Author's notes: crack pairing grew... I have been working onthis for days... and I love it... I just... felt it had to happen... donno... just drop me a line and tell me what you think. Good or bad. I just need to know your mind.
Thank you!
Love,
Emy
"Mordred! What did you do?!Merlin's voice boomed inside of Mordred's head the very night he and Percival got back to Camelot.
What do you mean, Emrys? He answered in a mental whisper trying to calm the older warlock down.
Percival called me by my druid name today.Merlin kept shouting, allbeit at a lower volume.
Oh, that. Mordered answered like a child, a smile wide on his face as he cuddled closer to Percival's chest.
"What is it, little one?" Percival asked feeling Mordred's smile against his chest.
"Merlin... he's angry... why did you have to call him Emrys today?" Mordred gently scolded Percival slapping his belly lightly. Percival simply shrugged with a devilish smile on his face. Mordred shook his head and settled back down to face Merlin's wrath.
Don't you "oh that" me, Mordred. What did you DO?!
Percival is my soul mate, Emrys. I can not have secrets from him... Merlin gasped audibly even to Mordred's mind.
You did NOT!
We are one, Emrys. I had to...
Why did you tell him?!
I did not... He caught me lighting the fire over wet wood...
You are reckless and act without thinking... You risked everything for...
I risked nothing, Emrys. Percival is my soul mate. He will keep my secret. And yours. Merlin snorted and Mordred's mind rang from the sound.
If he keeps our secrets as good as he kept it today... we are both dead!
We are not, Emrys... And you should probably tell your own soul mate of your powers...
Oh, gods! You told Percival that as well, didn't you?
I did not say a word. Or think a word, Emrys... It's just that... when you truely are one with the one that the Fates ordain for you... you just know their mind, their heart, their secrets, their dreams... everything... Even if I had wanted to keep it from Percival, I could have not...
Get to sleep. We will speak of this tomorrow.Merlin ended the conversation clearly annoyed. Mordred sighed.
"Is he upset?" Percival asked, gently raking his fingers through Mordred's curls.
"Upset does not even begin to cover it..." Mordred closed his eyes trying to chase his guilt away. "I sense he's happy for us... and he's mad at himself for it... and worried you will not be able to keep such a big secret from our King... and... maybe even a little envious as he can not have his own half the way I now have you... It was just so much inside of his heart... it always is..." Percival kissed Mordred's forehead. "I know not how he lives with so much every single day..."
"He's stronger than he looks. I will have a talk with him tomorrow morning. Put his mind at ease about me keeping your secret... both of them."
"Thank you, love." Mordred placed a small, chaste kiss on Percival's naked chest, right above his heart. "Now get some sleep. You need your rest... old man..." Mordred teased making Percival gasp and tackle him to the soft mattress.
"I'll show you 'old man'..." Percival growled making Mordred giggle and close his eyes under the fervor of his knight's kiss.
Merlin huffed and puffed as he closed his mental link to Mordred. The child was a constant cause for problems. He should have never allowed Arthur to make that devil in human's skin a Camelot knight. merlin paced around the room pulling at his hair. He had no idea how he could fix this. Make Percival shut up... Enchant him? No that would not work anymore - now that he was one with Mordred, he was protected by the warlock's magic. And what a magic it was. Merlin shivered at the memory of his magic mixing with Mordred's own. It had changed immensly just by the druid being made whole by Percival.
Where there was coldness now there was warmth, where there once was chance for darkness to enter now there was only light and so many color Merlin could not even name them all. Now Merlin knew that Mordred was no longer a threat to Arthur. That eased his mind somewhat, but the fear of Arthur finding out his secret put an ever larger weight on it, as Percival had nothing to fear from revealing it, as Mordred had. Or maybe... Maybe Percival did have something to lose... Merlin stopped pacing. He could have Percival keep quiet by telling him he'd out Mordred... but that was cruel... yet it was his only option...
Merlin's heart froze over at the thought of blackmailing his friend. He fell onto his small bed pulling at his own hair. The night was supposed to be a good councelor... it didn't seem like it to Merlin.
Dawn broke, colors filled the sky, but Merlin's eyes didn't register them. All he could see was betrayal. The betrayal of his and Percival's friendship, for the sake of his secret. For the sake of his destiny. Merlin wanted to bang his head against the cold wall of the castle, but that would solve nothing, so Merlin sighed and slumped back onto his hard mattress.
