The feedback for the Double-Drabble I posted on Sunday wasn't as high as I thought it would be. Weird...
Disclaimer: Plot twist: I AM BBC!
Prompt: From MythologyStar, Geccarenee13, and me: "I'd imagine Merlin would destroy more than half the forest, and then go visit Freya?" Then "You should so continue this one." Then Sequel to "Her Name Was Freya."
Rating: T
Genre: Hurt/Comfort/Post-Romance
Characters: Merlin, Leon
Time Frame: Post "Her Name Was Freya"
Summary: One destroyed forest later, Leon finds Merlin by a lake.
Let's Go On An Adventure
Sitting on the lake shore was Merlin. The forest around him was scorched and ruined.
Leon watched him curiously. Merlin's eyes flashed gold, and a strawberry formed in his hand.
Magic.
However, there was nothing threatening about this display. Leon remembered how Merlin reacted to Arthur's comment.
"I loved someone once," he announced. Merlin startled. Leon found himself beside him. "Before I lost her to magic..."
Merlin noticeably flinched. "I'm sorry."
"Don't be," Leon replied distantly. "She's not dead...just...gone. They never leave you."
Merlin sniffed, so Leon awkwardly threw an arm around him.
I think this wins for going through the most drafts, even more so than "Saviour" and "Failure." I rewrote this from scratch so many times it isn't even funny.
Some things I left out of the final draft are as follows:
-Leon says, "You have magic," to which Merlin replies, "Yeah...What are you going to do about it?"
-A lot more sappy words of comfort.
-The fact that it wasn't until this edition that it was Leon's POV; every version prior to this was Merlin's.
-The spell to create the strawberry was "blóstme eorjgt."
-Merlin drops the strawberry into the water and watches it sink.
-Actual mentions of the girls they loved; Merlin had Freya and Leon had Morgana.
Yeah, in "Her Name Was Freya," I had Gwaine joke that Leon was probably a virgin. Now, I'm an avid shipper of Leogana. When I realized that someone would check in on Merlin, I immediately decided that it would have to be Leon.
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Thank you Seedsiz, MythologyStar, and goodgirl275 for reviewing the last two drabbles.
*rolls the dice* Up next, a surprise...
~Lya200~