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“Did you water the horses?”
Merlin rolled his eyes after the dumb question.
“Yes, sire. Twice”
“Of course you did, I think you like them better than me”
“I don’t know how to answer that”
King Arthur smiled for a second before he put his “kingly” face back on.
“Alright, gentlemen. Let’s continue”
The knights took their own horses and followed their king and his manservant deep down in the forest.
“How long until we arrive to that tomb, Leon?” asked a really annoyed Gwaine.
“Geoffrey calculated four days from the citadel so maybe one day and a half”
Sir Gwaine insulted in a whisper and continued his chat with Elyan and Percival.
“Are we sure this antique is really worth it?”
“Merlin said it’s really important to our protection”
“And it’d be dangerous if someone takes it first” added Sir Lancelot
It had been no longer than two months since magic was authorized again. After finding out about Merlin’s secret and the story of their joined destiny, King Arthur had made every change necessary to lift the ban on magic from the laws of Camelot and also had appointed his manservant as a member of the round table as Court Sorcerer. The warlock had insisted on keeping some of his old chores after finding out that Arthur had sacked George after being “too boring”. Both men spent almost every moment together and they trusted each other with their lives.
This quest was really sudden; it was just a coincidence that Merlin discovered the tale of an ancient bracelet in an old book hidden behind a secret door in the royal library. The book claimed that this magical artefact was in fact as old as magic itself and promised to protect its bearer from evil forces. Even though Camelot was in peace after receiving news that Morgana had left Albion forever, they knew she wasn’t the only enemy of the throne and Merlin wanted to protect the kingdom (and Arthur) as much as he could.
With the help of his most trusted knights and his court sorcerer/manservant, Arthur led them away from Camelot to find the bracelet. Merlin still couldn’t believe how everything was changing so fast and how normal and nice it felt to be free.
When they arrived to a clearing after two hours of interrupted riding the horses suddenly stopped without warning. Strange…
“What happened?”
“I don’t know, sire. The horses just stopped”
“Yes, Merlin. I can see that”
The members of the group got down from the horses and decided to investigate.
“I’ve never been to this part of the forest before”
“I thought you had been everywhere, Gwaine”
“That’s impossible, Percival. The world is big”
Everyone laughed but didn’t drop their swords. Merlin was in the head of the group and stopped walking
“What is it?”
“Someone is watching us”
King Arthur made a signal and the knights put on their attack positions.
“There!” Lancelot shouted
A tall figure surrounded them with smoke and blinding lights
“Arthur this is magic, watch out!”
Merlin stood in front of his friend and tried to block the spell. It worked but his magic was feeling weaker by the second. Feeling tired, he started to faint but Arthur took him in his arms before he fell in the floor.
“Merlin, wake up”
The warlock opened his eyes and looked at his king
“Hi”
“Hey, are you alright?”
“Why wouldn’t he be alright, your majesty?” said a low voice
“What was that?”
Arthur helped Merlin to stand up. The tall and weird figure appeared in front of them.
“It was me”
“Yeah? And who you might be?” asked Gwaine getting closer to him with his sword in hand.
“There’s no need for weapons here, my dear knights. I am not an evil being”
“You have a funny way of showing it”
“Who are you?”
“I am Punill, Sir Elyan, protector of the forest and pure beings”
“How do you know who I am?”
“I know all of you… King Arthur Pendragon, Sirs Lancelot, Leon, Gwaine, Elyan and Percival and of course the sorcerer Emrys”
Arthur, as their leader, came closer leaving his sword behind.
“That’s very good. What do you want from us?”
“I want nothing from you. However I do need one of you”
“If you know us, then you’ll know we’d fight if necessary”
“And I’ve told you there’s no need to fight. Besides, you won’t leave this place until the sacrifice is done”
Leon stood next to his king looking at the creature while Lancelot checked on Merlin
“What do you mean with a sacrifice?”
