Contrary to what most of the servants seem to believe, Arthur doesn't actually prance around naked with Merlin in the room, nor does he require Merlin to dress him, aside from fastening the occasional clasp that Arthur can't reach, or helping him in and out of his fussier formal wear. So this is unexpected to say the least.

"Wait. Wait, wait, wait ( Read more... )

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It wasn’t that Arthur was afraid of the board, exactly. His father had started forcing him to sit in on meetings when he was still at university, and he’d had drinks with every last board member on numerous occasions. They were just men, and Arthur knew himself to be a better leader than any of them. But still, as he prepared to enter the ( Read more... )

“Arthur,” Merlin said loudly, competing with the sounds of bad seventies pop music blasting from Arthur’s oversized speakers, “I don’t know if you were aware, but your inability to put away your toothbrush isn’t one of the endearing flaws that’s convinced me to live with you.”

“What?” Arthur shouted back, his voice distant and nearly drowned out ( Read more... )

The problem is, they’ve gotten too good at what they do. Over the past year, and the course of no less than ten shoots, Merlin and Arthur have fallen into a comfortable pattern of sniping banter, brain-melting sex (on camera, of course), and not talking afterwards. At all. As in, sometimes, by the time Merlin’s gotten all the come out of his ( Read more... )

Merlin awoke with the odd feeling he’d forgotten something. Without opening his eyes, or doing anything that might signal to Arthur that he was, in fact, no longer unconscious and therefore available to service his princely (and not-so-princely, if last night had been any indication) needs, Merlin took stock of the previous day.

He’d taken Arthur’ ( Read more... )

“Penny. Penny, I just don’t know,” Sheldon said wearily, collapsing a little sideways into his favorite spot on the couch.

“What don’t you know, sweetie?” Penny offered indulgently, filling a glass with water.

“About why I don’t get it,” Sheldon whined.

Sheldon was not accustomed to not understanding things that people around him understood. ( Read more... )

With Merlin, everything is new again.

Sensations Arthur thought he’d grown accustomed to, feelings he’d experienced  before (fleeting, but still real), words he’s heard spoken by a dozen tongues are all bright and strange when Merlin says them, whispers them into the crook of Arthur’s neck, so shy and innocent, except for the fact that they are ( Read more... )

Part 1

I want you
I woke up & one of us was crying
I want you
You said, 'young man I do believe you're dying'
I want you
If you need a second opinion as you seem to do these days
You can look in my eyes and you can count the ways
- I Want You, Elvis Costello

It’s nearly dawn when Sirius comes home. The bedroom is full of cold, blue-grey light, ( Read more... )

& now you say you've got no expectations ( Read more... )