Random drabbles not associated with one another, some angsty, some introspective, some fluffy. Some may expand into longer works, but that doesn't mean they're not complete as is.
Worth (Less)
"You could have been killed."
Merlin nods. No surprise at the idea, no fear, just stubborn determination, acceptance. As if that fact had already been considered and deemed irrelevant. Or hadn't been considered at all; had been of so little importance to the calculation as to receive little or no acknowledgement.
His father had once said that Merlin's life was "worth less" than Arthur's, had stated it as if it were natural and immutable fact.
Staring in wonder at the man before him now, Arthur thinks he may have just found the one thing Merlin and his father agreed on.