Sorry for a bit of a wait! See, first I was going to do a little insert based of the Lodger episode...but that kind of turned into it's own story. So yeah. But I wanted one where Merlin was just a servant, but not a battle scene so it took awhile to find an appropriate quote. Anyway this is from Vampires in (of?) Venice. I hope I didn't sacrifice the credibility of the story just to fit the quotes in there. Basically, for some reason I've decided to completely disrupt the night before Gwen's second wedding. It is a bit stupid that this all supposedly happens the night before and there is no mention of it in the morning. But hey I'm hardly credible.
Anyway this is a two parter...because I like cliffies basically. But before you think I'm actually capable of short updates wait till you see the next part. Goodness.
It was the night before Arthur's wedding to Gwen and he, along with the Knights of the Round Table and Merlin, was having a sort of medieval stag party in his chambers. Everyone was a bit tipsy, even Merlin. This was mostly because Gwaine kept subtly refilling his glass every time the young warlock would look away. The atmosphere was warm and cheery. Everyone was laughing and sharing their stories of the soon to be wed couple. This was causing a great deal of embarrassment for Arthur, but for once he was relaxed enough to just chuckle along with everyone instead of getting truly angry. Gwaine had just made a rather degrading comment about Arthur and Gwen's wedding night when it happened.
Arthur was in the middle of scolding Gwaine when Merlin's voice rang out loud and clear for the king and knights alike to hear "Gwen kissed me once." A great silence fell over the whole room as they stared at Merlin in abject horror. Merlin, oblivious due to alcohol, plowed on saying 'Tell you what though, you're a lucky man. She's a great kisser."
At this point Merlin acknowledged the looming silence. He looked around at the horror struck faces all staring at him. This seemed to sober him up a little. He quickly went over what he had said in his head, wondering if he had said something about his magic. Once he had figured out exactly what the condemning words that had just come out of his mouth were, he paled drastically and developed a sudden inability to look at anyone in the room.
This confirmed to all watching that this was not a drunken falsity but rather a terrible truth. All the knights felt a great deal of pity for Arthur. Arthur had already gone through this once with Lancelot. It was probably like some fiendish nightmare for him that it was happening again, but with his manservant. They were all a bit shocked that the loveable manservant would do something like this when he knew how much it would hurt Arthur. It was very out of character for someone they all knew was overly loyal to the King. That is why most of them believed there was a misunderstanding hidden in those painful words. They could only hope Arthur would be rational enough to hear him out.
Merlin felt the pressure of the eyes in the room looking at him, pleading for some sort of explanation. But the pair he wanted the most to see did not rest on him. Those eyes looked steadily up at the ceiling, unwilling to look at the servant. It was unclear to Merlin whether the King looked up at the ceiling to prevent himself from crying (which horrified Merlin) or because he did not want the manservant to look in his eyes lest he read the emotions that lay in them. Merlin also looked at the kings hands which were trembling. Merlin wondered if it was in grief or if he was suppressing the urge to punch him.
After a while Merlin cleared his throat. "Arthur," he said softly. "Please look at me."
Silence.
"Say something, anything, please."
Still the silence dragged on.
"Let me explain. It's not as it sounds."
Arthur finally snapped. His eyes, blazing with anger, locked on to the ones of his hapless servant. "Not as it sounds, not as it sounds! It sounds Merlin like you kissed my fiancé. Is that or is that not what happened?
"Yes. That is what happened." Merlin paused "Well, if you want to be technical about it she kissed me."
Gwaine slapped his hand to his forehead. And they said he was tactless.
For a moment Arthur's face crumpled and Merlin realized his mistake, internally he cursed the alcohol for loosening his tongue so. "But Arthur, you have to understand it was-"
It was in that moment that the door to Arthur's chamber slammed open and a small group of sorcerers charged in and knocked everyone out with a sleeping spell.
Anyway I'll try to get this out soon.I actually read through it this time before posting it! You should be happy. (I should be doing that all the time...certainly makes it more understandable.)
I have a question for you guys if you'll answer it: Do you think these stories could be read and enjoyed without knowing Doctor Who? I know it wouldn't be as funny...but I'd like to think it would be done well enough to be good regardless...
Also! I would love if you guys gave me some quotes, and not just from Doctor Who. I'd take anything, even quotes from real people. Interaction people! I want it. Have good day!
-Windy of the Defective Social Skills