One Saved for the Shore

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Author: schweet_heart
Title: One Saved for the Shore
Rating: R/Mature
Pairing/s: Merlin/Arthur
Character/s: Merlin, Arthur
Summary: Every night he dreams of luring Arthur to the sea, of opening his mouth and threading the hook with his sweetest lullaby. Every morning, he wakes, presses his lips to Arthur’s skin and tastes the salt, and tells himself: not yet

Comments

[fractionallyfox]

This is. So. Good. Thank you for linking to the first part. They go beautifully together. The description of the call of Merlin's instincts is so powerful that I feel like I can smell the ocean.

"Merlin has never been so spiritless before, and the longer he resists the urge to kill the more he will diminish and dry up, withered away beneath the sun of Arthur’s smile."

This line is particularly lovely. Thanks for sharing!

[schweet_heart]

Thank you! I'm glad you feel the two parts work well together; I wasn't originally planning a sequel but the prompt kind of inspired me :)

[archaeologist_d]

Oh, loved the descriptions of how Merlin is so thirsty and yet he keeps from hurting Arthur. Loved how you linked the sea and the salt and the earth and Arthur being a different kind of drowning. Great job.

[schweet_heart]

Thank you! ^_^