LackadaisicalWarlock

When Arthur entered his room, he had to stop suddenly both at the sight before him and in order to avoid being knocked over by the broom currently sweeping the floor in front of him. As soon as he entered, though, the broom suddenly dropped to the floor, motionless - along with the armour and polishing rags and clothes being folded in mid air and the table and washing cloth.

And in the middle, stood Merlin, his eyes fading from gold to blue and comically wide, hands outstretched, and mouth dropped open in shock.

Arthur stared at him while the warlock, eyes still widened and panicked, started to stammer, "Ar-Arthur, this-this isn't - it isn't wha-what it looks like!"

Arthur regarded him flatly. "Merlin, what it looks like is magic. You're trying to tell me it isn't magic?"

"Yes! No, I mean-" he started gabbling about something then.

Arthur watched him panic rather spectacularly, torn between facepalming, and bursting into disbelieving laughter. Eventually he settled for sighing in exasperation and pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Merlin," he said calmly, cutting into the other man's rambles. "I already know, remember?"

He watched as Merlin stared at him blankly for a few seconds, mouth still open ridiculously wide and a bewildered expression on his face, before realization seemed to hit him. He grinned sheepishly.

"Oh. Right."

And Arthur did laugh then. Sometimes he really did wonder if this idiot truly was prophesised to be the most powerful warlock ever.


A/N Random li'l one-shot bunny. :P Lackadaisical means careless. It sounded cool, so I thought I'd write something off it. I got the thought in 4x01 when Merlin used magic in clear sight of all those servants and stuff. Careless much, mate? xD

Anywayz. Thoughts would be muchly appreciated. ;) And if I think up of any other li'l slightly-longer-than-a-drabble thingy to write for this, I'll do it; so I'm up for any prompts/ideas. :D Episode 3 soon! Yay~!

Readers for Sacrificial Limits – chapter 7's halfway done. It'll be up soon enough, I think, cuz I have a few days off school to, erm, study. *coughs and looks shiftily at computer* Yes. Anyway. Just thought I'd let you know. (if you care, that is, lol. :P)

~izzy