“What’s it going to take for you to admit that I was right?” Gwaine asked, sliding off from the top of the cargo container.
“Two bottles of Galayan rum,” Arthur said, walking past him. “And the price increases every time you rub my nose in it.”
“Not my fault you can’t see what’s plain in front of you,” Gwaine said, falling into step beside Arthur.
“Three bottles.”
Gwaine and Arthur (chp. 1)
Shadowlord and Pirate King by Footloose, mushroomtale (AO3)
Merlin (TV) – Explicit – Merlin/Arthur Pendragon
#Alternate Universe #Space Opera #Minor Character Death #Light Bondage #futuristic warfare #graphic scenes of military violence
A fast ship, a good crew, a treasure, a Clan to lead – that’s all Arthur Pendragon has ever wanted. He sits on the Council, he supports his father’s kingship, and he keeps an eye on the Imperial Conglomerate when they come too close to Pirate space.
One day the Conglomerate infiltrates the Clans and poisons the King. Arthur must search for a cure to keep his father alive and the Clans from civil war.
An escape route, a sharp knife, a target, the shadows at his command – that’s all Merlin has ever needed. He fulfills his assignments, he uses the Sterling to sustain his once-royal House in their exile, and wages a private war against the Imperial Conglomerate.
When he learns of an elaborate plot to assassinate him, Merlin does the opposite of what’s expected. He flees onto a Pirate ship.
There’s a saying among the Pirates: that one’s fate is written in the stars. Destiny will always set to rights what has been made wrong.
Arthur and Merlin know that they were meant for the other from the moment they meet. They can feel it from across the galaxies separating them. Nothing can stop them from being together or from fulfilling an ancient prophecy.
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