Jul 20, 2024
can’t stop thinking about a post-canon arthur returns fic where instead of walking out of the lake, merlin stumbles upon arthur in the exact same way he did originally. arthur (who doesn’t remember his previous life at all at this point) is like 18, bullying a kid on the basketball court or something and merlin instinctively steps up to protect the kid. repeating the exact words without intending to, thousands of years later
“that’s enough. you’ve had your fun my friend.”
and arthur finally turns around, and says “do i know you?”
and merlin feels the entire world stop as he stares face to face with arthur pendragon again
#the way the do i know you would hit so hard#you don’t understand the parallel potential#merlin#arthur pendragon#bbc merlin#merthur#specially cuz like at this point merlin hasn’t given up per say but he’s so tired#so he’s not prepared in the slightest#he had a specific expectation of what arthur’s return would look like and it was most definitely not this#anyway#aubs.txt
