Rating K
Word Count: 250
Challenge Given: Write about the emotions/meaning behind a kiss between two characters. This can be a romantic kiss, or you can write about a platonic kiss between friends, a familial gesture of affection, whatever you like! Just make sure it's about kissing. :)
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Lost In Translation
With an exaggerated wave of her arm and a long spell uttered in her beautiful lilting voice, Morgana aimed the enchantment at Arthur so quickly that even Merlin was too slow to react.
"Really, Morgana, isn't that a bit childish?" Merlin chided as he looked down at her handiwork, "This spell is the stuff of fairy tales."
"Croak," Arthur agreed.
"Ah, but the real beauty of the Frog Prince Enchantment is ..."
"Croak!"
"I'm sorry, your Majesty … Frog King Enchantment ..." She laughed loudly whilst the amphibian looked up at his Court Sorcerer with a vaguely accusing stare.
"Don't worry, Arthur, I've got it all under control," Merlin whispered as the frog somehow managed to roll its eyes in response.
"Anyway," Morgana said, "This spell can only be broken by the kiss of love and seeing Gwen's not here..." She started to laugh again.
"Except that you got the spell wrong," Merlin replied calmly.
"What? What would you know about it … peasant?"
"You used the wrong word, Morgana. Trust you to misunderstand love. I believe you meant 'brýdlufe' but what you actually said was 'bróðorscipe'."
"Ah ...?"
"It means brotherly love, rather than bridal love, of course," Merlin continued with a shrug. He looked down at the frog on his hand and gave a long suffering sigh. "The things I do for you, prat," he complained before placing a gentle kiss on top of Arthur's head.
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OT A/N: Good news. Chapter 1 of An Unexpected Vision - the sequel to An Unexpected Job - is due out this Friday 7th September! :)