Morgana's pissed and she's not letting Merlin forget it

Merlin? Well he's in a bit of a pickle...

Hell hath no fury am I right? Eh not if you ask Merlin lol

Not Beta'd we're going blind

Enjoy :)


"Don't you think you're overreacting a little too much…?"

"Shut up Merlin!"

When Merlin came to…well let's just say he had mixed feelings.

On one hand he can understand why his vengeful wife would be pissed at him.

On the other…

"You literally have me chained up over a pot of acid…"

Never let it be said that Morgana wasn't creative with her punishments.

At the very least she healed his injuries while he was out cold…

"And I'm still debating whether or not to just dunk you in or keep you guessing for an undisclosed period of time!"

Morgana was definitely not in the mood to entertain any of Merlin's attempts to lighten the situation. He completely disregarded her concerns and just left in the dead of night only to vanish for two days!

"Morgana…"

"You didn't even have the balls to look me in the eye before doing something stupid! No! All I got was a bloody note that couldn't be more vague!" Morgana yelled, taking the crumbled paper from her pocket. "Morgana, something important came up, I'll be back, see you soon." She then threw the note at Merlin's head before bouncing off into the acid below.

"Hmm…well this sucks…"

"I mean…something did come up…"

Morgana's golden eyes tightened the chains causing Merlin to groan. Okay so maybe he should stop being a smartass…but come on was the acid really necessary?

"O-Okay so maybe I fucked up by taking the coward's way out?!" Merlin gritted out.

"You think?"

"I think? I actually know I fucked up!" Merlin really hopes she'll burn out faster than these chains can dice him up!

"You're just so….UGH!" She released her grip and the chains loosened back to their normal strength…yay…

"Morgs please, don't exert yourself too much. Punish me all you want but at least take breaks in between, yes?" Didn't Merlin just say he was going to take this seriously just a moment ago? Good grief…

Morgana returned her glare towards him and was about to send him into the bubbly acid until she actually had to sit down on the bed less she actually feint.

"Well this is embarrassing…" She cursed herself.

Morgana finally sighed as her anger simply turned to mere exhaustion and a bit of hurt.

"Do you have any clue as to how I felt waking up not to my infuriatingly dumb husband…but a piece of paper?"

Merlin tried hard to resolve himself but how can he not feel shame when it seems as though his intentions to keep Morgana safe just ended up hurting her anyway?

"I—"

"If that weren't bad enough, to feel your aura dissipate for two days?"

"I'm—"

"I hate that you made me feel that way Merlin. It felt almost exactly like when Sigan captured you during the war."

"…" Well shit.

"Then you have the gall to just waltz back with that fucking grin as if you didn't just give me the fright of my life!"

"…"

"Nothing to say? No annoying quips? Poorly timed zingers?"

"…I'm sorry for hurting you like this."

"Yeah you are sorry aren't you." Morgana shook her head, taking deep breaths to steady her heart rate back to normal. "For a moment I thought that was it..."

"…?"

"I know you can't truly die, but each time it happens I always get that little annoying pesky thought in the back of my mind that goes 'maybe he actually did it?' because what else am I supposed to think?"

Merlin could see her try hard to keep any tears from escaping her eyes, he wishes he could wipe them away…well he could with magic but he doesn't think it would be appreciated right this second.

"The point is Merlin, death isn't the only way you could be taken away from…from us." Morgana gently touched her stomach, Merlin's gaze turned into a solemn one.

"Morgana, I'm sorry that I hurt you with my lack of forethought."

"Wow, I feel so much better."

"I can't be sorry for not taking you with me."

Morgana's anger returned with a vengeance as she tightened the chains once again.

Merlin groaned but still forced his words out anyway. "L-Look, where I went it…was the smartest move I made…it wasn't something to be taken lightly…!"

Morgana this time lowered Merlin closer to the acid, her emotions only growing more volatile at the sound of his words.

"I won't apologize for that! What do you think would happen to me if you and our children were hurt or worse?!" Merlin could practically taste the acid, just a few more centimeters and he's fried…

Morgana's grip finally dropped as she couldn't keep things up anymore. She collapsed back on the bed. Once the chains and acid dissolved Merlin rubbed his head from the fall and quickly made his way to his wife, feeling her forehead.

"I'll get you some water, oh and food, and perhaps warm up the room? Or maybe—"

"Would you stop already? I'm fine." Morgana shook Merlin's hand off her head and turned her gaze out toward the window.

Merlin sighed, but went to get all that he felt she needed anyway.

