#sonofsorcery

[askcamelot]

Arthur, how do you feel about cats?

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"I'd offer you breakfast, but I think I'm too sore to move."

Truth be told, Anna hadn’t been quite awake when she felt Merlin begin to stir beside her    lacking enough energy to even open her eyes while she felt him begin to wake. She would have been content to lay here forever, with her head on his shoulder while his shifting brought her closer and closer to curl against the warm skin of his side. The bed was always cold when she slept in it, but with him beside her it was warm again and Anna wasn’t sure when she’d slept so soundly before.

A chuckle left her lips before her eyes opened, a blue tunic strewn on the tanned stones catching her eye before they flickered across his pale skin to his eyes. The bruise on her skin was faded more than it was yesterday, yellowed bruise beginning to blend with her dark skin, but as her hand went to rest on his chest she found that the whiteness of his skin made it look far worse. Still, she pushed that thought away and instead focused on Merlin.

“Sore?” She laughed, lips pressing a kiss to his jaw. “I should be the one being s o r e, which I am.” Anna gave him a cheeky grin, one of her bared legs moving to brush against his own. “While you’re here you are ah... my unofficial consort, yes? A perk of that is that when you’ve gotten a bit too sore from the night’s activities, there’s always someone to come in and offer breakfast for you, love. Did you sleep well - once you got to sleep, I suppose?”

[brilliancetheory]

My roleplay blogs

Because by now, even I’m beginning to lose track.

Tanith (multifandom OC)

John Mitchell (Being Human)

Guinevere (Merlin)

Morgause (Merlin)

Merlin (Merlin)

Orlando (multifandom OC)

Mark Hoffman (Saw)

Jill Tuck (Saw)

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"I need you"

Send "I NEED YOU" for a drabble of five times my muse needed yours. { accepting } sonofsorcery

I. HOLD ME

Anna was pacing through the room when Merlin stumbled in on her     her hand running through her hair and pulling and tugging red curls from one side to the other while she thought and paced and worried. The room felt too small and she imagined that the fire from the candles around the room were burning away all of the air and her thoughts were so loud that she didn’t even notice that Merlin had walked in with a basket full of tunics and pants that she assumed were Arthur’s. 

She jumped at the clack of the basket being put on the table, green eyes going wide when she turned to face the noise. Merlin held his hands up in a disarming sort of way, murmuring an apology Anna couldn’t quite hear or remember. She did remember him stepping closer to her, and then she remembered her shoulders shaking and her hands running through her hair again.

"They know that we’re here!" Anna had insisted, "I felt it. I know it. Don’t you believe me? Am I going insane?” She hadn’t been able to sleep in days     all of the nightmares about her sister and her father swarming through her mind and they’d been waking her up at ungodly hours for days. She hadn’t told anyone, though. She wouldn’t. It was her problem, not theirs. 

But Merlin didn’t answer. He didn’t nod yes or no, he just took a few steps forward and slowly wrapped his arms around her shoulders. Anna hadn’t been hugged that much ever really, and she usually shied away from such touches, but the moment she felt his arms wrap around her she leaned into him. Her arms wrapped around his waist and she let her head rest on his chest. Little words were spoken past then     the two simply stood for gods know how long with Merlin’s lips in her hair and his hands rubbing designs in her back.

II. PLEASE COME BACK

Merlin,

I can’t believe how long it’s been. Are you still doing well? Nothing has really happened in Gerudo Valley since you left, besides usual little disputes with the Hylians, but that’s to be expected I suppose.

                                                                           ( Little disputes, ha. They were closer to the                                                                              verge of WAR than ever before. )

              [ THE LETTER WAS CRUMPLED TO A BALL AND THROWN OUT. ]

Merlin,

I miss you. The bed is even colder than I remember each night. It’s even colder than Ealdor’s darkest winter now. I keep reaching for you in the night to keep me warm but I can never find you. You’re so far away that some nights I wonder if I’ll ever see you again.

I’m so afraid, Merlin. What if I start a war? I feel like I won’t make my father proud. I will cause so many deaths, so many people pain… I want your advice, Merlin. I want you beside me. I want you to hold me again. All I want to do is cry and scream but I can’t because no one will ever listen.

I need you, Merlin. Please come back soon.

- A. DE VESCATI

                                                                          ( She sounded pathetic. Merlin had much better                                                                              things to do than hold a pathetic excuse for a                                                                              queen. )

          [ THE LETTER WAS CRUMPLED INTO A BALL AND BURNT IN HER HAND. ]

Merlin,

Everything is okay. I hope I’ll see you soon. I hope that you are doing well. The Festival of Colors is coming up. I wish that you could be here. I miss you. I love you.

- A. DE VESCATI

                                  [ THE LETTER IS SENT TO CAMELOT. ]

III. DREAMS

The bed was so cold, even colder now that Merlin was gone again. She had never slept as sound as when Merlin was curled behind her two nights ago. She had dreamed of him that night, of him and her and her father all sitting in the citadel’s square and eating sweets from the Festival of the Goddess. Merlin had told jokes and Anna couldn’t remember ever laughing so hard. She saw her father’s smile growing at each joke, at each kiss Merlin pressed to her knuckles, and at each smile they gave each other.