Hours passed slowly. Merlin counted his heart beats until the sun was high enough in the sky that he would be able to go find Percival and not wake the knight from his slumber. He could allow for that much, Merlin thought, as payment of sorts to the man he was about to betray. He dressed with slow, deliberate movements and, by the time old Gaius came to wake him up, Merlin was long since ready for the day.
He all but ran past Gaius and his questions, barelly murmuring a "good morning" to his mentor. It was hard, but, Merlin somehow managed to keep himself from running down the corridors of the castle to Percival's room. He still took just half the time to get to his destination.
The door opened before Merlin could knock and he ended up banging on Mordred's head. Twice. With determination. Mordred looked crosseyed at him while Percival laughed loudly at the pair of them.
"Good morning, Emrys." Mordred said out loud, too dazed from the knocks he'd received to realized his words had left his mouth. Merlin made an angry sound in the back of his neck and pushed the young warlock inside of his lover's room. Mordred stumbled back a couple of paces. Percival caught him in his arms and steadied him.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Merlin whisper shouted at the young knight as soon as the door was safely closed. "Your filter has gone with your shame?!"
"Emrys, I..."
"My NAME is MERLIN!" The warlock hissed, his voice dark and dangerous. Even Percival shivered at the sound.
"Merlin, calm down..." Percival intervened. Merlin's eyes snapped to him, fire burning inside of them.
"He endangered my life. Please explain to me, Percival, how I should keep calm." Merlin crossed his arms over his chest. "And not only my life, but Arthur's as well... If he finds out of my magic and I die, he will never fulfill the prophecy of bringing peace to this land... And this... this... this CHILD..." Merlin extended one hand to point at Mordred. "... put everything at risk for the sake of..."
"LOVE!" Mordred yelled seeing as Merlin was on a rant. "I love Percival. The same way you love..." Merlin's eyes flashed gold and in a second he had crossed the small distance between them and was standing in Mordred's personal space, his hand curled around the druid's neck.
"Do NOT finish that sentence." Merlin warned. Mordred swallowed, his Adam's apple moving with dificulty under Merlin's grip.
"Merlin, calm down..." Percival tried again. "Don't you know I would never betray you?" He placed a very large and very warm hand on Merlin's shlouder trying to soothe him, calm him down, make him release Mordred's precious neck. Merlin turned his eyes to Percival's. He recognized the knight's honesty and his worry and love for the young man beside them. Still, he fif not let go. All the contrary. He squeased a little more. "Please, Merlin. I promise you, I will not whisper one word of what I've found out these past few days to a soul. Not even my shadow. Please, just... calm down..." Something shimmered inside of Percival's eyes, Merlin recognised it as the vow of truth he was looking for. He turned to Mordred, same murderous look in his eyes.
"Learn to keep your mouth shut." He hissed and shoved the druid once more. Right into Percival's arms. "Do not put yourself in the path of my destiny." Merlin's voice echoed in Mordred's head with the weight of all of his power, making him double over and cover his ears as Merlin, for the first time in his life, fueled by fear and anger, dissipated into thin air.
Merlin took a deep breath. He was in the middle of the Darkling Forest with no recollection as to how he'd gotten there. A small rabbit ran him like a bolt of white in the middle of the lush green of the forest. Merlin almost jumped out of his own skin with fright. He calmed his wild beating heart and smiled at his own silliness.
There was a quiet hum in the nature around him. Everything seemed bigger. Better. Greener. Inviting and safe. Colors were more lively here. Merlin took another deep breath. The air smelled sweeter, tasted richer on his tongue. He almost recognized the smell. It was familiar. Well known. Part of himself somehow. His beeing knew it but his mind refused to know it too. He took another breath and closed his eyes. The smell was stronger now. Deeper. Richer.
"Merlin!" Arthur's voice broke the quiet and Merlin's concentration. "How on Earth did you get here?!" The King asked.
"I... I don't know..." Merlin answered honestly, in too much of a daze over seeing Arthur step over the thick foliage to stand in front of him. "I don't remember leaving the Castle..." He added breathing in. Arthur's smell invaded Merlin's lungs and the hum returned to his ears. Merlin shivered feeling overwhelmed as all of his senses ached for Arthur. He swayed on his feet and Arthur lurched forward to catch him thus invading Merlin's last sense that was not in contact with him.
"Merlin! " Arthur shouted trying to make Merlin stop swaying. "Merlin, what's wrong?" Arthur asked again, worry dripping from his voice.
