Merlin Rec: Quickening Days by Faye
Dec. 7th, 2008 03:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icarusWhere are the long fics, you ask, in this fresh new fandom? Well, until we get a Merlin Big Bang fest going, please enjoy:
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fahye, Arthur/Merlin, R
22,000 words of playful fun. Witty, amusing -- and did I mention fun? We have the slash dragon, pillowfights, dangerous creatures, and a mystery to solve. Pranks and impishness abound. Arthur is very Arthur, and Merlin is very Merlin, there's plenty of magic, and, oh yes, Merlin wears a dress. I can't wait to put him in one myself.
Includes the second best Arthur reaction to magic I've read.
Second best, you ask?
Well, there is this:
To Be Known by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
esohpe, Merlin/Arthur pre-slashy, PG-13
A powerful fantasy story that will twist the blade in your gut. So this is what it felt like to be normal. Merlin opens his eyes to the cool, shining metal of Arthur's unsheathed blade. "Sorcerer," Arthur spits. I don't know if I love the beginning or the ending more.
Quickening Days by
fahye, Arthur/Merlin, R22,000 words of playful fun. Witty, amusing -- and did I mention fun? We have the slash dragon, pillowfights, dangerous creatures, and a mystery to solve. Pranks and impishness abound. Arthur is very Arthur, and Merlin is very Merlin, there's plenty of magic, and, oh yes, Merlin wears a dress. I can't wait to put him in one myself.
Includes the second best Arthur reaction to magic I've read.
Second best, you ask?
Well, there is this:
To Be Known by
esohpe, Merlin/Arthur pre-slashy, PG-13A powerful fantasy story that will twist the blade in your gut. So this is what it felt like to be normal. Merlin opens his eyes to the cool, shining metal of Arthur's unsheathed blade. "Sorcerer," Arthur spits. I don't know if I love the beginning or the ending more.
