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Poll MOST RELEVANT TO MY WRITING INTERESTS
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PR AU would feature matchmaking!Slashdragon, as always, saying such ridiculous things as: "But really, Emrys, shouldn't you be trying to win the heart of young Pendragon? I have seen the way you look at him, and he has busted out the leather trousers twice already this season -- twice! -- which he doesn't do ( Read more... )
You should be aware of the following:
PR AU would feature matchmaking!Slashdragon, as always, saying such ridiculous things as: "But really, Emrys, shouldn't you be trying to win the heart of young Pendragon? I have seen the way you look at him, and he has busted out the leather trousers twice already this season -- twice! -- which he doesn't do ( Read more... )
OMG LBTM. THEIR EMMETT IS THE MOST PRECIOUS EVER, POSSIBLY ONLY MATCHED BY QAF'S EMMETT. BUT YES, HE IS AMAZING, AND SO IS THE SONG HE AND ELLE SING, FFFFF THEY BREAK MY HEART SFM. I LOVE THEM TO ITTY BITTY PIECES, AND I WOULD START REWATCHING THEM NOW EXCEPT I HAVE BRAIN KINNEY TO WATCH, AND I AM SORT OF STUCK ON HIM.
YES YES I AM SO HAPPY TO HEAR ALL OF THIS. BRB SHARPENING MY BETA TOOLS IN EXCITEMENT. \o/
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OMG THAT IS MY FAVORITE LINE IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE SHOW, NO JOKE. IT BREAKS MY HEART EVERY SINGLE TIME, AND IT MAKES ME WANT TO DO PAGES AND PAGES OF CHARACTER STUDY OF EMMETT, AND JUST. LATER, WITH THE PRESSED-AGAINST-THE-DOOR BIT, I GET DOCTOR/ROSE DOOMSDAY PARALLELS, AND THAT MAKES ME ALL SHIVERY AND HEARTBROKEN, BUT THEN THEY GET THEIR HAPPY ENDING, AND LIFE IS EXCELLENT. I LOVE THE DOOR BIT SO MUCH THAT IT'S GOING IN THE LEGALLY BLONDE AU, NO LIE.
AND YES OMG, JUST WRITE ME MULAN!TREK FIC AND WE WILL BE EVEN. IT IS A FAIR TRADE FOR LBTM, I THINK.
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AND THIS IS VERY ROUGH CHATFIC BUT I THINK IT WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY, SO ENJOY:
i'm thinking that maybe, one of the people on the legal team will be jealous of the fact that Elle!Arthur is doing so well with trial things
and hate the fact that this guy who's a total ditz and practically failed out first semester is now an intern in one of the highly-coveted internships Harvard professors offer
so maybe they'll see that Arthur and that TA, Emmett!Merlin, have gotten really close
and they'll spread nasty horrible rumors after seeing Arthur leave Merlin's apartment one morning in the same clothes he arrived in the night before
and really, they were just going through files for the case until they both passed out on Merlin's lumpy, too-soft couches
but Jealous Law Student was like
!!!
~sleeping his way to the top!~
so JLS spread all these horrible rumors, and everyone went back to disregarding everything Arthur had to say, even though he was actually being analytical and junk now!
Arthur would refuse to talk to Merlin after he heard what people were accusing them of
both of them were already getting dirty enough looks from everyone; they didn't need to add more fuel to that fire
and then maybe Nimueh the Bitchy TA for Arthur's Ethics class would make a pass at him
"if you're going to sleep your way to one good grade, why not do it for them all? i mean, you slept with Emrys, and i'm so much better than him."
and some other JLS will walk in on the end of that encounter, when Nimueh had Arthur backed into a corner by the other classroom door, fingers of her right hand playing with the collar of his shirt and mouth leaned in close to his ear
and the rumors will fly AGAIN!
and Arthur will say that he has HAD IT
and he will run back to his dorm and start just packing things up pell-mell
and when he opens the door to start moving stuff out to his car so he can just get out, Merlin's there, looking like he hasn't slept in days
and there will be a confrontation!
sort of?
idk
because Arthur thinks that Merlin started those rumors?