When he arrived at the kitchen he decided to ditch the water - that was too pedestrian, too plain, too easy - so he decided to boil some tea with peppermint and ginger.

Food? Hmm that's a bit tricky, Morgana's taste was all over the place. She couldn't even smell rice anymore without puking…

The only miracle was she was even sick of pineapple pizza, small mercies right?

"Hmm…if I were a pregnant witch what would I want to eat?"

Well she's been obsessed with burritos lately, and chocolate…

"Aha! Chocolate Chili Burrito!"

Only one problem.

He doesn't know how to make the fucking thing. Nor does he have the patience to learn.

"Well, I have to get it from someone else than," Merlin's eyes flashed and a paper bag stuffed with two chocolate chili burritos inside from a random Mexican restaurant. "I'm sure they won't notice anything…"

Merlin then turned up the thermostat for the entire house, privately agreeing with Morgana that this perhaps was a decent invention. That settled the temperature, is he missing anything?

"Hmm maybe she could use some extra blankets? Pillows? Oh maybe some wine? No no! She's pregnant!"

Merlin thought about it some more before deciding "Fuck it, I'll just rub her feet if she complains!"

Once he returned to their room with all that he promised, Morgana was still just laying on their bed staring at nothing out the window with a solemn look. She turned towards him when she heard his steps and rolled her eyes.

"I told you I'm fine."

Merlin brought the pillow closer to Morgana's head, quickly pulled the blanket from under her and wrapped it over her.

Morgana slapped away his hands "Stop with all the fussing! I'm still pissed at you!"

"That doesn't mean you can't be both pissed AND comfortable."

Morgana's veins were about to pop until she sniffed the bag Merlin placed on her night table.

"Is that…?"

"Yep."

"..."

"Do you want it or–"

Merlin gulped as he saw Morgana tearing apart the bag and demolishing the burritos as if she never ate before in her life…which was a really really long one…

"I'll take that as a yes…"

This felt more than a mere pregnancy craving however. Morgana must have been so stressed out she neglected to eat, the thought just made Merlin feel worse.

*Burp* Morgana laid out a satisfying one as she washed it all down with the tea before finally looking like she's well…not pissed off?

"If this were the old days Uther would be aghast that you actually burped…so 'unladylike' and demand you hold it in until you combusted…or something. "

Morgana snorted "If this were the old days I'd have skewered him like a fish."

"You'll hear no arguments from me."

"No, I hear nothing from you at all."

"Morgana."

"Tell me why. Why would you just leave me behind?" Morgana looked Merlin in the eye, waiting to hear how he worms his way out of this one.

Merlin sighed, is it really that difficult for her to see why?

"Morgana, you're pregnant."

"No shit."

"Under normal circumstances of course I would have brought you with me but clearly these aren't normal circumstances."

"Hogwash. I'm not made of glass that I can't handle anything all of a sudden!"

Merlin's gaze turned flat as he quirked a brow at his wife. "You quite literally nearly feinted while trying to burn me in acid."

"…"

"Lest you also forget our battle with Cathair?"

"I did more than you in than fight!"

Merlin doesn't point out that of course she did, she had her powers. But he knew Morgana just hated feeling useless, he understood the feeling well.

"Morgana, this pregnancy is making it dangerous for you to do much of anything magically generic wise, let alone for combat purposes."

Morgana gritted her teeth, her hands gripping the blanket tightly.

"Caterina Sforza was pregnant and she took control of Rome for nearly 2 weeks!"

Merlin rolled his eyes "Sforza wasn't a mage."

"She was far longer into her pregnancy than I am now!"

"Still wasn't a mage."

"I don't need magic to be dangerous Merlin, I thought you would have known that already."

"Are you seriously telling me you're going to be sword wielding while pregnant?"

"If an average mortal managed to do it, then so can I."

Merlin sighed "Morgana, I implore you to see where I'm coming from. Since the day we married we've tried…endlessly for you to get pregnant. Each time we think we succeeded only for every one of them to fail in some form or another. And each time it does I keep seeing pieces of you die inside. Now you're asking me to just forget all of that and hope that this time we'll get lucky?"

Morgana bit her lip, well no it's not like she just forgot but…

"This is the furthest we've ever come, why must we overplay our hand? What is the big fuss if I must take on the burden of marching into the unknown alone?"

Morgana turned back to him as she stated strongly "Because we made a vow to each other Merlin. We both swore to always be there for each other. That means marching into hell and back together . We're supposed to be a team remember?"

"…I would never forgive myself if you and our…"

"It's not like I'll be a sitting duck Merlin, if anything it's you I'm more worried about."

