I don't own Merlin sadly. It belongs to the BBC

This is a birthday story for my friend Forevercullen and I hope she likes it. Happy birthday! :D x This will have seven chapters. A chapter a day.

Summary: Happily married Merlin and Arthur work happily side by side as doctors. They never fight, argue or bicker. Can the happiness continue when one of them gets promoted to being the boss?

Warnings: AU, malexmale.

I apologise in advance for any mistakes I may have made :D


"Promise not to boss me about too much when you get the temporary job?" Merlin asked as he sat down with his tray of food.

"Me? Merlin you will get it. How Gaius is with you, he treats you like his son, you will get it."

"If I do get it and that is the reason then I will pass it onto you as I will be getting it for the wrong reasons."

The rest of the day Merlin spent most of it with Ethan trying to answer questions about the Arthurian legends, he tried to explain that because he shared the name didn't mean he knew every single thing but every time he tried to tell the boy he would ask another question.

At the end of his shift Merlin walked into the doctors changing rooms and lifted his top over his head and sighed, he was glad his shift was over, couldn't wait to get home and just spend the evening in Arthur's arms.

Merlin smiled and leaned back when he felt those pair of arms wrap around him from behind. "Glad to be going home?" Arthur asked.

"Oh yes. Since I came on my bike and you came in the car I will race you home, last one home bottoms."

Arthur laughed and kissed Merlin's lobe. "Deal love." he said and slapping the brunets arse before hurrying from the room.

Merlin, forgetting he had no top on hurried out after Arthur. "That's cheating!" he called out to a laughing Arthur who didn't even slow down.

"Now I know why Arthur calls you sexy."

Merlin turned to see Natalie stood there. "Nat..." looking down Merlin cleared his throat when he saw he didn't have a top on. "Sorry."

"Pleasure is all mine Merlin, believe me." she said, laughing when Merlin blushed a little before walking back into the doctors changing rooms.


Arthur let himself into his and Merlin's place and called out. "Sweetheart?" when he was met with silence he laughed. "Yes I won."

After ten minutes Arthur started to wonder just where Merlin was when his phone rang. "Merlin?"

"Hey Arthur."

"Merlin are you still at the hospital? You must be if you are on your phone."

"No I am not. Arthur are you home?"

"Yes. I won."

Merlin laughed. "Arthur I was on my way home when I remembered something."

"What?"

"We have no lube. Can't have sex without lube."

"Of course we can."

"Not the flavoured one you love so much."

Arthur moaned and rubbed himself over his jeans. "You at the supermarket?"

"Yes. I got some other shopping as well but it is in bags and I am on my bike..."

"I'll be right there." Arthur put his phone back in his pocket and grabbed his keys before heading out of the door.


When Arthur pulled up he got out of the car and saw Merlin stood next to his bike. "Thanks love. Start the race again?" he asked as Arthur picked up the shopping bags.

"Of course."

"Knew you would say that. Don't forget the bag with the lube in love you will need it for your arse as you will be bottom tonight."

"Wha-?" Arthur turned to see Merlin wink before starting his bike and pulling off.

Arthur stood and watched as Merlin drove away. "Every time I fall for this." he sighed as he got in his car and drove home.


Merlin was just walking up to the front door and was about to unlock it when he heard. "Merlin!" Merlin turned to see Arthur hurrying over to him, bags in hand. Laughing he quickly unlocked the door and fell in the door more than walking through it.

"I win."

Arthur dropped the bags just inside the door and grabbed Merlin. "You cheated. Again."

"Like you did at the hospital?"

Arthur and Merlin were wrestling by the door, laughing when the phone ringing stopped them, staying where they were they let the answer machine take it.

"Arthur, Merlin its Gaius. After a lot of thought, and believe me this was not an easy decision, the one who will take my place until the new registrar arrives will be... Arthur. Talk soon lads."

Merlin turned and faced Arthur who looked shocked. "Congratulations, boss."

"Why me?"

"Well why not?" Merlin asked.

"He should have picked you Merlin; he knows you better and is closer to you."

"Arthur I told you I didn't want the job that way. Besides you have been a doctor longer than I. You have more experience; I knew you would get it."

"Nothing changes Merlin."

"Nothing changes Arthur."

"Promise?" Arthur asked as he stood up and helped Merlin up along with him.

"Promise." Merlin smiled. Hugging his husband.


The next morning Merlin woke up and looked over to Arthur still sleeping, leaning over he kissed his lips before climbing out of bed, he walked down the steps and into the living room and slipped on something on the floor and only just managed to stop himself from falling over.

Looking down to see what he had stepped on he saw a pair of his boxer briefs, the ones he was actually wearing the night previous before Arthur had pulled them off him and threw them over his shoulder, not knowing where they had landed. Merlin picked them up and chucked them back up and smiled when they went over the small wall. Arthur ripped them off him and threw them down, let him pick them up.

Merlin was currently standing under the shower; he had just washed his hair and had now lathered his hands in suds and started to run them all over his body. He jumped forward accidently getting some of the shower water in his mouth, spitting it out when he felt a pair of firm hands grab his arse.

"Haven't got any soap on this part." Arthur whispered in his ear.

"I suppose that is you offering to make sure there is some there."

