Gwaine, Merlin - Merlin comes to Gwaine's rescue. (eurydice72)
One Day - Merlin, Gwaine, Percival - PG
"Gwaine!" Percival yells, Gwaine's sweaty hand having slipped from his, sending him plummeting down the side of the cliff to the jagged rocks below.
Gwaine's scream stops abruptly. So does Gwaine, three feet from the rocks.
"Merlin?" Percival asks, disbelief clear in his voice and face.
Arthur's servant is standing, still as a statue, hand out, his face set in concentration, eyes glowing.
"I can't lift him… I can only hold him. Get that rope," he says quietly. Percival doesn't move, stunned. "Percival! I can't hold him forever!"
"Right. Sorry," he snaps out of it and hurries to the horse, retrieving the rope. He returns and lowers it down to Gwaine.
"What's happening?" Gwaine asks, hanging in midair, as confused as he's ever been.
"Just tie the rope around your waist and I'll pull you up," Percival calls.
Gwaine takes the rope and in minutes, he's sprawled on the ground, safe at the top of the cliff again.
"Merlin…" he gasps.
"I'm sorry if you're disappointed in me. But I couldn't let you die," Merlin says. He can't look at Gwaine or Percival.
"Why the hell would I be disappointed? You saved my bloody life!"
Merlin sighs, smiling slightly. "Arthur doesn't know," he says, his smile falling.
"We guessed as much," Percival says.
Merlin looks up. "You're not going to arrest me, then?"
"No," Gwaine says, as though that should have been obvious.
"But you should tell Arthur," Percival adds.
"I know. I will. One day."