"I... dizzy..." Merlin whispered, closing his eyes to hold his magic in. It wanted out. Beyond his being. Beyond his skin. It wanted to touch Arthur. It wanted to wrap around the King and hold him close in its embrace like a treasure. The most precious of treasures. Merlin felt weak with need. With want. So much want. So much desire. He closed his eyes to keep his feelings in. To keep his magic under control. Just one second longer. Just one second until Arthur would let go of him and his magic would stop trying to burst out of him. Just one more second.
Except Arthur did not let go. He held on tighter thinking that Merlin would pass out. He cradled Merlin to his chest and started kneeling slowly. Merlin gasped harshly as Arthur's strong smell invaded his every cell giving his magic power - a power he'd never known before, a power he was afraid to weild. Arthur gently pushed Merlin's chin up, his breath now ghosting lightly over Merlin's skin.
"Merlin... what's wrong with you?" Arthur whispered, his sweet breath invading Merlin's nostrils. Merlin stoped breathing with the very last of his will power. He couldn't tell Arthur... "Arthur pushed a strand of dark hair out of Merlin's eyes, his caress gentle, as if handling the thinnest of breakable crystals. "Merlin I know you didn't pass out... look at me..." Arthur asked gently. Merlin swallowed the hard lump inside of his throat. His heart began racing faster than the kingdom's fastest horse. "Merlin, please..."
Merlin whipered quietly, biting his lip as his eyes slowly opened to look up at Arthur. He knew his eyes would be glowing with the magic he was fighting so hard to keep under control. He knew how Arthur would react seeing his magic. He knew how, opening his eyes, his magic would be set free to cover Arthur with every feeling Merlin did not dare utter out loud.
As soon as Merlin's golden eyes met Arthur's blue ones time stopped for a second. Merlin saw it all happen at once. Arthur gasped. His blue depts sparkled with something Merlin did not recognize but it was enough to make Merlin's magic explode out of his body and wrap around the both of them with happiness and warmth. Merlin's heart stopped for fear of Arthur's reaction. His fears melted the following second as Arthur's lips split slowly into a sweet and gentle smile, looking down at the warlock in his arms. He caressed Merlin's cheek, getting lost in his golden eyes.
"Beautiful..." Arthur whispered and Merlin's heart began beating again. Louder and louder with every thumpthumpthump. "Finally." Arthur added almost in a daze as he bent down and pressed his lips against Merlin's in the gentlest of touches. Merlin shivered in the King's arms, his hand fisting in the King's chainmill as they held eye contact. Merlin sighed into the kiss and pushed up just a little, meeting the King's lips with his own sweet pressure.
Arthur gasped for air, his lips parting just the tiniest bit. Merlin's lips moved with them. On instinct. The King and his warlock shared their first breath together. It brought a new level of pleasure to both of them. Merlin's eyes fluttered closed and Arthur's followed suit as their lips met once more in a stronger, sweeter kiss. Arthur pulled Merlin closer to his chest, making the warlock mewl quietly and wrap his own arms around the King's neck while slowly, mutually, deepening their kiss.
Their tongues clollided just gently and sparks flew behind Merlin's eyelids and all around into the forest. Small white flowers sprung to life where Merlin's sparks had touched the ground. They blossomed filling the air with sweetness. So much so that it made Arthur's head dizzy and he had to pull away from Melrin to breathe. He looked down at the man in his arms. His friend. His best friend. His protector. His love. And smiled. He bllinked slowly as his eyes focused. Merlin's eyes were still golden and everything around them seemed to vibrate. Something white surounded them and it distracted Arthur. A small gasp left his lips seeing the beautiful flowers all around them.
"You did this?" He asked with awe. Merlin looked around for a second and shook his head.
"We... we did this..." He replied with a whisper turning back to look into Arthur's blue eyes. As Artur smiled at him, Merlin felt his magic hum with happiness, growing out of him, warming him from inside out with such a gentle heat it was almost too much to bear.
"You're glowing..." Arthur whispered gently touching Merlin's cheek with the back of his palm. Merlin said nothing. There was nothing to say. He swallowed back his fear, blinked slowly, and released the very last grip his had on his magic, letting it out of his body as it pleased. His magic filled the forest with color and sound as it nurished everything around them, it wrapped around Arthur, enveloping him in light, it glowed bright enough to rival the sun itself. Merlin had never felt so free, so happy, so one with the magic he'd been given since birth.
