Summary: Love is in the air! But who said there's only one kind of love?
A/N: On prompt from Lya200 who wanted Arthur to meet the beloved duck. It's far from V-day but life's been weird and I apologize for the hiatus. Sadly, I can't promise that updates will get more frequent but hopefully they won't ever stop completely. Thank you everyone for the lovely reviews!
Chapter 49: Valentine's day in Camelot
"Boy! Where's Arthur?" Uncomfortable silence passed after the king's question and Merlin braced himself for being thrown in the stocks because Arthur had asked him to cover up for him again, but then the king muttered something about 'braindead servants' and left him alone.
Some days it paid to be an idiot.
A commotion outside of Arthur's chambers had Merlin exiting with a sigh, ready to stop the next great evil that had come to Camelot. He couldn't remember the last time he'd had a vacation.
Leon and Uther were staring each other down with hands on their swords and with a certain duck standing between them.
Merlin grabbed a fruit roll from a passing servant's tray and raised it in salute. The duck bobbed her head.
She was always willing to help Merlin out but Merlin also knew for a fact that she loved having The King at her back and call. Not that Merlin felt guilty. Everyone knew about Uther's standards and a duck was a certain improvement.
A figure bowled Merlin over, making him drop his roll. That's it. Vacation, here I come.
"Mother!" Arthur cried, pushing both Uther and Leon out of the way.
Merlin picked up his roll and brushed it off. Maybe Camelot wasn't so bad after all.
