Part 2 of 3 - Just say yes -
Thanks in advance to any reviewers and thanks to everyone who's not put off with my lyric butchering and continuing to read :)
I don't own Merlin or an Ice pick.
This continues on from where the last chapter left off.
How cute would a scene with Gwen and Merlin doing laundry together be? I'm sure they could even make laundry adorkable.
You know it was only after writing this that I considered whether Merlin's the ONLY guy expected to DO laundry in the entire castle...and whether that's lonely.
This was all I wanted, all I want
They string up the clothing together, Merlin holding the basket in his arms as she pulls various things out and hangs them neatly on the line. She's so happy to be out of that little room and it's shadows. The sunlight feels good on her skin and soon she finds herself humming softly. She's folding a tunic over the line when a low hum joins hers. She grins ridiculously at the cotton fabric in front of her, knowing Merlin's standing on the other side. He's so off-key that she can't hold in a giggle. Before she can blink the tunic's pulled back and he's looking at her accusingly.
Gwen bites her lip and tries to look stern, "Problem?" she reaches for another tunic.
"Are you laughing at me?" he asks, looking incredulous. Gwen stays focused on hanging up the washing as she considers her answer.
"That sounds really…paranoid, Merlin," she says, levelly. Her eyes keenly avoiding his.
As she withdraws the last item from the basket he drops it and steps over to her side of the line. "But otherwise completely accurate?" he inquires very calmly.
Gwen's hands drop to her sides as she finishes hanging the very last item of Arthur's laundry; her gaze darts sideways to meet Merlin's.
"Merlin...you're making me nervous."
She ducks under the laundry and starts backing towards the kitchens. Merlin follows, stalking her, his gaze intense. Gwen's eyebrows raise, her hands going up defensively in front of her.
The path is clear
"Whatever you're thinking…don't," she says, warningly. Her steps aren't very certain, because she can't see where she's going, but she's happy to see that spark in his eyes again. Even if it's at her expense.
Her shoe stumbles on the stones at almost the same moment Merlin lunges at her. Reflexes save her and she dodges out of his grasp, he trips on the stones and it's all the advantage she needs to be able to turn and run.
It's all I want
Then they're tearing through the castle, leaping over baskets, chairs, tables, small animals and children, "You're so immature!" she laughs over her shoulder.
It's not a test
"You started it!" he yells back, right on her heels.
nor a trick of the mind
Her feet pound the stairs as she takes them two at a time, not sure exactly where she's heading but she's going there fast. And with a persistent shadow.
It's so simple and you know it is
She has observed the way that Arthur and Morgana's interactions over the last few years have gotten more reserved and while Merlin is hardly her brother she hopes that they get to keep this. There's something free about thinking only of the present. The worries are simple, she just has to keep moving, climb that next step, turn the next corner.
"Ooph!"
The air rushes from her lungs as she hits something solid. She doesn't have time to pull back and see who it is that's caught her because Merlin runs into the back of her and they all go tumbling to the corridor floor.
"Ugh!"
"Ah!" Merlin cries.
"Mmph!" Gwen murmurs, as her face is pressed hard into tunic.
Three guesses who caught Gwen. What? You don't need three guesses? It's completely obvious....well, okay then.
But be honest is the lyric thing getting in the way and being distracting or does it work with the story?
Oh and is it a little too obvious that while I'm Arwen all the way I have recently realized that a triangle (if there has to be one later on that's all 'betrayal and Camelot destroying') would be of greater consequence if it were between Arthur/Gwen/Merlin because Lancelot just isn't a big enough factor in the show, he's so secondary?
Still I would prefer VERY much that there's NO betrayal or cheating (emotional or otherwise) on anyone's part in the show. Isn't it bad enough that we know the inevitable destruction of the OT4 is coming? Why can't Camelot be happy and shiny when Arthur finally gets into power?
I apologize for the OOC of Gwen and Merlin acting like kids, it just happened that way.