A/N: It was brought to my attention today that, in my excitement/spaz attacks over episode 4x03 that I posted some pretty heavy spoilers in my original AN without a spoiler alert before them. (oops) That note has now been moved to the bottom of this chapter, so you may still read it and spaz over it if you wish. Thank you very much to the reviewer who reminded me of this, and I'm incredibly sorry I didn't catch it sooner.
Disclaimer: Merlin belongs to BBC, and the two Julians.
Rating: K+
Genre: Drama/Hurt/Comfort
Characters: Merlin
Pairings: none
Warnings: Spoilers for 4x03
Prompt: Friendship (Drops of Jupiter)
30. Friendship
Nothing ever seemed to work out the way he wanted it to. He lived under the threat of execution every single day, and the only reason he stayed was because he had to believe that things would change. That one day, magic would be legal, and he would finally be free.
Now, he wasn't sure that would ever happen. Uther was dead, and Arthur had regressed back into the belief that magic was evil.
And yet, despite all that had happened, for the first time, Arthur had called him a friend.
Somehow, Merlin knew, everything would eventually fall into place.
*SPOILERS BE HERE!*
A/N2: Okay, so I just had the best birthday part of my entire life tonight, and I managed to convert my epic friend Clare-the-bear-who-is-obsessed-with-her-hair to Merlin! (She's completely in love with Arthur; it's quite amusing!) The entire night was incredible, and we absolutely *must* do it again! But that's not important. GUYS! UTHER'S DEAD! AND ARTHUR HATES MAGIC, NOW! WTH? *slams head into keyboard* I swear, this show is going to be the death of me! Ugh! Ooh, but Arthur finally called Merlin a friend! I think I'm going to marry that scene! ...ahem. Enough of my ranting.
Cheers!
~Melpomene