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Q is very protective of his younger brother.
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The next task was calling his mother. She would attempt to make him feel guilty for not calling back immediately, take offense when he pointed out she’d contacted him at work, and after several minutes of low-level moaning about how difficult it was being a single mother, would demand to know whether he was going to be any use to her at all.“Yes,” he’d reply. “That’s why I texted ‘happy to, will call in an hour for details’. I’ll be there around 5:30. Tell Morey I’ll take him out for dinner.”
He hesitated to ask why she was going to be gone for the weekend. The chances she had some unfortunate, inevitably criminal, and possibly ridiculous money-making scheme were just too high. Best case, he’d hear about its ultimate fizzle from Morey. Worst case, well, he hoped he’d just read about it in the papers.
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(Post Spectre)
A despondent James returns to England alone and finds MI6 in a dire situation, with the Quartermaster at the centre of it.
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"Remember when I nearly lost my job in my first week because you asked me to make you disappear?” James struggled to hear him through the sounds of the crowd and the muffling of the scarf.
He tilted the corner of his mouth up, “How could I forget?”
Q continued, refusing to face James, “And how I lied to M about the smart blood-” James hummed, keeping his eyes forward- “and how I travelled by plane to personally warn you away from chasing Spectre, only for you to ask me for ‘a final favour’, which nearly got me kidnapped in a ski lift?” James did remember. He remembered hearing from Moneypenny how Q nearly got shot, too. She hadn’t been very happy about that.
“Are you finally cashing in?” he asked, the ball dropping. The theatrics were entirely unnecessary, though.
Q dipped into an alley, and James followed behind him, boxing Q away from the crowd.
“Can I trust you?” Q asked, instead of answering the question. “Can I trust you, like when you asked me to trust you, and I did, undoubtedly?”
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07 Jun 2026
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insane emotional ride. everything works out
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Arthur does not need love. A prince is above such things. He does not need to be held, he needs only the embrace of armor on his skin as he trains to protect Camelot. He does not need friends, only allies to ensure his kingdoms future. These are the marks of a good leader.
That is what he tells himself, anyway.
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Beautiful character study of Arthur omfg
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Five years after the battle of Camlann, King Arthur devises a challenge: whoever can enchant him to hand over his mother’s sigil is to become Court Sorcerer of Camelot. To most sorcerers, it is an impossible, undecipherable task.
But to one sorcerer, it is a clear message: come home.
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a man like me is dead in places other men are liberated by hydrothermal_ventricle
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
21 Jan 2022
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Arthur's used to his rotating cast of bedfellows rushing out of his room. He's not prepared for Merlin just...staying. And being gentle.
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