his fist on the counter.
"Coming, it's coming!" Merlin breathed, whisking the cream in faster than should have been humanly possible. His cheeks were red with exertion, for fucks sake he was only one man, and his ears were hot with embarrassment.
"If you were any slower, you'd be going backward!!
Maximum rating: any
Squicks: none
#6
Characters/Pairing/Gen: arthur, merlin, mordred, Gwaine, any knights,
Time-period or theme: 1970's-current, rockstars, punk rockers
Place: venue, stage, music video set
Emotion: work hard play harder
Sense: any
Object: guitars, drums, microphones,
Action: jamming out, music videos, singing
Mood: super cool, way fun, totally bad ass
Maximum rating: any
Squicks: n/a
#7
Author: neuroticnick
Drabble or Excerpt: (from existing fic)
He couldn’t explain how, but Arthur knew right away when he spotted Merlin. It wasn’t just that he was pale, thin, and completely out of place. It was the way he sat, like he knew he was out of place, but was there because he had to be, because he was meeting someone.
He was meeting Arthur.
Arthur held back the goofy grin on his face until he approached the young man sitting awkwardly at the table, warming his hands around a cup of tea.
“Merlin?”
The dark haired man looked up. Arthur would have sworn that hair was black if he hadn’t been told it was dark brown. Merlin’s clothes were dark as well. Crimson shirt, black button-down on top of it, and a faded black jacket on top of that. His jeans had to be the smallest available in men’s sizes but even so they were loose around Merlin’s thin frame. They too were dark and faded. As if to purposely make matters worse, he wore grey fingerless gloves.
Maximum rating: G...they're just meeting for the first time at a cafe.
Squicks: genderswap
#8
Author: neuroticnick
Drabble or Excerpt: (from existing fic)
Merlin did cry in the planetarium. Arthur caught him wiping his eyes just as he was looking-again-to stare at him.
But he couldn’t help it. Merlin was beautiful under normal circumstances. With the shadows and stars and galaxies sparkling across his face, he was breathtaking. Arthur was as mesmerised with the universe reflected in Merlin’s eyes as Merlin was with the show.
To be honest, he felt so lucky he almost cried himself.
Maximum rating: G
Squicks: none
#9
Author: agirlnamedtruth
Drabble or Excerpt: Destinies were troublesome things. Knowing which way was right and which way was wrong, which way to turn. It was an abstract concept; that him and Arthur were meant to fit certain roles when they only fitted each other. - (Merlin/Arthur)
Maximum rating: NC17.
Squicks: None.
#10
Author: digthewriter
Drabble or Excerpt:
He was wearing pyjama bottoms and a hospital gown that was open in the back. Arthur couldn't help but stare down Merlin's back and admire his smooth skin and the hint of back muscle just below the shoulder blades. He licked his lips and had to use all his willpower to not just wrap his arm around Merlin's waist and pull him in-hold him.
What was wrong with Arthur? He'd never felt this much need for another bloke before and this was Merlin-someone he barely knew. Even if he had become close friends with all of Merlin's close friends and slept in his bed every night.
"Are you staring at my arse?"
Arthur was immediately woken up from his daydream again. "What? No!" he shrieked with surprise. "I'm waiting for your bony arse to start moving!"
"So you were staring at my arse."
Arthur placed his hands on Merlin's waist and leaned in until his mouth was mere centimetres away from Merlin's right ear. "Walk," he whispered, "or I'm going to carry you back to your bed and you can spend Christmas Night in the hospital."
Arthur felt Merlin shiver beneath him and he whispered back an "Okay."
Maximum rating: ANY
Squicks: BDSM, rape, non-con
#11
Author: agirlnamedtruth
Drabble or Excerpt: “The men might tell you we can’t fight because it’s too dangerous but that’s not why. They make it into death or glory but really, it’s that moment in between the two that is thrilling. You risk everything on the landing of a blow and if it fails...” Morgana paused dramatically. “But if it doesn’t, you’ve won. And that rush you get when you’ve won, that’s what makes you keep fighting, for that breath you take when it’s all over and you realise you’re still alive. Didn’t you feel it?” - (Morgana/Gwen)
Maximum rating: NC17
Squicks: None.
#12
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Morgana (gen or Morgana/Any)
Time-period or theme: Canon or Canon AU, captured doesn't mean broken.
