Unquestioning Trust
"Arthur, I want to ask you a question."
"Well, what is it?"
"When… whenever you find me in one of those awkward positions, and you ask what I'm doing… And I either give you an odd excuse or say 'nothing'—you know those times?"
"Yes, Merlin, I know 'those times'. Why?"
"Do you ever consider that I might be lying?"
Two blond eyebrows drew together.
"…No..."
"Why not?"
"…You're too much of an idiot to be a liar."
"…That's what I thought you'd say."
The warlock ignored the words and focused instead on the heartwarming, undeniable, unquestioning trust behind them.
A/N: Because I have no faith in my ability to be subtle: If you didn't get it, I was trying to say that Arthur trusted Merlin too much to press him for answers he didn't want to give. Did I fail miserably at getting the point across? Well, there was drabble number 2! I think I stole the all-dialouge (sp?) drabble idea from someone... Now who was it?