#angstmer

Written for this prompt. Uther has never understood his son's relationship with his manservant and thinks it may just be a one-off fling that is until one day when Merlin is found bloody and beaten and is fighting for his life. Uther finds his son huddled up in his chambers crying, and reminds him of how he felt when Ygraine was dying/ had died. Without saying a word he comforts his son and begins to understand their relationship

Spoilers for all of Merlin S2, and AU to the end of 2.08, "The Sins of the Father", in which Merlin does not lie to Arthur. He opened his mouth, a denial on the tip of his tongue, but the words wouldn't come out; in the back of his head he could hear a litany of voices saying traitor, traitor, traitor over and over, and he didn't know whether they meant Uther or himself.

It was beyond dangerous to think of Arthur as vulnerable, as dangerous to Merlin as the secret of his magic. (Episode 1x13)

MAJOR CHARACTER DEATH

Merlin's life after Arthur's death. (Also, Gwen has a baby.)

Merlin carries many secrets, but he thinks this will be the one to break him: That he knows what Arthur and his men did to that Druid camp all those years ago, because he was there. Because he was that massacre's only survivor.

When an inadvertent spell changes Merlin from the inside out, Arthur must face Camelot’s latest threat alone – and unravel the mystery of Merlin, or else risk losing him forever.

From a prompt, Arthur/Merlin, Modern AU, Uther is violent at home and Arthur has to hide the bruises in school. New pupil Merlin sees through his popular bullshit at once and discovers the truth.