Make A Move Or Move On (Merlin/Arthur)
Title: Make A Move Or Move On
Author: digthewriter
Word Count: ~1000
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur, Will
Rating: R
Warnings: Accidental Sexting
Written for: tavern_tales April prompt
Summary: The one where Merlin is trying to upload a naked picture of him for a "dating" site and accidentally sends it to Arthur
This was the first time Merlin was trying anything like it. Really, it only started as a joke. Will had dared him to do it so Merlin said he’d at least try.
Yeah, that’s really how it started.
“Okay,” Merlin said right before he dropped the towel and grabbed his mobile. He started to stroke himself in front of the mirror a little bit to get things going, then he was going to take a picture.
Just one.
He would crop his face out and then upload it to the site.
That was the plan.
It would have been a random username and no one would know if it was him. He’d see if anyone was interested, then maybe email back and forth a bit and figure out if he wanted to meet the bloke. So that was the plan that he’d told Will. In reality, he wasn’t going to tell Will that he really didn’t intend to talk to anyone. He was just doing this so Will could back off a little bit.
“Your crush on Arthur is driving me mad. You either make a move on Arthur, or move on.” Will’s voice had been so resolute that Merlin knew there was no way out of it.
His only option was to pretend to upload his picture on HUNGry, and show Will that he was moving on. Or trying anyway.
With his hands trembling just a bit, Merlin focused on the camera phone and clicked. He didn’t even have a moment to look at it when his phone buzzed, and a message popped up.
Have you done it yet?
It was Will, and he was being his usual annoying self.
I’m just about to post it, git. Merlin responded. He shook his head and returned to the picture in question. The phone buzzed again.
Send it to me, I want proof.
Merlin shook his head. That was not happening. I’m not sending you a picture of my cock.
…then it didn’t happen.
Merlin sighed and decided to send the picture to Will before cropping it and uploading it on the website. He clicked on the share icon, then email, when he noticed that he had an unread message. Saving the picture in his drafts, Merlin clicked on the inbox. It was an email from Arthur Pendragon.
Merlin took a deep breath. Why was Arthur emailing him? He click on the message and as he scrolled down, Will sent him another message.
“For fuck’s sake,” Merlin grumbled and tried to send the picture in a text to Will instead of emailing it. After sending him the message, Merlin accidentally exited out of the email program. He tapped on the icon for the email and searched for Arthur’s name. As he typed A - R - T-Arthur’s named popped up and he pressed on ‘okay’.
Send message?
“What? No!” Merlin yelled at his phone and as he went to hit ‘cancel’, he hit ‘send’.
Damn his slippery fingers.
“NO!” Merlin screamed. What had he done?
He’d accidentally emailed Arthur a picture of him…naked. He couldn’t even claim that it was spam because he hadn’t cropped the photo yet, and Arthur would get it. A picture of him. Naked. Hard. NAKED. ARTHUR!
Merlin was officially freaking out.
A second later, his phone buzzed.
Nice cock.
Fuck off, Will.
Merlin was livid. It was all Will’s fault. If he hadn’t made Merlin do this in the first place, none of this was going to happen!
Merlin?
His phone had buzzed again and this time it wasn’t Will sending him a text message.
Shit! Fuck! What was Merlin going to do? Arthur had clearly just seen the picture and sent him a message to check on him. What would he say?
Hi Arthur, sorry about the email. I didn’t mean too-Fuck, I’m so embarrassed.
Merlin waited patiently for a response. He hoped that Will wouldn’t write back because that would only agitate him further. He paced up and down his hallway naked before he realised how chilly his flat really was. He grabbed the towel off the floor and wrapped it around him. He headed to his bedroom to find clothes to sleep in. Maybe in the morning, this would all have been a dream.
His phone chimed again.
There’s nothing to be embarrassed about.
Merlin read the message twice before acknowledging that he had read it correctly.
Well, I’m not embarrassed about that. I just can’t believe I sent it to you accidentally. He didn’t know what else to say. He was in the situation, and might as well make the most of it. Arthur didn’t seem totally repulsed by it. Maybe there was hope.
Some accidents are really blessings in disguise. Now I’ll have something to think about tonight.
“What?” Merlin nearly screeched. How did this happen? Was Arthur flirting with him? Holy fuck! Merlin’s mind was screaming-racing with ideas and imaginations and hope! Before he could write back a response, he received another message.
Sorry if that was rude.
Merlin smiled and grabbed his mobile with both hands. Not rude at all. Your message was well received and it’s really too bad that I don’t have a visual to focus on for tonight. He bit his lower lip as he sent the message. What was he doing? Would Arthur text him back a naked picture of himself? Merlin could only wish.
I’m afraid that I’m not as bold as you to send you something by text or email.
Merlin took a deep breath before responding. You know where I live.
I do. Arthur answered, and sent another message. Be there in fifteen minutes. Don’t start without me.
Merlin chuckled as he read the second message. I wouldn’t dare, he replied.
