Fic: A Healing Touch
Title: A Healing Touch
Author: destiny_chicken
Rating: Mature (NC 17) due to violence, Pre-Merthur situations
Pairing(s): Pre-Merlin/Arthur
Summary:
Alternative and additional scenes from 5.02. Arthur is severely beaten by Ragnor and his men while he and Merlin are being taken to Morgana as prisoners. A generous amount of hurt/comfort and banter ensues.
Warnings: Non-graphic violence
Word Count:6255
Spoilers: 5.01 and 5.02 (Arthur's Bane, Part 1 and Part 2), mention of 1.03 (The Mark of Nimueh)
Disclaimer: No money is being made from this story, and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. I don't own the boys (sure wish I did). I just take them out to play with now and again.
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This story was written in response to this prompt from rocknvaughn on the Arthur_Whumping community on Live Journal:
AU set in 5.02. After catching Merlin and Arthur talking, Ragnor gives Arthur a much more serious beating than shown in the show. (Arthur in serious pain but *not* a concussion, but like some sort of broken bones...like in his sword arm perhaps so he cannot help fight his way free?)
Now Merlin must figure out how to rescue them both from Morgana's (and Ragnor's) clutches and help heal his friend, knowing full well he may not be able to do it without revealing his magic to Arthur.
Appreciative!Arthur giving some respect where it is due and hopefully some BAMF!Merlin if it is a reveal fic. :)
Well, I haven't made this a reveal!fic, and I've spent much more time on hurt/comfort than having a BAMF!Merlin resolve how to defeat Morgana. I hope this is still a satisfying fill for the prompt.
This is my first fan fiction of any kind. I am obsessed over the Merlin show and writing fan fiction seems a good way to get these additional stories out of my head. I have not done any creative writing in over (mumble, mumble) twenty years. I have rediscovered that I am still pretty hopeless punctuating quotations correctly. I have tried to restrain my normal tendency to use ellipses obsessively, but the em dash has made frequent appearances as compensation, no doubt.
All that is to say, please be kind, and if anyone would like to beta for me or Brit-pick, I would be most appreciative. Constructive criticism is welcome via PM, please.
Mordred is not evil in this story just because I can't bear the thought that Arthur's future will be ended too soon by Mordred. I'm hoping the show's producers are going to give us a happy ending, and not come to a sad conclusion at Mordred's hands as called for in the Arthurian Legend.
I made use of the web site http://www.oldenglishtranslator.co.uk/ for help with the Old English spells. Since my understanding of language tenses is quite sketchy, I can only say what I think these phrases mean or were meant to convey. If you can correct me, please do PM me on Live Journal at destiny_chicken.
The ASCII art used as a chapter separator was generated at the website http://www.webestools.com/stylish-text-generator-nickname-message-msn-facebook-windows-live-messenger-text-accents-effect-ascii-text.html
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