Merlin was the only one who knew about that night Arthur had stayed over accidentally, at least that Arthur knew
and you know, if he'd wanted to sleep with Arthur so badly, he didn't have to completely trash Arthur's chances at a solid reputation as a Serious Law Student
he could have just said something
Arthur thinks he's probably been in love with Merlin since the day the internships were announced, when he watched Sophia accept Bayard's proposal after turning down his own not even five months ago, and it hurt so much, only then Merlin's hand grabbed Arthur's shoulder to turn him around and see his name on the list of accepted interns, and Merlin's face had been cautiously sympathetic, and under that fiercely proud, and looking at him, Sophia's squeals about her ring didn't feel like quite the crushing blow they should have
Arthur would gladly have slept with Merlin, done so much more with Merlin, only Merlin apparently couldn't be upfront and honest and not a manipulative snake about things like any other person
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not the being-in-love-with-Merlin bit
he's not sharing that, especially not now
but he does interrupt whatever half-assed apology Merlin was stumbling his way through to call Merlin on his scumbag manipulative ways
and Merlin's face falls into hurt shock so quickly, so pathetically
"Arthur, no," he says, raw and shaky, "I wouldn't -- how could you --"
"how could I what, Merlin?" Arthur spits. "how could I come to conclusion that the only person who knew I stayed with you that night spread a rumor that we're sleeping together with that as primary evidence? it's not that difficult. I'm a law student, Merlin, not some airhead playboy, even if everyone here seems to forget that."
Merlin shakes his head, mouth opening to say something that Arthur knows damn well he doesn't want to hear right now
"save it. you and everyone else have made it perfectly clear that you don't think my place is here," Arthur says. he steps back from where he's clutching and leaning against the doorframe, the hand he's kept on the knob tightening as he prepares to swing it closed. "so I'm going home. I suggest you do the same."
the glare he levels Merlin with has been known to strike fear in even the most hard-hearted of douchebag, dictatorial professors, and Merlin looks shaken by it, but he still manages to get out, "home?"
"to LA. now leave," Arthur says, and then he slams the door shut in Merlin's face
Arthur starts rearranging things in the boxes he has now. he'll probably be able to fit more things in this way, and then maybe he won't need to go get more, which will have him leaving this place faster. excellent
"Arthur," he hears, muffled through the wood of the door. he starts shifting things around with more force, creating enough noise to almost block out what Merlin's saying. "Arthur, I swear, I didn't start that rumor," Merlin says. "I didn't even hear about it until two days ago, and I tried to find you to warn you, but I couldn't. Arthur, believe me, I had nothing to do with it."
Arthur doesn't respond. he yanks open his bureau drawer and starts pulling sweaters out, throwing them into a box with his books with less order than he's ever handled clothes with before in his life
Merlin's still talking. he sounds almost desparate now, voice strained from pleading. "you know me, Arthur, come on. you know I wouldn't do this to you. you're my best friend."
"your pity case, more like," Arthur mutters as he walks by the door on his way from grabbing the button-downs hanging in his closet
"no, never my pity case," Merlin says, and to have heard that, he'd have to be pressed up against the door, as close as Arthur will allow him to get. "not ever. you're intelligent, Arthur. i helped you out, yeah, but because you had potential i didn't want you to waste. never for pity."
they're both silent for a long few moments. finally, Merlin says, "you still have potential, Arthur, so much of it. please, don't go. please."
again, Arthur doesn't answer. he finishes packing his boxes quietly, restrainedly, and then he flops down on his bed and stares at the ceiling, mentally tracing lines through the puckers in the plaster tiles. when he finally gets up and opens the door about three hours later, Merlin is gone
END OF SECTION, AND THAT IS SOME SHITTY-ASS DIALOGUE, BUT THERE YOU HAVE IT. AND FFF I KNOW, THEIR DELIVERY ON THAT LINE IS JUST HEARTBREAKY PERFECTION, IT'S AMAZING.
♥
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