in this chapter, the people of Camelot will meet their new king.
WARNINGS: restrains, non-con, slight abuse against children.
reference of episode 1x1.
The next day, Merlin woke up confused. Then, he remembered what had happened the night before. He felt ashamed.
He took long breaths and turned on his back. He saw Arthur lying next to him on his elbow, watching him.
"Good Morning, love. How are you feeling?" Merlin nodded "you were fantastic last night" Arthur kissed him.
Mentioning the night before, Merlin lifted his hand to rub his temples, but he stopped when he found himself unable to do it. His wrists were tied up together with a red rope.
Merlin looked up at Arthur questioning.
Arthur said shameless, "last night, you tried to fight back and that meant you don't trust me to take care of you. THIS will force you to put your trust on me… I will take care of you during our week together"
And so he did.
During the following seven days, Arthur did everything for Merlin, since he couldn't use his hands. Arthur feed him; carefully washed him and helped him releasing himself. The last one was the worst for Merlin. It was embarrassing and awful to let someone else seeing him during those private moments. The only thing Arthur didn't do was dressing Merlin, since he wanted his husband naked all the time.
At first, Merlin tried to refuse Arthur's help, but in the passing days, he had to accept it, to ask for it.
Arthur kept making love to him, obviously. It seemed like Arthur, after having done it 'normally' on the bed the first time, wanted to be creative. They did it everywhere in the room and in every position. They christen the dining table, the floor, the window, the furs in front of the fireplace and the bathtub.
However, Arthur's favorite spost was doing it on his desk. More precisely, he loved having Merlin on his lap, riding him up and down, while Arthur read the reports, George left him every morning. As they were doing right now.
They were both naked. Merlin was sitting on his husband lab, facing him and with both legs at both side of Arthur's hips. His bound hands were around Arthur's neck. He was riding him.
"Yes, love. So perfect. Keep fucking yourself on my cock. I know how much you love it. You don't have to hold back… with me, you can be yourself. Come on, faster!" Arthur slap his bottom to emphasize the order.
In the meantime, he sucked Merlin's nipples. The only sounds you could hear in the room were their moans and their fleshes colliding together. Arthur moved his hand lower and touched Merlin's rim, where they were connected together. Merlin screamed at the stimulation and came like a volcano. Arthur lifted him off his lap and made him kneel under the table between his open legs. He took Merlin's hair and guided him toward his penis.
"I want to come in your mouth. Suck me off and swallow my essence until the last drop. Then, keep my cock in your beautiful mouth to maintain it warm while I read these boring reports. If you are good, I'll untied the ropes for a moment during your bath"
Merlin would never pass an opportunity to be without the restrains even if it was just for a few minutes. Therefore, it did as his husband told him. Occasionally, Arthur petted his head and told him how good and amazing he was.
From Arthur's point of view, by taking care of Merlin so well, he was behaving as the perfect husband. Besides, he told Merlin how much he loved him every day.
At the end of the 'honeymoon', Arthur untied Merlin. He kissed and massaged his bruised wrists.
"I wish we could have been in here forever. Nevertheless, we can't. We have a duty toward our subjects." Arthur said regretfully to his husband, "I need to go and train the knights this morning. Why don't you go to see Gaius, the Court Physician, to make sure you are fine after our intense 'activities'? I'll see you at lunch, love" Merlin nodded and stayed still as Arthur leaned forward to kiss him. Then he was out.
Merlin had just a moment for himself, when Daegal came in.
"Good morning, my Lord"
"Daegal, I told you to call me Merlin" he was genuine happy to see his young servant, after he had interacted only with Arthur for the past week.
Daegal smiled "sorry, Merlin"
Satisfied, Merlin asked him, "Could you be so nice to accompany me to the court physician? I have no idea about how to move in this castle"
"It would be a pleasure Merlin. If you want, I can show you around the castle and the city, when you finish with Gaius"
Merlin beamed at him "it'd be great, thank you Daegal"
Exiting the chambers, Merlin tried to ignore the uneasiness he felt by doing something without Arthur.
When they arrived to the Physician's, Merlin told Daegal to come back to get him in about an hour. The servant bowed and went to do his chores.
Merlin entered the room at the top of the stars, looking around. He saw hundreds of colorful potions and thousands of books. It remained the king of his old tower in Draken, where he kept his herbs. He missed it so much.
Suddenly, he heard a loud cracking sound. He looked up and saw an old man falling from the little balcony in the room. Without even thinking about it, Merlin used his magic to move the soft bed in order to catch the man.
Before even getting up from the bed, Gaius started to shout. "What did you just do?"
"Ehm…"
"I know what it was. I just want to know where you learned how to do it"
"No I..."
Gaius turned and looked at his savior. He was shocked and immediately, bowed.
