Fic: The Hazel and the Honeysuckle.

[aleathiel]

Title: The Hazel and the Honeysuckle.
Fandom: Merlin
Paring: Arthur/Merlin
Rating: PG
Summary: A Merlin retelling of another Arthurian legend.
Words: 3322

AN: Written for the tamingthemuse prompt "Hide and Seek".

Huge thanks to drjenny88 for betaing.

Comments

[aleathiel]

Of course it's alright.

But... how have you read it already? I've only just posted it. LOL!

[aleathiel]

:P

And good, the pacing was one of the things I was most worried about, but drjenny88 assured me it was ok.

[girl_called_sun]

That was quite beautiful; the relationship between Merlin and Arthur was just right, from the banter and insults at the start to the emotion of the ending. The slow reveal with the flashbacks worked really well, and I loved the last section particularly. This is a gem.

[aleathiel]

Thank you. I'm glad you felt that telling the story in two halves worked :)

[ikchen]

The pacing was perfect,really! Loved it!

[aleathiel]

Good! I'm relieved to hear it.

[cs_whitewolf]

Aww, that last part just completely broke me- the whole build up to it was very well done and I really enjoyed the story and the sort of "forboding" it gave to any potential Arthur/Merlin. The poor babies! ::wibbles::

Thanks for sharing!
Peace,
CS WhiteWolf

[aleathiel]

:P It was kind of intended to do that, so I'm glad it worked. I'm glad that you could see the Tristan and Iseult story in relation to Merlin and Arthur. I wasn't sure how clear that was.

[shantirosa]

Oh the ending. Just. :( You combined my favourite pairing with one of my favourite Arthurian myths and woah, it is so quietly heartbreaking.

[aleathiel]

Why thanks! (it's one of my favourite myths too)