ishipallthings



Recent works

Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark 82

    Tags
    Summary

    'Merlin, my friend. What –?'

    'I need your help hiding a body.'

    Every man in the antechamber froze, the silence thick and breathless. No one so much as moved as they all stared at the threshold, where the door stood ajar only a fraction, blocking them from view.

    Yet it was Lancelot's reply, carried on the edge of a weary sigh, that made disbelief stutter in Arthur's chest.

    'Again?'

    ******

    A fragment of overheard conversation leads Arthur and his knights deep into the Darkling Woods, where the truth about Merlin's magic finally comes out.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    14,549
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    64
    Kudos:
    493
    Bookmarks:
    83
    Hits:
    2,865

    26 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Merlin Emrys, 1500 years old, clinical medical examiner, professional hermit, has finally made peace with the fact that Arthur is gone.
    He has not made peace with this. He has simply gotten very good at pretending.

    When Detective Inspector Arthur Pennington walks into his morgue on a Tuesday, looking exactly the same and remembering absolutely nothing, Merlin's carefully constructed equilibrium lasts approximately forty seconds.

    There is also a murder. Possibly magic. Definitely a conspiracy. But mostly, this is about a man who has been in love for fifteen centuries trying to hold it together in a pub while Arthur Pendragon sits pressed against his leg and has no idea.

    Slow burn. Reincarnation. Heavy on the yearning, light on the sense.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    53,139
    Chapters:
    14/14
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    134
    Kudos:
    410
    Bookmarks:
    111
    Hits:
    7,369

    26 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    It's Thanksgiving at the Nelson homestead, and Foggy's family is suffering under some misapprehensions. Matt doesn't mind.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    2,267
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    116
    Kudos:
    3,064
    Bookmarks:
    333
    Hits:
    18,094

    09 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Matt handles his separation from Foggy after the breakup of Nelson and Murdock a bit less well than he anticipated. As in he doesn't really handle it at all.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    12,123
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    78
    Kudos:
    2,638
    Bookmarks:
    559
    Hits:
    31,535

    09 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    “Hold on,” he says. “I want to hear the weather.”

    “Of course,” Karen says, and Matt can’t really read her tone, but that’s—normal for him, so he just listens as Foggy Nelson, Channel Two’s beloved meteorologist, tells them all about the seven day forecast. He uses four different weather puns and Matt laughs at all of them, catching his breath and sighing when they cut to commercial.

    “Matt?” Karen asks, then, when Matt turns back to her. “What’s the weather going to be like on Wednesday?”

    Matt blinks, trying to remember.

    “Uhm,” he says. “I guess I didn’t catch it.”

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    4,106
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Collections:
    2
    Comments:
    122
    Kudos:
    3,638
    Bookmarks:
    529
    Hits:
    18,569

    09 May 2026