Arthur smirked and ran his hands over Merlin getting his hands soapy before running them all over the brunet's arse making him gasp when a finger slid between the cheeks and fingered his hole.

"Arthur..."

"I know I know, we will be late for work. I say in future we set our alarms earlier so we can have morning sex before worrying how late we are going to be."

"You have to be there early as you are now boss."

Arthur groaned and washed before rinsing himself of suds and Merlin before stepping out of the shower. "You nearly didn't have a husband." Arthur said as he wrapped a towel around him and used another to dry his chest and hair.

"Oh? Why?" Merlin asked as he did the same.

"Your boxer briefs. They were on the floor right near the steps, I nearly fell down them."

Merlin smiled. "Well you would rip them off me and just chuck them anywhere wouldn't you. I didn't slip on them up there why would you?"

"Merlin you know when I first wake up I don't open my eyes for a good minute."

"Perhaps you should in future then."

"I am sure I didn't chuck them in that direction."

"You didn't, you chucked them that far behind you they went over the wall and landed on the living room floor where I slipped on them."

"You- Why did you chuck them back up?"

"Well you chucked them in the first place so you pick them up."

"Merlin come here."

Merlin smirked and edged towards the door. "No."

"Merlin." Arthur warned.

Merlin ran.


Merlin and Arthur had just got to work when they saw Natalie kiss her husband before getting out of the car. "Hey Nat how are you this morning?"

"Good. Robert made me breakfast in bed." she smiled.

Arthur leaned forward and looked at Robert. "Did you do or forget something?" he asked earning a smack on the arm from Natalie.

"No he didn't. It is what some married couples do."

"Really?" Merlin asked. "Only food we have in bed is what we eat off each other."

Robert laughed. "How do you put up with them all day gorgeous?" he asked his wife.

"It takes a lot of patience." she answered. "Plus the hospital is a big place, plenty of places to hide."

"You would hide from your boss?" Arthur asked when he, Merlin and Natalie entered the lift.

Natalie looked at Arthur and laughed. "Don't look at me like that. It's not like you haven't done it before."

"Actually Nat if I remember rightly we were never like that until Arthur taught us."

"Shut up Merlin or else."

"Or else what I am on a warning?" Merlin smirked.

Arthur rolled his eyes and slapped Merlin's arse as the lift doors opened making Merlin stumble out of the doors rather than walk out of them.

"That sounded as though it hurt. If it gets sore Merlin I will give you some lotion for it." Natalie said, trying to hold back a laugh when she saw Arthur freeze in his tracks before turning to face them both, Arthur was so easy to wind up.

"You get lotion no one rubs it on but me." he said before turning to walk away.

"I love how easy he is to wind up!" Natalie said, laughing along with Merlin.


The first two days didn't seem so bad for Arthur, the only thing different he found from his other position is that those under him came to him for an opinion or he would check the patient and ask another to check and to tell him what they thought it was, just like what Gaius did with all of them.

"Natalie can I ask you a question?" Merlin asked his friend a few days later over a drink in the staffroom.

"Depends what kind of question."

"Well whenever I see Robert I have noticed his hair is always spiked up and messy. Does he style it like that or doesn't he bother."

"He used to style it but with me always burying my fingers in his hair he knows there is very little point now." she answered as she took a sip of her tea, "plus he looks sexy like that."

Merlin smiled. "It is what you call sex hair, you should see Arthur's after we have a night of sex."

"Please tell me you are not talking about a certain organ of mine." Arthur said from the doorway after hearing the last part of the conversation.

Natalie put a shocked look on her face. "Oh Arthur, after a night of sex if it limps to one side you need to get that seen to."

"Merlin!"

"We are talking about hair Arthur." he said loud enough for his husband to hear over Natalie's giggles.

"Then why is she giggling like mad?" he asked pointing to Natalie who was just starting to calm down.

"Because you are easy to wind up Arthur." she answered.

Just then Melanie poked her head around the door. "We have got a fifty four year old male just come in, heavy smoker complaining of stomach pains and a violent cough."

Merlin and Natalie stood up.

"Get him into a bed and have him checked over." Arthur said as he left the room.


Merlin and Natalie had got him into a bed and changed just in time as Natalie hurried away, excusing herself.

"I will be back in a moment." Merlin said, placing the chart at the end of the bed before going off to find his friend.

Merlin opened the door to the store room and saw Natalie stood by the window which was wide open. "You alright Nat?"

Natalie turned. "Yeah, I am now, its just that patient, he smells very strongly of smoke."

"I know he does, must be a chain smoker, breathe through your mouth. We get a few of these, good job you don't work in Accident and Emergency, drunks most night smelling of booze and cigarettes."

"Ugh." she said, putting a hand over her mouth and facing the window once more.

Merlin looked closely at his friend. "Stay here for a bit Nat." he said before leaving, closing the door behind him.

"Natalie?"

Natalie turned to see Gwen walk over to her and put her arm across her shoulders. "I was the same when carrying mine and Lancelot's child. Let's get you home."


Merlin was pushing the heavy smoker, Mister Roberts to have a scan when Gwen walked up to him. "Hey Merlin."

"Hey Gwen. Natalie alright?"

"Oh yes."

"Pregnant?"

"Yes."

"I am happy for her; she and Robert will make great parents."


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Chapter Three up tomorrow :D

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