Place: Camelot dungeons or the well she was kept in.
Emotion: Strength.
Sense: Any.
Object: Chains.
Action: Fighting.
Mood: Defiant.
Maximum rating: NC17.
Squicks: None.
#13
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Merlin/Arthur & Aithusa
Time-period or theme: Canon AU - What could have been
Place: Camelot
Emotion: happiness, joy
Sense: sight, touch
Action: petting Aithusa, (possibly riding her?), Just generally anything that could have been if Aithusa had been the good omen to the future of Camelot that she was meant to be.
Mood: goodwill
Maximum rating: probably fairly low for this prompt
Squicks: unhappiness, death, etc
#14
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Merlin /Arthur
Time-period or theme: modern AU, young adults! just started work not too long ago
Place: London or some touristy town like Bath, York, in England, the boys are on some kinda local tour! doing touristy things.
Emotion: happy, light hearted, spring-time, taking a Bank Holiday or a long weekend break
Sense: touch
Action: cuddles, or leaning closely against each other while peering at some supposed attraction or National Heritage site
Maximum rating: Nc-17
Squicks: Mpreg, scat, anything with blood or gore.
#15
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Merlin/Arthur
Time-period or theme: modern
Place: coffee shop
Emotion: anticipation
Sense: touch
Object: skinny no-foam white bean latte
Action: passing touch
Mood: buzzing
Maximum rating: if you can make this dirty, i commend you
#16
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Merlin/Arthur
Time-period or theme: modern, well, 20th century at least
Place: An orchestra in which Merlin is the cheeky lead cellist and Arthur is the Bernstein-esque Maestro. ('Who said cellists are allowed to have opinions? Cellists don't even have melodies!'
Emotion: desperation to get the music right
Sense: sound, squeaky stage floors and tightening bows
Object: wood and metal and paper
Action: There's an ungodly squeak, and Merlin looks up to find Pendragon's hand covering all four strings. 'Stop, just stop. Why play if you're going to make such a racket?'
Mood: combative
Maximum rating: NC-17
Squicks: bad music
#17
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Merlin/Arthur
Time-period or theme: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim AU, Merlin is the Arch Mage of Winterhold and Arthur is a soldier with the Empire
Place: Any place in Skyrim! Whatever works for the artist. Here's an idea of Skyrim's surroundings.
Action: Embracing, one guarding the other from danger.
Mood: Fear, determination or relief.
Maximum rating: up to R if you'd like
#18
Characters/Pairing/Gen: prefer Mordred but could also do Arthur
Time-period or theme: Prince of Darkness
Place: some ethereal or fiery plain or some place spooky and emotive
Emotion: smug or lonely
Sense: any
Object: a crystal ball, a prophetic pool, a staff/cane
Action: any
Mood: I'd love to see the prince of darkness as either a completely full of himself badass or as sad and misunderstood therefore lonely and emo
Maximum rating: any
Squicks: n/a
#19
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Merthur love or friendship, either one
Time-period or theme: Merlin loses his sight and his hearing when he gets caught in a deadly explosion as he rescues a child from a burning building. So now he struggles to survive in a world of darkness and silence. But his friends stop by often and he is learning to recognize them by their smell and the feel of their hands.
Place: Merlin's room on his bed
Action: Arthur stops by too and lets Merlin rest his head against his chest so he can feel Arthur's heartbeat, which is comforting to him.
Mood: somber, but also content and calm
Maximum rating: no dirty stuff please
#20
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Merlin/Arthur
Time-period or theme: Canon or Modern AU
Place: River
Emotion: Happy
Sense: Touch
Object: Water
Action: Swim
Mood: Relaxed
Maximum rating: Any/All
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Merlin/Arthur
Time-period or theme: canon era
Place: Arthur's chambers
Emotion: fondness
Sense: sight
Object: bed
Action: sleeping
Mood: quiet
Maximum rating: NC-17
Squicks: non-con
#2
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Merlin/Arthur
Time-period or theme: Canon Era (5x13??)
