Kink Me! #18

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Kink Me! #18
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[anonymous]

Arthur/Merlin, Modern AU

Merlin starts to receive ridiculously expensive gifts from a secret admirer, always with a flower and a poem attached. He never suspects them to be from the asshole he sits in front of in his Medieval History class.

OMG YES

[quarterwhore]

THIS WOULD COMPLETE MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[anonymous]

The temptation is overwhelming, but I am not writing until December. *flails*

Drugstore Flowers (1/9?)

[anonymous]

You really don't want to read my poetry, so there are quotes instead. Thus, my abject apologies to: Shakespeare, Joss Whedon, the Beatles, W.H. Auden, and Robert Louis Stevenson

Drugstore Flowers (2/9?)

[anonymous]

Two unnervingly silent days later, Merlin drags himself up the stairs to his flat after a long day of lectures and homework and work at the bookshop to find a bag in front of his door. There’s an extremely ugly yellow carnation sticking out of it, so he assumes that it’s meant to go to Mrs. Mora next door, but when he leans close, his name is scrawled across the tag in handwriting he doesn’t recognize

Drugstore Flowers (3/9?)

[anonymous]

Two weeks later, Merlin is still marveling at the wonders of his new player and there are fingerprints on the shiny back from where he’s constantly rubbing his fingers over the engraving, and he gets to Medieval History in an excellent mood, a few minutes after Gwen and right behind the Blond Dick, who’s looking particularly pleased with himself. “Gwen,” he says seriously the second he sits down, and she looks up expectantly. “There’s a showing of the Buffy musical on Friday. It’s been at least a year since I saw any of it, especially now I can’t afford cable, so we are going. No excuses. Drag Lance along if you must

Drugstore Flowers (4/9?)

[anonymous]

The next week, Gwen is miserably sick, so Merlin goes to Medieval History alone, exhausted from taking on an extra shift at work and from the sheer amount of school work he has ahead of him over the next few weeks. It was not his smartest idea to take an extra class, but he’s too interested in all of them to quit any of them now

Drugstore Flowers (5/9?)

[anonymous]

Merlin feels like an actual human being the next week, so he deigns to smile at the Blond Dick when he walks into Medieval History, and it’s a bonus when he looks thoroughly unnerved at Merlin’s good mood. “Did you get laid or something?” he asks the second Merlin has greeted Gwen, who’s on the mend from her cold but still sniffling.

“Had a really good rest the other night,” says Merlin, determined not to let even Arthur Pendragon ruin his mood. “I need to get myself a new mattress or something. Or possibly steal one from Castle.” It had quite possibly been the best sleep of his life“You’re looking blissed-out over a mattress?” asks the Blond Dick, sounding unsure. “What the hell do you sleep on

Drugstore Flowers (6/9?)

[anonymous]

A few days later, he finds himself behind the Blond Dick in line at the campus coffee shop, and skulks a bit in hopes that he won’t be noticed before his hopes are dashed when they reach the counter, because Arthur turns around and raises his eyebrows. “What’ll you have, Merlin?”

“You--um, I’m fine, really, to pay for myself.”

“Call it my good deed for the week, Emrys, and stop objecting, you’re holding up the queue.”

“Really, I can’t--”

“Don’t be such a girl, Merlin. What are you having

Drugstore Flowers (7/9)

[anonymous]

The next time it’s a bouquet of daisies, which is a bit ridiculous but cracks Merlin up nonetheless. The note reads Close by the jolly fire I sit/ To warm my frozen bones a bit, and the box contains a warm winter coat far better than the castoff of Will’s he’s been using the past few winters, as well as a cashmere scarf and a pair of mittens, which Merlin hasn’t worn since he was about five

Drugstore Flowers (8/9)

[anonymous]

A few days later, Merlin is wearing his new coat for the first time, and he catches sight of Arthur walking alone across campus and grabs him by the sleeve to shove his headphones at him. “Seriously, you’ve got to listen to this, it’s amazing,” he says, and gets only a bemused look in return. “Listen,” he insists.

Arthur takes the headphones with a roll of his eyes and blinks when he realizes what he’s listening to. “Opera, Merlin? What the hell? I mean, everyone wonders what you listen to on this thing all the time, but opera?”

Merlin takes the headphones back, feeling his cheeks go bright red. “It’s not usually. But I discovered Barber of Seville yesterday, and I just thought it was really cool. Sorry. I’ll let you get to class

Re: Drugstore Flowers (8/9)

[fallentenshi128]

this is a pretty flipping amazing story and i love it, but i just wanted let you know that you have merlin taking his headphones back, but if he's walking with arthur because he's attached via the headphones, then he doesn't have his headphones back yet. and now i'm off to bookmark this.

Re: Drugstore Flowers (8/9)

[anonymous]

I'm not sure what you're pointing out here. If you look back at it Merlin gives Arthur his headphones to listen to then begins to walk with him because they're still around Arthur's neck and they're attached to one another but when they get to the coffee shop he takes the headphones back from Arthur to separate them. That's it. So like I said I'm just wondering what you're pointing out and why Merlin couldn't have taken his headphones back??

*not the author, just curious ;)

Re: Drugstore Flowers (8/9)

[fallentenshi128]

Around the middle, it says:

"...but opera?

Merlin takes the headphones back, feeling his cheeks go bright red."

So Merlin has his headphones, but then walks to with arthur because they're around his neck. Then it says:

"Merlin retrieves his headphones when they reach the coffee shop..."

So I could be wrong and the author meant two different actions, but that's how i see it.

Re: Drugstore Flowers (8/9)

[anonymous]

Ohhh, gotcha ;) I totally missed that first sentence where he took them back the first time so I was so confused over what you were pointing out. LOL.

That's what I get for reading/devouring the fic too quickly :D

Author here!

[anonymous]

Whoops, this is what comes of doing the look-over on fics at two in the morning, apparently! Something to fix for the repost, thanks for pointing it out!