bbc merlin| The things we've had (won't fade away)

[ca_te]

Title: The things we've had (won't fade away)
Author: ca_te
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur (side Arthur/Gwen)
Genre: Angst, Romance, Canon Au
Rating: R
Notes: this is a sequel to This flame that won't die and Impossible to fight. Takes place during episodes 12 and 13 of season 4.

Comments

[hermitknut]

This is heartbreaking and I was sure it couldn't have a happy ending, but then you made it... not all the way better, but hopeful. Lovely work!

HK

[ca_te]

I'm glad that you liked this and yeah I couldn't help it, I had to give this 'verse a hopeful ending :) Thank you so much for reading and for the kind comment!

[bestlemongreen]

These are comments I made while I was reading the fic, so I wouldn't forget later since I've got the memory of a goldfish.

- I love that you dissected every part that had hit me in the ep 13 and rewrote them in your own Merlin's pov
- The quality of your fic doesn't fail/decrease one bit. How did you even do it?
- More reasons to mourn after season 4 has ended, cos i will not get to read another piece your fics in this verse again or maybe until season 5, if you still plan to continue this lovable little series
- I literally went and grab tissue
- Usually i avoid angst like the plague but I can't seem to stop reading your fic. whryy
- I reread the first and second pieces too and now i shall sob
- I wish i were better with English so that i could comment this fic properly and tell you my feelings. It's impossible task with my current Eng skill. Such a rotten Eng I've got here.

-God and now i hurt everywhere

And now that I've read till the ending,

He hopes that Arthur will cherish it, until the right life time for them will come

[ca_te]

Oh my...I've no words really...you've no idea how happy your comment made me. I think I might have to grab a tissue too! As a writer, to know that this fic and this 'verse moved you means so much to me!

You're a really perceptive reader, dear! I was indeed thinking to write a reincarnation!fic 'verse as a sequel to this one! I'll hopefully start working on it soon :)

Andthanks to you, because comments like yours are what makes me want to write! <3

[wild_shadowfire]

Hmm... I'm not quite sure I understand the ending... so Arthur says he's in love with Gwen... but then he has sex with Merlin after he's gotten back with her (ouch)... and then he says "in a different life I'd never let you go"???

Is he supposed to be in love with both of them at the same time? Because for that he seems awfully unconflicted on his own wedding day...

[ca_te]

Well for how I see it he has this strong connection with Merlin and he truly can't deny that- I would say that he loves Merlin in his own way, even though he also loves Gwen. But he makes a choice- the reasons are up to the reader basically, to me he choses Gwen because being with her is less complicated and somehow (in my opinion of course) less "deep" than being with Merlin. People are often conflicted about their own feelings and this is how I see Arthur. He loves Gwen, he does, that's why he is happy to marry her, but a part of him will always belong to Merlin. That's all I wanted to say with this fic :)

[owensheart]

This was heartbreaking but really beautiful too.

[ca_te]

I'm glad that you think so. Thank you!

[angelqueen04]

Oh. My. God. The heart. It breaks! *sobs*

This entire series has been so incredibly beautiful! Merlin's despair mingling with the faint hope he holds onto, the hope for that future lifetime when he and Arthur will have their time in the sun, is just so amazing! I can't begin to describe how much I love this story, this entire series!

Excellent job! Thank you so much for sharing!! :)

[ca_te]

Wow! Thank you! I'm so happy to know that you liked this series!

Thanks to you for reading and for such a kind comment! :)