Rec: Merlin
Title: The Prince Regent of Camelot
Author: onelittlesleep
Fandom: Merlin
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin
He father is...laughing.
Sir Leon looks over at Arthur, perplexed, as he walks into father's outer rooms. Arthur slows, frowning.
His father is winded by the time he is finished, and wiping his eyes dry.
"Father? Is there something wrong?"
"No, no," his father says, pouring some wine. And then he pauses and starts chuckling again, like the sound escapes him, beyond his control.
Sir Leon is slowly smiling now too, though it's mixed with apprehension.
Arthur meets his father and Uther passes him the wine and then pours a glass for himself. They both drink and his father smiles and says "Come, look for yourself."
His father unlatches and pushes open the window glass, grinning. They both look out.
Far down in the courtyard, there is some kind of rustic disturbance going on. A single, white chicken is charging around the yard, squawking and jumping and fluttering her useless wings.
Chasing it is the dark-haired boy from the other day, whose backside was pinked on Arthur's belt. As they watch, he makes a dive and disappears behind a horse trough.
Uther chuckles, almost sobered now, says "I have watched this lad chase that chicken for two hours."
Merlin comes to Camelot when he's 14 and we get to see Arthur meet him as a child and try to deal with him. Can you imagine how funny and annoying child Merlin would be? I love how onelittlesleep can gentle Uther and show his softer side (she's done it for him before) while not making him seem even a little bit out of character. She just makes him *human*.
And usually her fic leaves me sweating with lust by the end of it but this one (while definitely having some great sex in it) seems like something else entirely. Some quieter and slower and so very beautiful.
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Author: onelittlesleep
Fandom: Merlin
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin
He father is...laughing.
Sir Leon looks over at Arthur, perplexed, as he walks into father's outer rooms. Arthur slows, frowning.
His father is winded by the time he is finished, and wiping his eyes dry.
"Father? Is there something wrong?"
"No, no," his father says, pouring some wine. And then he pauses and starts chuckling again, like the sound escapes him, beyond his control.
Sir Leon is slowly smiling now too, though it's mixed with apprehension.
Arthur meets his father and Uther passes him the wine and then pours a glass for himself. They both drink and his father smiles and says "Come, look for yourself."
His father unlatches and pushes open the window glass, grinning. They both look out.
Far down in the courtyard, there is some kind of rustic disturbance going on. A single, white chicken is charging around the yard, squawking and jumping and fluttering her useless wings.
Chasing it is the dark-haired boy from the other day, whose backside was pinked on Arthur's belt. As they watch, he makes a dive and disappears behind a horse trough.
Uther chuckles, almost sobered now, says "I have watched this lad chase that chicken for two hours."
Merlin comes to Camelot when he's 14 and we get to see Arthur meet him as a child and try to deal with him. Can you imagine how funny and annoying child Merlin would be? I love how onelittlesleep can gentle Uther and show his softer side (she's done it for him before) while not making him seem even a little bit out of character. She just makes him *human*.
And usually her fic leaves me sweating with lust by the end of it but this one (while definitely having some great sex in it) seems like something else entirely. Some quieter and slower and so very beautiful.
This entry was originally posted at http://dodificus.dreamwidth.org/374191.html. You can comment there. DW currently has
comments