A/N I was watching clips from Eye of the Pheonix on youtube and when I saw Gwaine hug Merlin I just had to do this. Don't worry I am still an Arthur/Merlin shipper I just could resist.

Warnings: Male/Male don't like don't read! Arthur is very OOC in this thing and obviously it's Gwaine/Merlin.

I heard the door creak open and Arthur rolled into the room followed by Gwaine. I couldn't keep the smile off of my face as Gwaine walked over to me.

"Still alive then Merlin." Arthur called as he clapped me on my shoulder and heading to the Fisher king.

Gwaine moved over to me, and with a smile pulled me into a hug. I pulled back and looked him in the eye. "Thank you love, I was starting to think that Arthur would never get that door open." I teased.

"Please, I would never let him fail….especially when your life is on the line." He replied, brushing the back of his hand over my cheek. "I love you Merlin." He murmured sweetly.

"And I you." I replied.

I kissed him then, my arms locking around his neck as his own arms secured themselves around my waist.

We didn't hear Arthur return until he cleared his throat. We pulled apart quickly, and I felt my face flood with heat. "Can we help you princess?" Gwaine asked sweetly.

Arthur glared at him, "Yes you can remove your hands from my servant and leave so we can go home."

"Arthur stop it. Don't take your frustration out on Gwaine. You had a chance and you blew it, if you can't handle that then that's your own problem!" I shouted.

I felt a sting flare across my face when Arthurs hand came in contact with it. "How dare you!" Gwaine shouted lunging for Arthur. I held him back.

"Stop! Don't make it worse, it's not worth it." I sighed forcing Gwaine to look at me. "Let's just go home." I concluded with a kiss.

Gwaine nodded stiffly sending one last glare at Arthur before rolling under the door. I followed him quickly. Gwaine helped me up and we quickly made our way out of the crypt. We mounted our horses just as Arthur emerged.

I saw the anger in Arthur's eyes and spurred my horse forward. I heard Gwaine curse before galloping after me. I felt the tears in my eyes spill over and soon I was riding blind. My horse stumbled and I flew off onto the soft meadow grass below. I threw my kerchief off onto the grass to stop the choking feeling from overtaking me.

I heard a horse skid to a stop and in moments Gwaine was next to me. "Are you alright Merlin?"

I nodded. "I'm not hurt."

I pulled Gwaine closer to me and kissed him. When we broke apart Gwaine brushed his fingers over the bruise that had already formed on my cheek. "I'm sorry I couldn't stop him." Gwaine sighed, his gaze locked with my own.

"It's not your fault. I just don't understand why he can't just let me be happy." I explained the tears from earlier making another appearance.

Gwaine brushed my fallen tears away with his thumbs, "I don't understand it either Merlin." He sighed "All I know is that I love you more than anything else in my life Merlin, and no one is going to keep me away from you."

I kissed him firmly on the mouth, my hands threading through his beautiful hair deepening the kiss. Gwaine's hands ran down my back before slowly moving up my shirt. I moaned into his mouth.

I flopped back onto the grass beneath me and pulled Gwaine with me as our kiss heated up. Gwaine broke away only to leave a trail of kisses down my jaw and neck before coming to rest on my exposed collarbone. I gasped as Gwaine started to use his teeth on my overheated flesh, the feeling going straight to my groin.

( CONTENT REMOVED TO FIT FANFICTION GUIDELINES: The unedited version of this can be found on Ao3 under the same name published by Johnlock _ TheWhipHand)

Gwaine kissed me gently as I came down from my high, His hand brushing my hair out of my face. "I love you Gwaine." I sighed my fingers running through his now mussed hair.

"Not nearly as much as I love you Merlin." He replied as he re-laced my pants.

I pulled him up for another kiss when he was done. We pulled apart slowly. "We should get going, it will be dark soon." I sighed sadly.

Gwaine kissed me once more before standing and offering me his hand. I gladly accepted it and stood. I turned to go back to my horse that had stopped where I was thrown, before I could go far Gwaine pulled me back. "Merlin, may I ask you something?" he asked his eyes glued to my own.

"Of course, you know that you can ask me anything."

