This was a response to a word prompt from the Heart of Camelot: Magnetic
Title: Shades of Grey
Summary: At first it had been her eyes that drew him in... and now it was her evil.
Words: 217
Disclaimer: IDOM
At first it had been her eyes that drew him in—the life, the love, the pure energy within them, mirroring his own, rocking him to his very core.
Now it was her evil, her hatred—an evil that spread so far, a destruction so ambitious that he must use his own to destroy her.
They are like magnets, constantly pushing and pulling, magnetically attracted but magnetically repelled. Their destinies portray them as polar opposites, but that is not the case. Morgana's black is constantly invaded by a white streak of hesitation, a moment of hopelessness, and Merlin's white has long ago been soiled by his unwavering loyalty, for it was that level of devotion, that level of friendship that brought him to evil in the first place. There are a hundred shades of grey between them, just as there are a hundred hardships, a hundred sorrows, a hundred regrets. Between heartbeats, between shouts of rage and death spells, there are also a hundred lost looks, a hundred flashes of desire. But lust and longing have been left behind, trampled by hatred and vengeance, justice and fear.
He faces her, a dagger in hand, eyes burning with murder. She laughs maniacally, and steps off of Arthur, drawing Excaliber from his chest.
Greys collide, and the dance begins.
