Until the Last Breath Leaves My Body

by Camelotpointe

A collection of short stories about the characters of 'Merlin'. Includes friendship, drama, comedy and more! Chapters 50 - 53: Too Much to Bear - Merlin is overwhelmed and struggling to cope with the weight of his responsibilities and the secrets he is forced to keep. Gwaine and Arthur are worried about their friend and try their best to help.

15. Eyebrows

Eyebrows

Just a little contemplation of Gaius' extremely expressive eyebrows.

Disclaimer: I don't own 'Merlin'.

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You could do a lot of things with eyebrows, Merlin thought idly as he watched the clouds float across the pale blue sky. Or, at least, you could if you had the knack. He had been Gaius' apprentice long enough to have seen hundreds of the physician's eyebrow quirks, and was still frequently taken by surprise by the way his mentor managed to add a new meaning to the motion for any occasion.

The eyebrows could register surprise, shock, anxiety, astonishment, admonition, disbelief, sadness, anger, disappointment, hope and any other expression or thought Gaius wanted them to. Merlin had seen the eyebrows raise in alarm, contract in worry or when the physician was concentrating hard, arch eloquently when he suspected he was being lied to….. there was just no end to what those eyebrows could do.

It was mainly the left eyebrow that rose, shooting upwards immediately whenever it sensed something was wrong. Merlin had a grudging respect for that eyebrow. It could convey more expression than Arthur's entire face, and almost rivalled Merlin's eyes, which were both a blessing and a curse. For goodness sake, how could one eyebrow make so much of an impression?