Gwaine knelt down on one knee and looked up at me. "Merlin I promise too love you forever, will you marry me?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" I cried with joy. Gwaine stood quickly and kissed me. We broke apart when we heard a horse galloping away as we stared after Arthur's retreating form. "How long has he been there?" I asked pressing against Gwaine, his arms tightening around me.

"I don't think we want to know." He sighed. "Let's go we are going to need to face him sooner or later."

I nodded and we mounted our horses. We shared one last glance before we galloped off to face Arthur.

…

When we reached the castle it was well after dark so Gwaine and I decided to just go to our room for the night and talk to Arthur in the morning. We crawled into our bed and were on the verge of sleep when a loud pounding started on the door. With a sigh Gwaine and I stood and went to let Arthur in.

When the door opened Arthur flew in his face red and contorted with rage. Gwaine shut the door and I found myself sheltered between him and said door. "Say what you came to say Arthur." Gwaine commanded gently.

"You are forbidden to marry! And you are hence forth banished from Camelot." He told Gwaine.

"Never!" I shouted as I lunged at Arthur only to be stopped by Gwaine. "You cannot do this Arthur, I will not let you! If you force Gwaine to leave you banish me as well!"

"No Merlin you have not been dismissed you cannot leave without my permission." He replied coldly.

"I dismiss myself, Do not force me to stay here, I will not survive without Gwaine." I seethed.

"Don't be so dramatic Merlin! You will do as you are told. Now Gwaine am I going to have to call the guards or will you leave quietly?"

"No need to call the guards Arthur I will go quietly if I can have a moment to say goodbye to Merlin."

I gaped at him speechless as Arthur gave his consent. Gwaine placed his hands on the side of my face and forced me to look at him. "I love you Merlin, I will be back for you do not doubt it. I need you to fight for me, don't give up hope." He murmured so Arthur couldn't hear him.

"I don't think I can do this Gwaine, we could be apart for months, I have trouble breathing when I'm not with you, how is this going to work." I whispered harshly my eyes filling with tears.

"Do you remember what I asked you in the meadow?"

"Of course, you asked me to marry you."

"And that is a promise of my love and devotion. I will find a way out of this Merlin you must believe me, I will be back for you I promise. Do you trust me?"

"Yes of course I do." I replied my hands brushing into his hair.

"Then you must fight for us, it will be hard but you must try."

"I will." I replied kissing him.

We deepened our kiss, as our bodies glued themselves together. "Alright that's enough Gwaine leave now or I will have you executed."

"Yes sire." Gwaine said bowing to Arthur before locking eyes with me and leaving.

I felt my heart break and I pushed past Arthur running to the quarters Gaius and I used to share. I looked out of one of the windows just in time to see Gwaine riding away into the darkness.

Gaius held me closely as I cried, "Why is he doing this to me Gaius?" I sobbed.

"I don't know Merlin, I wish I had the power to stop this but I don't and for that I am so terribly sorry." Gaius replied.

I soon cried myself into a fitful sleep.

…

A month had passed and I was still stuck in Camelot and to make matters worse I was so stressed by my imprisonment that I was chronically sick I couldn't keep anything down and sleep just wouldn't come to me.

Arthur worked me till I was on the verge of collapse in some form of sick punishment for loving someone.

"Merlin you must eat, you are even skinnier than you already were and that isn't good Merlin, you are killing yourself." Gaius begged.

I tried to eat but in a matter of minutes I was revisiting what I had just swallowed over the chamber pot. Gaius handed me a rag, and I cleaned myself up. I excused myself and went to my room where I fell face first into my bed, and quickly fell asleep not even bothering to change out of my work clothes.

…

The next morning I woke up to a commotion out in the main room and before I could move to investigate it My door flew open and Arthur stormed into my room "You lazy oaf get up." He shouted before rolling me out of my bed.

I saw red, "You no good son of a bitch don't you dare touch me!" I screamed at him.

"How dare you talk to me this way?" Arthur replied harshly.

"How dare I? I don't know Arthur how would I get the balls to call you such a fitting name! Oh yes I remember you banished the man I love and have imprisoned me here and forced me to work like a dog! You are pathetic!"

I felt Arthur slap me before I stumbled to the side. I lunged at him but never made it to my target as darkness overwhelmed me and I collapsed.