There were four songs i thought could fit with what I wanted with this chapter and what merlin is trying to portray and they are Everytime we touch (slow) by Cascada, When You're Gone by Avril Lavigne, My heart will go on from the movie titanic, and In the Arms Of an Angel by Sarah McLaughlin (which I chose because my pet died today, so I decided to use the song as a tribute to her memory R.I.P crystal :'( )
Feel free to switch out the song for another one if you like
This is a birthday fic for one of my favorite authors for allthingsmagical
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Merlin had been swimming for most of the morning and had started to get hungry around noon. He swam onto shore and pulled his towel out of his bag and dried himself off. Shadowmere had taken to laying on the ground under the shade of an oak tree was watching Merlin with a protective gaze, never letting Merlin leave his sight for too long.
Merlin walked over to where he laid the picnic basket next to Shadowmere's saddle and picked it up and walked over to Shadowmere and sat down resting his back against Shadowmere's side near his head. Shadowmere turned his head so he could see Merlin and nuzzle up against his check lightly causing Merlin to smile.
"Shadowmere, not matter you always know how to make me smile" Merlin said as he patted Shadowmere on the neck. Shadowmere just pulled back and gave Merlin a pointed look that said 'duh'
Merlin opened the basket and pulled out two apples. He held up one in front of Shadowmere's face who took it from him gratefully. Merlin bit into his apple and smiled as some of the juice ran down his cheek. He finished his apple in no time and tossed the apple core to the side.
Shadowmere nudged Merlin's shoulder and looked towards the basket.
"Okay, okay just hold on a second" Merlin said with a smile and a shake of his head before reaching into the basket and pulling out a few carrot's the chef packed and laid them down in front of Shadowmere so he could eat them at his on leisurely pace.
Merlin reached into the basket again and pulled out a small sandwich which consisted of lettuce, tomatoes', pickles, and a piece of chicken. He ate his sandwich and smiled as he looked out over the lake that appeared to sparkle under the afternoon sun. The birds began to chirp in unison filling the forest with a beautiful song.
As Merlin sat back against Shadowmere his mind drifted to Arthur and Soren. He may be Arthur's friend but Merlin couldn't help but hate him for taking all of Arthur's attention. Merlin felt his heart ache at the thought of Arthur spending time with Soren. He didn't mind Arthur spending time with other guys. Really he didn't, there was just something about Soren and the way he looked at Arthur that made Merlin despise his very being. The more his mind rested on Arthur, the sadder he felt. His mind began to conjure up something in his mind as a way to express his feelings. Merlin decided to voice his feelings in hope that it would lessen his heart ache.
With a snap off his fingers the sound of a piano filled the forest and he started to sway with the melody. It sounded so sad, just like he felt right now. It was the perfect melody for what he was about to do.
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Arthur rode through the forest at a leisurely pace. He enjoyed just sitting on his horse as it strolled through the forest and listening to the sound of the birds, and the swaying of the trees in the wind. It calmed his nerves and provided an escape from his stressful life.
Arthur's mind drifted to Merlin and he smiled. He couldn't help getting hard as he imagined his boyfriend getting out of the water. Water droplets running all down his body and sparkling in the afternoon sun making his body appear to glow.
As Arthur rode through the forest and closer to the lake the melody of a piano reached his ears. He rode towards the sound when he saw merlin slumped up against Shadowmere staring out over the lake.
Arthur got off of his horse and started to walk towards Merlin but stopped when he heard Merlin start to sing along with the melody of the invisible piano. He had never heard him sing before, but his voice was angelic and sort of hypnotic.
"Spend all you time waiting,
For that second chance.
For a break that will make it okay.
There's always some reason,
To feel not good enough.
And it's hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction,
Or beautiful release
Memories seep from my veins
Let me be empty,
And weightless and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight"
A tear fell from Merlin's eye as he began to sing such a sad song. Arthur felt is heart break as he felt how much pain Merlin was in. He slowly, and silently began to walk towards Merlin so he wouldn't notice him.
In the arms of the angel,
Far away from here
From this dark cold hotel room
And the endlessness that you feel
You are pulled from the wreckage,
Of your silent reverie
You're in the arms of the angel,
May you find some comfort here
As Arthur got closer Shadowmere turned his head towards Arthur and stared at him like he was about ready to attack him. The look made Arthur stop in his tracks. He never knew a horse could give a look so venomous. The look told him not to come closer so he stood rooted to the spot.
Shadowmere turned his attention back to Merlin, but Arthur could tell he was still watching Arthur making sure he wouldn't come any closer to his master.
