Title: Shadowplay
Summary: Stood down from duty on convalescent's leave, secret agent Arthur Pendragon wonders if sheer boredom might just do him in. But when his handler saddles him with a caretaker who is by turns completely inept and strangely brilliant, and invites trouble wherever he goes, Arthur has to concede that death by boredom looks less and less likely. Death by goon squad, high-speed car chase, poison, or fiery explosion, however...
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: NC-17
Chapter word count: ~3,100
Notes: It's done! Big kisses to my brilliant beta venivincere, and thank you so much to everyone who's read and commented along the way! ♥
Previous chapters: Prologue + One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight | Nine | Ten | Eleven | Twelve

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( CHAPTER THIRTEEN )

Title: Shadowplay
Summary: Stood down from duty on convalescent's leave, secret agent Arthur Pendragon wonders if sheer boredom might just do him in. But when his handler saddles him with a caretaker who is by turns completely inept and strangely brilliant, and invites trouble wherever he goes, Arthur has to concede that death by boredom looks less and less likely. Death by goon squad, high-speed car chase, poison, or fiery explosion, however...
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: NC-17
Chapter word count: ~3,100
Notes: venivincere is my fabulous beta and I heart her a million hearts.
Previous chapters: Prologue + One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight | Nine | Ten

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( CHAPTER ELEVEN )

Title: Shadowplay
Summary: Stood down from duty on convalescent's leave, secret agent Arthur Pendragon wonders if sheer boredom might just do him in. But when his handler saddles him with a caretaker who is by turns completely inept and strangely brilliant, and invites trouble wherever he goes, Arthur has to concede that death by boredom looks less and less likely. Death by goon squad, high-speed car chase, poison, or fiery explosion, however...
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: NC-17
Chapter word count: ~4,500
Notes: Everlasting gratitude to venivincere for gracing this fic with her beta skills, and to accordingtomel for passing the porny bits through inspection.
Previous chapters: Prologue + One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight

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( CHAPTER NINE )

Title: Shadowplay
Summary: Stood down from duty on convalescent's leave, secret agent Arthur Pendragon wonders if sheer boredom might just do him in. But when his handler saddles him with a caretaker who is by turns completely inept and strangely brilliant, and invites trouble wherever he goes, Arthur has to concede that death by boredom looks less and less likely. Death by goon squad, high-speed car chase, poison, or fiery explosion, however...
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: NC-17
Chapter word count: ~7,400
Notes: Heaping piles of gratitude to venivincere for her beta work, and to accordingtomel for checking to make sure the porny bits were suitably porny.
Previous chapters: Prologue + One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six

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( CHAPTER SEVEN )

Title: Truth be told
Summary: Louis wishes a lot of things.
Pairing: Harry/Louis
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 571
Notes: Well, I wrote 1D fic. This is my life now. Thank you to accordingtomel for looking this over, and for getting me into 1D in the first place. (And by thank you, I mean curse you, bb. ♥)

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( TRUTH BE TOLD )

Title: Shadowplay
Summary: Stood down from duty on convalescent's leave, secret agent Arthur Pendragon wonders if sheer boredom might just do him in. But when his handler saddles him with a caretaker who is by turns completely inept and strangely brilliant, and invites trouble wherever he goes, Arthur has to concede that death by boredom looks less and less likely. Death by goon squad, high-speed car chase, poison, or fiery explosion, however...
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: NC-17
Chapter word count: ~4,500
Notes: Three cheers for my lovely beta venivincere.
Previous chapters: Prologue + One | Two | Three

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( CHAPTER FOUR )

Title: Shadowplay
Summary: Stood down from duty on convalescent's leave, secret agent Arthur Pendragon wonders if sheer boredom might just do him in. But when his handler saddles him with a caretaker who is by turns completely inept and strangely brilliant, and invites trouble wherever he goes, Arthur has to concede that death by boredom looks less and less likely. Death by goon squad, high-speed car chase, poison, or fiery explosion, however...
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: NC-17
Chapter word count: ~4,500
Notes: venivincere rocks the beta world.
Previous chapters: Prologue + One

