Title: 5 Times Merlin Didn't Mean the Smile…
Chapter Title: Leaving Home
Author: Rasei
Summary: Merlin smiles, but sometimes he doesn't mean it. Season One
Prompt: Sometimes Merlin smiles to hide the pain.
He understood his mother's reasons, but still he feels ill as he leaves the home he loves. Even if he was teased for being a bastard, the village was still home.
The walk to Camelot was hard for a simple farm boy. His first night out in the open, he was sure bandits would attack. None did, and he arrived safely.
Even after meeting Gaius, he was scared. After all, he was sent to very castle of the person that started the Purge that wiped out people like him.
Even as he smiles in his new home, he wants to cry. Wanting to go home. For Camelot is not his home. At least not yet.
