author's note: hey guys! well, this is one of the new things i was working on. this is a two shot i believe, one from merlin's point of view and another from arthur's. though, i might just add more as it comes along… we'll see when we get there.

author's note two: this is a multi chaptered story. it will have two chapters.

disclaimer: i do not own merlin. nbc and bbc do. nor am i trying to claim anything by these companies to make merlin mine. I'm writing this purely for entertainment and for those arthurxmerlin fanatics out there who need to have more of this ravishing couple…just like i do.

summary: Set during episode 1.11 "The Labyrinth of Gedref." This is what Arthur and Merlin think after Arthur drinks from the goblet.

episode 1.11 "The Labyrinth of Gedref" of Merlin

Thoughts and Actions

"Hey! Look over there!"

Merlin turned to see what Arthur was pointing at. Meanwhile, Arthur took a goblet, poured all the contents into it, and brought it up to his mouth. Merlin turned around just as Arthur was about to swallow his first sip.

"Arthur, no! We agreed that I would drink it."

"I'm sorry, Merlin, but I can't let you do that."

"Arthur, please, don't drink it. Arthur, listen to me!"

"And I've never done that now have I?"

So Arthur took a swig of what was in the goblet, both water and poison and looked into Merlin's eyes. Merlin looked back, extremely worried about what was going to happen to Arthur now. Going through his head was everything his mother, Gwen, his head, and his heart have been telling him. 'He likes you.' - his mother. 'He did this for you.' - Gwen 'You love him.' - his brain 'He loves you.' - his heart. Then Arthur collapsed, and all Merlin could think about was how he had so many chances to tell Arthur that he loved him, that he adored him, that he basically worshipped everything he did, everything he touched, hell, everything he breathed through those pink, chapped lips that Merlin just loved to stare at and dream about every single waking and sleeping moment. Merlin never told Arthur that he would go to infinity and beyond to do whatever it is Arthur wished of him. And now, all of this was at the forefront of Merlin's mind because Arthur was lying on top of the sand in his chain mail with his dark, glittering, blue eyes closed and his pink lips closed for once, and while he couldn't even begin to even dare to imagine a more beautiful, more breath taking sight than this right here. But this view was tarnished by the fact that the only reason Arthur looked like this was because the Keeper of the Unicorns poisoned the water so now Arthur was going to die.

"Arthur. Arthur! ARTHUR! Arthur. Come on." Merlin turned toward the Keeper of the Unicorns. "You killed him," Merlin said to him with malice.

The Keeper of the Unicorns started to say that he didn't kill him, blah, blah, blah. Merlin had tuned him out in order to hopelessly try to revive Arthur from death. Touching his cheek, looking up and down hid body trying to find something to do to help him, looking into his closed eyes DESPERATELY wishing, praying, and hoping that Arthur wasn't lost to this world and in Avalon where Merlin, personally, thought he belonged.

"Arthur is not dead," the Keeper of the Unicorns said. "It's just a sleeping draught. He will wake up in a few."

The wave of relief that Merlin felt after those words were said was indescribable. Hope was restored within Merlin's being, and with that hope, was a tsunami of love that came crashing over Merlin and swept him away. Merlin kissed Arthur. Full, on the lips, face in between hands, full to the brim of passion. For Merlin's first kiss, he thought it was the most amazing, stupendous, luscious, splendiferous kiss ever in the history of kisses, though, Merlin might have been just a bit biased because he was kissing Prince Arthur Pendragon of Camelot, born to be the greatest, kindest, most just king ever. And Merlin was going to be there every step of the way, supporting his love until the day he died. Merlin pulled back from the most perfect kiss of his life and looked Arthur in the eye, laughing and smiling just because everything was right in his world now that Arthur was awake.

…wait a minute…Arthur was awake?…oh…what is he going to say?

author's note: i hope you guys enjoyed it, or liked it, or something. even if you hate it i'll be okay with that. please leave a review saying as little or as much as you want. also, if you do leave a review, can you tell me if there is something i need to improve or something i need to add or take out? flame me if you want, i've always wanted one just to say i got one. have a good day/afternoon/evening everybody!

author's note two: also, please note that i'm taking some liberties with the dialogue so it's not word for word but more or less what was said and some extra lines thrown in there for good measure. i did that so everything would come across okay and how i wanted it to. please also note that there is a second part to this from arthur's point of view that, when it's posted, you guys will like also, that is if you liked this at all. but yeah. i'm wrapping that up soon so it should be posted soon after i post this one but don't count too much on that. oh! also, this might be more than just a two shot (hence why i said 'this is a two shot i believe'). if it is, i'll be sure to let you know in advance, as in with arthur's perspective and after i see next week's episode. so, until then!

author's note three: due to the wonderful piece of software we microsoft word, all spelling and grammar mistakes have been fixed!