Fic: As Summer Comes; As Summer Goes
Title As Summer Comes; As Summer Goes (Written for Paper Legends 2012)
Pairings/characters: Merlin/Arthur, Mentions of Merlin/Freya, Merlin/Gwaine
Rating: R
Word Count: ~51k
Warnings: Small amount of violence, intoxication, blood, and sexual scenes
Summary: Thrown together for the summer on the seashore, Arthur and Merlin are fast friends, but soon discover that there’s always more than meets the eye, about the island, themselves, and each other. But time flies when you’re having fun and the weather is changing. Autumn is coming
Author's notes: he majority of the Spanish phrases in this fic are untranslated, but should be fairly easy to guess from context. La Sirenita is not an actual island, but for this universe it exists in the Grand Canary Archipelago. While Reina Isabel is an actual hotel in Las Palmas, my rendering of it is purely fictitious. Any and all bars I mention are straight from my imagination and don't actually exist.
I have shamelessly stolen the title from this poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
The Old English Eorðbígenga árisan, forþtíaþ drýlác æt se eard. Drýlác hálian, edníwe. translates to: Dwellers of the Earth, arise. Bring forth magic to the earth. Heal, magic, make it new.
The song "Give Me Love" does in fact belong to Ed Sheeran, but I encourage you to go listen to it!
Warning: Arthur is a bit of an ass.
Acknowledgements:
I have a lot of people to thank for this. First of all, to my wonderful beta jaboyya42 thank you so much for putting up with my crap! Also to my cheerleader mintleafed, who did a lot of encouraging! And of course, I have to than emjayelle, because without her, I'm not sure what this fic would even look like. She did a lot of hand holding and cheering and butt kicking along with being my secondary beta. She was always there to help when I had a meltdown or needed some advice. :3
I also want to thank my followers on tumblr, especially the ones who kicked my butt and encouraged me, and also the ones who joined in on the Google Doc parties to yell at me until I started writing again. You guys are the best. :)
Bundles of thanks and hugs go to my wonderful artis nane0 who drew me such beautiful art and encouraged me even when I was really behind!
Lastly, thanks a bunch t the_muppet or being so organized and for putting everything together
Story link:on AO3
Art link: Here
Disclaimer: Sadly none of this is mine