“I am not a killer, your majesty. I am merely a protector of beings of innocence and purity… And there’s someone here who fulfils those specific requests”
“What happens if we don’t access to your petition?” asked Sir Leon
The tall figure came closer to the knights “Just as the last group of people who dared to visit my lands and denied my sacrifice, you’ll stay in this place forever resting in the Gates of Saldan…”
“I don’t understand. You claim you are not evil but you are going to keep us here against our own will.”
Merlin came closer to his king and denied with his head
“It’s more than that, Arthur. This magic is ancient, comes from the Earth itself. I am no match to him”
“Are we trapped then?”
“I am afraid so, sire”
Lancelot took a step ahead and claimed “We can come to an arrangement. As a protector yourself I am sure you understand if we don’t come back our kingdom would be unprotected and without its king, its destiny would crumble”
“I don’t want people to suffer. The magic of the forest asks me to preserve the purity in the world and I need help to do that”
“We are murderers, we are anything but pure”
“I am talking about another kind of purity. One that only one of you possesses”
The knights, king and warlock looked at each other not understanding.
“Can you talk without a riddle?” asked Percival
The monster sat down in a rock and smiled “Of course, sir Percival. I demand the sacrifice and help of a person who didn’t fall in temptation, someone who has purity in his soul”
Arthur and Gwaine opened their eyes widely, finally understanding the concept of this purity the creature talked about.
“Well good luck with that, man. We are not that kind of people…”
“Gwaine…”
“…believe me, if only you knew how many nights I’ve…”
“GWAINE” shouted Arthur
“What’s wrong, princess?”
The king, without answering the knight, came closer to Punill.
“I am not giving you anyone”
“But you see your highness, I don’t need anyone. I need him”
The knights didn’t understand anything. What did the king know that they didn’t?
“I won’t allow it”
“You don’t have a choice. I promise no harm will come to this person. He’ll help me and eventually become the protector of this forest”
“I must protect them too. All of them”
Punill smiled and stood up. “I’m afraid that’s not possible. But I can assure that anything will happen to the rest of you. If the sacrifice is done, then you are free”
“That’s not an option” said an angry Arthur
“It’s the only one you’ve got. Let’s discuss conditions then”
“Sire…”
“Lancelot, get the group to the river camp. I’ll be there in a minute”
“Sire, we can’t leave you”
“That’s an order, Sir Lancelot. Please take them away”
“Arthur…”
“Merlin, go. Please”
The group left the rock and went to their camp near the river. They checked and they were indeed trapped within a strong force of magic. Everyone was silent not wanting to speak their minds.
After ten minutes, Percival and Elyan got up and tried to go and look for their king
“He asked us to wait here” said Leon standing up too.
“Why? We should find him and leave this awful place”
“We can’t leave. Didn’t you hear Punill? We are trapped here” claimed Merlin for the first time since leaving their king with the protector.
“We don’t know that, we could try”
“And risk Arthur’s life like that? Not thanks”
“He could be dead already, Merlin” said Sir Percival
“Or he could have sacrificed himself” objected Elyan.
“Yeah right” Everyone looked at Gwaine who was laughing.
“What it’s so funny Sir Gwaine?”
“C’mon Leon, you don’t seriously believe that Arthur has the purity of the soul or whatever crap that monster was talking about”
“I don’t see your point”
“We do realize what kind of purity they are talking about, right?”
Elyan denied with his head… He was the only one “What can he possibly mean then?”
Gwaine took a large drink from his water skin and put his hand in the knight’s shoulder “The monster wants a virgin, Elyan”
“And how do you know Arthur isn’t?”
“He was born a noble. There’s a tradition that when a boy turns eighteen he has to perform the act. Old wives tale of making them manlier”
“That doesn’t make any sense” whispered Lancelot
“It’s a stupid tradition but it’s almost a law between royalties. If he is a noble then he did it”
Percival turned to look at Leon “So you?”