"So warm... so beautiful..." Arthur whispered. "Never again hide from me." He added and pressed his lips to Merlin's once more, pulling the warlock even closer, allowing himself to fall back onto the thick grass behind himself, pulling Merlin on top of himself. He fell onto the soft grass. Almost as soft as his own royal bed back at the castle. Merlin gently pulled away and smiled down at him.
"You don't hate me?" He asked with one last slither of fear in his heart. Arthur smiled lazily.
"You really are dense, aren't you, Merlin..." Merlin made to move away as he felt things would soon return to normal. "I love you, you big eared idiot!" Arthur added before Merlin could even move one inch. Merlin blinked at a complete loss for words. "I love the way you fall all over yourself when I send you to run my errands. I love how your ears always seem to stick out of your head no matter how long you allow your hair to grow." Arthur caressed the outter shell of Merlin's right ear making him mewl a little. "I love how your lip bow just right." He moved his fingers to gently caress over the top of Merlin's lip. "I love the moments when this awful thing you always have around your neck falls and I get to your your all too pale neck" Arthur's fingers moved even lower, over Merlin's lips to gently caress just under the warlock's jaw. "I love you big bright blue eyes and the way I can always feel you watching me and only me on the training feild." Arthur placed a small kiss on Merlin's eyes. "And I love how beutifully golden they shine when you make magic." Merlin shivered in Arthur's rms, helpless to do or say anything under the power of Arthur's confession. "I love how loyal and honest and sensitive you are. And I especially love when all of your loyalty is mine." Merlin shivered again as Arthur placed a small kiss on his forehead. "And I love how strong and reliable you can be when I need you to, how you always ground me and tell me the truth... in spite of the secrets you've kept for so long..."
A single tear fell down Merlin's cheek then.
"I'm sorry I had to lie to you, Arthur. I just... couldn't lose you... you're so important to me..." Merlin let out in one single breath. One hot breath that ghosted over Arthur's neck as Merlin's arms wrapped around the King's torso in a vice grip. "I can't lose you."
"You'll never lose me, Merlin." Arthur smiled tightening his grip on Merlin.
"Good... be... because I... I don't know how to live without you anymore, Arthur... I just... I need you to be happy... to breathe... when you're away I just almost forget I am supposed to breathe... My magic is the only thing keeping me alive when we're not together... keeping me alive to see you again..." Merlin cuddled under Arthur's chin.
"Sh... sleep now... I can feel you need to rest..." Merlin agreed with a gentle nod of his head against Arthur's chest.
"Promise me..."
"It's not a dream. I will be here when you wake up. I will watch over you." He whispered, but Merlin was already asleep, his magic ccreating a warm, golden blanket over the both of them. He looked so peacefull, so young, so innocent. Arthur could not stop smilling. The very first time Merlin slept in his arms. In the middle of the forest, with bird and crickets chirping their songs around them, with animals running quietly in the luch bushes and with Merlin's magic watching over both of them as it would have been an entity on its own.
"Thank you for showing yourself to me." Arthur whispered both to Merlin and his magic. The blanket on top of them fluttered as if the magic itself was answering him. Arthur felt a little warmer. A little safer. And a lot loved. He felt like this, exactly this, was where he belonged. And he was happy.
"I love you, Arthur." Merlin murmured in his sleep and cuddled closer into Arthur's chest. Arthur caressed Merlin's hair with a smile on his face all the while as Merlin rested his body and soul.
Merlin woke to the beating of a strong heart by his cheek. He felt lazy and comfortable in a pair of manly wide arms that wrapped tightly around his torso. He didn't open his eyes just enjoyed the feelings of having a naked man holdhim ssafely as he slept. The man's erect manhood poked at Merlin's naked thigh.
Arthur's smell invaded Merlin's every brain cell as he inhaled deeply. Memories of falling asleep in the King's arms slowly returned to Merlin's mind. But he did not remember taking of his clothes. A tremor went through him. Small and beautiful. Like a child's mischievous giggle and Merlin knew his magic has acted without his consent.
Merlin oopened his eyes into the moonlit night. The forest was still vibrant with sound and color though they were somewhat dulled out compared to the light of day when he'd fallen asleep. The sky was dotted with pure white stars and the full moon showed its eerie face high above the lush dark green of the trees.
