Be careful what you wish for.

AU. The last night before Merlin is to leave the druid conclave and step into the position of young King Arthur's court magician, he is compelled to do the druids one last service—assuming the role of the Virgin Bride in the Beltane fertility rite of "The Sacred Marriage." The consequences are much more far-reaching than he ever could have expected.

Project Runway!au, including Gaius!Tim Gunn, Gruff Arthur, and natural fibers-loving Merlin. Also featuring Chris Pine and Zach Quinto because Zach was made to be on PR.

And so it came to pass that, on the third day of the second week of the sixth month of his time in Camelot, Jack Harkness came face to face with the Great Dragon for the first time.

Merlin as the Prince's bride.

By the time he had teamed up with the one that looked like a very young Tristan, and the one that looked like Bedevere, if Bedevere had been a changeling, or, at least, vaguely fey, he still had not found Merlin.

The first thing Merlin Emrys thought when he was born, was "Oh, hell no."