prompt: "Transformation" by @merthurmicrofic
word count: 324
summary: No matter how many centuries or galaxies apart, Merlin is never going to be free from Arthur. Is he?
And Arthur kissed him. He kissed Merlin's lips. He kissed Merlin's cheeks and sucked at his neck.
Merlin was frozen in place. Arthur was here... He shouldn't be... He shouldn't be here. How could he be?
Two strong arms pulled him back and Merlin fell on the side like a lifeless puppet. People were shouting around him. Some were saying his name, asking him if he was alright. Others were threatening the creature that had just kissed Merlin.
But it was already changing, its skin and face melting, replaced by too long arms sprouting everywhere.
"Ok. We're leaving! Someone carry Emery, he's in no shape to run on his own."
The world shifted around Merlin and he felt himself being lifted, held, secured against someone's back. He didn't want to be touched. Not right now. But he couldn't move.
Merlin looked up from the pink grass he had been weaving into a basket. He shrugged.
Jay smiled and took it as an invitation to sit next to him. She was lucky she was his favourite.
The rest of the crew was busy around them, making food, washing clothes, inspecting the ship's hull. But no one had asked Merlin to help yet. They were waiting until next morning to leave the planet.
Rarely had Merlin seen such a beautiful landscape. Pastel blue sky, green rocks and pink grass dancing in the wind.
"He..." Merlin stammered. It was the first time in years, centuries maybe, someone asked him about Arthur. "I... We were boys together..."
One blade of grass over the other. A second one. It was a really nice pink. It reminded Merlin of the sun setting over Avalon.
Jay nodded, as if Merlin's words were making sense. "I'm sorry, for what it's worth, that you had to see him like that. And that we had to see him too."
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