and under day-old sheets
Merlin, Arthur/Merlin (Arthur/Gwen, Gwen/Morgana), modern AU (PG)
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notes: Written for a kinkme_merlin prompt: Modern AU, second chances. Arthur and Gwen fall in love; Merlin's heart gets broken. Then, some time passes, and Gwen and Arthur don't work out. Somehow, Merlin and Arthur start talking again, but I want Arthur to work for the relationship. Originally posted here; original - longer - prompt here. One line shamelessly stolen from this.

In his head, Arthur makes a list of things he thinks he might love about Gwen – the arch of her spine; her veracity; her hands pressing against his shoulders – after the second time.

He files it next to the litany of things about Merlin he's never said he adores.


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I meant to do a picspam featuring my favourite Doctor Who guest stars, because there are so many who have been brilliant but who haven't necessarily catapulted into stardom. (That's not to say that the aforementioned picspam wouldn't feature Carey Mulligan, because it would. Of course it would.) I ended up spending the day looking for caps of four of my favourite actors who should be more famous than they are. In short: I talk a lot about how wonderful they are and mention that someone should see them in the theatre productions they're currently in. Today's lesson is that the London acting community is terribly, terribly incestuous.

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On a semi-related note, I'm glad that the BAFTAs and I still mostly agree on what excellence in film means.

from this town the english army grind their teeth into glass
Merlin with a High School Musical cameo, Gwen (Gwen/Morgana, Gwen/Taylor, Arthur/Gwen, Lancelot/Gwen, Arthur/Merlin)
Maybe a tiny bit of spoilers for HSM3; references to both series of Merlin (PG)
1 084 words approved by crystal_lily, my favourite ex-goth.

notes: bana_05 wrote excellent meta on black women and slash; this is what happened when I'd read it. Not, in fact, as absurd as the Taylor appearance would suggest.

In which five people are reincarnated: In the space between then and now Gwen forgets what it's like being born with another name and the foreign taste of someone she'll never really know.

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