Where the Pavement Ends

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Fanfiction
Title: Where the Pavement Ends
Author(s): zarah5
Date(s): 08 January 2010
Length: 60,000 words
Genre(s): slash fanfiction, Modern AU, Stripper AU, Business Heir AU
Fandom(s): Merlin
Relationship(s):
External Links: Where the Pavement Ends (author's site)
Where the Pavement Ends (AO3)

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Where the Pavement Ends is a Merlin/Arthur AU by zarah5 (60,000 words).

Summary: A modern day AU that delivers three well-worn tropes (university, strippers, businessmen) for the price of one. Consider this your warning. When Merlin finished his A-levels, financing university by taking his clothes off didn't exactly occur to him.

The story comes with a soundtrack (stripping music, etc.)[1] and some of the music is embedded in the text. In addition to that there are manips, screencaps, other images, fake newspaper articles and a scrollable e-mail exchange that are all part of the story.[2]

Reactions and Reviews

Merlin is a stripper, Arthur is the son of the strip club's owner. This is deliciously angst-free for the scenario and simply wonderful, wonderful development while definitely being great fun. I never wanted it to end.[3]

What’s better than fake husbands? Fake HOLIDAY husbands!!! I think I’ll just leave it at that.[4]

References

  1. ^ zarah5. Where the Pavement Ends, 08 January 2010. (Accessed 30 December 2010)
  2. ^ The formatting of the multimedia aspects is messed up in the AO3 version of the story, better stick to the version on the author's site.
  3. ^ randomisedhabit. recs #gazillion, 22 December 2010. (Accessed 30 December 2010)
  4. ^ "Rec at avalonslibrary, Dec 3, 2014". Archived from the original on 2024-08-20.