Retrospective
Author: ajsrandom
Title: Retrospective
Rating: G
Pairing/s: none
Character/s: Merlin
Summary: Merlin thinks back.
Warnings: none
Word Count: 116
Prompt: 606, Born this way
Author's Notes: A melancholy little bit.
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Merlin always hated telling people he had magic, because inevitably saying “I was born this way” led to him killing the person he’d just told. And he was so, so tired of killing.
Except for that last time, when he’d told Arthur, who was dying anyway. Arthur had eventually wrapped it around his thick skull, but had he ever accepted it, accepted Merlin? There was no way to tell.
So Merlin never told another person about his magic. Really, it was safer for everyone that way. And gradually, everyone stopped believing in magic. At least the kind he could do. He relished this, as he could stop worrying about hurting anyone.
At least, until Arthur returned.
Title: Retrospective
Rating: G
Pairing/s: none
Character/s: Merlin
Summary: Merlin thinks back.
Warnings: none
Word Count: 116
Prompt: 606, Born this way
Author's Notes: A melancholy little bit.
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Merlin always hated telling people he had magic, because inevitably saying “I was born this way” led to him killing the person he’d just told. And he was so, so tired of killing.
Except for that last time, when he’d told Arthur, who was dying anyway. Arthur had eventually wrapped it around his thick skull, but had he ever accepted it, accepted Merlin? There was no way to tell.
So Merlin never told another person about his magic. Really, it was safer for everyone that way. And gradually, everyone stopped believing in magic. At least the kind he could do. He relished this, as he could stop worrying about hurting anyone.
At least, until Arthur returned.