“Yes… But as much as I love to talk about my feelings I must warned you the king is coming”
Arthur appeared with a serious face. He sat down next to Elyan and took the water skin from his hands.
“How did it go?”
The king looked at his right and denied with his head.
“He insists in this sacrifice. I only got to negotiate some time to decide this”
“How much time, sire?”
“We have until sunrise”
“What?” exclaimed the knights
“You are not planning on giving you up, do you?”
“DO YOU THINK THIS IS EASY FOR ME???” shouted Arthur standing up
Everyone stayed in silence.
“I don’t want to give up any of you but…”
“Camelot’s destiny is more important” said Merlin standing up “And she needs you, Arthur”
“Who’s the sacrifice, sire?” asked Leon even though they already knew the answer
“It’s me” claimed Elyan
“Don’t be ridiculous Elyan, we know it’s me”
“Good one, Perce. But not buying it”
Lancelot stood up “I am married to Gwen so we all know that I am not”
The knights started to discuss but Merlin was silent with tears filling his blue eyes. “Stop”
“Merlin, don’t”
“Arthur, I want to. If it means Camelot will be safe then I’ll do it. I’ll stay”
A figure ran to Merlin and stood up in front of him “No, no we won’t allow it. Arthur you can’t allow it”
“Gwaine, leave them alone. It’s their choice” said Lancelot taking him by his arm.
“You heard the monster, he won’t come back!”
The knights left the camp leaving the two of them alone. They all knew it wasn’t going to be easy for any of them. When they were alone, Arthur sat in a tree log next to Merlin.
“Merlin, I won’t let you”
“You don’t have another choice”
“We can fight”
“No, we can’t!”
They looked at each other knowing Merlin was right.
“You need to go back to Camelot and protect it. I’ll be fine; no harm will come to me”
Arthur stood up shaking his head “I can’t leave you here”
“Camelot needs you, not me. Nobody needs me” laughed nervously Merlin
“I do! I need you” cried the king. He started to pace through the camp.
“You’ll get another servant and sorcerer”
“I don’t want any servant or sorcerer”
Merlin got up and stopped Arthur by his arm. The blonde turned around and looked down at his feet.
“Hey… As long as I know you’ll be fine then I’ll be happy”
Arthur looked at the warlock’s eyes; they were so blue “I…”
“If I ever got the chance to go back I will. I promise”
They were looking at each other like it was the last time they would ever see each other. And maybe it was…
“Arthur, can I ask you a favour?”
“Anything”
“Could you look after my mother? She needs someone and I know she loves you like her own so, maybe you’ll complement each other”
The king laughed “You don’t need excuses for me to take care of Hunith. I promise she will be alright”
Merlin smiled and put a tentative hand in Arthur’s shoulder “I have another request”
“Go on”
“I don’t know how long I’ll be alone… Can I hug you?”
The manservant closed his eyes at the embrace. Arthur was warm and cosy… He was perfect. “I’d die or sacrifice myself for this man a thousand times, he is worth it” Merlin thought.
The hug ended too soon but left butterflies in both of their stomachs and smiles in their faces.
“I promise you, Merlin. I’ll rescue you”
“I am NOT a princess, Arthur”
The knights arrived looking sad. They went to sleep not without pitying Merlin, hugging him and thanking him. Merlin felt loved and at that moment everything felt good. When Lancelot came to say goodbye, he took both warlock and king to the other extreme of the forest.
“So, is this true then? Are you staying?”
“You have to go, and that’s the only way”
“It doesn’t have to be…” said Lancelot
They looked at him with confused expressions
“What do you mean?”
“Well… It was not my idea, it was Gwaine’s”
“Who cares about that? Can you save us and Merlin?” asked a hopeful Arthur
“It’s a weird solution. Not ideal though”
Merlin opened his eyes widely. “I am not sure what your point is”
“Maybe you shouldn’t be a virgin anymore”
“WHAT?” shouted the king.
