I don't own Merlin sadly. It belongs to the BBC.

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Summary: Arthur and Merlin have been together for ten years, married for eight years but in the last year they have become strangers to each other, fed up, Merlin wants to know why Arthur is pushing him away.

Warning: malexmale, mpreg

This story will have four chapters. A chapter a day :D

I apologise in advance for any mistakes I may have made :D

Arthur Pendragon King of Camelot woke up by a gentle tap on the shoulder, opening his eyes he saw his servant Euan stood there.

"Good morning sire."

"Mm, yes... Where is Merlin Euan?"

"Lord Merlin is still sleeping sire."

"Sleeping?"

"Busy night sire, woman in the lower town had a difficult birth; Lord Merlin was up most of the night. He left me a note asking me to wake you instead because of this."

"Thank you Euan, can you just get my breakfast, leave Merlin to sleep."

Euan bowed. "Yes sire."

When left alone Arthur got up and washed and dressed while waiting for his breakfast to arrive, he walked through the side door and sighed when he saw Merlin fast asleep in the middle of the large four poster bed, biting his lip he slowly moved forwards and stood at the side of the bed watching the brunets chest rise and fall.

"Sire?" came a whispered voice.

Arthur turned and saw Euan stood there and with one last look at Merlin he turned and walked away, not seeing Merlin open his eyes and watch him walk away before turning over, a tear rolling down his cheek.

Arthur was in the throne room going over papers while talking with Morgana when Merlin walked in and sat down. "Morning, sorry I slept in."

"No it is understandable Merlin Euan tells me you had a busy night."

"Yes, it was touch and go, nearly lost her but she is fine now, just has to rest and take it easy."

Morgana looked between Arthur and Merlin, and slowly shook her head as she lowered it to read a document. "I will go and see her later." she said.

Merlin smiled, "she will like that, I know she thinks highly of you and really appreciates all those visits and tips with it being her first pregnancy."

Morgana laughed. "Well I loved being pregnant, trying to persuade Leon to get me pregnant again. Sky is nearly three now and she keeps asking for a baby brother or sister."

Merlin laughed. "As she is a daddy's girl and has Leon wrapped around her finger you should get Sky to ask him."

"You know what I think I will have her do that." Morgana smiled.

Merlin looked at Arthur. "How was your night?"

"It was well, slept right through." Arthur signed his name before looking at Merlin. "And you?"

"You know how my night was, excuse me." Merlin said and left the throne room, taking with him the documents he needs to check and sign.

When Merlin turned the corner Morgana lifted her hand up and slapped the back of her brother's head.

"Ow!" he said, lifting his hand to rub the back of his head. "What was that for?"

Morgana looked at Arthur as if he had grew a second head. "You seriously need me to answer that? What was all that 'how was your night?' You knew how his night was."

"What's your point Morgana?"

"My point Arthur is that I talk more to Merlin than you do and you are married to him!"

"We talk Morgana and do things."

"Oh okay, when was the last time you had sex? Shared a bed? Kissed? Groped each other? Anything?"

"I kiss Merlin every day."

"You kiss him on the cheek to say goodnight Arthur! Do you even hold hands?"

"Of course we do, last week I held his hand all day."

"Yes when you were scared that he wasn't going to get better, when you didn't think the potion Gaius gave him would work!"

"I still held his hand."

"Why do I have to have such a stupid and thick brother? Arthur you and Merlin have been together for ten years, married for eight, when did you both last have sex?"

"I am not telling you that!"

"Why?"

"Because you are my sister."

"Your sister who had to stand and watch along with the rest of the kingdom when neither of you could keep your hands off each other."

Arthur sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "A few weeks ago."

"Liar." came a voice.

Both siblings looked up to see Merlin walking over to them. "These have been checked and signed." he said as he placed them on the end of the table. "I am going to do the rounds." he said and turned to leave. "And it hasn't been weeks." he called back. "Try months, thirteen to be precise."

"Do you wank?" Morgana asked when Merlin left.

"What?" Arthur stood up. "You know what I am not even talking to you about this." he said as he started to leave the room.

"You have to talk to someone and it can't be Merlin because how can you talk to him about your sex life when neither of you have one!" she said, shouting the last bit as Arthur continued to walk away, choosing to ignore his sister.

"Morgana!"

Morgana turned to see Leon stood there. "He started it."

Leon laughed and walked over to his wife. "Of course he did."

Morgana sighed and rested her head on her husband's shoulder. "We need to do something, they used to be all over each other and then Arthur went out and fought, got injured spent months recovering and now it is like they are just friends, not married."

"I know love. I ask Arthur why they sleep in separate beds and all he answers with is that Merlin sometimes gets called away and Merlin doesn't like to wake him."

"Funny that because when I ask Merlin he said he didn't share a bed with Arthur while Arthur was recovering in case of catching him and when Arthur got better he never asked Merlin to come back to their bed." Morgana answered.

