Merlin/Arthur | Mature | No Archive Warnings Apply | Word Count: 100
Rescue | Angst and Hurt/Comfort | Merlin's Magic Revealed
For @merlinmicrofic with the dialogue prompt "I promised"
Arthur saves Merlin from the pyre
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Arthur cared not for the blistering flesh of his arms, only Merlin blackened and coughing in his lap.
Voices, hooves came.
He covered his mouth.
They died away, leaving just the wind in the leaves.
Arthur’s whispered agonised apologies as Merlin wheezed for air.
“Go back, Arthur,” he pressed out. “You’re supposed to-”
“I don’t care what fate or your dragon has to say! I promised.”
Tears tracked through soot. “…Please.”
Arthur smeared them away. “Merlin… I can't manage without you. We’ll run.”
Merlin laughed brokenly. “And if I can’t run?”
A kiss, all ash and salt. “Need you ask?”
they deserved affectionate moments without one of the two dying me thinks
Next book to be scanned arrived!
4x06 || 5x05
The Wyrm's Garden
sir gawain would do numbers on tumblr
Psalters: Not even once.
She/Her | 31 | Herbal Tea EnthusiastInterested in: hurt/comfort, fairytale retellings and folkloreCurrently down an Arthurian rabbitholeLeMightyWorrier on Ao3
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