Merlin looked confused, she responded "I should be fine if I avoid straining my magic, I just need to stay in top physical form when using my sword. You? Need I remind you that your aura vanished for 2 days? Something clearly managed to get you, what was it?"

Merlin sat at the end of the bed with his legs folded. "Well, I awoke in the dead of night, hearing the Earth's pleas for help that wouldn't not cease. After I left Cyn and I made our way to the Chichen Itza ruins in Mexico where I had felt the disturbance. As I got there, Sigan's residue of dark magic was polluted all over the atmosphere."

"What was he after?"

"Well, the entire pyramid was reduced to rubble, but secret tunnels beneath were revealed and once I entered the inner most chamber I encountered a Tlahuelpuchi."

"A what…? I can't say I'm familiar."

"Essentially, it's someone who was turned into what could be considered a vampire. The Mayan shaman who was responsible for creating it performed a ritual via blood magic on a woman centuries ago to protect the chamber's secrets."

Morgana's face grew bitter, that sounds awful.

"We battled, but…it's as if my magic was, it wasn't necessarily weaker however…"

"What happened?"

"It was like we weren't ugh what's the word I'm looking for?"

"Did it feel like you were lagging?"

"Huh?" Merlin looked at her like she was speaking gibberish.

"You know like how those games kids play nowadays keep falling behind due to lack of serious internet connection?" Morgana really thinks this makes any sense to him…

"…No I don't know. And now I worry that you do."

"Well I've dabbled in a few but I must say I'm more partial to horror games if anything."

"…Right."

"Okay you can continue."

"So glad I have your permission dear wife."

"You're most welcome peasant boy." At least she was smirking again, that's a good sign.

"Like I've never heard that one before."

"To be fair you always said you took pride in being a country bumpkin." Morgana shrugged her shoulders sporting a satisfying smirk.

"Anyway, her bite was poisonous and my strength was sapping. I had to act fast and bind her somehow."

"So her bite is what did you in?"

"Indeed." Merlin looked sheepishly at his lap.

"Why didn't you just destroy her? All this dancing around when you could have just turned her to ash. Even if your magic wasn't in tandem with you, it shouldn't have been hard at all for you to simply combust her."

"I didn't really want to…she was like looking at a mirror. Waiting there for ages on the vain promise of a savior? Sound like anyone to you?"

Morgana turned away, not wanting to answer that.

"Morgana I think these pills are doing more harm than good. Ever since the war my magic just hasn't felt the same. Even more so when I started taking that damn medication."

Morgana sighed, "I know Merlin. This was never the ideal scenario. I'm frustrated that I can't seem to find anything in the old texts to help with the soul. I just can't believe Emrys would be so petty as to sabotage you this way."

"You really think Emrys is doing this?"

"Why not? It's clear he's bitter he isn't in control. He's too wild and unpredictable."

"You sure you're not just letting your own bitterness seep through just now?"

"You're defending him?"

"Morgana up until last century we were one person. So if you don't trust Emrys does that mean you don't trust me?"

"Don't be ridiculous…I just…okay look. Let's be real Merlin, your other half is a wild card. Where you are merciful, he is merciless. Where you are kind, he is cold. Where you embrace your morals he—"

"Doesn't?"

"…He's very rigid. At times whenever he was clearly in control I doubted he had any humanity in him."

"Like I said we're the same person. So if he isn't human than neither am I."

"Merlin…"

"I don't excuse what he did previously. But I'm not going to shit on him either. I think you forget that I wasn't the only one who had a rough century. Emrys is proud, too proud to admit Sigan affected him as well. While we may have been affected differently to each other, Emrys has his flaws but that doesn't mean he would just intentionally sabotage not just me but himself as well."

"Merlin—"

"I must confess that I'm nearing the point of simply accepting that Emrys and I may never truly be one again, and if that's the case I don't know if continuing this medication is worth it…"

"Merlin, unless Emrys suddenly stops his pursuit of global genocide…please."

"Morgana—"

"He needs to know that that path he's trying so hard to march you towards will only end in misery. And the easiest way to do that is simply to mend the fissure in your soul."

"Great. What's your progress?"

Morgana closed her mouth, and looked angrily at her lap. "I still haven't found a workable solution…most of the books that could have held the answers have been either lost to time or destroyed by endless witch hunts."

Merlin sighed. "If by year's end you can't find a solution…I'm going to stop taking this medication."

"What? But Merlin—!"

