Merlin Recs

So many hot fics posted recently! :D \o/

Lots of porn for you... (except for the first art... but I didn't want to wait another day to post the rec for it)

[ART]
The Barren Halls by anon @ merlin_games Arthur/Merlin [WS] [Team Canon]

This art blew my mind. I love the originality of it, Merlin with branches for wings? Love. It. and it’s strikingly beautiful.

Break and Enter by bamphigoury Merlin/Arthur [NWS!]
Contains: Arthur/Merlin, Roleplay, Submission, Dom!Merlin, Bondage(handcuffs), Deep throating, possible asphyxiation?, and uniform!!!
Summary: Arthur and Merlin roleplaying cops and robbers (well, mountie and robber)

Please read ‘contains’ list. THEN CLICK. jakdfjlfgdjklgfdjgldfjl

[FIC]

Tell me How by fr333bird Arthur/Merlin [NC-17] (8k)
Summary: Merlin and Arthur are roommates at a posh boarding school. That's all you need to know.

A hot modern AU that focuses on the boys first steps of sexual discovery together. With one ficlet focused on each ‘first time’, the tentative exploration of their sexuality hits all the right buttons for me.

Skin Deep by planejane Arthur/Merlin [NC-17] (3k)
Summary: From a kink meme prompt: Arthur helps Merlin put lotion on his back every day because Merlin has super-dry skin.

Theauthor captured Merlin’s vulnerability so well. He is suffering from something awkward and embarrassing, and his life revolves around keeping it all under control. and keeping it secret. Only Arthur makes him forget, makes him take risks. And in the end, the fic is about Arthur’s understanding and Merlin’s willingness to let him help. Just lovely.

So Are You to Me by anon @ merlin_games Arthur/Merlin [R] [Team Modern AU] (9k)
Summary: American high school AU, the gang take a weekend trip up to Arthur’s lake house after graduation and amidst a weekend of booze and general debauchery, Arthur is forced to confront his feelings about his best friend.

Great UST in this fic. I loved Arthur's confusion. It rang very true for a teenager being overwhelmed with the realisation that he’s feeling things he didn’t expect, that his body is reacting in ways he doesn’t understand. The author did a great job showing us just how overwhelmed he was without dragging out the denial so far that there was no going back. And I loved the setting of all the boys having a 'last weekend together' before the all head off to college. It really added to the urgency for Arthur figuring things out.

In-Flight Entertainment by magnolia822 Arthur/Merlin, Gwaine [NC-17] (3k)
Inspiring Kink: Role play
Summary: On a transatlantic flight, Gwaine has the good fortune to be seated next to two good-looking blokes. They're perfect strangers. Or are they?

Ahahaha... this is a fun, fun fic. And a clever idea.

The Glade of Delights by emptysock Gwen/Tentacles, mild Gwen/Morgana [NC-17] (2k words)
Warning/Contents: Tentacle bestiality, (highlight other warnings at main post)
Summary: The woods around Camelot, despite King Uther's best efforts, are filled with magical creatures of all kinds, some kinder than others. Written for oteap's Pink Trouble [NWS] for merlin_ficart

TENTACLE LOVERS... THIS FIC!!! Hot damn. Seriously.

The Call of Avalon (take me home) by emptysock Merlin/Arthur [NC-17] (2k)
Warning/Contents: bestiality, knotting, magic healing tongue (so much hotter than it sounds).
Summary: Post-mortem, after Camlann. Take me back to the start.

This is a beautiful story. Gorgeous writing, and so epic in it’s own way... and wonderfully romantic. For as much as this is a very kinky fic (sofuckinghot) i love the confusion of both characters in this, both lost, looking for something and finding each other (at last).

PSA - re: lj-notifications

If you ever do lj-cuts with
"<*div class="ljcut">..."

rather than

"<*lj-cut>...<*/lj-cut>"

You'll want start only using the second as it appears LJ randomly dislikes certain HTML tags and refuses to notify when they're present. (via faithwood)