PRESENTING: The Merlin/Arthur Royal Wedding Comment Ficfest

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Tired of the Royal Wedding hype? Couldn't care less about cakes and canapes? Bored of the same footage being shown over and over? Fear not! I have an antidote! Of the Merlin/Arthur variety!

Yes, how much cooler would the Royal Wedding have been had it been between Merlin and Arthur?

(blame goes to thisissirius for giving me the idea. *cough

Comments

Previously Unexpected - 2

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He does regret it, later; he has a heart, after all, and a good sense of guilt, and in retrospect he shouldn’t have been so rude to someone who is apparently going to run the country someday. But frankly, he really doesn’t see why it matters.

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Arthur’s not looking at him the next Tuesday, when their class next meets, and Merlin takes the unrepentant line of his profile to be the answer he’d expected; ha, Merlin thinks triumphantly, inwardly crowing and pushing away the still-lingering strains of his guilt over being impolite, because see, Arthur is just as much a sore attention-seeking loser who can’t get over not being loved and all-popular as Will and his violently anti-government hippie friends had promised him, and Merlin is justified. He’s got proof

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[gomusing]

Aw, their love story is beautiful. At least Arthur knows how to be really persuasive in a sweet way. LOL on Arthur and Merlin's different understanding of the sudden engagement XD

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[kinseymill]

This is completely delightful! *happy sigh* Boys! ♥ Thank you for sharing. :D

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[capricornucopia]

I absolutely loved Arthur's fail!proposal. The whole thing left me deliciously tickled. :D

I really enjoyed this and how the destiny thing is worked in. *happy sigh* <3

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[rotrude]

I love how they meet an how the ring think leaks, of course ruining Arthur's proposal or the surprise of it. And the endin was ♥ Thank you for this.

[myfoolisheart]

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[chaosmaka]

I LOVE YOUR WRITING SO MUCH!! This is great, thank you! ♥

“Why anyone else, when I could have you.”
<3 <3 <3

And 15 made me cry.

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[zephre]

awesome! ♥

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[sabriel75]

As always you deliver some of the most memorable dialogue in the fewest words possible. So dreamy, the way you have this unfold.

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[the_muppet]

That is just too wonderful and adorable for words ♥

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[bloodygoodgirl]

This was utterly adorable. I love the way you spaced it out and really covered their relationship. An excellent read.

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[brunettepet]

I love the slow build of this relationship. Arthur is so unexpectedly normal and his quiet pursuit of this friendship is wonderfully endearing. His we're not really dating, we're just very good friends strategy was masterful and when Merlin's hooked, he doesn't even realize he's hooked until years later. Arthur is a tactical genius.

This was the best declaration of love ever: (The way Arthur curls around him, sighs, says, “It’s-I just-look, you can say you don’t want this, because I know it’s complicated as hell and you were never really. . . You can tell me that, if you’re scared to-“ and Merlin just tells him to shut up, that’s kind of insulting, and he’s the idiot between the two of them. And later when Merlin asks, quiet, “Why me? When you could have-”

The way Arthur touches him, and says, red across his cheekbones, “Why anyone else, when I could have you.”) These two and this love story fill my heart with glee.

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[joan_waterhouse]

Ah! Hmmmmmmmm! :) Wonderful!

The way Arthur touches him, and says, red across his cheekbones, “Why anyone else, when I could have you.”
♥

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[ddz008]

Totally amazing!!! Loved every word of it! Perfect way to finally go to sleep :D

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[tama_abi]

Oh I LOVE THIS !!!!

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[brunettepet]

This is terrific. I was laughing at Merlin drunkenly lambasting Arthur on their first get together and how Arthur becomes a huge part of Merlin's world over time. Their friendship was lovely to read but when they finally come together, it's breathtaking. I love this line: The way Arthur touches him, and says, red across his cheekbones, “Why anyone else, when I could have you.” Arthur's so romantical! I want to hug him.

Merlin living in the fishbowl along with Arthur and realizing just how strong Arthur has had to be to get through every fucking day in that fishbowl alone and just sucking it up and living was wonderful. He's going to be strong enough to do this day after day with Arthur. It's fantastic.