"M…my lord. I deeply apologize for my rudeness. Thank you for saving my life"
"Don't mention it, sir… can I call you Gaius? I'm Merlin"
"Of course you can. I was very surprised before. It had been years since I last saw magic. How did you study it?"
"I've... I've never studied magic or been taught. I was born like this."
"Ah… of course. After all, you are a Dragon Lord… I am sorry about your father… he was a great man. I had the honor to meet him years ago."
"Really?"
"Yes. I was in Drakaria to visit someone very special to me…. but tell me, Merlin… what can I do for you?"
"Just normal check-ups… in the meantime, why don't you tell me about your work? I'm curious"
During the examination, they talked about magic, how it was lost in all the kingdoms but Draken and about Gaius's only magic book. They talked about herbs and science. They confronted each other about their own discoveries and their different herbs.
Merlin promised himself to send a knight to bring back his herbs and books from Draken.
Merlin already liked Gaius. They had so much in common. He knew that the old man was going to make his life in Camelot more endurable.
He offered Gaius to deliver his medicine for him later during his tour of the city.
When the hour was over, too soon in Merlin's opinion, Daegal knocked on the door.
They said their goodbyes and went to deliver the potions, followed by Elyan. Arthur had instructed him to escort and protect his husband no matter the cost. The knight didn't want to know what the king would do to him in case of failure.
About the castle, Daegal showed Merlin the Great Hall; the throne room; the Council Room; the towers; the Queen's Gardens, Merlin could see himself spending time there, reading under the apple tree; and the kitchen.
There, Merlin stopped to chat with the servants. He asked the name of everyone and did little chatting, as asking about his or her family and their routines. When he went to meet the Cook, Gertrude, he found himself in front of a wall of a woman with impassible eyes. He smiled gently and a bit awkwardly to her. She looked at him up and down, studying him. Then, she bowed and turned to write something and returned to her work. Merlin were puzzled but everyone else was smiling relived.
Outside, Merlin asked Daegal what had just happened.
"She adores you, Merlin. It was obvious."
"Obvious?"
"Yeah…. She wrote down on a paper to give you double portions of food in the future. She thinks you are too skinny!"
"Oh… well.. Good. Thanks her for me, later"
As soon as he disappeared behind the corner, the servants ran to tell their colleagues how amazing and beautiful their new king was.
Then, Merlin, Daegal and their silent bodyguard went into the market. Many people stopped to see Merlin.
For them, he was really like a mysterious creature. The light of the sun reflected itself on his skin, as if it couldn't stop kissing him; when he looked at them with those sapphire eyes, it was as if a wave of kindness and serenity invested their hearts.
Seeing him walk among them, kindly talking with everyone who approached him, as if he considered them important and worth his time, was a cure-all for the people. They understood immediately why their king loved him so much and many of them were envying of him for possessing such a treasure. However, they sworn that if they couldn't have him, they will do all they can to help king Arthur keeping him with them in Camelot. Not one else could have their own angel.
Merlin was walking around the market, when he heard a commotion coming from an apples stand. A bearded and big man was slapping two little children in the face. They were about five years old, very thin and dirty.
The king rushed toward them.
"Let them go, IMMEDIATLY!" he commanded.
"Out of my way, boy…" he stopped seeing who it was. "Sire… sire, I'm so sorry" he bowed, keeping hold of the children.
"LET. THEM. GO"
"But, sire… they tried to steal my apples" he turned to slap them again, but was blocked by a blue shining sword pointed on his throat.
"This sword can cut you in half easily as to cut butter. I'm very tolerable, but what I hate above anything else is the violence against children. Therefore, I'm going to repeat myself one last time… LET. THEM GO." Merlin hissed at him.
The people were amazed by the view of their powerful guardian angel.
The man freed the children and they ran to hide behind Merlin's legs. The trader accepted the king's few coins and went.
Merlin kneeled in front of the children. "What's your names, honeys?"
"Gilli and Harry, sire" Gilli, the taller one, answered shyly.
"Where are your parents?"
"In Heaven" Harry whispered sadly
"Where do you live then?" Merlin asked, frowning.
Gilli made a movement with his hand as to indicate around. Merlin nodded and gave them other coins.
"Do not steal again. It's wrong. If you need money… come to me. Ok?"
"Yes, sire… thanks" they ran away from there.
Merlin lifted himself from the ground. Elyan went to him
"Sire… you didn't have that sword on you before. Where was it?"
Merlin smirked. He wasn't so helpless as the knight had thought. He showed him his bracelet with the Emrys symbol on it. He took the sword and once it touched the symbol, it disappeared inside the bracelet.
The knight was shocked and awed.
"Let's go back to the castle. It's almost lunch time. My husband is waiting for me"
While he was walking, Merlin couldn't stop thinking about what he saw before. Children should not live in the streets. He had to do something.
Smiling, he had an idea. It was time to show Arthur that he wasn't just his cute puppet husband. If Arthur wanted an equal partner… that is what he will have.
