Otsanda
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There was very little gentleness in most of Arthur's physical interactions. He was a warrior, but even outside of that, his role as a leader meant that by necessity he had to maintain a certain distance and decorum that contained a different kind of violence. Sometimes he wondered if the safety of that distance was worth the ache of isolation.
Or: 5 times Arthur noticed Merlin using his gentle hands to tend to his knights and one time Merlin took care of Arthur himself.
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The woman’s striking bright red lips parted in a dramatic gasp as her full cup upended itself over Merlin. It was shockingly hot, immediately seeping into his stupid snowman sweater and staining it brown. He had known it was coming— he had done it on purpose and he was still surprised. Gwen smashed into Merlin from behind and suddenly all four of them were toppling like festive dominoes to the cafe floor.
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Or... the silly morgwen & merthur holiday coffee shop meet-cute microfic that nobody asked for.
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Gwen once saw Merlin lick an apple before giving it to the Prince Regent.
She knew, of course, that he regularly stole food from Arthur’s plate before serving it; Gwen typically didn’t think anything of it. Surely Arthur would have made a fuss years ago, if it bothered him. The two of them had always had a peculiar and certainly unconventional working relationship.
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On a long and winding road midway between the sea and the city, and at the edge of a dense and dark forest, there was a town called Eastgate.
Although Eastgate was by all accounts an ordinary town, there were several things that made it unique. Eastgate had an oddly high proportion of books to the number of inhabitants, a strategic importance that kept nobles interested enough in its security to have appointed a guardian, and a single ancient hawthorn tree.
The tree had been there before Eastgate and as the town had grown, the tree’s presence was honored. It was a symbol and a promise and— some believed— a gateway.
So, when the local innkeepers’ daughter disappears and her dear friend Nina comes to Lady Azira for help, they find themselves standing at the ancient tree and seeking answers from those beyond the Forest.
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One Thousand Sea Creatures: a Buttons OFMD SMAU by Idiotsatsea, LoopyDangerFrog, Otsanda
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
31 Jul 2023
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An OFMD SMAU but it’s just Buttons listing 1,000 different sea creatures.
Originally created for Twitter by users @221_Otsanda, @idiotsatsea, & @loopydangerfrog
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Built to fall apart - and fall back together by Saltedkiss for a13merlinfan
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
13 Apr 2026
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Three years have passed since Camlann. King Arthur's army was victorious, but at what cost? When Arthur found out about Merlin's magic and the lies he's been told all those years, something broke within him.
King Arthur may have lifted the ban on magic, but the distance between King Arthur and Court Sorcerer Merlin grows wider each day. Can they find the way back to each other and to the bond they once shared?
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15 Jun 2026
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Faithful Knight, Patient Poet, Gentle King by HigherMagic for lecterisms, red_right_ankle
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
18 Oct 2021
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"I hope you live a long and happy life, Sire," Gwaine says, with a pitiful attempt at his usual tavern drawl that does nothing to hide his solemnity, his sincerity. Arthur's eyes betray nothing as he takes his seat at the head of his dining table and gestures for Gwaine to join him at his right side. Gwaine settles, and sighs, and says after another swallow of too-sweet wine, "And I hope that his and mine lasts just a little longer."
Gwaine is the villain in this part of the story. He accepted that a long time ago.
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15 Jun 2026
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"Are you dying? Am I dying?" Merlin looks genuinely alarmed, eyes darting back and forth between the feast laid out on Arthur's dining table, to Arthur himself. Beside him, his fingers fidget, as though he's already trying to conjure up a spell to heal whatever ailment must surely have befallen Arthur to incline him towards such generosity. "Is Gwen dying? Morgana? Gaius? Lancelot or Gwaine or -?"
Arthur rolls his eyes. "No one is dying, Merlin," he says, before Merlin can hyperventilate his way through every person they have ever met. "I just thought I would do something nice for you, for a change."
"Oh." Merlin looks down at the table again. His brow creases. Then, prompting Arthur to once again wonder how on Earth he could have fallen so deeply in love with such an idiot, Merlin asks; "Why?"
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15 Jun 2026
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Arthur is cursed to obey Merlin’s orders.
Obviously this has very little impact on their lives, since no servant would ever dare give orders to a prince.
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10 Jun 2026
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Arthur doesn’t think about it, because it's a weakness. The knights pat each other on the back, and sometimes they roughhouse for a bit. Arthur is above that, and he only does it when he really wants to cheer up one of his men. That’s initially what he wants to do to Merlin, too, when his idiot of a manservant’s face droops and he can’t quite make his smile meet his eyes. But he doesn’t, because the thought of touching Merlin—his lungs constrict, and there’s no reason for him to be touching Merlin, no excuse that would make it proper.
Touching Merlin would be because Arthur wants to, and he shouldn’t.
Or: Five times Arthur is a touch-deprived mess who really wishes he could touch Merlin without an excuse, and one time he learns he doesn't need one.
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10 Jun 2026