Signy1
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Episode reworking of 'The Darkest Hour.' It took a blood sacrifice to tear the veil between the worlds; it will take a blood sacrifice to mend it. Arthur knew his duty to his people, and he'd been grimly ready to do what needed to be done. But if there is even the barest possibility of a way out... is it really so very selfish of him to consider another option when one is offered? Does Camelot need a living king or a dead hero? Reposted from ff.net.
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One way the battle of Camlann could have gone. On the night before the battle, Merlin only has one request for Gwaine.
"When I'm dead, I want you to remember me for *who* I was, rather than *what* I was. If you can."
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Episode tag to 'With All My Heart.' Merlin, Mordred, Arthur and Gwen have all returned safely from the Cauldron, but Merlin has a few things to get off his chest. After all, it's not like he can tell Arthur what he thinks of being forgotten and abandoned, can he?
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Gaius immediately assumed the worst, but it was an easy mistake to make. The grim expression on Merlin’s face as he stalked into the infirmary did not particularly shout ‘success.’ Neither did the way he flung his pack and jacket in the general direction of his bed without bothering to actually enter his bedroom, then spun on his heel and went straight to the storage shelves, glowering at the jars and bottles as if daring one or more of them to make a hostile move. They didn’t, and he cursed, not quite under his breath.The old man flinched. “Merlin…” he started. “What happened?”
“Oh, you know,” said Merlin over his shoulder, with a sarcastic flip of a hand. “Same old, same old. Woke up, had breakfast, summoned a goddess; nothing worth mentioning.”
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Arthur had forgiven the magic. He'd forgiven the lies. He'd forgiven the mistakes. He'd forgiven the unintended consequences of actions taken with the best of intentions and the worst of outcomes. But this... this was beyond forgiveness. Post-Camlann.
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“He’s not a god, Arthur,” she said quietly.
“Ah. No, you’re right. Of course he’s not a god. Just the all-powerful, immortal incarnation of magic itself. Silly of me to get that confused,” said Arthur.
“This still isn’t his fault, Arthur.”
"Whose, then? Who can I blame, Guinevere?” His mouth tightened. “Who did this to us? And why?”
“I don’t know,” she said, wretchedly. She didn’t. She wished she did. She wished she had someone to blame—almost any scapegoat would do. It would be so much easier if she could hang the guilt around Merlin’s neck.
It would hurt so much less.
He would let her, and never say a word in his own defense.
Maybe that was why she couldn’t bring herself to do it. “I don’t know, Arthur. But… I do know that Merlin didn’t kill our son.”
Arthur’s voice was harsh. “You’re right again. He didn’t.” He turned away. “He just chose not to save him.”
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It wasn't that Arthur disliked Yule. It was hardly his fault that gift-giving, at least if one happened to be a prince, was a somewhat fraught process. And when Merlin appears in his room with a basket, it uncovered a few things he would have preferred to keep to himself...