Place: Avalon
Emotion: Hope
Sense: Sight
Mood: Starlight
Maximum rating: Any
Squicks: None
#3
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Priest!Arthur/Merlin
Time-period or theme: Any
Place: confessional, rectory, pew, church
Emotion: longing
Sense: sight
Object: chalice, incense, robes, scarves
Action: a shared look, a secret glance, a stolen touch
Mood: scandalous, forbidden, secretive, longing
Maximum rating: nc-17
Squicks: Chan, non-con, dub-con
#4
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Any
Time-period or theme: gangsters
Place: any
Emotion: desire, UST,
Sense: any
Object: cigar, flask, guns, blindfold, cards
Action: lounging, playing cards, threatening someone
Mood: danger, excitement, thrill
Maximum rating: any
Squicks: n/a
#5
Author: sksdwrld
Drabble or Excerpt: Arthur as a Gordon Ramsay and Merlin his poor, clueless, abused soux-chef:
"Where is my damn soup?" Arthur bellowed, slamming his fist on the counter.
"Coming, it's coming!" Merlin breathed, whisking the cream in faster than should have been humanly possible. His cheeks were red with exertion, for fucks sake he was only one man, and his ears were hot with embarrassment.
"If you were any slower, you'd be going backward!!
Maximum rating: any
Squicks: none
#6
Characters/Pairing/Gen: arthur, merlin, mordred, Gwaine, any knights,
Time-period or theme: 1970's-current, rockstars, punk rockers
Place: venue, stage, music video set
Emotion: work hard play harder
Sense: any
Object: guitars, drums, microphones,
Action: jamming out, music videos, singing
Mood: super cool, way fun, totally bad ass
Maximum rating: any
Squicks: n/a
#7
Author: neuroticnick
Drabble or Excerpt: (from existing fic)
He couldn’t explain how, but Arthur knew right away when he spotted Merlin. It wasn’t just that he was pale, thin, and completely out of place. It was the way he sat, like he knew he was out of place, but was there because he had to be, because he was meeting someone.
He was meeting Arthur.
Arthur held back the goofy grin on his face until he approached the young man sitting awkwardly at the table, warming his hands around a cup of tea.
“Merlin?”
The dark haired man looked up. Arthur would have sworn that hair was black if he hadn’t been told it was dark brown. Merlin’s clothes were dark as well. Crimson shirt, black button-down on top of it, and a faded black jacket on top of that. His jeans had to be the smallest available in men’s sizes but even so they were loose around Merlin’s thin frame. They too were dark and faded. As if to purposely make matters worse, he wore grey fingerless gloves.
Maximum rating: G...they're just meeting for the first time at a cafe.
Squicks: genderswap
#8
Author: neuroticnick
Drabble or Excerpt: (from existing fic)
Merlin did cry in the planetarium. Arthur caught him wiping his eyes just as he was looking-again-to stare at him.
But he couldn’t help it. Merlin was beautiful under normal circumstances. With the shadows and stars and galaxies sparkling across his face, he was breathtaking. Arthur was as mesmerised with the universe reflected in Merlin’s eyes as Merlin was with the show.
To be honest, he felt so lucky he almost cried himself.
Maximum rating: G
Squicks: none
#9
Author: agirlnamedtruth
Drabble or Excerpt: Destinies were troublesome things. Knowing which way was right and which way was wrong, which way to turn. It was an abstract concept; that him and Arthur were meant to fit certain roles when they only fitted each other. - (Merlin/Arthur)
Maximum rating: NC17.
Squicks: None.
#10
Author: digthewriter
Drabble or Excerpt:
He was wearing pyjama bottoms and a hospital gown that was open in the back. Arthur couldn't help but stare down Merlin's back and admire his smooth skin and the hint of back muscle just below the shoulder blades. He licked his lips and had to use all his willpower to not just wrap his arm around Merlin's waist and pull him in-hold him.
What was wrong with Arthur? He'd never felt this much need for another bloke before and this was Merlin-someone he barely knew. Even if he had become close friends with all of Merlin's close friends and slept in his bed every night.
"Are you staring at my arse?"
Arthur was immediately woken up from his daydream again. "What? No!" he shrieked with surprise. "I'm waiting for your bony arse to start moving!"
"So you were staring at my arse."
Arthur placed his hands on Merlin's waist and leaned in until his mouth was mere centimetres away from Merlin's right ear. "Walk," he whispered, "or I'm going to carry you back to your bed and you can spend Christmas Night in the hospital."
Arthur felt Merlin shiver beneath him and he whispered back an "Okay."
