Comments | xari_xryso_fic: Fic: Merlin: Patience (pre-slash: Merlin/Arthur)

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Fic: Merlin: Patience (pre-slash: Merlin/Arthur)

Mar 16, 2011 01:27

Title: Patience
Rating: PG
Warning: character death (neither Merlin nor Arthur)
Word Count: 2799
Disclaimer: Merlin is not mine, and I'm not making any profit from this whatsoever.
Summary: In the aftermath of the events of The Last Dragonlord, Merlin asks to go back to Ealdor, to break the news of Balinor's death to his mother. Arthur is left ( Read more... )

fandom: merlin, fic length: oneshot, genre: character study, genre: angst, fanfiction, !author: xaritomene, genre: hurt/comfort, rating: pg

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xaritomene April 1 2011, 14:21:37 UTC

Thank you so much! (And sorry for the pretty epic reply!fail I have going on here. :S) I love Merlin, but sometimes I really wish they wouldn't hit us over the head with the Emotion of the Week and make SURE that we couldn't miss whatever it it was - it was fun to try and write something a little subtler, however well it actually came out. :D Thank you so much for reading it! I'm really glad you enjoyed it. ^_^

archaeologist_d March 16 2011, 01:49:51 UTC

That was so lovely. I loved how Arthur recognized that something was wrong and that he wanted to make it right somehow even if he didn't know what it was. Loved that Merlin told him at least a little bit.

xaritomene April 1 2011, 14:22:26 UTC

Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it; I had huge fun writing it, and I'm delighted it worked for you!

kattale March 16 2011, 02:31:09 UTC

Awww. This was lovely. A beautiful prompt, and very well handled. I liked the hand-touch - subtle and intimate.

xaritomene April 1 2011, 14:23:36 UTC

Thank you! I got very lucky with the prompt; helva2260 gave me a gift there, and it was huge fun to write, so half of the credit must go to her for her prompt! ^_^ But I'm very, very glad you enjoyed it - thank you for telling me! It means a lot.

jusmine984 March 16 2011, 02:31:40 UTC

I love that Arthur noticed! He can tend to be a little dense in fic sometimes - I love how you write him. :)

And the ending is so sweet! I see their relationship getting even better in the future. :P

xaritomene April 1 2011, 14:24:17 UTC

*laughs* Bless him, he means well every time, even when he is off being a tad, ahem, dense. :D I'm so glad you enjoyed it, lovey, thank you!

lawgoddess March 16 2011, 03:50:37 UTC

Beautiful story.

“What do you mean?” Arthur asked, already wondering how he could get them retroactively punished.

LOL! That is so Arthur.

Arthur isn't always the sharpest knife in the drawer, but his heart is in the right place.

Thanks for sharing this.

xaritomene April 1 2011, 14:25:06 UTC

Thank you! I'm really glad you liked it, especially that line - because Arthur is always a blast to write (often especially when he's being a little slow, bless him). Thank you for commenting! I really appreciate it. ^_^