Samhain Merlin thought and his magic giggled within him. The most powerful night of the year. The night went his powers were at their peak. The night were every bond would be eternal beyond life or death or destiny. His magic almost approved of his thoughts as Merlin shifted just a little to look up at Arthur. For the time span of a second Merlin wondered if Arthur wanted this deep down inside of his heart. Merlin's magic sent a wave of outrage rushing through his system and Merlin shivered. Arthur wrapped his arms even tighter over Merlin's frame. Even as he slept. It told Merlin his answer.
With a shakty hand Merlin lifted his fingers to the underside of Arthur's jaw and touched the soft skin. Arthur sighed in his sleep. Merlin's lips parted in a warm smile. His fingers moved lower with more certainty, over Arthur's strong neck muscles and his collarbone. Arthur mewled softly shifting his head so Merlin would have more access to his skin. Merlin's fingers traced a small line down to Arthur's nipple and the King's manhood jolted with pleasure against Merlin's upper thigh. Merlin gently caressed the nipple into a pebble and shifted to kiss the other one as his hand moved lower on AArthur's body, over his perfectly chiseled lower belly, into Arthur's happy trail and up his erect member to the soft mushroom head. Arthur shifted his hips up into Merlin's touch and stirred awake.
"Merlin? " He asked with a whisper, his voice dripping with sleep.
"Make love to me, Arthur." Merlin whispered in return moving to place a kiss on Arthur sleep pouty lips. Arthur moaned when Merlin's fingers tightened around his girth ever so lightly, pumping him just once. "Make me yours." Merlin begged against Arthur's lips.
Arthur tightened his grip on Merlin's back and began returning Merlin's kiss. He felt Merlin shift and allowed him to do whatever he pleased. Merlin broke their kiss and saddled Arthur's hips pressing his already opened self against the head of the King's member. Arthur slipped inside of him without opposition. A small groan of pleasure had the time to leave his lips before Merlin claimed them once more in the softest of kisses as he slowly sank down on Arthur's length until their hips touched. Merlin mewled at the feeling. Against Arthur's lips. Sending sweet shivers down Arthur's back.
Merlin sat up on Arthur's lower belly, swaying his hips slowly, giranting on the spot, doing amazing things to Arthur's body and his soul. The silver moon light fell on Merlin's body making his marble skin glow as bright as the Goddess herself while Merlin's own magic covered their lower halves in golden warm light. Arthur gasped when Merlin's eyes met his own - the deepest shade of blue shone from their depths illuminated by the glow of their own magic.
"I give myself to you, Once and Future King. I willingly give you my heart and my body and swear to protect and love you till my very last breath." Merlin's voice sounded as old as the ages, resonating over them, through them, binding his and Arthur's souls for all eternity without the use of his magic and yet with its help.
"I give you all that I am in return." Arthur replied before he even knew his mouth had opened. Yet he regreted not one single one of those words. "I love you, Merlin." He added willingly, knowingly.
"My name is Emrys. I am the greatest warlock that ever was or will be. And I am thus because you love me as I love you, Arthur Pendragon." Merlin lifted his arms to the full moon above his head. His magic exploded out of him. Gold mixing with silver. Covering both him and Arthur in a warm cocoon of light. It felt like Arthur's whole body was caressed all over, outside and inside, over the most precious and hidden of places. He felt Merlin's power in his own bones, heard his voice whispering his love inside of his head, until the world around him got dizzy.
"You are beautiful inside and out..." Arthur whispered feeling his body about to explode from all the sensory overload. He heard Merlin's approval and want and let himself go, giving himself completely to the man that he loved in the only way he knew possible. He filled Merlin with his seed and caused his warlock to explode on his chest.
The Gods could have not created a more beautiful image than Merlin right in that very second. As his body spasmed with pleasure, his magic overflowed in a shower of glimmering lights of every color known to man and more. Small lights, like precious diamonds that rivaled the stars in the sky just as Merlin himself rivaled the moon with his brightness. Arthur held his breath in awe at the power he felt surging through his whole being, through his connection with Merlin.
He no longer felt like there were two entities under the color filled night sky, but just one, Merlin merged with him, not just in body, but in mind, in soul and in magic. Especially when he felt, with a gasp, how Merlin's magic entered his body making every one of his cells tingle.
