Merlin/Arthur recs: "Lemon Meringue" and "Job Orientation"

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Claim: Merlin (BBC), Merlin/Arthur
Prompt: #43, Denial
Title: Lemon Meringue
Author: adelagia
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium (3,300)
Brief summary:Arthur exiles Merlin for his own safety, but even from afar Merlin manages to make his presence felt anyway. The letters that Arthur and Merlin exchange are hilarious and sweet at the same time, as is Arthur's steadfast refusal to acknowledge his feelings for his friend in exile.

OlGx Hxtbnv, the letter read.

Dear Arthur, Arthur translated.

I hope you haven't been alarmed by the things I've sent. I tried to make them recognisable enough so you'd know they were from me and that I'm all right.

Arthur made a note not to tell Merlin, whenever they saw each other next, that nearly all the things he had mysteriously received looked like plain rocks. And the ones that hadn't, Arthur had wadded up in masses of linen and dumped in the lake just in case they were accursed objects meant to destroy him in his sleep.

But I know you don't notice things sometimes, even when they're right in front of you, so I thought I had better write you instead.

Link:LJ

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Claim: Merlin (BBC), Merlin/Arthur
Prompt: #13, Established Relationship
Title: Job Orientation
Author: seperis
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium
Brief summary:In the not so distant future, Merlin builds a tower. That's not suspicious at all. This story starts off in media res, and the situation gradually becomes clear through Merlin and Arthur's banter. The dialogue is spot-on in this, and their relationship rings absolutely true.

Arthur tilts his head back, eyeing the purple stain spreading across the ceiling, mouth curved in a mocking smile. "Good evening, Lord Merlin. How does your search for domestic help--"

"I will turn you into a frog, I swear to God."

"Years ago," Arthur says because he's an utter, utter bastard, "I, too, suffered the indignity of incompetent help. It's a trial, I know, but rank has its burdens-"

Link:LJ