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( CHAPTER TWO )

Title: Before the Sun Breaks Another Day
Authors: accordingtomel & adelagia
Summary: Three months after her disappearance, Morgana returns to Camelot with a hidden agenda, but she's not the only one keeping secrets, and a series of unintended revelations forces her, Merlin and Arthur on an intertwined journey of revenge, redemption and love.
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur, Leon/Morgana (elements of Uther/Morgana, Arthur/Gwen)
Rating: NC-17
Spoilers/Warnings: Everything up to and including 2x13
Word Count: 10,547
Total Word Count: 109,724
Disclaimer: Not ours. No money is being made. Please don't sue.
Authors' Note: YAY!!! We're finally finished!! It's almost hard to believe! *squee* We've been working on this for over a year, which a crazy notion in and of itself, but it feels AMAZING to have reached the end, at long last! In an effort to keep this authors' note somewhat coherent, we want to discuss a few of the things we're particularly excited about. For one, the fact that this thing developed so organically. We had this idea in the beginning of where we wanted the fic to go, but as the characters developed and the storylines progressed, we went through massive changes in the story, because our original plan just didn't work any longer. We're both quite pleased with how that all turned out, though, and we feel that this fic was better because we allowed the characters to dictate it instead of the other way around. And obviously, we're both thrilled about Leon's role in this. Originally, we had him playing a very small role, and then somewhere along the line, he became a significant aspect of the fic, which was incredibly exciting. Our only regret about starting this before series 3 began filming was that we couldn't include Gwaine, since he is awesome! Anyway, we also need to send out a most sincere thank you to our wonderful beta/Brit-picker, ravenflight21, for being awesome and for committing to something when she probably had no idea what kind of investment it would involve. (Though in all fairness, neither did we, at the time.) Also, we need to say a HUGE thank you to the amazing people who were reading along as we posted, providing us with encouragement and support and laughing and crying in all the right places. Your feedback was such an immense joy, and we thank you for that!
Previous Chapters: One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight | Nine | Ten | Eleven | Twelve | Thirteen | Fourteen | Fifteen | Sixteen

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MASTER POST

Title: Before the Sun Breaks Another Day
Authors: accordingtomel & adelagia
Summary: Three months after her disappearance, Morgana returns to Camelot with a hidden agenda, but she's not the only one keeping secrets, and a series of unintended revelations forces her, Merlin and Arthur on an intertwined journey of revenge, redemption and love.
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur (elements of Leon/Morgana, Uther/Morgana, Arthur/Gwen)
Rating: PG-13 (eventual NC-17)
Spoilers/Warnings: Everything up to and including 2x13
Word Count: 5,293
Disclaimer: Not ours. No money is being made. Please don't sue.
Authors' Note: A big thank you to ravenflight21 for the beta/Brit-pick, and thanks to everyone reading! We'll be taking a posting break for the next couple of weeks. Happy holidays, everybody!
Previous Chapters: One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight | Nine | Ten | Eleven | Twelve | Thirteen

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN at melting_pot_inc

Title: Before the Sun Breaks Another Day
Authors: accordingtomel & adelagia
Summary: Three months after her disappearance, Morgana returns to Camelot with a hidden agenda, but she's not the only one keeping secrets, and a series of unintended revelations forces her, Merlin and Arthur on an intertwined journey of revenge, redemption and love.
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur (elements of Leon/Morgana, Uther/Morgana, Arthur/Gwen)
Rating: PG-13 (eventual NC-17)
Spoilers/Warnings: Everything up to and including 2x13
Word Count: 5,796
Disclaimer: Not ours. No money is being made. Please don't sue.
Authors' Note: Many thanks once again to ravenflight21 for the beta/Brit-pick.
Previous Chapters: One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight | Nine

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