Merlin felt his magic unite Arthur with himself futher. He opened his eyes and looked down into Arthur's beloved eyes. As their gazes met Merlin felt something like a dam break someplace deep inside of Arthur, something that had been safely locked for years, something that felt sweet as ripe strawberries the very second his magic touched it, mingled with it, nourished it. Arthur gave a short cry, arching his back, closing his eyes, gripping onto Meerlin's thighs for dear life. Merlin's hands caressed Arthur's arms whispering words of reassurance through their minds' connection.
Arthur's cry slowly died down and he settled his back back against the softness of the grass below his body, head still thrown back, eyes stil closed.
Open your eyes, Arthur... open them... Merlin gently swayed. Arthur felt as if his insides were burning, as if the fire would escape if he'd open his eyes, as if he'd hurt Merlin with the fire inside of him should their gazes meet. His heart shrunk, but he trusted Merlin more than himself and followed his lover's instructions. He swallowed moving his head slowly, opening his eyes gingerly, meeting Merlin's deep blue eyes.
Merlin's jaw dropped a little before a huge smile split his whole face in half.
"I knew it..." He whispered. "My magic could have not been wrong." He bowed down and captured Arthur's lips in a passionate kiss that left Arthur even more breathless than the fear of hurting the warlock with his fire. He answered Merlin's ardent kiss with his own passion, eyes closed anew, arms wrapped tightly around Merlin's lithe frame.
When he felt Merlin's lungs burn inside of his body, Arthur pulled away gently. He stubbornly kept his eyes closed while Merlin settled them forehead against forehead.
"It's beautiful... You're beautiful..." Merlin whispered.
"What is?" Arthur asked fearfully. He'd never been more afraid in his entire life than he was in that moment, still inisde of Merlin, still connected with him, but burning on the inside with a fire that threatned to eat them both should Arthur allow it.
"Your magic..." Arthur gasped, eyes snapping open to meet Merlin's. "It makes your eyes red... like the sweetest of strawberries... my favorite color... my favorite fruit... my favorite man..." Merlin was looking down at him with such love and worship, his eyes alight with love and magic, skin glowing under the moon light. "Look..." Merlin moved up a little, waving his hand in the air and conjuring up a beautifully crafted hand mirror. Arthur grabbed it with a shaky hand pushing Merlin ever so gently to sit up. Merlin shifted his body, without allowing Arthur to fall out of him and Arthur sat up, one hand around Merlin's body, his other on the handle of the mirror. He kept looking at Merlin with wide eyes, too afraid to confirm Merlin's words, though he knew them to be true, though he could somehow see himself through Merlin's eyes. "Look." Merlin smiled and gestured his head to the mirror. Arthur nodded ever so slightly, swallowed and turned his face to the image in the mirror.
He froze at the man reflected back. He was beautiful. Even to his own eyes. His own red eyes. Arthur stared openly at his own image. When Merlin leaed slightly forward and placed his cheek next to Arthur's, meeting his eyes through the mirror, Arthur understood what it mean to truely be one. Merlin's every feature contrasted and completed his own - blonde against black, red against gold. It was mesmerizing to watch.
"We fit." Merlin spoke out loud what Arthur was thinking. Arthur turned to look into Merlin's eyes, a small smile growing on his face in spite of the shock. He gently placed the beautiful mirror on the lush grass beside him. As soon as it left his hand it broke away in a million golden flakes of light, but it went unnoticed by either lover as their attention was drawn down to their fingers lacing together, fitting into place like perfectly shaped puzzle pieces.
"How is this possible?" arthur finally asked, bringing Merlin's hands to his lips to kiss them. Merlin sighed under the sweetness of Arthur's gesture. The sound drew out a slither of red magic in between their connected hands. Both men watched mesmerised as red and gold mixed together in plain sight, magic caressing magic, magic loving magic. Goosebumps arose on Merlin's arms feeling the pleasure his magic was receiving by the caress of Arthur's own.
"You were born of magic, Arthur." He finally find enough wit to answer. "It was unusual you did not have magic within you..."
"You are wise, Emrys." A voice resonated in their ears. A sudden flash of red covered both men from the shoulders down. Protecting. Hidding. Merlin gasped inwardly. His magic joined Arthur's in the instinct to protect them both. Gold shimmered over red, entertwining with it, strenghtening it, covering what Arthur's magic did not have the power to. "There is no need to be defensive against me..." The form of a woman shimmed to life from one strong beam of moon light. "I am the Triple Goddess. I created you both, my children." She spoke softly, her frame fully covered in lights of all colors. Arthur was frozen. He knew not what to do. He reached out to touch Merlin's mind and found his confusion mirrored.
