Title: we'll never be as bright as we are now
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: reincarnation!fic; modern-day
Pairings: Arthur/Merlin
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 105
Point of view: third
Prompt: Merlin, Arthur/Merlin, Gold Forever lyrics by The Wanted
Cause we're
Butterflies, butterflies..we were meant to fly,
You and I, you and I..colors in the sky,
We could rule the world someday, somehow but we'll never be as bright as we are now.
We're standing in a light that won't fade,
Tomorrow's coming but this won't change,
Cause some days stay gold forever.
The memory of being here with you,
Is one I'm gonna take my life through,
Cause some days stay gold forever.
He remembers while standing in the rain, watching his forever king walk away (only for a moment, to grab the credit card he forgot with the check, but seeing that back go, and the rain, and it was a thousand years ago today).
"Arthur," he whispers, eyes flaring golden.
Ethan looks back over his shoulder. "Did you say something, Dev?"
"Just hurry," he orders. "I have plans for when we get home."
He might be mad. He probably is. But Ethan-Arthur grins and walks faster towards the restaurant, and Devon-Merlin goes to the car.
"I knew I'd find you again," he says, turning the key.