The Only Exception Prologue: In Media Res
Fandom: Merlin.
Title: The Only Exception
Chapter: Pologue
Characters: Arthur, Merlin, Lancelot (mentioned), Uther (mentioned)
Pairings: Arthur/Merlin, Lancelot/Gwen, Arthur/Merlin/Morgana/Gwen friendship
Summary: AU. Merlin is the new kid at Pendragon Academy and finds himself butting heads constantly with the Headmaster's son. However, one things leads to another and soon he finds himself falling for the prat.
A/N: Here goes my first Merlin fic.
The dorm was unusually quiet.
The usual sounds of laughing, shouting, muffled scuffling, and cursing had been silenced. Though Merlin had to admit the silence was probably due to the fact that it was early morning on Saturday; all of the students on his floor (and most likely in the entire dormitory) were all dead to the world (a state caused by a combination of no classes and a very late Friday night), just as he should be.
But sleep would not come.
It was all Arthur’s fault of course.
The other boy slept soundly next to him, pale hair plastered to his face, and one arm wrapped around Merlin. Slumber gave him an oddly innocent expression that was never present while he was awake. Once again, Merlin thanked God that his roommate, Lancelot, had gone home for his birthday.
If someone had told him at the beginning of the semester, that he would end up in bed with the Headmaster’s son, he would have called them crazy. He still wasn’t entirely sure how the hell it happened in the first place, though he wasn’t complaining.
He glanced over at his alarm clock on the bedside table; ‘6:00’ was displayed in bright red letters and he groaned, though no loud enough to wake his companion. It was sinful to be awake at six o’clock in the morning on a Saturday, in fact, it should have been illegal.
Once again stifling a groan, Merlin shut his eyes and willed sleep to come.
He would deal with everything (including Arthur) in the afternoon.