Soul Fragment AU Part 4
In essence, it's an AU where Merlin has spent 1500 years completing quests to gather soul fragments and hasten Arthur' return.
I love the idea that Bradley's other characters act as Merlin's objectives, he saves them from their destined tragic ends.
Here is this Lowell's story(text from the painting):
—Another modern non-human fragment. Thanks to his zombie nature, he can't truly "die" again.
(Probably the only fragment from whom the King inherited zero memories. Arthur is profoundly grateful : "I do not need to know what human brains taste like, thank you. Rat meat was bad enough.")
While living in the UK, as he grew older, the dreams came more often :castles, cloaks, armor, knights, death. He eventually moved to the States, citing heartbreak as the reason. Just as he was settling in, he got bitten.
The good news: as a singer, he can now handle any level of spicy food. The bad news: if he doesn’t eat brains, he will literally lose his mind.
Let’s skip how he met the forensic examiner. During a police statement after an incident, perhaps because those years of dreams had made it all feel familiar, he spotted someone passing by — pale, frail-looking(actually Merlin, who’d come looking for him guided by a vision) and mistook him for a fellow zombie.
Running into another gorgeous zombie within a week? That’s pushing it.
Anyway, he boldly asked for the man’s number. They started texting.
What happened after… let’s skip that too.
A gunshot echoed on the rooftop, but no pain followed.
Before him stood a beautiful, mysterious dark-haired man, eyes flowing with burning gold.
When he woke again, Merlin told him everything, about the dreams, the past, what he now was.
Magic couldn’t make him fully human again, but it could remove the need for brains.
And so, he returned to England.
And also…
Merlin, would you like to have dinner sometime?
