Mutifandom Pretend Dating/Relationship fest!

[blue_eyed_1987]

So last year (ha!) hermette was talking on twitter about a pretend dating fest, which I hijacked like an appropriate metaphor. Now the holidays are over I thought this would be a good time to host it! Without further ado:

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[sapphirescribe]

Fandom: Merlin
Pairing and/or characters: Gwaine/Percival
Rating: Any
I would love to see: banter, typical Gwaine flirtiness, stoic but smart Percy, heartache (not break, they ultimately should end up together. Gwercival is love), angst, consensual sex (tho it doesn't have to include this, kissing, feeeeels
I woud not like to see: nothing really
Anything else you want to add: Gwaine is known for his inability to have a long term relationship, but he told his family he has a boyfriend just to get them off his back. So he's in a pickle when he has to go home for some reason (family reunion?) and has to bring said boyfriend. Enter Percy. They've been friends for years, but Percy has always ignored Gwaine's incessant flirting. Gwaine doesn't realize that it's because Percy is deeply, painfully in love with Gwaine and doesn't want to settle for just a one-off. Gwaine manages to convince Percy to be his fake boyfriend for the family event. Things happen. Maybe Gwaine sees Percy flirting with someone else? Maybe he spends so much time

[tuesdaymidnight]

I need this like I need air.

My Best Friend's Boyfriend (1/?)

[magnolia822]

Gwaine was known for making impetuous promises that he never intended to keep, but when he said, “Percival Thomas Cooper, if you do this for me, I’ll be your slave for a week,” he seemed serious

Re: My Best Friend's Boyfriend (1/?)

[tuesdaymidnight]

I'm flailing so hard right now. And I'm considering proposing marriage to you. *waggles eyebrows*

Re: My Best Friend's Boyfriend (1/?)

[sapphirescribe]

ZOMG I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

You had me at Percival Thomas Cooper. And then Gwaine calling his mom "mummy". LMAO. Such a momma's boy!

Thank you for writing this! I cannot wait for more! ::sits on grabby hands::

Re: My Best Friend's Boyfriend (1/?)

[melooza]

First: I LOVE YOU FOR THIS!

Second: PERC LET ME LOVE YOU! SHSHSBB It will be OK.

My Best Friend's Boyfriend (2/?)

[magnolia822]

The drive to Devonshire took nearly four hours, and in that time they created a back story as to how they’d met, keeping it simple and close to the truth. A little too close, Percival thought, shifting uncomfortably in the passenger seat. Gwaine’s tiny sports car barely gave him enough room to sit, let alone stretch his legs, but it was the conversation that made him long for escape

My Best Friend's Boyfriend (3/?)

[magnolia822]

“Hullo everyone! This is Percival,” Gwaine called to the great room full of Mountbattens, at least forty in number. “We’re terribly in love.” All around them, conversations died, and mortification spread through Percy like a forest blaze. He had known Gwaine wanted to make a grand entrance, but this wasn’t exactly what he’d expected. A few people tittered, and an elderly woman seated on a nearby settee looked ready to faint. Gwaine’s arm wrapped snugly around his waist, gave him a comforting squeeze

My Best Friend's Boyfriend (4/?)

[magnolia822]

“You mustn’t mind Mummy,” Gwaine said as they followed Merlin down a wide corridor lined with ancestral portraits. “She’s horrible, I know, but she’s also rather lovely

Re: My Best Friend's Boyfriend (4/?)

[tuesdaymidnight]

Aw, poor, tortured Percival! Love the inclusion of Merlin in this. :)

Re: My Best Friend's Boyfriend (4/?)

[sapphirescribe]

Oh, I am just loving this. It's absolutely perfect. (But why are you throwing Gwerlin feels in my face?!?)

Re: My Best Friend's Boyfriend (4/?)

[melooza]

Merlin you sass you! Gwaine needs a spanking for being such a shit. Perc, should get one that. ;)

My Best Friend's Boyfriend (5/?)

[magnolia822]

At dinner, Percy found himself seated between Gwaine and a talkative blonde woman named Elena, one of the many legions of cousins. He’d been formally (and less embarrassingly) introduced during cocktail hour, but was still having difficulty with names, since Gwaine had more relatives than their entire year at Cambridge. Most of them were distressingly attractive-his cousin Arthur Pendragon, another from the blond side of the family, was straight out of some bloody magazine. And then there was Mordred, a brooding, sullen lad of about seventeen who kept shooting daggers of teenage angst at everyone. Percy especially liked Gwaine’s Uncle Gaius, the oldest remaining member of the family and its patriarch. Still, he’d always been shy of new people and was thankful that Elena didn’t seem to require much help in carrying the conversation. He could barely get a word in edgewise if he’d wanted to

My Best Friend's Boyfriend (6/?) Rating: NC-17

[magnolia822]

“Having fun?” a familiar voice asked, close to his ear. Percy turned to find Gwaine, looking more than a bit pissed, sprawled out on the settee next to him. He’d undone his tie and unbuttoned his collar, and Percy’s eyes darted to the tease of chest hair

Re: My Best Friend's Boyfriend (6/?) Rating: NC-17

[tuesdaymidnight]

We've reached the point in my flailing where I just recite lines back to you.

"And then there was Mordred, a brooding, sullen lad of about seventeen who kept shooting daggers of teenage angst at everyone." I cracked up. Best description of Mordred ever.

And "It was like a bad rendition of Pride and Prejudice." That's exactly what I was thinking when you mentioned the genders separating.

You're making this hard on poor Percival. :( I'm glad Gwaine stopped, but I sort of want to slap him upside the head...

Did I mention I'm loving this? Because I'm loving this!!!

Re: My Best Friend's Boyfriend (6/?) Rating: NC-17

[sapphirescribe]

Percyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!! Come here, bb, I'll comfort you!

I am loving this so much. YOU are a legend, my dear!