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Not your everyday reveal!fic.

In which Hunith gradually learns of her son's life in a rapidly changing Camelot.

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

"Today, I was making out with my boyfriend and he was fingering me. After he left, my mum says to me "I wish my sex life was as interesting as yours." She had walked in and we hadn't even noticed. FML" Except it's Uther who gets an eyeful.

Returning to Camelot after a tour of the kingdom that ended in an ambush and a long, exhausting ride home, both Arthur and Merlin are relieved to finally have privacy again. Only, Arthur has things on his mind that Merlin is completely unprepared for.

The first time Merlin kisses him, completely out of the blue, Arthur is not at all concerned. He just doesn't know what he's in for.

Uther dies instead of Ygraine when Arthur is born. Balinor helps Ygraine secure her position as regent, magic isn’t banned, and Merlin and Arthur grow up side by side. Camelot is different but not cloudless, destiny is still a troublesome thing, and Arthur is still charmingly oblivious when it comes to things that matter most in life.

After an encounter with bandits, in which they were outnumbered, Arthur and his knights are injured and trying to make their way back to Camelot. Merlin has only grown more and more tired of the way Arthur treats him as weak and in the way. After the fight, both stressed and irritated, they push each other too far, and stray dangerously close to a conversation they never have.