Merlin -- Sweeter Dreams: Part IV

[tierfal]

Title: Sweeter Dreams
Part: 4
Fandom: Merlin
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 9,465
Warnings: occasional language, generally mild violence
Summary: Following a rather different ending to 2.10 ("Sweet Dreams"), Merlin and Arthur head to Olaf's kingdom of Valden to put things right. In the process, Merlin racks up an impressive

Comments

[giecast]

This is such a fun read! I've always loved your dialogue and the banter here doesn't disappoint. Some of my favorite bits:

“Inciting altercations while the crown prince is attempting to pursue espionage investigations.” Arthur brought up his other hand. “General failure as a servant; denial of the crown prince’s conclusions to that effect. Insolence verging on insurrection. Constant flirting on the job.”

“Flirting with people other than you, you mean,” Merlin fired back. - hee! I love how Merlin keeps putting his foot in his mouth and keeps saying things that he doesn't realize are true, until it's too late.

Merlin frowned. “He’s just worried I’ll get dirt in his bed.”
There was a communicative pause, during the course of which Collette’s eyebrows rose considerably. - I love Collete! I love Harper and Ian too, but I love Collette best.

“The Dragon?” he repeated flatly. “What Dragon?”
The Dragon Merlin was going to feed himself to when they got home, of course. - Ahaha! *pets Merlin*

“If it’s Fabian, I’m going to throw myself

[tierfal]

Sometimes I start to think Merlin loves the taste of shoe, haha. XD

I'm delighted to hear that! She was a ton of fun to write, and I was really hoping people would take to her. ^^

I'm pretty sure every conversation Arthur and Merlin have translates to "You are the light of my life, you stupid bastard" on both sides. Which is much of what I love about them. XD

Thank you for reading; I'm so glad you liked it! :D

[ankh_lj]

That was adorable. It's left me with such a silly grin on my face and made my day. Loved the characters including the original characters you created, the humour, the banter, the plot. I especially loved that you fixed things for Vivian. Thanks!

[tierfal]

I'm so glad to hear it! :D I had a great time integrating all of the various characters, and Vivian needing her due was the reason this thing ended up with such a horrifically massive wordcount. XD Thanks for reading!!

[jhava]

Fabulous story! I loved all of the secondary characters which you managed to make three dimensional very quickly. The Ian reveal caught me by suprise! As did Vivian's true love -- although in hind sight, it was the only logical conclusion bearing in mind the selection you presented of the other nobles and knights ;).

And I adored your characterization of both Merlin and Arthur. And yay for Arthur not being an idiot! And for being so pragmatic about everything. Lovely, lovely story.

[tierfal]

Thank you! :D I had so much fun filling in the background with all of those crazy kids, haha. XD The knights were one of my favorite parts; I got to make up so many different varieties of lunatic! XD

I'm so glad you enjoyed it; thanks for reading! :)

[abbyleaf101]

This is truely amazing. It made me flail, and your Arthur and Merlin where amazingly perfect and just...
Harper and Ian! So much love! <3

Basically, I love all of this so very much and now I'm going to reread it

[tierfal]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it; I had a great time writing it! Thanks very much! :D

[tierfal]

Thank you! ^^ And thank you for reading! :)