Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Merlin (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Gwaine/Merlin (Merlin)
Characters: Gwaine (Merlin), Merlin (Merlin), The others are in it but not for very long
Additional Tags: Angst with a Happy Ending, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Golden Age (Merlin), Merlin having a mid life crisis in his mid 20s, Gwaine Being Gwaine (Merlin), and by that I mean wanting to help Merlin, Merlin Needs a Hug (Merlin), he gets one, Don't you worry, slight misuse of alcohol, Self-Worth Issues, finding yourself when the world has told you exactly what you have to be, Gwaine Loves Merlin (Merlin), Merlin Loves Gwaine (Merlin), He's just super repressed about it, Not in the internalized homophobia way tho, In the way of he had to put everything else aside to try and get a golden age and he didn't give himself time to marinate on it, Observant Gwaine, i will make that a tag so help me, Maybe some passive suicidal tendencies
Series: Part 16 of Dialogue I wrote in my notes app
Summary:
It was everything. An offer of a job he didn’t, couldn't, even dream he would have carried one day. A hope finally becoming a reality. A future set in gold. A life he never imagined.
A promise told to him in that way Arthur always seemed to. As if it were an inevitability. As if there were no decision to make at all. As if it was an apology not needing words, recognition and so much more.