When nighttime rolled around and the stars lit up the sky her father had excused himself. She was laying back with Merlin, his heart beneath her ear and his lips pressed in her hair. “We call that bright one Nayru’s eye. It’s said that the goddess Nayru looks down on everyone from the heavens and when you die she gives you your own star in the sky to look down on your loved ones.” 

Merlin had said something in response, but Anna couldn’t remember what. When she had woken up she let herself smile. She quickly turned to tell him the dream, to press kisses to his cheek and his jaw and see his smile again. When she turned, however, her smile faded.

He wasn’t there.

He was returning to Camelot.

He was g o n e...

And Anna wasn’t sure if he would e v e r come back.

IV. SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

The child’s small chest rose and fell with his quiet breathing, light colored eyes closed while he slept just beside Anna. Merlin was curled behind her, his large and calloused hand running along her arm in one of the most comforting ( and least comforting ) gestures she’d been given. Just his presence, the gentle reminder that he was there, he was with her, this was their child and no matter what happened he woudn’t leave again... it all comforted Anna to a degree.

A son. A boy. A precious, beautiful, perfect baby boy. Anna and Merlin had created something so beautiful, so perfect, but so fragile... so heartbreaking. She rested her hand on his chest, then moved it to hold one of his tiny little hands. It wrapped around her finger, light colored eyes opening to look at her before he fell to sleep again.

“He’s perfect.” Merlin whispered into her hair, letting his hand trail down her arm to rest on her own. 

“He shouldn’t be sleeping like this.” Anna began to worry, running her thumb over the baby’s tiny fingers. “What two week old baby has ever slept through the night? He’s so tiny, Merlin. I’m so scared.” Merlin pressed a kiss to her cheek, moving his hands to wrap around her waist and pull her against him. 

“I am too.” Merlin admitted, “But I love you and I love him, so we should hope for the best, expect the worst, and give him the best life he can have, I think.” Anna couldn’t help but smile at his assurances. They were blunt, but they were what she needed to hear. That was always Merlin’s gift: to know what she needed to hear and what she wanted to hear.

“Please stay with me.” She whispered, ignoring how hoarse her voice sounded or how her cheeks grew wet and turned her head and body to look at him. “I need you, Merlin. Please stay.”

He tightened his grip around her, trailing his lips from her cheeks to her forehead and ending his kisses with a long one on her lips. “I’ll never leave your side again, my Annabella.”

V. BY MY SIDE 

Merlin was gone. 

Her shoulders hunched over in the chair as if even the thought of that was a punch to her gut.

It was.

Merlin... Her Merlin. The man that she loved with every part of her. The man that knew ever last bump or mark on her skin and every scar and every dark pit inside of her that she had hid from the world forever... The man that loved her anyway...

          He was g o n e.

               She was g o n e too.

                          When he left this world he tore out part of her.

Gerudo live longer. They both knew that. Anna most of all. So why was this still so painful? It was like that knowledge made it a hundred times worse. 

She felt Akbar rest his hand on hers. Dark green eyes looked up at his and she managed a tiny smile, really a curve at the corners of her lips. Akbar sat beside her, leaning forward to take one of her hands in both of his.

“My babies are all grown up, aren’t they?” Anna murmured, glancing back out the window to the citadel below. “When did that happen?”

Akbar chuckled, a deep sound from his chest that caught in the back of his throat and reminded Anna of how Merlin would laugh. “A long time ago, Adiya’ya. Babuk’ya said you can’t see anything right under your nose.” He teased, and Anna felt herself laugh.

“I knew you looked like your father, I’d forgotten that you sound like him, too.” She raised their hands to her lips and brushed a kiss over his knuckles. “What brings you up here?”

“You, Adiya.” Akbar gave her hand a squeeze. “It’s been four months since Babuk’ya died. You haven’t left this room. You’ve barely eaten. You’ve lose so much weight I can count the bones in your hand. Nayana and I... your grandchildren... your people   “

“Your people, Akbar. I haven’t been queen for four months.”

“     the people, we’re all worried about you.”

She was silent, giving his hand a squeeze and staring out the window with an unfocused gaze. “I see your father down there. I see his face when he first saw the castle in the sunlight. I see him wiping tears as he leaves. I see me running to him and throwing my arms around him after a year of being away. I see his smile as he hugs me back. I see the tears in his eyes as he leaves for the last time...”

She smiled then, “I see me dragging him out of the castle for the festival of the goddess. I see him kissing me beneath the stars that night. I see him holding you to his chest, taking you out into the sun for the first time. I see him holding your hand while you skip down the steps. I see Naya on his back...”

Akbar sighed, leaning over to kiss her cheek. “What do you need, Adiya? I’ll have someone bring it up.”

                               Your father, she nearly said. It didn’t leave her lips, but the unspoken certainty hung in the air and made it as thick as it was after a storm. Akbar only let out a soft sigh and stood, leaving the room with a click of the door that seemed to echo for ages.

