Rating: PG-13
Pairing/s: Merlin/Arthur
Character/s: Merlin, Arthur
Summary: Merlin watches Arthur taking a bath.
Camelot drabble Prompt 528: bounty
As Arthur climbed into the bath, Merlin, enraptured, gazed upon all that gilded and glorious skin, watching a warrior's muscles dip and flex, reminding him of Greek statues and perfection. Arthur's hair was spun gold in candlelight.
Oh, beauteous Eros, thy flesh entrances,
would that those hands held mine,
thy lips wet and willing under my eager mouth.
Merlin could have waxed lyrical for hours, written a thousand poems to the man who held his heart.
Until Arthur lobbed the soap straight at Merlin's face and Merlin had to remind himself not to strangle the arse.
Poetry was overrated, anyway.