"What do you want to do love?"

"I want my brother and his husband to be all loved up again. I want to know why he hasn't asked his husband back in his bed again."

"Well while you have a think I am going to go and meet Arthur, we have a few men arriving today wanting to be knights."

"I will walk with you; Joy had her baby in the night I want to see her. I will pick Sky up from Louise on the way she has been on about wanting the baby to come."

"As you all know I am King Arthur Pendragon and even though I am King I don't let it stop me doing what I did when I was Prince, which is spar with you and train you, but I will only be doing that if you pass this test."

"And that test will be?" one man said.

Arthur looked up at the man who interrupted him. "What is your name?"

"Gwaine."

"Then you will learn if you become a knight that you do not interrupt your King."

"Interrupting is when you cut across someone mid-sentence, you had finished talking."

Arthur growled and unsheathed his sword. "Let's begin, Gwaine, you first. If you last a minute in combat with me or beat me within the minute you will become a knight."

Gwaine picked up a sword and went and stood in front of Arthur, both of them stood there waiting and looking at Lancelot who turned the sand timer. "Begin."

Merlin walked into a house in the lower town and smiled when he saw Morgana sitting at the table in there holding a small baby in her arms. "Hey Morgana. She's lovely isn't she."

"She's gorgeous."

Sky ran over to Merlin who picked her up. "Will you and Arfa be having a baby soon?"

"I don't know sweetie, we'll see. Do you like baby?"

"She's small."

Merlin laughed as he placed Sky down. "You were smaller." he said as he walked over to Joy who was sat up in bed. "How are you?"

"Extremely lucky, thanks to your magic."

Merlin smiled. "I have just come to check on you and give you a potion and then Gaius will be by later."

Joy smiled. "Thank you."

Arthur growled low in his throat and chucked his sword into the ground before looking up at Gwaine. "Congratulations, you will be knighted later this afternoon." he turned to face the others. "Who's next?"

Merlin finished his rounds and came to a stop when he saw Arthur on the training field, walking over he saw so many men one side not looking happy and a few men standing to another side looking pleased with themselves, Merlin walked over to those who didn't look happy, shaking each of their hands. "There is nothing to stop each of you coming back and trying again, now you know how you lost you now know what needs to be worked on. I hope to see you all again very soon and try out."

The men shook Merlin's hand and thanked him, and feeling a lot better they slowly walked off the field. Merlin watched them go before walking over to those who were to be knights, shaking their hands and congratulating them. "Congratulations to you all. I know you are only here if you have either beat King Arthur or have lasted in combat with him for a full minute, doing either of that I know we are lucky to have you all as knights protecting this kingdom."

As Merlin reached the end of those to be knighted he stopped when he reached the end and saw a man stood there with a grin on his face. "And you are?"

Merlin smiled. "Lord Merlin, but just Merlin is fine."

Gwaine's smile got bigger. "Lord Merlin." he said, his arms stretched out and lowering himself to bow.

Arthur had just congratulated the last man and turned when he heard his husband laugh, seeing who was making his husband laugh like that he growled and stormed over there.

Merlin laughed. "Stand up there is no need for that."

"There is every need you are a lord."

"Yet you did not bow to me and I am King." Arthur said as his arm went around Merlin's waist, roughly pulling him back to his chest.

Gwaine looked at Arthur's arm before looking up. "You are a possessive one as well aren't you."

"No he isn't." Merlin said as he stepped from Arthur's hold. "Not normally. I haven't seen this side of him since we were dating."

Gwaine nodded. "I am guessing everyone stopped showing an interest in you once they all knew who you were with Lord Merlin." he said and bowing his head to them both, Gwaine left with the others that were soon to be knighted.

When Merlin and Arthur were alone Merlin turned to face his husband. "You haven't so much as touched me as much as you did just then in months and it takes someone showing an interest in me for you to act. How dare you Arthur Pendragon." he said and turned and walked away.

Arthur watched his husband walk away before going over to Leon. "Can you believe Merlin just said that?"

"Yes I can. It is true Arthur, what you just did then is hold Merlin in your arms, when was the last time you did that?"

Arthur opened his mouth to answer before closing it. "I don't remember Leon, all I know is that when I held Merlin just then something inside me woke up, it's like, it feels as though something is missing and holding him just then gave me a clue as to what it is I am missing."

"And you are missing?"

"My husband. I am missing my husband. I have let stubbornness push my husband away and now I could lose him altogether to this Gwaine fellow who has shown more interest in Merlin in thirteen seconds than I have in thirteen months."

"Arthur I just have one question."

"What's that?"

"Why are you telling me all of this?"

"You're right. I shouldn't be telling you."

"Exactly, so who are you going to tell?"

"Morgana. She will know what to do."

Leon watched with a shocked look on his face as Arthur walked away. "Poor Arthur you haven't got a clue my friend."

