A/N: Hey, guys. I'm sitting here feeling incredibly unaccomplished and unmotivated, and it's not really helping that I picked one of the most depressing songs I know to write with tonight. But, I got a really cute haircut, and The Twilight of Avalon trilogy finally came in the mail, so I'm super pumped about that! Not much else going on, I guess. Oh, I've discovered that the 1963 Doctor Who isn't so terrible if you can get past the first episode arc where they're captured by cavemen. (Good. Lord.) After that you get the Daleks and stuff! (btw, in New Who, Daleks suck. In Classic Who, they're iconic. True story.) Enjoy!
Disclaimer: BBC and Shine. Not Melpomene.
Rating: K+
Genre: Angst/Tragedy
Characters: Arthur, Merlin
Pairings: Arthur/Guinevere
Warnings: sadness, angst, character death
Prompt: Rain (Songs of Captivity and Freedom)
112. Rain
It had all happened so fast. On Monday evening, the Queen had gone to bed saying she had a bit of a headache. By Tuesday morning, she was gone.
A tremor seemed to go through the entire kingdom when Guinevere died. It hit Arthur the hardest.
Merlin had never seen him so eerily still before; arms folded across his desk, staring out the window at the rain. His voice was unnaturally weak and thready. "How did this happen, Merlin?"
Thunderstorms were usually one of Merlin's favorite natural occurrences. Today, though, it felt as though the heavens were mocking their anguish.
Cheers!
~Melpomene