"Fury wanted to still kill you when I brought you back. All of SHIELD did really. They said you were dangerous, willful, a lost cause. They told me there was no saving you, that there was no way to ever come back from where'd you been. I vouched for you, risked everything for you. I told them you were still human, still worth saving. So, prove me wrong and kill me Natasha."

Merlin had given up on Albion ever happening. But then surprising events began to take place and familiar faces returned, even if they didn't have any memories of Camelot or who they once were but one could only live in hope. A reincarnation fic, except for Merlin because well Merlin had always been around, and far longer than he cared to admit. No slash. Friendship. Some romance.

Set post-305, Arthur sends a reluctant Merlin on a trip. While Camelot appears to survive his absence unharmed, not all is as it seems. Arthur is acting strangely & when Merlin discovers the cause it turns their world upside down & sets father against son