Series: Untitled
Chapter: Prologue
Rating: pg-13
Pairing/s: Future Merlin/Arthur, possible Morgana/Gwen.
Warning/s: Spoilers for episode 1:13, Minor Character Death, Possibly Icky Images, Dark.
Summary: Hurting after the Island of the Blessed, Merlin crawls into his bed, bone-weary and drained, Then, one by one, Camelot starts to sleep, and nobody is waking up, is Merlin's magic causing this, or is it something more sinister.
Before Camelot, I had never hurt a soul, now, I've killed five people in the space of a year, and indirectly caused the deaths of many more.
I've crushed, hacked, blasted with my magic and called Death from the very heavens, and each time, it had felt like someone carving pieces of my soul out with a blunt knife.
I feel like a rusty old sword, battered and brittle, ready to shatter in a light wind, I'm so tired, so very tired and beaten.
My bed is a cold comfort, empty and alone, yet still I don't feel like I deserve it, like it's somehow better than me.
But I'm too tired to stay away, too weary and too selfish, so I crawl in.
I hope I never wake up.