Perhaps he wouldn’t really kill Will either. After all, it was his idea for Merlin to make a move or move on. READ PART TWO
Author: digthewriter
Word Count: ~1000
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur, Will
Rating: R
Warnings: Accidental Sexting
Written for: tavern_tales April prompt
Summary: The one where Merlin is trying to upload a naked picture of him for a "dating" site and accidentally sends it to Arthur
This was the first time Merlin was trying anything like it. Really, it only started as a joke. Will had dared him to do it so Merlin said he’d at least try.
Yeah, that’s really how it started.
“Okay,” Merlin said right before he dropped the towel and grabbed his mobile. He started to stroke himself in front of the mirror a little bit to get things going, then he was going to take a picture.
Just one.
He would crop his face out and then upload it to the site.
That was the plan.
It would have been a random username and no one would know if it was him. He’d see if anyone was interested, then maybe email back and forth a bit and figure out if he wanted to meet the bloke. So that was the plan that he’d told Will. In reality, he wasn’t going to tell Will that he really didn’t intend to talk to anyone. He was just doing this so Will could back off a little bit.
“Your crush on Arthur is driving me mad. You either make a move on Arthur, or move on.” Will’s voice had been so resolute that Merlin knew there was no way out of it.
His only option was to pretend to upload his picture on HUNGry, and show Will that he was moving on. Or trying anyway.
With his hands trembling just a bit, Merlin focused on the camera phone and clicked. He didn’t even have a moment to look at it when his phone buzzed, and a message popped up.
Have you done it yet?
It was Will, and he was being his usual annoying self.
I’m just about to post it, git. Merlin responded. He shook his head and returned to the picture in question. The phone buzzed again.
Send it to me, I want proof.
Merlin shook his head. That was not happening. I’m not sending you a picture of my cock.
…then it didn’t happen.
Merlin sighed and decided to send the picture to Will before cropping it and uploading it on the website. He clicked on the share icon, then email, when he noticed that he had an unread message. Saving the picture in his drafts, Merlin clicked on the inbox. It was an email from Arthur Pendragon.
Merlin took a deep breath. Why was Arthur emailing him? He click on the message and as he scrolled down, Will sent him another message.
“For fuck’s sake,” Merlin grumbled and tried to send the picture in a text to Will instead of emailing it. After sending him the message, Merlin accidentally exited out of the email program. He tapped on the icon for the email and searched for Arthur’s name. As he typed A - R - T-Arthur’s named popped up and he pressed on ‘okay’.
Send message?
“What? No!” Merlin yelled at his phone and as he went to hit ‘cancel’, he hit ‘send’.
Damn his slippery fingers.
“NO!” Merlin screamed. What had he done?
He’d accidentally emailed Arthur a picture of him…naked. He couldn’t even claim that it was spam because he hadn’t cropped the photo yet, and Arthur would get it. A picture of him. Naked. Hard. NAKED. ARTHUR!
Merlin was officially freaking out.
A second later, his phone buzzed.
Nice cock.
Fuck off, Will.
Merlin was livid. It was all Will’s fault. If he hadn’t made Merlin do this in the first place, none of this was going to happen!
Merlin?
His phone had buzzed again and this time it wasn’t Will sending him a text message.
Shit! Fuck! What was Merlin going to do? Arthur had clearly just seen the picture and sent him a message to check on him. What would he say?
Hi Arthur, sorry about the email. I didn’t mean too-Fuck, I’m so embarrassed.
Merlin waited patiently for a response. He hoped that Will wouldn’t write back because that would only agitate him further. He paced up and down his hallway naked before he realised how chilly his flat really was. He grabbed the towel off the floor and wrapped it around him. He headed to his bedroom to find clothes to sleep in. Maybe in the morning, this would all have been a dream.
His phone chimed again.
There’s nothing to be embarrassed about.
Merlin read the message twice before acknowledging that he had read it correctly.
Well, I’m not embarrassed about that. I just can’t believe I sent it to you accidentally. He didn’t know what else to say. He was in the situation, and might as well make the most of it. Arthur didn’t seem totally repulsed by it. Maybe there was hope.
Some accidents are really blessings in disguise. Now I’ll have something to think about tonight.
“What?” Merlin nearly screeched. How did this happen? Was Arthur flirting with him? Holy fuck! Merlin’s mind was screaming-racing with ideas and imaginations and hope! Before he could write back a response, he received another message.
Sorry if that was rude.
Merlin smiled and grabbed his mobile with both hands. Not rude at all. Your message was well received and it’s really too bad that I don’t have a visual to focus on for tonight. He bit his lower lip as he sent the message. What was he doing? Would Arthur text him back a naked picture of himself? Merlin could only wish.
I’m afraid that I’m not as bold as you to send you something by text or email.
Merlin took a deep breath before responding. You know where I live.
I do. Arthur answered, and sent another message. Be there in fifteen minutes. Don’t start without me.
Merlin chuckled as he read the second message. I wouldn’t dare, he replied.
Perhaps he wouldn’t really kill Will either. After all, it was his idea for Merlin to make a move or move on. READ PART TWO