#merlin still a cat and snuggled close to arthur’s chest while purring: i might have to reconsider

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merlin accidentally turns himself into a cat au where gaius enlists lancelot to help cover for merlin’s sudden absence while they work on a reversal when merlin can’t actually speak to say the spell and gaius isn’t powerful enough to perform it and somehow merlin ends up becoming arthur’s temporary therapy cat because he took one look into the bright amber eyes of this fuzzy vulnerable little creature and decides he absolutely needs a secret pet and merlin has to suffer in silence as arthur scratches his little chin and goes on and on about how infuriatingly fond he is of his useless but amazingly brave, kind, and funny manservant