I don't own anything to do with Merlin. Enjoy!
I limp and struggle on, clinging to your shoulder. I'm scared; so, so scared. But I keep going. I carry on for you. You are the one who has saved me all this time, you are the one who kept me strong, so I must stay strong for you in turn.
"We have to make it to the lake" your voice is strained yet determined. But I can't go on. I've made it this far for you and I just can't go on any further. We've made it to a large clearing and your knees buckle underneath you from sheer tiredness and we fall to the ground.
"It's too late... it's too late. Even with all your magic Merlin, you can't save me" I say softly. I know I'm going to die but there are some things that I must say to you first.
"I can! I'm not going to lose you!" you tell me as you struggle under my weight to get up again.
"Just, just, just hold me... please" I feel safer in your arms just like I always have. Now is the time; now I must tell you.
"There's something I want to say"
"You're not going to say goodbye!" you say in shock and again you struggle to try and get up.
"No, Merlin. Everything you have done, I know now. For me, for Camelot, for the kingdom you helped me build."
"You would have done it without me"
I smile a little, amazed at how you could think such a thing after all that you have done for me over the years.
"Maybe. I want to say something I've never said to you before... Thank You"
I smile up at you and a few of your tears drip down onto my face but I don't care. I'm in your arms and that's all that matters. There was something else that I wanted to tell you but I know I have no strength to speak. So, I place my hand on the back of your head and try and pull you towards me. But I don't even have enough strength to do that. I feel myself slipping away. Tears begin to fall down my own cheeks. Not because my life is fading but because I never got to tell you, I never got to show you.
I never got to kiss you.
I never got to tell you that I love you.