Title: A Love of My Own
Author: RomaMarufixx
Rating: T
Summary: Merlin and Gwaine are flatmates. When Gwaine starts a relationship, Merlin wonders if he will ever find someone. Modern AU, Slash, Merthur, Merlin/Arthur, Gwaine/Leon, Good!Morgana, Alive!Uther and Alive!Ygraine.
Word count: 888
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the story, characters belong to the BBC.
Gwaine was beyond annoyed. All morning Gwaine had to listen to Merlin, fussing on what to where to see the boss, constantly pacing around the flat. Finally it was time to leave for work, and Gwaine had never been so happy to go to work….well he was now that he had Leon.
They were currently in the lift, Gwaine on his way to the seventh floor, Merlin to the top floor. When the door pinged for the seventh floor Merlin nearly jumped out of his skin. Gwaine laughed at him.
"Good luck Merlin." Gwaine winked at him before walking out of the lift leaving Merlin alone.
A few minutes later the lift pinged for the top floor and Merlin quickly collected himself before walking out and walking over to the dark-skinned woman behind the desk.
"Hello sir how may I help you?" she said smiling up at him.
"Yes, my name is Merlin…Merlin Emrys, I have an appointment." The woman looked through her computer before looking back up at Merlin.
"Yes, you can just go straight in, he's waiting for you."
"Thank you." Merlin walked through the double doors leading into the office and looked around at the office. He saw a blonde man sat at the desk scribbling some notes onto paper.
Merlin stepped closer to the desk and the man looked up. Merlin froze in his spot. It was the man from the club. Apparently the other man recongised him as well, according to the look on his face.
The blonde dropped his pen and leaned back in his recliner chair, grinning at the raven haired man.
"Well…Hello, take a seat."
Merlin slowly made his way over to the chair, never taking his eyes off the man, but trying to avoid eye contact. Once he was seated the blonde spoke.
"So I'm Arthur Pendragon, what's your name."
Arthur Pendragon.
"Merlin, Emrys."
"So Merlin, I hear you want a job, here at Pendragon & Son."
"Yes, I-"
"How about I make you a deal?" the blonde leaned forward. "I'll give you the job if you let me take you out somewhere." Merlin thought about it for a second, he need the job and well, it would nice to go out for once, and not just as a tag along.
"Okay, when and where?" Arthur grinned at him again.
"How about you meet me outside my office at around 7pm tomorrow night." Merlin smiled.
"Okay."
Merlin had gone to the canteen after talking to Arthur and retrieving both a new job and a date. After picking out some vegetarian lasagna he spotted Leon and sat down next to him.
"Hey, Leon."
"Merlin, how are you?" Leon said, slightly confused why Merlin was here and then remembered what Gwaine had told him.
"I'm good, you?" Leon nodded and finished a mouthful of his lasagna.
"Gwaine told me you had to meet with the boss, you were trying to get a job? How did it go?"
Merlin nodded. "It went…good, I got the job." Leon smiled at Merlin and congratulated him, before they both tucked back into their lunches.
Once Merlin had finished his lunch he decided he should go home, inside he was full of nerves and there date wasn't even until tomorrow evening!
The moment he got home he collapsed on the sofa, his head filling of scenarios that could happen tomorrow night, some good, some bad, some ended up with him losing his job before he had even started and the others were…rather sexual.
After a while he must have fallen asleep because when he opened his eyes several hours had gone by. He looked to his left and almost jumped out of his skin when he noticed Gwaine sat next to him.
"Hello, Merlin."
"Christ, Gwaine! You scare me half to death!"
"Aw." Gwaine said, mocking him slightly before his voice turned serious, or at least as serious as Gwaine could get. "How did the job interview go? I know Arthur's a prat so I hope he didn't give you a hard time."
"No, well, kind of…I guess. I got the job!" Merlin said, with a slight smile on his face. "And I also have a date…tomorrow night."
"Congratulations!" Gwaine exclaimed, his hands raised in the air.
"With who, who's the guy taking my Merlin out on a date?"
Merlin rolled his eyes.
"I'm not yours Gwaine." Gwaine chuckled.
"Of course not…Leon is mine…" Gwaine drifted off and Merlin felt it slightly awkward as he knew what Gwaine was thinking. He waited a few minutes until Gwaine snapped out of his trance and focused back on Merlin.
"So who is he?" Merlin looked away and muttered a name.
"What?" Merlin sighed and turned back to Gwaine.
"Arthur." Gwaine's eyes widened.
"The Boss?" Merlin nodded and looked away. "Wow, a date and a job, all received on the same day." Gwaine slapped Merlin on the back and Merlin winced. "Congrats Merlin, although I have to warn you, that Arthur Pendragon, is quite the player."
Merlin scoffed. "What and you're not?"
"I've changed!"
"Leon is good for you."
"Oh yes he is." Once again Merlin was uncomfortable.
"Still he couldn't be as bad as you were."
"I never cheated on you!"
"You almost did." Gwaine slapped Merlin's shoulder and they both laughed.