Happy Christmas all!

Title: What Child is This
Fandom: Merlin (fusion with ‘Bachelor Mother’)
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin
Categories: angst, AU, Christmas, crossover, family, fluff, kid
Length: Long (~30,000 words)
Warnings: tearjerker

Author on LJ: lamardeuse
Author Website: when the world is puddle-wonderful

Review:
On Merlin’s first day at Pendragon and son, he attempts to stop a burglary, gets forced to be a Christmas elf for his troubles, and finds an abandoned baby. Arthur is mainly a prat about everything, until the baby comes into the picture.

This is the best thing ever written!!! Okay, sorry, I’m just so freaking thrilled about the ‘Bachelor Mother’ part of this. ‘Bachelor Mother’ is one of the best movies of all time, only to be excelled by the remake, ‘Bundle of Joy.’ ‘Bachelor Mother’ is a beautiful black and white with Ginger Rodgers and David Niven. And this story does such a good job of transitioning it to modern times.

I love how this story is about more than just the tale of a baby finding a home; it’s the story of Arthur finally doing what he wants to do with his life. If you’ve seen the movie, you won’t be disappointed by there being too many similarities. This story has the same basic bones as the original movie, but the plot is all original. From discussion of the current economy to Mika, this is a story about now with a capital N. And the ‘now’ lamardeuse writes is just so beautiful.

What Child is This