"Mask" Gen Merlin (Canon AU)
Heart Of Camelot Song Challenge #11 "Behind Blue Eyes" By The Who
Category: Gen/Canon AU
Characters/Pairings: Merlin
Ratings/Warnings: K+
Mask
Merlin's face was mask as he went about his duties
It was in the quiet times when he saw the faces and heard the voices. They were the people who had died at his hand and the hands of others who had magick. They would invade his mind when he was scrubbing a floor or mucking the horses. Sometimes they would invade his dreams.
He did all that he did for Arthur and Camelot but the price he paid was higher than anyone would ever know. It never showed on his face but deep inside it was there.
He longed to remove the mask and be free but he knew there was much work to be done before that happened.
He just hopped it would come before his mask cracked and he was found out. If it happened at the wrong time he would die. That was a price he wasn't willing to pay.