Instead of Lancelot, Gwaine shows up and kills the griffin. Not wanting to mess with nobles, he lies about his heritage to avoid getting knighted. Merlin still doesn't see a problem.

In his few thousand years of living, Merlin never thought he would run into Uther Pendragon's child in the woods or that said child would want to live with him. What could go wrong?

Even after peace had come to Camelot, Arthur couldn't shake the feeling that he was missing something - someone - important.

Natasha uses Matt as her replacement date for a light mission.

When Merlin confessed to practicing magic, Arthur thought he meant magic. Not, you know, MAGIC.

Arthur gets drunk and buys a flower shop. Naturally, he expects Merlin to deal with it. Modern AU.

Arthur is turned into a goose, and Merlin tries to catch him and turn him human again before Camelot is destroyed.

After a stray remark from a visiting noble, Arthur has to grapple with the fact that Merlin bears a resemblance to Uther that cannot be ignored.

When he was a child, Hunith abandoned Merlin to the ward of the witchers, who stripped him of his magic. Now, he walks the Path alone, far from drunkards, prattish princes, and other forms of humanity. At least, he tries to.

Natasha attempts to complete a mission. (Part of the Matt & Nat AU)

Merlin running out of time. If they didn't make it to the lake soon, Arthur realized, Merlin was going to die. (Magic reveal, Diamond of the Day AU.)

"Is there any tea on this spaceship?" - After getting a distress beacon from an unknown spacecraft, Merlin picks up three new passengers and immediately regrets it.