Merlin Recs: Contemporary AU + Post-Series

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Under My Skin (2,000 words) by i_claudia
Rating: Explicit
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Summary: She’s not the most beautiful woman in the room—her chin’s a little too pointed for that, her shoulders a little too broad—but something draws his eye to her anyway, distracts him again and again from the slender blonde he’s been trying to pull; something he can’t define.

Awake (50,735 words) by Cori Lannam & phoenixacid
Rating: Explicit
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin
Summary: King Arthur sleeps in Avalon, waiting to return at the hour of Albion's greatest need. But once a year he awakes and spends a single day with Merlin, who will never, ever leave him.

I imagine the gods saying, We will make it up to you. (22,841 words) by hells_half_acre
Rating: Explicit
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur, Gwaine/Merlin, Gwen/Arthur, Gwen/Leon
Summary: Arthur returns to find an old friend, a new world, and a second chance.(My canon-compliant happy ending for Merlin)