Best Merlin Alternate Universe (AU) Fanfics

by SueRose · Arthur/Merlin

Rich nepo boy Arthur Pendragon joins his university's queer club. And pretends to be queer, because he needs to write a paper about queer representation. But.... He has not expected this. This being the leader of the club, namely Merlins Emrys, who does not believe a word he says. Will he be able to

by Trialbyname · Merthur

“𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘳, 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬!” No… he had been in it. “𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵?” He had been in it. He was sure of that. “𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘢, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦.” And he had not been alone. “𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘺�

by reclaiming_erebor · Merthur

“Gwen is dead and to our knowledge, Arthur has no living relations. There is nobody to claim the throne. Not legitimately, at least. That makes Camelot vulnerable to outside attacks from people who want to take the throne. There’s going to be people from within the kingdom fighting amongst themselve

by Shippeoforever · Merthur

Merlin is a brilliant but reserved science student who prefers to fly under the radar and stay in the library rather than participate in university social life. In contrast, Arthur Pendragon is the popular quarterback of the football team, the center of attention across campus, and—in the eyes of th

by SillySpaceRock · Merthur

Merlin hasn’t visited for a while, Kilgharrah decides to visit him.But he needs to go under cover. With cute murther parenting shenanigans, Kigharrah being Merlin’s Uncle and Aithusa being a cutie pie

by ALonerInDisguise · Merthur

Twitter is a confusing place for Arthur. What is Once and Future and why are people yelling at him about it?

by EvocativeOpulence · Merthur

A banquet, a drink, and one (un)fortunate mistake. Merlin awakens in Arthur's bed with little memory of the previous night, but with all of the physical reminders.While pretending it never happened works for Arthur, it's less easy for Merlin as he comes to realize that he is carrying more than just

by maryofmossandmoonmilk · Merthur

In a world in which Arthur told Merlin to leave and never come back after finding out about his magic.A year later Merlin is back and ready to defend Camelot with his magic.....but he's not the same Merlin.

by viridianaln9 · Merthur

The side stories for I Will Not Bow. Any side story goes here.

by dance_in_moonlight · Merthur

Over the winter, Arthur slowly realises he's in love with Merlin - and has to find a way to deal with that next to preparing the yule ball and satisfying his father's expectations.

by DragonTraining101 · Merthur

Merlin attempts to take his own life, but instead sets in motion a series of events the gods did not plan for. The gods are now scrambling to force a new prophecy. Faces from the past and present blur together as Merlin tries to save the world he wanted to leave.

by Memoryloss_yes_again · Merthur

After a hunt goes sideways, in a true Camelot fashion, Merlin gets stuck in a bedroll. Arthur is drowning in feelings he doesn't dare to say out loud. The knights won’t stop asking questions. And somewhere in the middle of all that, Merlin might be immortal. Overall a pretty normal day in Camelot.