Beautiful cover made by FangirlLikeYouMeanIt! :D When Uther Pendragon finally tracks down the rogue dragonlord to Ealdor he finds the man with a wife and child. The king feels no guilt when he enters the couple's home, killing both Balinor and Hunith as they try desperately to protect their son. But, instead of having the child meet the same fate Uther decides to keep the young dragonlord as a form of token. A spoil of war. So, once he returns he locks the boy away somewhere deep in Camelot's dungeons. Merlin remains there for years, alone and afraid until one day a young prince finds him.

Everytime Merlin tries to sleep, he is forced to endure harrowing nightmares. What happens when a friend notices how exhausted he's become? [TWO PART SHORT STORY]

Merlin has always been there for Arthur. And the prince starts to realize just how comforting that is. Author note: The chapters are quite short on purpose, since I wanted this to be more of a short story about these two falling in love. I've been rewatching Merlin recently and I just had to do this Edit: Thank you so much for over 1000 reads <3<3<3

COMPLETED. Merlin thought his Soulpoetry, a "two sides" inscription on his sternum, was about his life, trying to hide his magic all the time. Arthur thought that his Soulpoetry, an "of the same coin" scrawl on the base of his fingers, referred to the fact that he led a very dull Pendragon life. Merthur, reveal fic, soulmate au where Soulmates complete each other's Soulpoetries.