Arthur woke up and sat up in bed, he had a dreamless sleep and was confused as to where he was. It was still early so the room was dark, making it unrecognisable to the young prince. Then, when he finally realised, he spun around in the bed to check on his love who was still blissfully asleep. The man let out a sigh of relief before getting up and changed as well as carefully laying out Merlin's clothes on the bed.
After a while, the warlock woke up and he yawned before stretching out his arms. Merlin saw the clothes at the end of the bed and smiled when he remembered how he used to do that for Arthur. Merlin got out of bed and got changed before briefly making the bed neat again.
Arthur came into the room with a tray of breakfast which he had got the kitchens to rustle up. "Morning, Merlin, are you doing okay?", Arthur asked.
Merlin smiled, "Yep, you are up early though, aren't you?"
Arthur put the tray down on the table and then put his hands up in mock surrender, "Guilty as charged, wanna' eat this up with me though? It might make me fat if I eat it by myself".
Merlin grinned and laughed before walking over and taking a piece of toast and biting into it, almost choking as he realised that Arthur was wolfing the rest down.
"Might want to hurry! Survival of the fittest right now!", the prince said through a mouthful.
The two... or rather Arthur, finished eating and they sat down talking. Arthur had grabbed Merlin by the waist and pulled him down to sit on his knee, the warlock smiled at the prince and Arthur smiled at him.
"Was yesterday real? Is the baby real?" Arthur asked, he hoped that the previous day had not been a dream.
Merlin chuckled "Yes, Arthur... yesterday was real and our baby is real. We are going to have a baby together and everything is going to be perfect, you are going to be a father" he placed a hand on his stomach.
Arthur grinned like a giddy schoolboy and he placed his hand on Merlin's tummy "My beautiful sweethearts".
Merlin giggled and he kissed Arthur "I love you".
Arthur placed his hand on Merlin's thigh and he kissed the warlock back "I love you too" he whispered.
Merlin cupped Arthur's cheek and their kiss deepened until it boomed with passion and love. They were barely holding themselves back and they were starting to become flustered and they were starting to... desire.
Arthur squeezed Merlin's thigh and the warlock moaned with need, the prince took the opportunity to smooth his other hand up the back if Merlin's tunic and the warlock lazily wrapped his other arm around Arthur's neck.
However, their kissing session was interrupted by the door as a guard hammered down on it. Merlin and Arthur pulled back from each other's lips and they sighed in unison, they had not wanted their passionate moment to end but they both knew who always loved to ruin the mood. Uther. Merlin stood up and he kissed Arthur on the cheek.
Arthur went to answer, his face set in anger. The guard saw Arthur's angry face and flinched, "P-Prince Ar-Arthur! The K-King t-"
However, the guard was cut off before finishing his sentence as Arthur slammed the door shut with a blunt "No".
Merlin smirked before pushing past him and stopping the guard from going away, "I'm sorry. Does the King need me, sir?" he yelled after the guard.
The guard seemed taken back with Merlin's kind attitude and nodded before running away. Merlin was pulled back into the room and the door was once again closed.
"No", was all Arthur said as he locked the door and went to sit back down, key in hand.
Merlin watched before smirking, his eyes gold.
Arthur watched in confusion, not noticing the obvious until the very last second. The door unlocked and flew open without being touched and Merlin made his escape. "I SAID NO!" Arthur boomed as he chased after his love. Uther was in the throne room and couldn't help but smirk as he could hear the commotion from even there. He had to quickly wipe the smile away and frown as the doors opened and Merlin raced inside.
"You called for me, your highness?" Merlin asked.
"Yes, are you able to capture and kill the white dragon that has been terrorising two kingdoms?" other asked but he only wanted one answer.
Merlin knew about every dragon that was still alive and he knew with young dragon Uther was talking about "I am sorry, my lord, but I simply cannot harm any dragon".
Uther glared at the warlock and he snarled "And why is that, filth?"
"Hey! Do not talk to him like that!" Arthur shouted as he stormed towards Uther but Merlin grabbed his arm and he held him back.
"Arthur" Merlin looked at the prince.
Arthur came to stand at Merlin's side and he nodded at Merlin.
