Challenge: Write anywhere from 100-300 words based on the music provided. You can go with a literal interpretation of the song, base your drabble on the overall mood it inspires from your perspective, or just include a few lyrics that resonate with you.
There's no right or wrong way to approach this challenge, as long as you're incorporating the music somehow. -The Heart of Camelot.
Song: "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper
Category: Gen (Canon)
Characters/Pairings: Gwen, Elyan
Rating/Warnings: K+. Set after Elyan returns home in season 3.
Word Count: 187
Disclaimer: I don't own Merlin.
What Sisters Are For
For four years she had waited. For four years she had kept his things ready. For four years she had kept the forge in ready-to-use condition. For four years she had waited, had prayed, had hoped. For four years she had been let down.
When her father died she had been so sure he would come back, that he would return home. But he never did, never sent so much as a letter. By the fourth year she had given up, but a part of her never forgot. A part of her never stopped waiting.
And then there he was, her brother home again. Her brother safe and back where he belonged. The forge began to run in the day and she couldn't help but smile as he worked, doing his best to make up for the years he had been gone.
He was her brother, her first friend, and she knew that no matter what Elyan had done to her, whatever Elyan would do to her, she would always be there for him, waiting to catch him if he fell. After all, that's what sisters are for.