deaomi said: uther is a firefighter who saves prostitute!merlin from a fire. they have to kiss… on the LIPS. eight lines go Merlin looked at the shirtless man on the bed, he had sat bolt upright in the middle of a deep kiss, nose in the air. "I think there may be a fire somewhere in the building, we have to get out of here now!" "If this is some half-baked attempt to get out of payin-" his words died in his throat as Uther opened the door and flames licked at the doorframe. He heard Uther shout something about being a fireman as he tore into the bathroom with his discarded shirt, running it under the water and wrapping it about his face. Merlin meanwhile, had opened the small window in his room and was busy tipping all of his belongings out of it. Soon he was too light-headed to stand but before he fell too hard on the ground a strong hand grabbed the back of his shirt and began to drag him out of the room, down a flight of stairs and over a hot tile floor before being deposited onto the pavement outside, already swarming with people. Despite protestations he sprang to his feet and ran to his pile of possessions on the ground, laughing in relief when he saw his pet lizard (the great lizard some call him) was alive and well. He lifted the cage towards Uther, who gave him a what-the-fuck-why-do-I-care-about-your-stupid-lizard look before running back into the building, leaving Merlin to contemplate the insurance he was going to collect on his burning apartment.