So tire of the straight line,
And everywhere you turn
There's vultures and thieves at your back
The Storm keeps on twisting,
You keep on building the lies
That make up for all that you lack
It don't make no difference,
Escape one last time
It's easier to believe
In this sweet madness,
Oh this glorious sadness
That brings me to my knees
The tears began to fall freely from Merlin's eyes as he put every emotion he could into the song he was singing.
In the arms of the Angel,
Far away from here
From this dark cold hotel room
And the endlessness that you fell
You are pulled from the wreckage,
Of your silent reverie
You're in the arms of the Angel,
May you find some comfort here
In the arms of the Angel,
May you find some comfort here"
Merlin put his head in his hands and began to cry freely into them. He stopped for a moment when he realized that the melody of the piano was still playing so he snapped his fingers and the melody stopped and the songs of the birds took over.
Arthur's eyes went wide when Merlin snapped his fingers and the melody of the invisible piano stopped.
'Merlin has magic!' Arthur thought to himself.
Arthur felt a little betrayed that Merlin hadn't told, and then he just felt confused. His father allowed magic in the kingdom so why keep it a secret? But then he couldn't help but feel sad once again as his mind drifted back to the song Merlin had just sung.
Shadowmere looked back at Arthur but this time his look wasn't threatening, but questioning like he was asking Arthur what he was going to do.
Arthur hesitantly took a step forward, then another, then another Shadowmere's gaze following Arthur never taking his eyes off him. Arthur started to feel more and more nervous with each step he took towards Merlin.
"Merlin, are you okay?" Arthur asked
Merlin whirled around and stared right at Arthur.
"Arthur, when did you get here?" Merlin asked as he tried to wipe away the tears from his eyes without Arthur noticing.
"I came here to have lunch with my boyfriend, but when I get here I hear a piano playing you incredibly sad song/ Arthur said as he walked around Shadowmere and sat down next to Merlin and wrapped his left arm around Merlin's shoulder. Merlin's eyes went wide when he heard Arthur tell him he had heard him sing.
"So, I guess you saw everything, huh? Merlin asked as he looked away from Arthur's questioning eyes and down at his feel.
"Do you mean the fact that you were crying while you were singing, or that you snapped your finders and the piano's melody stopped?" Arthur asked in a soft tone.
Merlin cringed when Arthur said the last part. Merlin opened and closed his mouth several times, and his breathing quickened making him look like a fish out of water.
"That last part" Merlin finally managed to say.
"Merlin, why didn't you tell me you had magic, and where did you learn it from?" Arthur asked confusion clear in his voice
"I didn't learn it I was born with it, and I was afraid of what you would think." Merlin said as he looked up into Arthurs blue eyes.
"What could I possibly think that would make you so scared to share this part of you?" Arthur asked as he leaned over and rested his head on Merlin's shoulder looking out over the lake.
"I thought that once you found out I had magic you would question our relationship wondering if I used my magic to make me fall in love with you." Merlin said hesitantly looking down at where Arthur's head rested on his shoulder
"Don't you ever think that, besides even if you did use your magic on me it would have only made me fall in love with you faster than I did plus it also gives me another side of you to love." Arthur said as he jerked his head off of Merlin's shoulder and gazed deeply into Merlin's eyes with a loving smile that warmed Merlin's heart
"Really?" Merlin asked with a hopeful smile
"Really!" Arthur replied his face showing nothing but love and adoration for Merlin
Merlin smiled and leaned in closer to Arthur and gave him a kiss on the lips.
"When did you first realize you loved me?" Merlin asked when he pulled away
Arthur turned away with a look on his face that appeared to be of contemplation.
"I first fell in love with you when you walked into Camelot and challenged me, at I thought you just didn't know who I was so I just put you in the dungeons, but when you got out and challenged me again, I realized you didn't care who I was you only saw me as another person, which is all I ever wanted in my life." Arthur said when he turned back to face Merlin.
Merlin's face broke into a smile and he crashed his lips onto Arthur's. The kiss quickly turned passionate when Arthur prodded his tongue on merlin's lips who quickly opened his mouth to accept Arthur's tongue into his mouth. Their tongues fought for dominance.
They broke away when the need for air became too much. They rested their head on each other's foreheads slowly panting trying to fill their lungs with air.
"Where did you learn that song from Merlin?" Arthur asked after he got his break back
"I didn't learn it, I kind of just came up with it on the spot." Merlin said sheepishly and looked away from Arthur and focused his gaze on a small butterfly that was sitting on a cat-tail near the lake like it was the most interesting thing in the world.
