Stay With Me

by YaoiFreak4Life

Tale after Merlin's finale. One where Merlin awaits for his king to return to him. But what will become of the two when they are finally reunited? Will Arthur remember him? And if so, will the two understand and accept the intense feelings that have been dormant for the last thousand years?

Hey guys just saw the Merlin finale, cried, cried some more, and began to write. So I wanted to write a fic on Arthur's resurrection and Merlin's time while he waited. I'm making this short just to see if it catches on, please review so I can see if its worth pursuing. Hope you all have a safe recovery from the Merthur feels! :)

"Arthur is not just a king.

He is the Once and Future King.

Take heart, for when Albion's need is greatest:

Arthur will rise again" Kilgharrah

A thousand years have passed since Kilgharrah left me with his final words. They have been branded into my memory since our last encounter and I have carried them along with me every step of the way. I have lived a hundred life-times since then. I have watched children grow and pass on, have endured war and peace. I have seen the world change and grow all while I remained.

This was the life I was destined to live and yet I never once imagined it would be mines to venture alone. I had a life once before, back when my friends were more than long forgotten legends of this world; when knights served and protected the people, when Kings and Queens righteously ruled the land, in a land of myth and a time of magic. Camelot had become my home and even when it fell it never lost that title, for I have loved too greatly then to think of it as anything less.

My life has altered significantly since then. I have taken on new identities, have grown to care and love others I have crossed paths with, yet it never detoured me from my destiny. I live a life of secrets, just as I always had, allowing the world to see me at the surface but never to the core. For there is only one that can wholly understand the burdens that lie within, and I have spent my immortal life by his side, passing the same lake I had put him at rest in. I have spent so long waiting, praying each and every day that today would be the day he rise from its depth and greet me with open arms. Not as a master acknowledging his faithful servant, but as a friend yearning for his companion. King Arthur may have been many things to his people, but to me he was simply Arthur, he was my friend and for the last thousand years I have searched and have patiently waited for him to return...

Please review! Thanks and please stay tuned!