Rating T
Word Count: 300
Challenge Given: The objective of this challenge is to use one of the seven deadly sins as the theme for your response. These are: Wrath, Greed, Sloth, Pride, Lust, Envy, and Gluttony.
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Lust
How could something so wrong, feel so right? He shouldn't be having such powerful feelings for someone he'd only seen a few times and hadn't even met properly.
In Ealdor, Will and Tom would often talk about the girls and their curves and how they made them feel, but Merlin had never joined in with these conversations, always feeling awkward and embarrassed for himself, and cross at the boys for reducing the girls to mere objects of desire.
All that had changed when he'd arrived in Camelot, however. First it was a brief glimpse at a window, then the sight of smooth bare skin through the changing screen. Tonight in the Hall it was worse – or better? The sight of her in that dress - or what little there was of it - had been enough to undo him completely. Her arms and even her shoulders were uncovered, her beautiful curves moving under the dark red dress, giving tempting hints at what might lie underneath. Then there was that smile, and those lip. Just the thought of what it might feel like to kiss their promised sweetness brought a rush of heat to his cheeks – amongst other places.
That evening had been both torture and bliss and now, lying in bed, Merlin was unable to close his eyes without seeing her perfection all over again.
"So wrong," he complained, as he attempted to fight these powerful feelings of desire and realised that he was failing dismally. Something was drawing him to the lady Morgana like a moth to a flame, and Merlin felt a strange fear at the thought, a suddenly premonition that she really was dangerous and that his desire for her could very well be his undoing.
Unfortunately, right at that moment, he couldn't bring himself to care.
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