Title: Sunshine and Rainbows
Characters/Pairings: Merlin, Arthur
Rating/Warnings: K
Universe: Canon
Word Count: 240
Summary: Response to the ninth drabble: Write something cheerful! No drama, no angst, no character conflict or frightening situations. Choose a sweet moment, a pleasant scenario or a happy ending and put a smile on all of our faces.
Notes: My original reaction to this prompt was 'less than pleased' (y'all know how much I love angst), but then I remembered something that I saw on Tumblr and decided to roll with it. Cheers, everyone.
Arthur's face loomed over him as he lay on the ground and tried to stop the world from spinning. "Gods above, Merlin, I pity the woman who ends up with you."
"Do you, now?" Merlin said tightly, wriggling his fingers to make sure that they were all intact. He couldn't quite feel them — Arthur's last blow to his shield had made his entire arm go numb.
"I have never seen anyone who's so hopeless with a sword. A blind woman would be better than you are — and that's what it's going to take for you to find someone," Arthur continued, watching him with absolutely no pity at all as he struggled to his feet.
"You'd be surprised," snapped Merlin, thinking back to Freya and — and — surely there was someone else? He couldn't really think straight at the moment, and he was sore all over, and Arthur looked like he was about to beat him again.
"Really?" Arthur snorted. "Some poor woman was deluded enough to fall for you? She must've been touched in the head."
"You know," said Merlin, and prepared to flee, "I think you're right. After all," he added, because Arthur's face lit up, "she married you in the end."
A momentary pause, then — "What?" Arthur sputtered, dumbstruck.
"Don't worry, Arthur," Merlin said reassuringly as he dropped his shield and backed away. "I'm sure she'll come to her senses soon."
And then he ran for his life.
"MERLIN!"