Maximum rating: ANY
Squicks: BDSM, rape, non-con
#11
Author: agirlnamedtruth
Drabble or Excerpt: “The men might tell you we can’t fight because it’s too dangerous but that’s not why. They make it into death or glory but really, it’s that moment in between the two that is thrilling. You risk everything on the landing of a blow and if it fails...” Morgana paused dramatically. “But if it doesn’t, you’ve won. And that rush you get when you’ve won, that’s what makes you keep fighting, for that breath you take when it’s all over and you realise you’re still alive. Didn’t you feel it?” - (Morgana/Gwen)
Maximum rating: NC17
Squicks: None.
#12
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Morgana (gen or Morgana/Any)
Time-period or theme: Canon or Canon AU, captured doesn't mean broken.
Place: Camelot dungeons or the well she was kept in.
Emotion: Strength.
Sense: Any.
Object: Chains.
Action: Fighting.
Mood: Defiant.
Maximum rating: NC17.
Squicks: None.
#13
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Merlin/Arthur & Aithusa
Time-period or theme: Canon AU - What could have been
Place: Camelot
Emotion: happiness, joy
Sense: sight, touch
Action: petting Aithusa, (possibly riding her?), Just generally anything that could have been if Aithusa had been the good omen to the future of Camelot that she was meant to be.
Mood: goodwill
Maximum rating: probably fairly low for this prompt
Squicks: unhappiness, death, etc
#14
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Merlin /Arthur
Time-period or theme: modern AU, young adults! just started work not too long ago
Place: London or some touristy town like Bath, York, in England, the boys are on some kinda local tour! doing touristy things.
Emotion: happy, light hearted, spring-time, taking a Bank Holiday or a long weekend break
Sense: touch
Action: cuddles, or leaning closely against each other while peering at some supposed attraction or National Heritage site
Maximum rating: Nc-17
Squicks: Mpreg, scat, anything with blood or gore.
#15
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Merlin/Arthur
Time-period or theme: modern
Place: coffee shop
Emotion: anticipation
Sense: touch
Object: skinny no-foam white bean latte
Action: passing touch
Mood: buzzing
Maximum rating: if you can make this dirty, i commend you
#16
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Merlin/Arthur
Time-period or theme: modern, well, 20th century at least
Place: An orchestra in which Merlin is the cheeky lead cellist and Arthur is the Bernstein-esque Maestro. ('Who said cellists are allowed to have opinions? Cellists don't even have melodies!'
Emotion: desperation to get the music right
Sense: sound, squeaky stage floors and tightening bows
Object: wood and metal and paper
Action: There's an ungodly squeak, and Merlin looks up to find Pendragon's hand covering all four strings. 'Stop, just stop. Why play if you're going to make such a racket?'
Mood: combative
Maximum rating: NC-17
Squicks: bad music
#17
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Merlin/Arthur
Time-period or theme: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim AU, Merlin is the Arch Mage of Winterhold and Arthur is a soldier with the Empire
Place: Any place in Skyrim! Whatever works for the artist. Here's an idea of Skyrim's surroundings.
Action: Embracing, one guarding the other from danger.
Mood: Fear, determination or relief.
Maximum rating: up to R if you'd like
#18
Characters/Pairing/Gen: prefer Mordred but could also do Arthur
Time-period or theme: Prince of Darkness
Place: some ethereal or fiery plain or some place spooky and emotive
Emotion: smug or lonely
Sense: any
Object: a crystal ball, a prophetic pool, a staff/cane
Action: any
Mood: I'd love to see the prince of darkness as either a completely full of himself badass or as sad and misunderstood therefore lonely and emo
Maximum rating: any
Squicks: n/a
#19
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Merthur love or friendship, either one
Time-period or theme: Merlin loses his sight and his hearing when he gets caught in a deadly explosion as he rescues a child from a burning building. So now he struggles to survive in a world of darkness and silence. But his friends stop by often and he is learning to recognize them by their smell and the feel of their hands.
Place: Merlin's room on his bed
Action: Arthur stops by too and lets Merlin rest his head against his chest so he can feel Arthur's heartbeat, which is comforting to him.
Mood: somber, but also content and calm
Maximum rating: no dirty stuff please
#20
Characters/Pairing/Gen: Merlin/Arthur
Time-period or theme: Canon or Modern AU
Place: River
Emotion: Happy
Sense: Touch
Object: Water
Action: Swim
Mood: Relaxed
Maximum rating: Any/All