"Many human years ago Uther Pendragon used my Priestess Nimueh to bring you to life." The Goddess said, her voice like the chime of bells to the men's ears. "He did not know the price to be paid for such a request, for Ygraine was baren and never meant to bare children." Arthur began to tremble gently. Merlin pulled him closer under the cover of their entertwined magics. "Though he loved you, your human father blamed magic for the death of his beloved wife and outlawed magic in his kingdom."
This is nothing new. Arthur snapped inside of his head.
"Yes, child, it is nothing new." Arthur gawked at the Goddess. "But you need to understand why the Fates and I decided to bind your magic inside of you and use the other half of your soul to create Emrys to be your protector." Merlin blushed at the notion he was made specifically for Arthur while Arthur smiled unknowingly, clinging toghter to Merlin's torso. "We binded your magic to protect you from the wrath of your human father. We binded it until you would be whole again." The Goddess smiled warmly raising one frail, almost translucid hand to the couple. Merlin felt as if she had just caressed his head and blushed a deep shade of crimson to match Arthur's magic. "You have a lot to learn, my child, but I trust Emrys will teach you well and with love." She finished as she shimmered back into the beam of light she had come from.
Merlin's magic relaxed around them, Arthur's remained on the guard. Merlin giggled, the vibration doing wonderful things to the place where their bodies were still connected.
"That was..." Merlin started, his blush still as furious. "Embarassing..." He finished lamely at the same time when Arthur chimed in his own "Weird."
"Yeah... that too... but mostly embarassing because..." Merlin squeezed his muscles to emphsyze his words. Arthur grinned like a mad man.
"Well... by her own admission, she made us... she knows us..." Arthur teased shamelessly making Merlin blush further.
"Oh, hush, you!" Merlin slapped Arthur's chest lightly making the King gasp.
"Merlin - I. Am. Your. King. You can not treat me thusly." Arthur added with his serious voice. Merlin turned his face to the side, like a puppy. A puppy with big bright blue eyes.
"Oh... but may I treat the king thusly?" Merlin asked, moving just the tiniest bit on Athur's lap, squeezing his walls around the King's hardening girth. Arthur moaned and bit his lower lip closing his eyes as they rolled back in his head. Red latched tightly to Merlin's body without warning or control. Merlin moaned feeling his nipples pebbling under the delicate, yet strong touch of Arthur's magic. He arched his back the second Arthur's magic wrapped tightly around his already rock hard member, creating a warm, wet, velvety squeeze around him. "Oh, Arthur..." He moaned shamelessly at the very top of his lungs. He squeezed himself around Arthur once more. His own magic began helping him move on top of Arthur, his muscles too overwhelmed by the touch of magic to work at all.
Gold wrapped around Arthur, mirroring what Merlin was receiving. Except Arthur was inside of Merlin. He had the vice like muscles of Merlin's body to move into over and over again. He pulled Merlin down on top of him claming those sinful lips, batteling Merlin for domination of their kiss, nipping, sucking at Merlin's tongue as his hands slipped down to Merlin's soft, delicious ass cheeks to kneed them to touch right where they were connected. Merlin full on moaned in his mouth, finally losing the battle for dominance so Arthur stilled his body and began pumping up into him from below with every ounce of power he had, his magic helping him move faster and faster and deeper and deeper, making Merlin cry out in pleasure with his every movement.
Everything... I want everything... Let go... Arthur though demandingly.
Oh, Arthur... Merlin's mind touched his own just a second before pleasure overcame the warlock and he spilled himself again in between their connected bodies. Merlin pulled him along to the precipice of euphoria. Their magics collided, connected, exploded together like fireworks into the dead of night. Nature hummed in tune with their united bodies as Merlin collapsed on top of Arthur, his energy now completely drained, his soul finally complete, his magic happy.
I love you, Arthur.
With the last of his strenght Arthur moved so Merlin's back was now against the soft grass and settled on top of him, even at the price of slipping out of his warlock. Merlin mewled his disapproval sharing the emptiness inside of his body with Arthur.
I love you, too... Emrys.
Arthur thought before placing his head on Merlin's chest and allowing sleep to wash over them both as their magic connected and played all around them nuturing the forest nearby.
Author's PS: I just finished this, please be kind if I made mistakes spelling... I just couldn't wait to share with y'all so I din't do a read through... forgive me :)