Title: Gifts of Gold
By: MerlinLikeTheBird
Gift for: Alehalebane
Rating: Teen and Up
Word Count: 16,205 words
Warning(s): None
Summary: “I’m the king,” Arthur says grumpily, swallowing around the stone that has settled in his throat, “I can wear what I want.”
“What about what I want?”
“I’m the king,” Arthur repeats slowly, since Merlin is being particularly thick, “and so you can also wear what I want.”
Or, Arthur dresses Merlin, which goes about as well as you would expect.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/54308713/chapters/137544148
Title: Prawns
Pairing/main characters: Regulus Black/James Potter
Rating: Teen
Warnings: None
Medium/Word Count: 7,459
Summary:
“You’re a dog, Sirius?” Regulus asks. “Of all the animals in the world, your animagus is a big shaggy dog?”
“Oh shut up, like you’d get something better.”
“Definitely would get something better.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah.”
“Well, I guess you’ll just have to prove it now.”
“I guess I will.”
Title: 'Tis the Damn (Magic) Season
Pairing: Charlie Bradbury & Rowena Macleod
Rating: T
Word count: 28691
Author: butterflyslinky & PrincessaKyla
Artist: PetraAmia
Beta: EllenofOz
Summary: Containing the correspondence of the Lady Crowley and her ward, regarding the events of a London season that had it all--scandal, intrigue, magic, and murder.
Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death, Human Sacrifice
Tags: Epistolary, Witchcraft
He had been fighting Eggman about something he couldn’t quite remember, when a cold object lodged into the fur of his back and made him plummet to the ground.
He had woken up afterwards with a persistent headache that didn’t seem to fade and a sense of déjà vu that transported him back to his time on the ARK.
Creator: @queerofthedagger
Rating: Teen and Up
Length: 5,100
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur Pendragon
Warning(s): None
Summary:
The first pride was a riot, and Arthur stands amongst the wreckage of glass on cobblestone. He stands amongst blue and purple and pink, amongst all the colours of the rainbow, and Arthur—
—well. All that Arthur can think of is Merlin.
The first time Arthur goes to a pride march, he doesn't feel like he belongs, doesn't think that being bi has to change anything. The first time Arthur goes to a pride march, he meets Merlin, and it changes everything.
As it turns out, Arthur discovers that perhaps, change isn't such a bad thing.
Title: Throwing Rocks at Your Window
Author/Artist: @beyondtheclose
Prompt: # 104: Draco’s cursed so that his mood reflects the weather, but for the first week or so no one notices because it’s been raining. One day, though, the sun comes out
Pairing(s): Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
Word Count/Art Medium: 4500 words
Rating: Teen And Up
Notes: A big thank you to K for alpha reading and to O for beta-ing!
Summary: 'Maybe it's worth the risk' was possibly the worst, most Gryffindor thought that Draco could have acted on. At least London's rainy weather fits his mood.
I do find it really funny how miraculous s5 goes from 0 to 100 like, REAL fast. The season starts off all, “Monarch may be powerful, but Ladybug and Chat Noir are finally gonna KICK HIS BUTT!” and by the end it’s like, “GABRIEL AND TSURUGI HAVE LOCKED UP ADRIEN AND KAGAMI. ADRIEN AND FELIX ARE SENTIMONSTERS. GABE IS FORCING HIS OWN “PERFECTION” DRUG ON EVERYONE. NATHALIE IS DYING. CHLOE’S BEEN HUMBLED. LILA HAS THE BUTTERFLY MIRACULOUS. GABE GOT THE LADYBUG AND BLACK CAT MIRACULOUS AND THE WORLD EXPLODED AND HE’S REVERED AS A HERO AND ADRIEN KNOWS NOTHING.”
Title: Mere Sight Make Obedient
By: Elvenqueens / @translesbianlanwangji
Gift for: @flossibelle
Rating: Teen +
Word Count: 5478 words
Warning(s): Angst, Child Death, Non-Graphic Violence, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Uther Pendragon's A+ parenting, Hurt Merlin, Whipping Boy AU, Mutual Pining, Pre-Relationship, Hopeful Ending
Summary:
A chance encounter.
A promise broken.
Arthur was the obedient child. He was the one who stayed in line. the one who would inherit the throne. Morgana was the one who spoke out, who questioned his decisions, who went behind his back and damn the consequences.
Uther had started to lose his grip on his son. Morgana may have influenced him more than he thought, or perhaps Arthur had been going behind his back this entire time. One to draw the attention and one he would never suspect.
He was losing control of his son, and for a King and his Heir to be at odds is a dangerous thing.
Or, I write a whipping boy au cause its a royal drama so why not
Title: A Little Bird Told Me
Pairing/Main Characters: Gen; Regulus Black, Sirius Black, Original Character (Regulus's daughter)
Rating: Teen and Up
Warnings: mentions/discussion of injustice, oppression, and bigotry; canon-typical violence; minor character death; brief mentions/references to self-harm
Word Count: 49,988
Summary:
In 1979, Lord Voldemort asked to borrow a house-elf, and Regulus remained silent. As a result, he never learned of the locket horcrux and remained a Death Eater until the end of the war, avoiding punishment by claiming to be a victim of the Imperius Curse.
Now, it's 1995, and the Dark Mark is burning again. Regulus, who has spent fourteen years trying to distance himself from the Death Eaters, is not exactly thrilled about this turn of events and has no desire to rejoin their ranks. Unfortunately for him, the Dark Lord does not accept resignations. What is a semi-reformed Death Eater do when the past he thought he had left behind comes back to haunt him?
Creator: stanzas / @dorochas
Rating: Teen and Up
Length: 2,083
Pairing: Gwaine/Percival/Elyan
Warnings: n/a
Summary: “I know no matter how far they have to go, Arthur and the others will return.”
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42520401
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 9-1-1 (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Evan "Buck" Buckley/Eddie Diaz, Evan "Buck" Buckley/Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV)
Characters: Evan "Buck" Buckley, Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV)
Additional Tags: Temporary Amnesia, Established Relationship, Angst and Hurt/Comfort
Summary:
Listen - the panic attack Buck had, it was fully justified. As far as he knew, it was 2021 - and Eddie was standing next to him, telling him that he’d forgotten the last three years of his life. He felt he deserved a moment to have a panic attack, thank you very much.
or - after an accident at work, Buck forgets the last three years of his life. Mentally, he's back in 2021 and in the midst of a failing relationship with Taylor - but actually, its 2024 and he's married to his best friend, Eddie. Navigating amnesia is pretty heavy work, as it turns out.
Notes: This has some nice domestic Buddie in it (in combination with a classic amnesia trope). Overall, a little angst, but really sweet and romantic too.