"What could make you come up with such a painful song on the spot?" Arthur asked
"I felt jealous of Soren." Merlin said still staring intently at the butterfly
"You have no reason to feel jealous of Soren Merlin, you're the only one I have eyes on and no matter what you always will be" Arthur said
"I'm sorry but I can help but feel jealous of him, I mean you were kissing me intently this morning, but when that servant announced that Soren was in the courtyard you kind of just ran off without a second thought, and when we went back inside and your mother gave you the day off and I asked if you wanted to have a picnic Soren came in and asked if you wanted to train with him and you said yes. I felt like you were ignoring me. I know you haven't seen him in a long time, but today was the first time you have been dismissed from your duties as a prince in over a month and I just wanted you to spend your first day off with me. I know I'm being selfish but I can't help it." Merlin said and tears began to flow from his eyes in an even stream
Arthur couldn't help but feel sorry for Merlin. He had pushed him away and ignored him all day. So he did the only thing he could to make Merlin feel better. He grabbed Merlin by the chin and turned Merlin's face to his and placed his lips on Merlin's. He tried to convey how sorry he felt in that one kiss.
Merlin smiled into the kiss after a few seconds. He could feel how sorry Arthur was for ignoring him and how much he was loved by the young prince in that once kiss
"I'm sorry for ignoring you today Merlin." Arthur said when he pulled away
"That's ok Arthur, I forgive you." Merlin said with a smile and gave Arthur a chaste kiss on the lips
"No, it's not, so let me make it up to you." Arthur said with a mischievous smile.
"And just how are you going to do that?" Merlin asked with a smile knowing full well what Arthur was going to do.
"Just lay back and watch." Arthur said as he re-positioned merlin so is back was no longer against Shadowmere's side and was now against open air.
Arthur slowly pushed on Merlin's shoulder's until he was lying on his back. Merlin smiled up at Arthur when Arthur's hand wondered down to the waist band of his trousers. Arthur pulled the cord that held the trousers to Merlin's hips. He pulled down Merlin's trousers when Merlin lifted his hips, and was met with Merlin's growing erection, which quickly stood at ful attention at Arthur's gaze.
Arthur smirked and wrapped his hand around merlin's hard leaking cock. He moved his hand up and down causing Merlin to writhe under his ministrations.
"A-Arthur." Merlin whimpered out as Arthur's hand got faster.
"What do you want Merlin?" Arthur asked with a smile
"I want you to suck me." Merlin said
"I didn't quite catch that Merlin you'll have to speak up" Arthur said
"I WANT YOU TO SUCK ME UNTIL I CUM DOWN YOUR THROAT" Merlin yelled
"That's what I thought, Merlin" Arthur said with a snicker and brought his mouth to Merlin's hard cock
He licked off the pre-cum that was gathering on the tip of Merlin's erect cock smiling at the taste he could only describe as utterly and completely Merlin
Merlin opened his mouth wider and took as much of Merlin as he could into his mouth until it hit the back of his throat. He hummed in approval as Merlin stated to writhe under him. Arthur brought his head up so just the tip was in his mouth. He sucked on it like a lollipop then he let go of merlin's cock altogether with a loud pop and proceeded to lick the underside of Marlins cock.
He went back up to the head and took Merlin in his mouth again bobbing his head up and down providing a little suction every now and then.
Merlin felt his organism begin to build and something in his stomach was slowly starting to coiled with his impending orgasm. The closer his orgasm got the harder it was to stop from bucking into Arthur's mouth.
Arthur could tell Merlin was trying not to buck his hips with how much he was tensing up. Arthur pulled off of Merlin with a loud pop and looked a merlin who just whimpered and the loss of Arthur's mouth around his cock
"Don't hold back Merlin, I want you to fuck my mouth to your heart's content." Arthur said with a smirk and went back down on merlin and began to suck Merlin off again
Merlin just groaned at Arthur's words and didn't waist another second and began to buck up into Arthur's mouth. Arthur brought his fingers to Merlin's mouth. Merlin took Arthur's fingers into his mouth without a second's hesitation and began to suck on Arthur's fingers in earnest.
Arthur groaned around Merlin's cock when he felt Merlin suck on his fingers. Once he felt they were wet enough he pulled them out of Merlin's mouth and brought his fingers down to Merlin's puckered hole. He circle Merlin's hole with his finger before pushing a finger inside Merlin's tight arse. Merlin groaned as Arthur started to fuck Merlin's tight hole with his fingers searching for that special spot inside of merlin.
