imma start a new series called "fanfic ideas i have that i will not be writing but surely someone out there has more willpower and poetry in their heart to make it happen" on today's episode:
A Merthur canon universe, but make it omegaverse, with an Omega!Arthur struggling to feel like he’s truly meant to be King cuz of his secondary gender and societal pressures and all that
Bonus points if he's hiding it and pretending to be a beta
I’m not sure if in this scenario I’d make Merlin an alpha or a beta → I see vantage points to both, but I’m leaning towards Beta!Merlin so we can have an "Arthur goes into heat" scene where Merlin stays sane and actually cares for him instead of just fucking his brains out
Like, do you see the vision of Arthur, making a whole ass nest for himself, telling himself that he's not going into heat cuz how could he, he's been taking his meds regularly or whatever (but maybe that's one of the many episodes where gaius is out of commission, or someone exchanged the potion for a fake one, dunno).
And then Merlin goes to tease him, like always, knocks shoulders and Arthur gets a full body shiver, groans, goes wide-eyed that he didn't mean to do that, tries to walk past him to go train and Merlin just. Holds his wrist, cuz something is wrong. And Arthur doesn't really fight his grip, which only makes Merlin more worried, but still just as clueless as to what is happening - until he guides Arthur back to bed and sees the nest and has an oh moment. So he excuses himself, telling Arthur to reat and leaving him sitting on the bed.
So Merlin goes to Gaius (or someone else, if we've decided that Gaius is not available and that why Arthur doesn't have his meds) to ask if there's something, anything, to help him out - apart from an alpha to fuck his brains out - and there really isn't. It's either that or wait until it passes.
So he goes back to Arthur's chambers, freaks out for a moment cuz there's no one sitting on the edge of the bed anymore, until he realizes Arthur is just now in the nest.
"You asked around?! Merlin!"
"I asked Gaius. Calm down, I'm not that stupid."
"And, I'm afraid you... need an alpha. Sir."
"I know that, Merlin. Everyone knows that's the only quick way to get rid of a heat."
"Okay, good, so I'll go, uh... fetch Gwen?" (because of course she's an alpha in this universe)
"Don't you dare." And, in that moment, Merlin is truly glad Arthur isn't an alpha. Because if the glare and commanding tone in his voice was already more than enough to make Merlin stop in his tracks, he could hardly imagine what it would be like if the prince was an alpha. "You are my manservant. You'll help me."
"But... I'm not an alpha, sir. I can't help you."
"I don't care. It's your job." He burries himself under the piles and piles of blankets once more. "Figure it out."
And so what ensues is basically a three day attire of:
Merlin staying by the side of Arthur's bed while he groans and cries in pain, while refusing to be with an alpha (or anyone else really, but he's not going to say that).
Merlin getting up only to go to the door and get food for both of them and lie as to why the Prince is indisposed and why no one else can see him ("Oh yes, highly contagious. Oh, I caught it once as a child so I'm immune, but we wouldn't want it spreading,,, you know how it is." - which just makes Arthur more in love to see the lengths that this man is going to keep him safe from the scrutinizing public eye, while also respecting his wishes of not dealing with his heat in a "traditional" way).
Merlin also staying there with a cold rag to try and help with the literal heat, maybe even some sleeping and pain relieving potions.
Him also eventually relenting and getting into bed with Arthur, truly just because trying to sleep while sitting on the floor and against a wooden frame of a bed, gets old (and painful) fast. Only to wake up with Arthur, still fully wrapped in his blankets and with barely his head out, cuddling with him
And I ran out of ideas, but we'd obviously also have to include an incredibly awkward "thank you for staying with me" talk afterwards between them. As well as adding some mention of Uther, Morgana, Gwen and other Societal Pressure figures
I guess this would also be an asexual!Arthur fic, most likely, and it could be very interesting to talk about how being ace and an omega makes shit worse
discoholicmusic
stormborns
areudirty
dailybridgerton
blakekathryn
kianamaiart
jbbartram-illu
