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  1. Rec 62

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    “Are you battling again with the green-eyed monster, sire?” Leon asks.
    “No," Arthur says.
    “Are you sure?”
    “Yes.”
    “So this is a new method of celebration?”
    “Yes.”
    “…are you su—”
    Yes, Leon. I’m sure.

    (In which Merlin almost gets married and Leon shepherds the fall-out of that to its natural conclusion.)

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    14 May 2026

  2. Rec 7

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    “I’ve never told anyone about this before, but I was worried that—“

    That what? That their relationship would stagnate with the secret lingering between them? That Arthur would some day find out on his own, and it would go the way it always had in the past? Or that Charles would never be able to open up to Arthur, nor anyone else, and would instead continue to live only ever being half-known by those that mattered most to him. Perhaps he had been worried all along, before ever even meeting Arthur, that he’d never again have anyone know him completely and still care, still love him just as he was. 

    He shook his head, clearing the thoughts away. Even with Arthur’s acceptance, those pains were too large and burdensome to share now. Instead, he finished, “—I wanted to tell you. Reckon you’re the best friend I’ve ever had and I wanted you to know.”

    A trans Charthur coming-out fic. Fic and chapter titles from the Traveling Wilburys’ song of the same name.

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    11 Mar 2026

  3. Rec 67

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    “Do you have scales?” Arthur asks. “Wings?”

    The cow at Merlin’s side begins munching on the heads of his handful of wheat.

    “Oh, I see," he says, "You’re an oaf."

    “What did you call me?”

    “An oaf. A pumpkin short of its seeds. A turnip with no greens or roots.”

    “How dare you.”

    “Quite plainly, I thought, but I suppose given your intelligence or lack thereof, I might have been more direct the first time.”

    Arthur draws himself up to his full height, aghast.

    “You,” he says. “Are the strangest, most repulsive hatchling I have ever met, and I should like nothing more than to escape your company immediately.”

    (Pride & Prejudice AU - Lady Ygraine asks her dear friend Lady Nimueh to help her children get off their asses and strike out into the marriage market. With her help, Arthur soon finds himself introduced to a mysterious, magical man who calls himself a botanist.)

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    02 Feb 2026

  4. Rec 3

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    "The camp is pulsating with life, more populated than it’s ever been in the short time since its recent establishment on the sword coast. It’s bound to change location as soon as morning comes.

    Or maybe evening. By the looks of it, most of their band of misfits will be afflicted by the overconsumption of mediocre ale when comes dawn.

    But for now, time to party."

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    01 Dec 2025

  5. Rec 25

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    It is, against all odds, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Older. More jaded. Poisoned by grief and loss. But still, invariably, Obi-Wan Kenobi.

    He removes his hand from the back of Obi-Wan’s head and pushes down the scarf covering the lower half of his face, letting it hang around his neck, before pushing up his goggles.

    Obi-Wan’s face slackens with surprise as he looks at him. His eyes trace the scar around his eyes, the new lines on his face, the length of his hair and the grey crowding his temples. They lock against his own after his assessment, and his voice sounds soft as a caress when he says, “Cody.”

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    Day Three of Codywan Week: Tatooine Husbands

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    08 Sep 2025