"ARTHUR!" Merlin screamed when Arthur brushed up against that special spot inside of him that made him see stars. Arthur smirked around Merlin's cock and began to vigorously assault that spot inside of Merlin. Merlin began to fuck himself on Arthur's fingers trying to take Arthur's finger even deeper. Merlin's orgasm began to build until finally he had to hold it in trying to prolong his pleasure.
Arthur could tell Merlin was trying to hold his orgasm in when his cock started to twitch.
"Cum in my mouth baby, let me drink you all up." Arthur said when hell pulled off of Merlin, then went back down on him taking Merlin into his mouth as far as he could go and hummed around his cock.
Merlin bucked up into Arthurs mouth and shot his cum down Arthur's throat who drank it all down and continued to suck Merlin's cock until their wasn't a drop left.
He pulled off of Merlin and smiled down at Merlin who was breathing heavily on the ground. Arthur picked Merlin up and hugged him. When Merlin looked at Arthur he could see some of his cum on the side of Arthurs mouth and moved to lick it off. He then brought Arthur into an open mouthed kiss. Arthur moaned into Merlin's mouth. They broke apart and smiled deeply at each other.
"I think that was the best one yet." Arthur said with a smirk.
"Merlin just nodded is head too tired to speak and just rested his head on Arthur's shoulder.
"Tired?" Arthur asked when he looked down at Merlin. Merlin just nodded his head and yawned as if to prove it. Arthur just chuckled and began to dress merlin. He laid Merlin against Shadowmere's side and started to gather the food Merlin hadn't eaten into the basket and put Merlin's towel and wet clothes into his bag.
Once all of that was finished he went to go collect his horse only to find it gone. He cursed himself and went back to Merlin. Arthur smiled down at his exhausted boyfriend and chuckled. He then went over and picked up Shadowmere's saddle.
Arthur laid the saddle on Shadowmere's back and tried to get him up, but Shadowmere just resisted. Arthur huffed and went to wake Merlin up.
"Merlin, I need your help to saddle Shadowmere he won't let me do it." Arthur said once Merlin opened his eyes and look at Arthur. Merlin smirked and stood and turned around. He patted Shadowmere on his neck and looked into Shadowmere's eyes.
"Up." Merlin said once he had Shadowmere's absolute attention.
Shadowmere got up without a moment's hesitation and waited for Merlin to saddle him up.
Once the saddle was one, he reached down and picked up the saddle bag and attached it to the saddle. Arthur moved forward and placed Merlin's bag and the picnic basket into the saddle bag.
Merlin turned around and smile at Arthur. He walked forward and wrapped the blonde prince in his arms and stretched up and gave Arthur a quick kiss before turning around and mounting Shadowmere. Arthur just stood there for a second before he asked.
"Mind if I ride with you?
"Why, where's your horse?" Merlin asked as he looked around for said horse.
"I forgot to tie him up and he wondered off." Arthur said sheepishly as he looked anywhere but at Merlin too embarrassed to look at his boyfriend.
"Get up here Arthur." Merlin said as he reached his hand down to help Arthur up.
"Come to think of it, how did you get Shadowmere to stay where he was?" Arthur asked once the thought came to him
"I didn't do anything he always got lose when I tied Im up but always stayed close to me. So I just stopped tying him up because really, what was the point?" Merlin said with a chuckle as he looked over his shoulder.
"I guess he thinks he is your protector." Arthur said with a chuckle.
'What makes you say that?" Merlin asked
"Well when I found you and started to come closer he kind of glared at me like he was daring me to come closer. When you stopped singing he looked at you then back at me but the glare was gone and was replaced with a questioning look. I have never been so afraid of a horse in my life." Arthur said with a laugh
Merlin looked shocked and turned his head to look at Shadowmere to see him looking up at Merlin. Merlin smiled then patted his neck.
"Good boy" Merlin said with a smile.
Shadowmere just neighed his approval at marlins affection.
Arthur just shook his head with a smile on his face
"Common, let's head back to Camelot." Arthur said nodding his head in the direction of the castle.
Merlin just smile and urged Shadowmere on towards the castle. Merlin leaned back and rested his whole body against Arthur's back and was soon asleep. Arthur took the reins once he noticed Merlin was asleep and smiled and directed Shadowmere back to Camelot.
Wow that was a long chapter. It actually took up 10 and a half pages on word. I don't think I have ever had a chapter that long before. Hoped you all like my little 'sex' seen in this chapter. I felt it was necessary. More importantly how was that magic reveal XD. I know it wasn't the best but I didn't want to make a whole big deal about it.
Anyway hope you all like it.
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