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Along a Wandering Wind by Hope (NC-17)
Fandom: MERLIN
Pairing: Merlin/Gwaine
Length: 63,400 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
angstslashhope
Author Website: AO3 author page
Why this must be read:
This post season 3 story is set immediately after Arthur and his new knights take back Camelot from Morgana, Morgause, and Cenred, who leaves his kingdom without a king and vulnerable. Arthur sends Gwaine and Lancelot with his envoy to take over. What follows is Gwaine's journey into foreign territory to keep the peace. While he's away, he and Merlin write and with each letter their romance blooms despite the distance.
What this fic really has going for it is its worldbuilding. This is a post-war Camelot that you can touch. Every OC is a person, and since the story is told from Gwaine's point of view you get to know him and the knights as fully fleshed out soldiers, trying to be better people and make a better world. This story is as much about Gwaine learning to be the knight he wants to be as it is with how to move forward in a changed world. Plus, this has my favorite version of Gareth as Gwaine's squire and a gorgeous reconciliation of magic back into Camelot.
Along a Wandering Wind
Pairing: Merlin/Gwaine
Length: 63,400 words
Author on LJ:
angstslashhopeAuthor Website: AO3 author page
Why this must be read:
This post season 3 story is set immediately after Arthur and his new knights take back Camelot from Morgana, Morgause, and Cenred, who leaves his kingdom without a king and vulnerable. Arthur sends Gwaine and Lancelot with his envoy to take over. What follows is Gwaine's journey into foreign territory to keep the peace. While he's away, he and Merlin write and with each letter their romance blooms despite the distance.
What this fic really has going for it is its worldbuilding. This is a post-war Camelot that you can touch. Every OC is a person, and since the story is told from Gwaine's point of view you get to know him and the knights as fully fleshed out soldiers, trying to be better people and make a better world. This story is as much about Gwaine learning to be the knight he wants to be as it is with how to move forward in a changed world. Plus, this has my favorite version of Gareth as Gwaine's squire and a gorgeous reconciliation of magic back into Camelot.
Along a Wandering Wind
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