Title: Asking for Permission
Rating: G
Pairing/s: none
Character/s: Merlin, Arthur
Summary: Merlin likes to talk to Arthur. It's just that Arthur never answers back.
Camelot_drabble Prompt: pt 426: Permission
"What do you think? Should I?" Merlin's voice echoed across the lake, the wind carrying it far beyond the realm of men or so he'd like to believe. He didn't expect Arthur to answer, but it was one way to dealing with Arthur's passing, to come to the last place he'd seen Arthur, talk to him, ask him about everything and nothing.
It was his reminder that someday Arthur would return, call him an idiot, tousle Merlin's hair, and give him a longed-for hug.
To give Merlin permission to finally be himself.
"Should I?" Merlin repeated.
There was no reply.