“That’s the main reason why Punill trapped us here. If he isn’t pure anymore then we’ll probably be free”
“Probably? What if it makes him mad? I am not willing to make the sacrifice, let’s not change things now”
“If he is indeed a protector then he won’t kill us and he’ll keep his word”
“That’s a good idea Lancelot, but we are trapped and there aren’t many women to court here, right?”
Merlin looked at Arthur and then down at his feet.
“That’s not my area of expertise, sire. I am just offering the idea” and just like that, Lancelot left.
Arthur and Merlin looked at each other and decided to go back to the camp.
“I thought he had a real idea”
“Yes… For a moment I thought I was free”
“I am sorry, Merlin”
“Don’t be. I was the one who wanted to investigate the bracelet”
“If only there was a woman here… No wait. I am sorry; it’s not my place to decide for you”
Merlin stopped walking and didn’t make a sound
“What is it, Merlin?”
“I have secrets I’ve never told you, Arthur”
The king made a confused face and returned to Merlin’s side. “What is it?”
“I was not ready to tell you yet but if we are not seeing each other again maybe i should”
“Alright. I am listening”
The warlock felt shivers in his body and a knot in his throat. “I am not into women”
“What do you mean?”
Merlin closed his eyes and turned his back to his king
“I prefer men. That’s why… I’ve never… you know”
He started crying, his second biggest secret was out and it was confusing. He felt a hand in his lower back and a low voice in his ear
“Shh... Don’t cry, please”
“I am sorry Arthur, I just couldn’t tell you before. I wanted to, after I told you about my magic but I didn’t know how you would react”
The blond took his chin and looked directly into his eyes. “I think I’ve told you many times that I accept you, all of you. You are my friend why would I react badly?”
“I don’t know I just thought that maybe you wouldn’t want me around anymore”
Arthur hugged him sweetly, caressing up and down his friend’s hair before breaking the embrace.
“Now, that we established we don’t need a woman for that… Is there any of the knights who can perform and help you?”
“What?”
“I am just asking, maybe we can all leave this place after all”
Merlin took a step back and tried to leave
“Hey, where are you going?”
“Are you serious?”
“Merlin, this is for real. I am sure any of them would do it to free you. So, do you have a preference?”
The warlock stayed silent
“There is someone then… Alright. Is it Gwaine? You seem close”
“Gwaine has a thing with Percival, why would I ask any of them that?”
“But Lancelot is married and to be honest I don’t see you with Leon or Elyan though”
“It’d seem we are out of options then” whispered Merlin and headed to the camp
“Wait!”
“What do you want now?”
Arthur took Merlin’s hand in his and smiled
“I’ll do it”
Merlin made a comical face that made Arthur laughed
“You can’t just joke about that”
“I am serious”
“Yeah, right…”
The king cupped Merlin’s cheek with his hand and the court sorcerer closed his eyes at the unexpected touch. Arthur smiled and grabbed him by his waist.
“I want to, Merlin”
“Why?”
“Because I had wanted this for as long as I remember”
“Are you sure?” asked Merlin almost drunk from the closeness and warmth he was feeling
“I am. I have loved you for a long time but decided to stay quiet because I thought you wouldn’t want me back”
“How much of a dollophead you have to be to not realize that I had been pining after you since the first time I met you?”
“HEY; you didn’t know either”
Merlin took Arthur by his neck, his long fingers melting between the gold locks of the king’s head. Their faces were getting closer and they both felt each other’s breath in their lips. Arthur caressed Merlin’s nose with his own and asked in a whisper
“May I kiss you?”
“Yes, please”
Merlin felt the king’s lips in his own moving slowly. They tasted even better than he had imagined Arthur would taste and they felt as amazing as he knew they would feel. He reciprocated the kiss with eagerness.
They stayed kissing for a long time sweetly at first but then more passionate knowing that this decision could change their entire destiny. Arthur was exploring Merlin’s neck pale skin when Merlin decided.
