Accidentally In Love, Part 5
Title: Accidentally in love, Part FIVE
Author:
digthewriter
Rating: NC-17
Pairing/s: Merlin/Arthur
Character/s: Merlin/Arthur
Summary: Merlin discovers something new about the potion.
Warnings: AU (Canon Era). Sexual Content.
Word Count: 500
Prompt: Prompt #248: we need to talk for camelot_drabble
Author's Notes: Unbetaed. Part of the "Accidentally In Love" Series.
Links: ao3 link / livejournal tag link / dw tag link
Merlin was about to speak to Arthur when he noticed that Arthur's eyes were looking glazed over. Did this mean the potion was wearing off? Merlin got worried, wondering how it'd be that he'd explain what'd just happened to Arthur.
"I don't...I don't feel so well..."
Arthur stumbled out of Merlin's room and Merlin helped him settle on the bench in Gaius's office. Maybe he was getting sick, was this a side-effect to the potion.
Merlin was supposed to deliver that potion to a long client of Gaius's. The man had trouble with his performance and his wife had initially requested it. Now that Arthur had drank it, Merlin worried for his health - and also how to tell Gaius that he'd so completely messed up.
What would he say. Hi, Gaius. We need to talk. Please don't kill me.
"I'll just lie down for a bit," Arthur said, and Merlin agreed. As he helped Arthur settle on the cot, and took a step back, Arthur had immediately fallen asleep.
Merlin grabbed the empty phial and filled it with liquid, he murmured a spell to change the colour of it, and ran out the door to deliver "the potion." It wasn't the real thing, of course, but Merlin figured perhaps the "power of belief" would help the man perform. He'd seen plenty of that as the physician's assistant. Most people just needed to believe the medicine would work, and it did.
*
When Merlin returned, Gaius was sitting by Arthur, looking concerned.
"Merlin, what's the reason of this?"
In a panic, Merlin explained everything to him and Gaius looked grim. Gods, he was going to kill Merlin, wasn't he?
"You said he came to you without hesitation?"
"Yes, Gaius," Merlin said, looking down on the floor.
"I can't say that I'm happy about this. If you did your chores when you're supposed to, this mess wouldn't have happened."
"I know, Gaius. I'm so sorry. Do you think he'll be all right? Will he remember anything? I mean, is he going to kill me for what we did. I..."
Gaius took in a deep breath, walking away from Arthur's resting body, and approached Merlin. "He’ll remember. He might be embarrassed, but I don't think he'll kill you."
"What makes you say that?" Merlin asked, confused by the softness of Gaius's tone.
The potion I brew for Delia and Jedahan is also a fidelity potion. It does have the enticing effect of sexual performance, but only with the one you're attracted to, or in Delia and Jedahan's case, in love with. If Jedahan didn't love Delia, he wouldn't want her.
Merlin's mouth gaped. "That means..."
"Arthur's wanted you. If he'd drank that potion, he'd be going to the person he wants to be with, or well...perform the act alone..." Gaius looked absolutely uncomfortable so Merlin decided to stop his misery.
"Very well, Gaius. I understand. No need to explain any further."
"Thank you," Gaius said with a relief.
"So what do we do now?"
"Well, we wait for the Prince to wake up."
This entry was originally posted at http://digthewriter.dreamwidth.org/433706.html. Please comment anywhere you'd like. Thanks for reading
Author:
digthewriter
Rating: NC-17
Pairing/s: Merlin/Arthur
Character/s: Merlin/Arthur
Summary: Merlin discovers something new about the potion.
Warnings: AU (Canon Era). Sexual Content.
Word Count: 500
Prompt: Prompt #248: we need to talk for camelot_drabble
Author's Notes: Unbetaed. Part of the "Accidentally In Love" Series.
Links: ao3 link / livejournal tag link / dw tag link
Merlin was about to speak to Arthur when he noticed that Arthur's eyes were looking glazed over. Did this mean the potion was wearing off? Merlin got worried, wondering how it'd be that he'd explain what'd just happened to Arthur.
"I don't...I don't feel so well..."
Arthur stumbled out of Merlin's room and Merlin helped him settle on the bench in Gaius's office. Maybe he was getting sick, was this a side-effect to the potion.
Merlin was supposed to deliver that potion to a long client of Gaius's. The man had trouble with his performance and his wife had initially requested it. Now that Arthur had drank it, Merlin worried for his health - and also how to tell Gaius that he'd so completely messed up.
What would he say. Hi, Gaius. We need to talk. Please don't kill me.
"I'll just lie down for a bit," Arthur said, and Merlin agreed. As he helped Arthur settle on the cot, and took a step back, Arthur had immediately fallen asleep.
Merlin grabbed the empty phial and filled it with liquid, he murmured a spell to change the colour of it, and ran out the door to deliver "the potion." It wasn't the real thing, of course, but Merlin figured perhaps the "power of belief" would help the man perform. He'd seen plenty of that as the physician's assistant. Most people just needed to believe the medicine would work, and it did.
*
When Merlin returned, Gaius was sitting by Arthur, looking concerned.
"Merlin, what's the reason of this?"
In a panic, Merlin explained everything to him and Gaius looked grim. Gods, he was going to kill Merlin, wasn't he?
"You said he came to you without hesitation?"
"Yes, Gaius," Merlin said, looking down on the floor.
"I can't say that I'm happy about this. If you did your chores when you're supposed to, this mess wouldn't have happened."
"I know, Gaius. I'm so sorry. Do you think he'll be all right? Will he remember anything? I mean, is he going to kill me for what we did. I..."
Gaius took in a deep breath, walking away from Arthur's resting body, and approached Merlin. "He’ll remember. He might be embarrassed, but I don't think he'll kill you."
"What makes you say that?" Merlin asked, confused by the softness of Gaius's tone.
The potion I brew for Delia and Jedahan is also a fidelity potion. It does have the enticing effect of sexual performance, but only with the one you're attracted to, or in Delia and Jedahan's case, in love with. If Jedahan didn't love Delia, he wouldn't want her.
Merlin's mouth gaped. "That means..."
"Arthur's wanted you. If he'd drank that potion, he'd be going to the person he wants to be with, or well...perform the act alone..." Gaius looked absolutely uncomfortable so Merlin decided to stop his misery.
"Very well, Gaius. I understand. No need to explain any further."
"Thank you," Gaius said with a relief.
"So what do we do now?"
"Well, we wait for the Prince to wake up."
This entry was originally posted at http://digthewriter.dreamwidth.org/433706.html. Please comment anywhere you'd like. Thanks for reading