Arthur walked into his chambers and sighed. Stupid Morgana, she didn't have to hit him. He walked over to his table where he saw parchments that needed signing, rubbing his head as he went he stopped when he heard a noise, looking up he saw the door to Merlin's chambers slightly open.

Walking over to the door Arthur found himself frozen to the spot when he saw his husband pull down his breeches leaving him naked. Merlin raised his arms above his head and stretched before lifting his leg up to step in the bath that was steaming.

Arthur walked forwards and cleared his throat. "Merlin?"

Merlin turned his head and didn't move, one leg in the bath and one leg out. "Yes?"

"Having a bath are you?"

Merlin frowned before sighing. "About to." he answered as he lifted the other leg and let out a soft moan as he sat down and sat back.

"Only ten out of thirty men made it as knights."

Merlin looked over his shoulder. "Don't stand in the doorway." he waited until Arthur picked up a chair and placed it by the bath and sat down before he started talking again. "I spoke to those who didn't make it as knights; hopefully I gave them enough encouragement to return."

"You did, they went to Leon and asked him when they can take the test again, he let me know when I was leaving his and Morgana's chambers."

"What were you doing in there?" Merlin asked as he picked up a wash cloth and started to wash himself.

"Getting hit on the head by my sister, Sky couldn't stop laughing."

"She's lovely bless her; she was asking me earlier on if me and 'Arfa' were going to have babies. I find it hard to do so when my husband won't come near me."

"Merlin I held you this morning."

"Only because someone showed interest in me, you wouldn't have done otherwise."

"I would have done."

"Liar!" Merlin stood straight up so his cock was inches away from Arthur's face. "Yes or no Arthur. Do you find me attractive?"

"Yes."

"Look at me Arthur. Look at all of me before answering."

Arthur looked Merlin up and down and let his eyes stop roaming when he saw his husband's cock which was starting to harden. "Yes I do Merlin."

"Touch me Arthur."

Arthur reached out and gently placed his hand on the brunet's waist.

"Not there Arthur, touch me where I want it the most."

Arthur pulled his hand back and slowly moved it forwards.

Merlin moaned when he felt a ghost of a touch on his cock.

Arthur drew his hand back at the sound of his husband moaning and stood up. "I must get these documents signed. There is to be a celebration when I knight the men, I will escort you in there when the time comes." he said and quickly left, wincing when he heard the hurt in Merlin's voice.

"Damn you Arthur."

Arthur shut the door that separated his and Merlin's chambers and leaned against the door, after a few seconds he undid his breeches and pulled them down so far and started to tug and pull and stroke his cock, closing his eyes and picturing Merlin in his mind as he heard his husbands moans on the other side of the door.

After coming and cleaning himself up he walked over to the documents and started to check them and sign them.

Merlin got out of his bath and opened the door to his chambers and called over a servant.

"Yes Lord Merlin?"

"Can you go and get me some food from the kitchens please for my dinner."

The servant bowed and started to walk away when Merlin called him back. "My lord?"

"I need you to do something else."

Arthur had just finished signing the documents when a knock sounded on his door. "Enter." the door opened and Arthur looked surprised when Merlin walked in carrying some food, he kicked the door shut behind him. "Merlin?"

"Your dinner my lord, might I be so bold in asking if I could join you."

"Merlin what are you doing?"

"I take that as a no then my lord."

"It is a yes Merlin you don't have to ask to join me in having dinner now what are you doing, serving me, you are not a servant."

"No I am not, but seeing as you talk more and laugh more with servants than me I figured I might as well go back to being one to get you to talk to me properly."

Arthur sat and watched as Merlin set the table, once done he watched as his husband got a napkin and leaned over and placed it in his lap, heart in his throat Arthur moved his head forwards and placed his lips on Merlin's.

Merlin pulled away and looked into his husbands eyes. "Arthur?"

"I'm sorry Merlin."

"Sorry for what? Kissing me?"

"No never." Arthur sighed. "We need to talk Merlin, what we have become I hate this I don't want this, I don't want to wake up alone morning after morning, staring at the door wanting you in our bed and not in separate ones."

"Arthur." Merlin breathed as he stepped over Arthur's legs and sat on his lap.

"I do love you Merlin."

"I know. I love you too. We will get through this Arthur."

"You are fine Merlin this is me."

"What do you mean?"

"My pride and stubbornness and fear of losing you has done this."

A knock sounding at the door before opening stopped Merlin from replying. "Look Arthur we are all going to be at this celebration and it's about time you got your head out of your ar- ah Merlin." Morgana smiled. "Sitting on Arthur's lap, I see. My brother finally got sense knocked into him."

"No it wasn't you; it was the hurt in my husband's voice and his actions that did me."

"As long as you start acting like husbands again I am happy, will you both be walking to the knights ceremony later hand in hand?"

Arthur looked at Merlin and smiled. "We will be."

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