Epilogue
Gwaine took the news with passive acceptance, but he didn't stay in Camelot much longer after his talk with Merlin. Gwen took it a little harder, and it took her a while to be able to look at Merlin without a twinge of resentment, but she was eventually won over. Being around Merlin and Arthur was infectious, and anyone who spent any amount of time around them – or even just witnessed the way they look at each other – could not deny how in love with each other they truly were. In time, Arthur redefined his kingdom's idea of a suitable marriage and they lived together in happiness for many years. After what they considered their "little youthful spat of ignorance" (with the whole business of Merlin leaving and all - they never really liked to talk about it), the only significant rock in their relationship was the monumental day when Arthur found out about Merlin's magic.
But that is a different story entirely.
The end.
A/N First of all I want to thank my amazing beta Chelsea again. I also need to talk about the amazing support that I got for this fic. I'm probably the worst WIP author in the history of ever, but many of you stuck with me and still reviewed through it all. For that I am forever thankful. And to everyone who added this to their favorites or alerts I want you to know that that is what kept me writing. All of the emails I received from reminded me that people were still reading and I needed to keep writing. I have now gone through and reposted all of the chapters in their new fancy edited form, which is lovely and due to the efforts of the amazing Chelsea. This story is also compiled and posted in a long form on AO3 at /works/412186. Thank you all for everything and putting up with me and stuff. I hope to run into you all on future fic endeavors!