1 new M/A rec
Title: Dreams Were the Days You Never Lived (WIP)
Author: tonightless
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: R
Warnings: Minor character death, hospitalization, prostitution, homophobia
Word Count: 5,200 so far
Summary: Arthur needs a saviour. Merlin is ready and waiting.
Contained herein: hugs, bad Harry Potter jokes, corny poetry, sandwiches, angst and pain and dark alleys and a thousand regrets and tea (with three sugars) and ducks and kisses and too many things left unsaid, and maybe - just maybe - a little bit of hope.
Ah, this fic. It hurts good. The summary makes it sound "romcom" but it isn't. I love the author's writing style; it's gritty and raw, I guess. Reeks of human despair and discontent. The kind of shame when you're forced to go down to the lowest of lows just to survive.
Now I'm just waiting for Merlin to enter the scene in the present and um, for lack of less cheesy saying, heal Arthur's hurts. :)