"Love, I only did it for your sake. For the sake of Aithusa, Cyn, the hatchlings. For our most precious family. But if this medication is a detriment to me long term…I must be at top form when we inevitably face Sigan."

Merlin's stare was one of resolve "I'm not budging on that."

Morgana couldn't blame him; she feels like a failure. She promised him she would find a solution and she still hasn't.

Merlin grasped her shoulder with a kind smile "None of that now, I still have faith that you can pull through but I think I'll be okay when it's all done with Morgs. Truly I do."

Morgana sighed as she held his hand and nodded.

Still while Merlin truly doesn't believe Emrys would sabotage them out of pettiness…it's not his style. He feels like Emrys would probably know what was going on with their magic.

Of course he can't just ask because of the damn pills…

Hopefully either Morgana finds a way to cure his spirit. Otherwise well, he'll just have to accept that he and Emrys will be at a constant push and pull for the rest of eternity…

Merlin shook his head and continued with his recollection of his battle. "So anyway, the ring you gave me helped me end the fight. It was made of material that was the Tlaxcala's weakness and with it I bound her in chains of gold."

Morgana looked toward her own ring that Merlin gave her in Venice, smiling at the thought that in a way she did help. "Guess you aren't the only one who knows how to pick jewelry"

Merlin scoffed "I don't know at all; I just find what looks shiny and give it to you."

"I'm really feeling the love here."

"I love you too dear."

"Continue."

"Heh, using the power of time I reviewed the history of the place. It seemed like the Mayans were very fascinated with the cosmos and felt that the upcoming Conjunction was the grandest event in the history of the world."

"Incredible, to think there's still so many secrets to life that we've yet to discover." Morgana really berated herself for not having advanced her studies more throughout the years, but what can you do?

"What stuck out to me however was that they believed that during the alignment of the worlds is when 'Lessen the distance between man and gods' whatever that means…"

"That's vague."

"Tell me about it."

"So Sigan was there to learn about the conjunction?"

"I saw him in my review. Whatever he's planning involves the alignment."

Morgana thought it over, given the pieces they have before them all they can gather is Sigan is very interested in the Conjunction. But for what exactly? They still don't know.

"Merlin…that phrase 'Lessen the distance between man and gods'… you don't think Sigan is trying to become a God himself?"

Merlin took a deep breath "It wouldn't surprise me. It matches with what he wants, to rule over all. To be the one on top."

"But even so how? How can the Conjunction just make him a god?"

"Your guess is as good as mine."

"In other words, we have nothing than. We'll have to take the initiative and do our own homework."

"I'll send some of the Dragons scouring the globe to see if they can find any knowledge on the alignment and investigate them when they report back to me."

"Merlin."

Merlin looked her in the eye "Morgana are you sure absolutely sure about this?"

She grasped his hands "We're in this together remember? To the end."

Merlin caught his breath and blinked back some tears before kissing her passionately, remembering to be careful with her bump.

When he pulled back, he was elated to see her smile once again. "Does this mean I'm out of the dog house?"

Morgana laughed before gently pushing him aside and standing up "Hell no. You're not forgiven quite yet my dear."

"Oh come on!"

"Well, if you want to be able to sleep here tonight…there is something you can do for me?"

Merlin looked at her with suspicion…he didn't trust that look. It meant he was about to do something he wouldn't like.

"I'm scared to ask…"

"Well I'm glad you did."

"I didn't."

"Hush."

"Why?"

"You want to be forgiven, don't you? Well, this is how I forgive you."


Merlin groaned as he banged his head on the table. "Why can't you just make me do Heracles' twelve labors instead?!"

"Oh for god's sake Merlin we're just going to do a try not to laugh video."

"Yeah, I'd rather fight the 100 headed snake thing protecting the Golden Apples."

Morgana rolled her eyes as she positions her phone and camera at the kitchen table and took her position besides Merlin.

"Hey guys! Welcome back to another video! Let me just say by the way, being pregnant sucks!"

Merlin snorted and turned his gaze away from the camera.

"But you know what doesn't suck? A try not to laugh! Thanks to all you guys for sending this to my DM's and let's get started." Morgana pinched Merlin's leg who stiffens a groan and forced himself back to her laptop screen to watch the stupid clips.

"Wow the dad's a jerk ain't he Billy?

"Sure."

Merlin found none of these things funny. It all seemed like they were planned ahead. He nearly smiled at a clip of a boy on a trampoline and hitting his brother who hid beneath…like duh of course that would happen.

"I'm so proud of us, we haven't laughed once!" Morgana looked at her chat to see the responses.

"So what, if you laugh you lose?"