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Who falls asleep on the couch?

Merlin likes to hold Anna on his chest or snuggle up next to her even in the princess/queen verse, so I think in a modern verse where couches are a thing they'd do the same thing. Merlin would hold her close and they'd lay down together or even Anna would just flop on his chest and go to sleep right there.

Anna is probably more likely to not make it to the bed.

Who makes friends with the neighbors?

Anna typically doesn't make friends with anyone she doesn't have to in the queen verse. I'm not sure if Merlin is much better     but his friendships seem to last longer... if that makes sense. Anna has Aya as her friend, but then most of the other people she speaks to are either half-sisters or cousins, so she doesn't think they truly count as friends.

She is friendly and cordial to most, however, but I think that they both are and Merlin seems to make the most lasting relationships. So I'll say Merlin.

Who is the adventurous eater?

Anna loves trying new foods and making new foods in all verses, but Merlin is willing to try her foods and eat anything that she does especially when he moves to Gerudo Valley so I think they are both adventurous eaters.

Who hogs the covers at night?

Merlin likes to hold Anna close or at least be near her when they sleep together, so I don't really think it would matter who does it because they sleep so close to each other that one person could hog all of the blanket and the other wouldn't even notice.

Who forgets to do the dishes?

Who wants to do the dishes? Anna will always forget to do them on purpose until they either build up or she needs something, so by default Merlin would have to do them if they want them to be done. Doing the dishes is the one thing Anna will not do in most verses     like maybe chained has a bit more leeway with it but for the most part she hates it.

Who tries to surprise the other more often?

Merlin loves to surprise Anna. Hands down. Anna surprises Merlin when she can, but usually she's either too busy or it slips from her mind.

Who leaves their dirty laundry on the floor?

Neither of them do. Anna always hangs hers on the dressing screen and I imagine Merlin puts them on a dresser or something. Anna does that so that way it's easier for the servants to pick up and if she went swimming or something it dries the clothes out. But yeah, I feel like as a servant that had to pick dirty clothes up off of the floor all day Merlin may have a bit of empathy for them. xD

Who stays up until 2 AM reading?

Anna adores reading. That being said she rarely has time to do it. She'll probably be up all night reading papers or making treaties or writing letters and such, so Anna would be more likely to stay up. However, as we talked about Merlin doesn't like to sleep without her so I imagine that he may stay up as long as he can, too.

Who sings in the shower?

Neither? The only people Anna sings to are Rabiyu and her kids and I don't see Merlin being the type to sing while taking a bath. I don't think either of them would have bad voices at all     I know that I have it headcanoned that Anna has a good voice, but I just don't see them as a singing type of family.

Who takes the selfies?

Merlin likes to take selfies with Anna and puts them as his backgrounds, even though Anna rolls her eyes most of the time. I imagine that one of his background(s) would be Anna drinking a smoothie with her eyes crossed and he'd keep it forever and Anna would always laugh and get a bit embarrassed if anyone asked about it.

God these two. Gross love.

Who plans date night?

Merlin likes to plan date night, although Anna does plan too. Merlin does most of it, like Anna will say something like "I've heard that the fair is pretty cool this year." and Merlin would make reservations at a restaurant before hand and go and buy the tickets a day before and surprise her with them or something. xD 

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Friends or More? || Parisa and Merlin

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Parisa let out a sigh as she swept the flower shop floor. It had been a long, slow day and she was ready to relax. She was almost done cleaning up when the bell over the door rang.  "I'm sorry." A tired smile formed on her face as she turned to face the person that had walked in. "But we're clo-...Oh, Merlin, it's you." Her smile gained a little strength. "I was terrified you were some last minute customer." The tiny woman placed the broom against the counter and moved to take off her apron. "We're still on for dinner tonight then?" Parisa enjoyed her nights out with her friend. It was the only time she really got to have fun.

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"You didn't enjoy it, did you?"

     "     Hmm?" Anna hummed, dark green eyes fluttering open to meet his. The queen couldn't help the grin that formed on her lips at the man's worry over if she had enjoyed it     which she had. She propped herself up on her elbow, flipping her hair over her shoulder and pressing a long kiss to his lips. She rested her free hand on his chest, skin still damp from their recent endeavors, and smiled wider at the feeling of his heart beneath his skin. 

               "Of course I enjoyed it." Anna murmured between long kisses, her eyes fluttering closed while she smiled against his lips. "You know I like when you do that, Merlin. I'm just... tired, is all." She rolled onto her stomach, letting her legs bend and her feet swing in the air. "But I'll stay awake a few moments longer. So..." Her hand took to tracing designs on the skin of his chest, "what do you want our first daughter's name to be?"

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"I am going to marry you. We are going to have babies. Two babies, I think."

    "Two babies?" Anna's grin was wide and she let out a chuckle. Her arms wrapped around his shoulders, holding him close to her while her head craned back to meet his gaze. "I should hope we wouldn't have them at the same time     I think it would drive both of us crazy."