#bbc leon

[that-nerd-who-writes-fanfiction]

Leon: I keep a picture of all of us in my wallet. Whenever I face difficulties, I take it out and stare at the picture.

The Knights: Awwww-

Leon: And I tell myself "If I can deal with these dumbasses, then I can deal with anything."

The knights: Oh.

[quotidian-oblivion]

Things Gwaine Would Freak About (Besides Magic):

Lancelot being a cage fighter

Lancelot committing forgery

Merlin helping him commit forgery

GWEN helping him commit forgery

Leon handing the crossbow to Merlin without question and laughing when Merlin spoke of treason

Arthur hiring a farmer to impersonate him so he could participate in the tournament

Arthur breaking the news of what Wilderons are more gently than he did to them to Merlin

[vi-visected]

in my head after the events of camlann merlin returns to camelot and, still riddled with terrible guilt and grief, confesses to leon about everything that had happened and everything he had done, magic and all. and instead of outrage or betrayal or scorn or judgement (or even death, as he had briefly considered) leon shatters him with a deeply apologetic expression and a whispered “my friend… you must have been so afraid, and so tired.” and merlin collapses into heaving sobs against him and doesn’t get back up for a long time.

[lamiascales]

Field trip for the knights (and Merlin)

[daisymintt]

Leon: How does he do that?

Arthur: He's Merlin.

[georgies-ftts]

What? Is? Going? On?

My heart is pumping, racing, hammering, stuttering, palpitating, murmuring- can’t deal with it- kill me-

do something else- move, post something, follow someone-

i’ll cry i swear i’ll do it

[casualbluebirdmentality]

Merlin remake where everyone’s a muppet except Leon

[donttouchtheneednoggle]

Merlin + text posts 2 electric boogaloo

[whamber]

remember to kiss the homies goodnight ❤❤❤

[pyjamacryptid]

Notebook doodle dump; bbc merlin edition

[click on the images for better quality! though that quality is lined notebook paper lol]

[cinnabons-treasure-trove]

Merlin: [eyebrow raised] Gwaine, there's no way Arthur likes me that way.

Gwaine: Merlin my dear lad, he so does! Which is why Lancelot is going to help me prove it.

Merlin: [suspicious] Exactly how are you going to do that? [Looks at a guilty Lancelot then back at Gwaine]

Gwaine: [wink] Get ready boys.

Gwaine turns to see Arthur in a conversation with Leon out on the field when he begins to shout, pointing at Lancelot and Merlin that has Arthur and Leon as well as some other knights turning towards his direction

Gwaine: [gleeful] WOOHOOO! WOW MERLIN I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD IT IN YOU, GET IT TIGER! RWAR! <3

Lancelot: [quickly dips Merlin into a romantic pose, whilst apologising] May I kiss you?

Merlin: [bewildered with his arms around Lancelot's shoulders] Um, I guess? [And he was kissed ever so gently by his friend, unaware of the impending blond doom making its way over to them]

[that-nerd-who-writes-fanfiction]

Arthur: Leon, I need to talk to you about something and I need you to remember that you were my knight before you were Merlin’s.

Leon: okay… what is it?

Arthur: I think I like Merlin. Romantically. I want to court him.

Leon:

Leon: You just figured that out?

[quotidian-oblivion]

How I picture Leon finds out that Merlin has magic:

Merlin was tired.

Not because of the abundance of chores and the fatigue that came from running around after yet another assassin, but because he hadn't used his magic at all for the past month. Yes, even with the presence of the assassin. Gwaine had fortunately been there to knock the guy out and throw him in the dungeons, catching him red-handed.

He had been trying to stay as cautious as possible, which was why he hadn't used magic in such a long time.

But the fact was - Merlin was born with magic. It was as natural as breathing to him. So when he didn't use magic for an extended period of time, he would get tired.

He needed to use magic. Just a small bit.

He would do it in the safety of his room, but he was currently carrying Arthur's armor to his chambers from the training field and it was heavy and he was so so tired and- well, it would only be a small spell.

He put the armor down, checked that no one was around, then held up a palm. His eyes flashed gold and a small fire appeared on top of it.

Just because he had missed his magic, he flashed his eyes gold and made the flame morph into a butterfly. He smiled as it slowly flapped its wings, staying on Merlin's palm.

Then Merlin heard a gasp and he snapped his head to the newcomer.

The thing about knights was that they were trained to be as quiet as possible even in armor. It was required for certain missions as well as hunting. But armor was impossible to be quiet, so Merlin, having spent a significant amount of time with them, had trained himself to automatically hear when they were approaching. And since they were always in their armor anyway, even sleeping in it sometimes, he had relied on that to alert him of anyone crossing the hallway.

After all, anyone else - servants and nobles alike - wouldn't bother quieting their footsteps while walking.

If they did, it would be because of malicious intent so it wouldn't matter if they saw Merlin or not.

But occasionally - very very occassionally - knights walked around without their armor.

That, combined with their light footsteps and silent movements, had caught Merlin unaware.

So when he snapped his head over to look at Leon staring with wide eyes at the butterfly made of flame in his hand, Merlin was surprised. More than that, he was afraid.

The two of them froze, with Leon's gaze on the fire butterfly and Merlin's on Leon, standing rigidly like deers caught in the wild.

Then Leon raised his eyes from the butterfly to Merlin, then back to the butterfly, then back to Merlin again-

Before he spun on his heel and walked the other way whistling jovially like he hadn't seen anything.

Merlin was still frozen like a deer. He didn't move until several minutes later when he did hear armor clinking against each other. That was when he got rid of the butterfly and hefted the armor up, walking back to his room, leaving Arthur's armor in favor of panicking.

~

When Merlin met Leon in the armory that evening, he tried to approach him. Leon, recognizing what Merlin was trying to do, let him, moving into a secluded changing room far from the armory with the other knights and squires and pages.

Leon nodded at Merlin in greeting when Merlin closed the door.

"Leon," Merlin started. "What you saw-"

"That you were shirking Arthur's chores? No worries. I didn't give you away before, I won't do so now."

Merlin blinked. "What?"

Leon sighed. "Look, Merlin. I don't get paid enough, even as a knight. Not with all those missions and calamities that keep getting Arthur into trouble. So I refuse to deal with anything above my paygrade. Even you avoiding chores."

Merlin blinked again.

Leon clapped a hand on his shoulder, and with a smile, left the room.

Merlin looked after the knight, wondering for the first time, exactly how many times the knight had committed or aided or turned a blind eye against treason for him to be this casual about it.

[sirleonatyourservice]

All the knights of the roundtable had a crush on Merlin at one point or another

[achillesuwu]

BE HOLD : old merlin in mordern era and reincarnated Arthur, Gwen and the knight finding him again and witnessing this :

Arthur went from wanting to hug merlin to wanting to facepalm so fast that even the light has a hard time to catch up.

[daisymintt]

Leon: What the heck's going on down there? Merlin killed somebody?

Arthur: No, Merlin didn't kill somebody. You didn't, did you?

Merlin: Of course not.

Arthur: You'd tell us, though. Wouldn't you?

Merlin: [sarcastic] Yes, Arthur, I would tell you if I murdered someone.