"Well yes, hence 'try not to laugh' Billy."

"…Where in bloody hell do you even find these things?"

"Oh Billy, living under a rock as usual."

Merlin rolled his eyes and turned back toward the screen, somewhat curious if any of the stupid crap he's viewing can even make him chuckle.

"Honestly guys don't even bother, Billy hardly even knows what Tik Tok is."

Well that got them all buzzing…

"Haha look Billy they think you're some kind of alien."

"Nope. Just a very old wizard."

Morgana pinched his leg, he snorted.

"Well guys we did it we won—"

She was interrupted by Merlin suddenly holding his stomach laughing his arse off…

Morgana was so confused that she rewinded the video to see what could have actually made Merlin…stubborn as hell Merlin laugh…

"Are fucking kidding me?! This is what did it?!"

The clip was a newly wedded couple saying their vows…then the bride being pushed onto the lake underneath with the priest. Compliments of the groom's best man tripping while giving him the ring.

"I just…she looks like you! It's got to be a sign of things to come hahahaha!" Merlin had tears and everything, face red like a tomato, Morgana's was red also…but not for laughter.

She's maybe rethinking having their renewal by a beach…or at the very least not he stupid enough to be so close to the damn water.

"Well guys videos over thanks to Billy we lost. Smash the like button if you wanna so more blah blah blah I have to kill my husband now bye." With that her stream ended, ready to be uploaded later.

"I swear Merlin if you even think of getting me wet at our renewal the next thousand years will be sexless for you."

"Oh relax, why even have it on a beach if you're scared of a little water?"

"Well I wasn't actually planning on a swim!"

Merlin waved her off. "Eh you'll be fine."

"I had better be, for your sake."

Merlin wrapped his arm around her, bringing her close. "Well…am I forgiven now?"

Morgana hummed "I dunno Merlin, I actually wanted to win that little contest…"

"Boo hoo."

"Don't boo me!"

"Come on darling please?"

"Hmph!" She really loved playing hard to get huh?

"Come on…" Merlin gave her pits a little tickle causing her to jump with a bit of a squeal - which she will forever deny.

"Merlin of fucking Ealdor do you have a death wish?!"

"Immortal, remember?" He stuck his tongue and brought her to the sofa before quickly trapping her again, tickling her neck and now feet.

"S-stop! You haha d-d-damn manchild! Hahaha!" Try as she might Morgana couldn't break free or stop her laughter.

Fucking Merlin! This was cheating!

"Only if you forgive me."

"Hahaha no way!"

"Come on, I know you can do it."

"Eat haha piss hahaha!"

"I already know you can swear like a sailor Morgana but can you forgive me?"

"Hahaha f-fuck off!"

Merlin stopped his assault and gently whispered to her ear "Look how about I get you more of those chocolate chili burritos?"

Morgana finally caught her breath and became a bit more alert at the sound of his bribe… "…A dozen."

"Uhh are you sure? Won't that be a bit much?"

"If you want my forgiveness, calling me fat is hardly the way to receive it."

"Okay no questions I'll get a dozen…"

Morgana smiled at her husband and wrapped her arms around his neck, bringing him down to her as they kissed on the sofa.

As they pulled out Morgana just remembered "Oh by the way tomorrow's the appointment for my sonogram."

Merlin perked up "So…we'll finally know for sure."

"Yep…"

If the twins in her vision are going to be real or not…

"By the way Mordred called while you were unconscious."

"Ah, dangling over acid."

"Which you deserved."

"…Maybe you can bring back the chains for a bit?"

"Down boy."

Merlin chuckled as he just laid his face at her neck, inhaling her sweet scent as it soothed his mind. His left hand caressing her stomach and quite possibly both of his children.

"I really hope you're real…"

"But he suggested that the four of us do something together." Morgana said.

"And you told him?"

"Nothing yet, I wanted to see if you wanted to go?"

"I mean, I did say we have to try…"

"Yes, but what would we even do? I don't think I'll be able to stand Arthur longer than 5 minutes…"

"Hmm…how about something simple? A restaurant?"

Morgana thought about it "I suppose, public enough that cooler heads will prevail…then again it's never mattered to us haha." She laughed remembering their many public sexual experiences.

"Yeah yeah, get back to him later. For now I just want to catch some rest on your perfectly soft body."

Morgana snorted as she raked her fingers on his hair. "It's as if you're the pregnant one."

She herself dozed off however at the sound of his soft snoring.


Hmm still dunno if I'll have 3 acts or 4...?

How do you guys like it so far?