WINTER KNIGHTS - ROUND UP #1

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winterknights
Round-Up #1

Thank you to everyone for supporting winterknights again this year! It's been a great start to the fest and we look forward to sharing many more fabulous creations with you over the next couple of weeks.

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ART:

♥ Winter Love [Merlin/Arthur - G]
Merlin loves Arthur, Arthur loves Merlin, and both love Winter.


ART + FIC:

♥ All's Fair in Love and War [Merlin/Arthur - 577w - G]
Arthur enters a snow crafting competition fully expecting to win (because he’s good at everything) but there’s a dark-haired guy with a goofy grin who is much better. An act of jealousy brings Arthur to his senses and he does the honourable thing to make amends.

♥ The winter of my heart [Merlin/Arthur - 500w - G]
Merlin is fed up with grief and loneliness and is determined not to return from his wintery hike up into the mountains. A man he encounters might change his mind, however.


FIC:

♥ The Heart that Made a Family [Gaius/Geoffrey - 2750w - G]
Gaius and Geoffrey have been together for decades, and have long been set in their own wonderful ways. But perhaps it's not entirely unexpected that the festive season brings them more than one surprise?

♥ The Set Up (That Didn't)
[Merlin/Arthur - 9585w - NC-17]
Merlin is desperately looking for a date to his best friend's wedding. Things don't go exactly as planned.

♥ A Snowy Fight [Arthur/Gwen - 1810w - PG-13]
It's been a long winter and Arthur's going stir-crazy in the castle. Merlin and Gwen concoct a plan to get him outside enjoying the snow.

♥ The Best Bad Idea Merlin Ever Had [Merlin/Arthur, past Merlin/Will - 3500w - NC-17]
Merlin should have known that sending a NSFW photo from his work computer was not a good idea...

♥ Defrosting the Snowman [Merlin/Arthur - 6203w - G]
Arthur never expected snowmen to come to life and wave at him in the tiny village he’d moved to. Surprise!

♥ all ye faithful [Merlin/Arthur, Morgana/Leon - 25k - NC-17]
After an eight and a half year absence, Arthur returns to his father’s house for Christmas, determined to find some closure and finally let go of the past. Merlin, as ever, gives him a reason to hold on.

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Please take some time to catch up on anything you might have missed and leave some love for the artists and writers who have contributed. Thank you, and enjoy!

FIC: Holly Jolly (Uther/Leon/Arthur - 1856 - NC-17)

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Title: Holly Jolly
Author/Artist: verdantmoth
Pairing(s): Uther/Leon/Arthur
Prompt: n/a
Word Count/Art Medium: 1856
Rating: Explicit
Contains: none
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes:
Summary Arthur is sitting on an oversize, cushy red and gold chair, dressed only in his ridiculously long Christmas sweater. He’s draped so that his legs rest over one arm, waiting. The lights are twinkling behind him, music wafts from the speakers. Someone has turned it down since Santa’s Workshop is closed now. He can hear the bells of a costume coming down the hallway. An impish grin spreads across his Arthur’s face as he relaxes, as much as he can, between the armrest. This is the scene that greets Leon when he comes around the bend, sweater in his hand and bells still jingling on his ridiculous elf shoes. The striped tights are suddenly tighter than they were five steps ago.
Read it on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16913106