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Canon: Luke traps Merlin in the blue crystal cave. Jasra comes to retrieve Merlin, and Merlin escapes.
Every single one of the stories below has-- at the very least-- references to rape.
Nothing False and Possible: Branches from canon. Luke comes back, and he and Merlin negotiate.
They Come Knocking Like Hearts Asking: Branches from canon. Jasra comes for Merlin and does not let him escape. Eventually they reach an understanding.
The Fruit of Your Intents: Branches from "They Come Knocking Like Hearts Asking." Luke comes home before Jasra and Merlin can reach their understanding, and things get much nastier for Merlin. Then things get nasty for Luke. Merlin POV. Explicit.
No Decisions to Master: In continuity with "The Fruit of Your Intents." Takes place midway between when Ghostwheel kidnapped Luke and when Martin came to visit. Totally not plot necessary. 1500 words of Merlin torturing Luke. Luke POV. Explicit.
Garden Our Shadows: Follows "The Fruit of Your Intents." Merlin's POV. WIP. Nothing posted. Possibly abandoned.
Less Than Dust: Follows "The Fruit of Your Intents." Overlaps "Garden Our Shadows." Luke's POV. Contains Martin/Luke.
We Are Where We Began: Follows "Less Than Dust." Heavy angst but a happier outcome than "Your Future Has a History" Luke gets. Luke's POV.
Your Future Has a History: Diverges after "Less Than Dust" and takes place about a year later. Incorporates elements of "Garden Our Shadows." Luke's POV. Probably the darkest outcome for Luke.
Trapped Between the Memory and the Moment: Direct sequel to "Your Future Has a History." Martin POV. Mostly him talking to Coral but a little bit of him interacting with Luke Reynard. Part of the underpinning for this branch is Martin interacting with Coral in the ways that Merlin did in canon, so warnings for the Pattern having made them do it (while she was unconscious) and for the resulting pregnancy.
At the Edge of Centuries: Diverges somewhere around "We Are Where We Began," incorporating some parts of that but not most of it. The branching point is that Ghostwheel says no to the idea of Merlin having more biological children. Set about ten years later. Luke and Merlin find a relative who is under a curse. Part Luke's POV, part Merlin's POV, and part Ghostwheel's POV.
Welcome and Unwelcome Both: In the same continuity with "We Are Where We Began" but set about thirty years later on. Luke talking to his and Merlin's second child. Gen and very short. Probably the fluffiest story in the arc so far. Which doesn't make it fluffy. Luke's POV.
Love Sold, Hope Dead, and Honour Broken: In Merlin's timeline, this is about eight years after the end of "The Fruit of Your Intents." From Dalt's point of view, Rinaldo and Jasra have only been missing a few months. This may end up chaptered, but chapter 1 stands more or less on its own and might fit with either "We Are Where We Began" or "At the Edge of Centuries." Ariyus exists in both continuities and has a similar origin in both. Dalt's POV.
Hold Nothing to Desire: Long PWP from Martin's POV. Martin/Merlin, explicit with lots of kink. Set in the "We Are Where We Began" branch but definitely not plot necessary for that. I'm pretty sure that reading the other stories in that branch isn't necessary for understanding it. Explicit. Possibly complete. Possibly not.
The Pedigree of Honey: M rated. Luke POV relatively early in the branch that leads to "At the Edge of Centuries." Martin/Luke with Martin giving Luke a little comfort and Luke desperate enough to take it. Approximately 6100 words. Stands alone but makes zero sense without the backstory from "The Fruit of Your Intents."
Surprised by the Hard Glass : M rated. Merlin's POV starting a decade or so after "Welcome and Unwelcome Both." Really, really won't make sense without that and the preceding stories in that branch.
Every single one of the stories below has-- at the very least-- references to rape.
Nothing False and Possible: Branches from canon. Luke comes back, and he and Merlin negotiate.
They Come Knocking Like Hearts Asking: Branches from canon. Jasra comes for Merlin and does not let him escape. Eventually they reach an understanding.
The Fruit of Your Intents: Branches from "They Come Knocking Like Hearts Asking." Luke comes home before Jasra and Merlin can reach their understanding, and things get much nastier for Merlin. Then things get nasty for Luke. Merlin POV. Explicit.
No Decisions to Master: In continuity with "The Fruit of Your Intents." Takes place midway between when Ghostwheel kidnapped Luke and when Martin came to visit. Totally not plot necessary. 1500 words of Merlin torturing Luke. Luke POV. Explicit.
Garden Our Shadows: Follows "The Fruit of Your Intents." Merlin's POV. WIP. Nothing posted. Possibly abandoned.
Less Than Dust: Follows "The Fruit of Your Intents." Overlaps "Garden Our Shadows." Luke's POV. Contains Martin/Luke.
We Are Where We Began: Follows "Less Than Dust." Heavy angst but a happier outcome than "Your Future Has a History" Luke gets. Luke's POV.
Your Future Has a History: Diverges after "Less Than Dust" and takes place about a year later. Incorporates elements of "Garden Our Shadows." Luke's POV. Probably the darkest outcome for Luke.
Trapped Between the Memory and the Moment: Direct sequel to "Your Future Has a History." Martin POV. Mostly him talking to Coral but a little bit of him interacting with Luke Reynard. Part of the underpinning for this branch is Martin interacting with Coral in the ways that Merlin did in canon, so warnings for the Pattern having made them do it (while she was unconscious) and for the resulting pregnancy.
At the Edge of Centuries: Diverges somewhere around "We Are Where We Began," incorporating some parts of that but not most of it. The branching point is that Ghostwheel says no to the idea of Merlin having more biological children. Set about ten years later. Luke and Merlin find a relative who is under a curse. Part Luke's POV, part Merlin's POV, and part Ghostwheel's POV.
Welcome and Unwelcome Both: In the same continuity with "We Are Where We Began" but set about thirty years later on. Luke talking to his and Merlin's second child. Gen and very short. Probably the fluffiest story in the arc so far. Which doesn't make it fluffy. Luke's POV.
Love Sold, Hope Dead, and Honour Broken: In Merlin's timeline, this is about eight years after the end of "The Fruit of Your Intents." From Dalt's point of view, Rinaldo and Jasra have only been missing a few months. This may end up chaptered, but chapter 1 stands more or less on its own and might fit with either "We Are Where We Began" or "At the Edge of Centuries." Ariyus exists in both continuities and has a similar origin in both. Dalt's POV.
Hold Nothing to Desire: Long PWP from Martin's POV. Martin/Merlin, explicit with lots of kink. Set in the "We Are Where We Began" branch but definitely not plot necessary for that. I'm pretty sure that reading the other stories in that branch isn't necessary for understanding it. Explicit. Possibly complete. Possibly not.
The Pedigree of Honey: M rated. Luke POV relatively early in the branch that leads to "At the Edge of Centuries." Martin/Luke with Martin giving Luke a little comfort and Luke desperate enough to take it. Approximately 6100 words. Stands alone but makes zero sense without the backstory from "The Fruit of Your Intents."
Surprised by the Hard Glass : M rated. Merlin's POV starting a decade or so after "Welcome and Unwelcome Both." Really, really won't make sense without that and the preceding stories in that branch.
