It’s a Safeguarding Issue
Chapter 10: Clouded Mind (E) is now up! >>READ HERE<<
Story Summary:
Merlin Modern AU
Arthur Pendragon is a 23-year-old NQT preparing for his first year of teaching Music to international students at Durham University; and he is all kinds of stressed and nervous. So, when cocky northerner Emrys ends up dumped in his class, his first year of teaching becomes anything other than what he’d expected.
Emrys Smith is a 20-year-old talented local student who has applied for the music course at Durham University with a full scholarship, and with pressure from his Mother. He was the only local student to pass the entry requirements and on his first day he is thrown in with the international students. There he meets his lecturer, Arthur Pendragon, and fresh meat is always the easiest target.
After a horrible event takes place, Arthur and Emrys form a bond which they can’t allow to become anything more than a standard Teacher/Student relationship- but Arthur learns of Emrys’ dark background and can’t help but feel tenderly for him.
Only after Arthur pushes Emrys away does he realise he’s head over heels for his student.
Chapter 10 - Excerpt:
Emrys never fucked up on the piano.
He placed his hands behind his neck and dug his fingers into the muscle there to try and alleviate some pressure.
Then he tried again. He closed his eyes and inhaled- thinking of Will. Yes, his beautiful Will. The movements came easily now, and the notes filled the air around him like a warm hug. The opening melody of War Song by Phamie Gow were beautiful, happy, mellow - yet there was something to them. Something Emrys felt deep in his stomach, his soul. As his hands sped through the music, over the keys, he thought of the beautiful boy whose young teenaged face he’d wake up to. The boy who had been watching him sleep, and who would lean forward and place a gentle kiss on his nose every morning that they woke together.
The same boy who would run his thumb across Emrys’ when they held hands, and who would lean into Emrys’ touch whenever they were close together. The same boy that smiled that achingly stunning smile when Emrys was moved to his tutor class, and whose hand lay on Emrys’ thigh under the table the entire morning. The same boy who used to love running his fingers through Emrys’ hair, always complimenting him on the softness of it. Always saying how he wanted to kiss it.
But Arthur kissed it.
