Title: Somewhere After Midnight
Fandom: Merlin
Characters/Pairings: Merlin/Arthur, mentions of Uther and Nimueh
Rating: PG
Summary: Everyone's scared of something, even princes. And everyone needs someone to protect them from those fears.
Spoilers: Up to and including 1x10, The Moment Of Truth.
Author's notes: This was meant to be a drabble. It came out at over 2000 words. Also, this started out as an explanation for the 5 year continuity error - it has been said that Gaius has been around for 25 years, since Arthur's birth, and yet magic has only been outlawed for 20.
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Somewhere After Midnight)