When Arthur says no to teaching Merlin how to swim as he wouldn't be able to control himself Gwaine steps in to help but after Gwaine's plan Arthur steps in and wanting Merlin he gives Merlin the determination to learn by offering him what Merlin has wanted for a long time... Himself.

Merlin is not the useless idiot that he is assumed to be. This collection will explore times when Merlin surprises people with skills they do not expect him to have. Part 1: Kindness, Part 2: Languages, Part 3: Hard-working

Arthur and Merlin celebrate the Dutch feast, Saint Nicholas, with their two children.

Drabble: An immeasurably old warlock reminisces on what he can remember of his life before the cave.

Merlin sits on the side of the bed. 'Arthur,' he says. 'Are you sick? ' Arthur huddles in the bedclothes. 'Throat hurts,' he croaks, and swallows painfully. (Arthur is sick, and Merlin takes care of him. But Arthur wants something more, and he won't say what it is.) Arthur/Merlin, canon era, sickfic.

A little fluff about a certain warlock's affinity for dropping branches on enemy heads. One-shot and first attempt at a short fic.

Merlin knew there would be a price to pay for messing with life and death; he never thought the price would be Arthur's to bear.

Merlin: Hi, Merlin here the author is letting me set the crazy story of Cinderella straight also who came up with glass slippers there just impractical and… Arthur: Let's just let the author get on with the story you're getting nowhere. Merlin: Says who. Cast and Author: Says US! Entire cast in a Merlin spectacular Cinderella. Featuring Gwaine as Duke.

Losing his mother in child birth Arthur not only fears, but dreams it will happen to his husband despite him being told everything will be fine.

Merlin and Morgana make up after their argument. A quasi-future-continuation of "Bruises and Magic".

What if, before meeting Arthur and Merlin, Gwaine met a young woman. He must protect her from friend and foe alike. What would happen if the rouge fell in love with a druid girl. Story begins before Gwaine goes to Camelot and picks up in Season 3 onwards.

AU: A young boy enters Camelot, but hears nothing. He meets the young Prince and an unlikely friendship begins when the prince tries to communicate with his hands. The forbidden magic is concealed behind the Deaf boy's mute voice, his mind and his eyes guiding it to protect his friends from enemies. How will destiny come to be with the Warlock of the druids prophecy has no hearing?

People aren't supposed to live for centuries. Promises can be impossible to keep. Merlin realised that the hard way. Or the one where Arthur's return isn't as joyful as you'd expect.

In the beginning, there was Chaos.

Arthur and Merlin spar about a wonderful hauberk. This little nugget of bromance follows the events of the story, the Morrigan.

I am here, to tell you a story.

"I have magic Arthur...and I have done so many good and terrible things with it." Slash or not is up to the reader.

Music!Merlin's new violin is his most precious possession, and it brings all sorts of new adventures to Camelot. Arthur is planning a ball for his enemy, Merlin is teaching a strange boy how to fiddle, and no good story can be complete without a mysterious illness.

Ten things Merlin tells Arthur and the knights. Chapter 10 is up and this story is FINALLY Complete. Please Read and Review!

Jasmine is a princess of Friardor, a Kingdom with magic. As an act of rebellion towards her father she takes refuge in Camelot and meets Sir Leon, a knight. To survive in Camelot and avoid initiating a war between the two Kingdoms she must hide her identity and ability to use magic. Love blooms between the two but Leon will have to decide between Jasmine or his loyalty to the King.

A dreadful accident brings despair to Camelot and to Merlin especially. Then awful visions show a kind of bitter hope and Merlin must travel alone to face the evil that is emerging. But Arthur will not be left behind. To save their friend they will risk everything.

SEQUEL to 'Recruit.' Time passes as Arthur and Merlin survive on the front lines, and plans to invade Camelot's citadel are finally set in stone. When an eager recruit and his reluctant guardian join the ranks, however, tools to fight the true enemy are brought into light: why this war began; why the king is mad. Why the claim was created in the first place.

Merlin, still in mourning for his husband and Arthur still in mourning for his best friend, can they both find comfort in each other

Merlin falls into the habit of prostitution in a desperate attempt to earn some money. A lemony tale of Merlin X OC's.

A witch in disguise, an artifact guarded by an ancient dragon, a heartbroken princess, and a thief with a forgotten birthright. Everything is wrong and not what it seems, but it all comes full circle in the end, and all is as it should be.