Merlin sighed and he looked up at Uther with stubborn eyes "I cannot harm dragons because I am the last Dragonlord, therefore, it is my job to protect and sometimes even care for all dragons. If anyone ever harms one of my dragons, I will ensure that they will regret it and it will be the last thing that they do" he stated calmly and he saw Arthur smirking in the corner of his eye.
Uther shifted uncomfortably and he gulped 'The nerve of him, I should have burnt him at the stake' he thought as he continued to glare at the warlock "Very well, your orders are to stop the dragon from killing again".
Merlin nodded and his eyes flashed gold, he saw what had really been happening to the allied kingdoms and he saw that it had been a humongous bat that was terrifying villagers and not a dragon.
Arthur and Merlin left the throne too when Uther dismissed them, with smiles on their faces and intertwined fingers; they walked out of the palace to make their to Gwen and Lancelot's house, they wanted to tell them about the good news.
Gwen was in the middle of cleaning and Lancelot was cleaning his swords when they heard a knock at the front door. The knight stood up and he casually walked over to the door, he opened it and he smiled when he saw Merlin and Arthur stood there looking visibly nervous.
"Hi, you two. Please come in" Lancelot opened the door wider for the warlock and the prince.
Merlin walked into the house followed by Arthur and Gwen smiled at them as she sat down, Lancelot invited his guests to sit down and then he sat next to his wife. Merlin and Arthur were sat on a bench and they looked at each other before they looked at their friends.
"Are you two alright? You seem really tense." Gwen stated.
"We have something to tell you both" Arthur rubbed the back of his neck. "Do you know where the other guys are?"
"They should be arriving soon" Lancelot answered.
"We need them here as well" Merlin looked at Gwen.
"Is something wrong? What has happened?" Gwen asked.
Arthur was about to say something but there was a knock on the door and Lancelot went to answer it. Gwaine, Percival, Leon and Elyan were laughing as the walked into the house but they stopped when they saw Merlin and Arthur.
"Hey, guys. How are you?" Leon asked.
Merlin nodded as he looked at the knights, he stood up and he sighed "Arthur and I have something to tell all of you".
Arthur stood up and he walked over to stand beside Merlin, he wrapped his arm around the warlocks waist and Merlin smiled at him. The prince then looked at his friends "You will need to sit down for this".
Leon pulled a chair out and he sat at the table, Gwaine and Percival sat on the bench with Elyan and they all looked at Merlin and Arthur.
"I believe that you all know that I have been feeling sick for some time, and you all know that I fainted" Merlin chewed his bottom lip before he spoke again "Guias did some tests and he found out what has been causing me to be sick".
"What is the cause?" Percival asked.
Arthur tried to keep a straight face but it was extremely hard to not grin like a giddy schoolboy "You are not going to believe us when we tell you".
Merlin placed a hand on his tummy before he spoke again "I have been feeling sick for about thirty-three days, it all started a few days after some of you left to find that dragon. I do not know how it has happened but mine and Arthur's dream is coming true".
Arthur and Merlin looked at each other and they smiled before they turned back to face the knights and Gwen "We are having a baby" they announced in unison.
"What?!" Gwaine exclaimed.
"I am four weeks pregnant" Merlin gritted his teeth.
"Aahh!" Gwen yelled happily as she jumped up and hurried over to hug Merlin "I am so happy for the both of you!"
Lancelot grinned and he walked over to hug Arthur "Well done, mate".
Arthur chuckled as be hugged Lancelot and the other knights smiled "Thank you".
Merlin pulled back from hugging Gwen and she went to hug Arthur as Lancelot moved and hugged him.
"Magic rules!" Gwaine cheered.
Merlin laughed as Lancelot pulled away from hugging him and he felt an arm wrap around his shoulders, he looked to the side and he saw Arthur. He wrapped his arms around Arthur's waist and they hugged as all of the knights cheered.
"Merlin and Arthur are going to be fathers!" Leon cheered and everyone cheered "Hooray!"
Arthur kissed Merlin's head and he rubbed his back "You have given me everything that I have ever wanted, I love you so much".
"You have made my dreams come true. I love you more than anything" Merlin closed his eyes and he put his head against Arthur's shoulder.
