In an attempt to challenge myself I am writing from Arthur’s POV instead of Merlin’s like I usually do. I have taken eight words, chosen at random from a dictionary, and made a story about how those eight things bring Arthur and Merlin together.

AU. In which Arthur is the Dread Pirate "Roberts" and Merlin becomes his valet, and "it was the please that caught his attention." ArthurMerlin

Isabel, Merlin’s twin sister, has never believed in destiny. Life was what you make it and you always have a choice. But her decisions cannot override the tides of fate… or can they? Implied MerlinxArthur.

When Arthur and Merlin rescue a young woman from theives in the forest they immediatly adopt her into their lives but is she all that she seems?

One Mistake is all it can take, implied slash.

Arthur/Merlin oneshot - Memories haunt him, memories of a better time, until he can take it no more.

Merlin has a secret. Arthur has one, too. Merlin/Arthur

Merlin's secret is discovered and he must flee Camelot. Ten years later, Arthur has risen to the throne, so where is Merlin? "No punishment would make Arthur regret the decisions he'd made tonight, except deciding to hide his feelings from Merlin." Slash

King Uther Pendragon explains. Post "Excalibur". Vignette.

She had forseen what could possibly happen to Arthur, and if this was the last time she would speak with him she could not leave things as they were. Arthur/Morgana

Merlin enchanted her at 9, Arthur saved her when she was 10. She has been told her whole life that she is meant to be great; but just how great and how do the two boys fit in? M for language and later chapters. You'll all melt over the sweetness of ch 1

Four vignettes. Four times someone found out about Merlin.

“So I understand,” Arthur says, “that Albion has need of me.” Merlin raises his eyebrows, surveying the landscape. “Cutting it a hair close, aren’t we?” Futurefic; written for apocalyptothon at LJ.

Set just after Episode 13 - Merlin returns from his trip to the Isle of the Blessed, but will Arthur be please to see him? ...And who is Cedric? My first fan fic - Hope you like it

The late afternoon sunlight ambles in through the open windows... / It's the moonlight that does him in. Arthur/Merlin

You listen when I have a problem and help dry the tears from my face. You take away my sorrow and put happiness in its place. AU fic

Despair and magic are a terrible combination

To save Arthur when he is gravely wounded, Merlin reaches into the blackest part of himself.

Gwen and Arthur share an attraction, general UST, and a few dirty thoughts in two different instances when they tend to each others’ injuries. Pre-relationship; three-parter/two-parter-with-epilogue

When Merlin doesn't come to Camelot the Great Dragon decides that Morgana, with a little help from Gwen, will see that he fulfills his destiny. Femslash.

A bored Arthur decides to be a servant for a day and discovers a few truths about what is really going on.

Set after s1; Lancelot has returned to Camelot. Contains some s1 spoilers. The two parts stand alone, but share a common thread. Part 1 features Arthur and Lancelot; Part 2, Gwen and Gaius.

The day that the world comes crashing down on Morgana, Arthur is there for one final moment. Now left for to their own seperate ways, can they leave without too much flattery?

A web of lies is fragile when it is made of glass, and he who walks it must tread carefully. On hiatus

When Merlin helps a strange girl in the marketplace he soon realizes that she's no ordinary foreigner. But will Merlin be able to help conceal the mysterious girl's true identity from everyone at Camelot?