Title: Sun

Author: Arisprite

Summary: Merlin does not want to be disturbed from his sunny napping place.

A/N: Another one. Still don't own Merlin or...anything really. I don't even own the computer I'm typing on.

085. Sun

Merlin lay back on the bank of grass, squinting his eyes against the bright sunlight. It was warm out, and he smiled, letting his back muscles relax into the ground. It was rare that Merlin had a chance to just ...be, like this. Arthur was no where to be found, and Merlin was alone.

Footsteps broke his concentration, and he squinted one eye open to see a very familiar pair of boots come closer to the rise he lay on. Merlin's heart sank, and he quickly shut his eyes, pretending to be asleep, to prolong the moments where he could just lie there before Arthur would invariably roll him over with a boot, or toss water over him, and force him to get back to work, and stop being a lazy idiot. His limbs seemed attached to the grass, and he couldn't even fathom moving at this point, so Arthur's coming interruption was very unwelcome, and Merlin was already working himself up to being annoyed and hence annoying on the walk back to Camelot from the woods he was in. But, where was it?

That interruption never came. Instead were the sounds of Arthur sighing, grunting as he too lay on the grass at Merlin's side, and made himself comfortable. Merlin peeked his eyes open, turning his head to see Arthur with his hands behind his head, his eyes closed, and smiling in the sun.

Silence fell for a moment, as Arthur's breathing evened out, and Merlin continued to stare over at him, waiting with dread for the minute that Arthur would drag him up and set him to work. Finally, Arthur opened one eye and met his.

"Relax, Merlin. The sun is warm, and we have no where pressing to be."

Merlin's face split with a grin, and he lay back down, his eye lids glowing red against the sun when he closed them a final time.