This is for Curly Wurly Me, who requested:

"Can I request drunk Gwaine hugging people and claiming his love for them?"

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"For goodness sake Gwaine, get off the table!" Merlin bellowed, grabbing his friend's sleeve and hopelessly tugging.

"I shant Merlin! From here I can see the world, from here I can see all eternity-" Gwaine stumbled a little them resumed his speech. Merlin smiled apologetically at the barman, who was glaring in the drunkard's direction.

"Please Gwaine." The manservant begged. Suddenly, Merlin felt someone at his arm, only to find the King grinning amusedly at his knight.

"Need a hand there Merlin?" Merlin rolled his eyes and nodded.

"He's been up there for about half an hour. I can't get him down!" Arthur nodded once before reaching under Gwaine's arm and heaving him off the table.

"Ah, thank you Arfur." Gwaine said with a giggle, bowing in front of his king.

"Gwaine for goodness sake, you don't do that when you're sober, don't bother when you're drunk." Arthur said mockingly.

"Why don't I Arfur? I love you!" Gwaine swung his arms out and embraced the rather startled monarch.

"Yes Gwaine, and I'm a married man." Arthur squirmed under the knight's grip while Merlin snorted from behind them.

"Not like that! You...you and Merwin are...my best friends!" Gwaine pointed between them and grinned. "C'mere Merwin!"

"Oh no you don't." Merlin laughed, then, with a glance at Arthur, grabbed at one of Gwaine's arms and hauled him out of the tavern.

After about half an hour of distractions and dragging, Arthur and Merlin managed to manhandle Gwaine to the courtyard where, much to their annoyance, the knights were on duty.

"Been on the drink again has he?" Leon said with a chuckle.

"LEON!" Before either sober participant could reply, Gwaine threw himself onto Leon before bellowing down his ear, "I LOVE YOU LEON!"

To their misfortune, Elyan and Percival were not spared this fate and before long each of the knights had had a big hug and had Gwaine announce his love for them.

"Right, now that's over-" Arthur was interrupted by another exclamation from the drunk knight.

"Can't we have a group hug?"

"A what?!" Elyan huffed.

"A group hug." Gwaine said with his arms crossed. Each of the knights and Merlin gazed at each other before coming to a mental agreement – Gwaine wasn't going to move until they all hugged. With an air of awkwardness unparalleled by any situation, they all shuffled slowly together and hugged. The hug lasted about 1 minute before Arthur announced that he, uhrm, needed to be somewhere and was closely followed by nearly everyone except Merlin, who took it upon himself to escort Gwaine to his chambers.

"Goodnight then Gwaine, I'll be by tomorrow with some painkiller for your hangover."

"Merlin?" the smallness of Gwaine's voice made the manservant turn around. Gwaine had his arms out and had a sad puppy dog expression on his face. "I never got that hug."

And with a small smile, Merlin strode over and embraced his possibly-not-as-sober-as-previously-thought friend tightly.

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