“Arthur?”
“Mmm?”
“I want it to be with you”
Arthur smiled fondly. “Yeah? Are you sure?”
“I am sure. I want my first time being intimate with someone to be with you”
“Gods, Merlin” moaned Arthur resuming his previous work. Merlin also moaned when his soon to be lover kissed a particular sensitive area.
With courage he didn’t know he had, he tried to take Arthur’s chainmail off but a hand stopped him by grabbing his wrist.
“I need you to be sure”
Merlin looked at him smiling
“I’ve told you, I am sure”
“I don’t want you to rush things because we have to do it”
“Arthur, stop” Merlin took his face between his hands and joined their foreheads together. “I love you. I’ve always had and I’ll always will”
“I love you too. Forever”
They kiss again but once again Arthur stopped it.
“What is it now?” asked an annoyed Merlin
“Anxious, are we?”
“Yes”
“Good, keep that in mind… But you deserve your first time to be more special than doing it in the bushes”
“You want me to bring your royal mattress, milord?
“Give me five minutes. And then join me in the cave we saw just in the limit”
Arthur left but not before he kissed Merlin passionately.
Life had a difficult and special way to show things. How the hell was possible that Arthur loved him back? Of course he had noticed that ever since the king stopped courting Gwen things between them had changed a bit… But this? It was too much and he loved it.
After checking time has passed, he followed the now familiar path to the cave. He passed through the camp where the knights were sleeping and smiled at the hugging figure of Gwaine and Percival. When he arrived to the entrance he whistled their secret melody and a smiling Arthur appear; he wasn’t wearing his chainmail anymore but just his red tunic and brown trousers.
“Welcome, Merlin”
“Hello there”
Arthur took his hand and guided Merlin deep into the cave where he saw the most spectacular scene: a fire in the middle of the cave and some sleeping bags next to it. The warlock also noticed the flowers that were innocently resting near one of the pillows.
“Arthur… This is amazing”
The king shrugged and took his hand “It was nothing. I wish I could do something more”
“Shh… This is perfect. You are perfect” said Merlin
“Really?”
“Oh Gods, of course this would inflate your ego, right?”
“Not at all, just keep talking”
Both, King and Warlock, came closer and hugged briefly. Merlin put once again his arms in the other’s neck while Arthur grabbed him by his waist.
“I won’t. We don’t need your head to be bigger than it is”
Arthur kissed him softly, just a bare touch of their lips together
“If anyone should be flattered here is you”
Merlin kissed him again and again. He moaned deeply when his friend moved his mouth to his jaw leaving a sloppy trail of little kisses along his neck.
“I need you, Arthur”
“And I need you. But we’ll take this slowly, alright?”
The warlock rolled his eyes and kissed him. Arthur, always the gentleman, started to caress his entire body with precaution
“It’s fine, you can touch me”
This turned on something inside Arthur that the second this came out from his lips the blond took off his neckerchief biting the sensitive skin sweetly. Merlin made a high pitched noise and felt his body on fire.
“Gods, Merlin. You don’t know what you do to me”
The manservant only got to nodded and started reciprocating the kisses. He tugged Arthur’s tunic a bit who understood the signal and took it off. Even though he had seen Arthur shirtless countless of times this was different. He started to touch everywhere he could, earning groans from his lover.
“Merlin, wait”
“What?”
Arthur smiled shyly. “Are you still sure about this?”
“Of course I am, you clotpole”
“Thank God”
The king took Merlin’s tunic off and reciprocated the touching including some touches of his own…
“Oh, do that again” Merlin moaned when Arthur caressed the front part of his pants.
And he did. He put his own knee between the other man’s legs and starting to rut Merlin against his own erection. It was amazing to feel his friend hard next to him, because of him… It was too good that he didn’t want to stop.
Merlin was enjoying everything so much when Arthur suddenly stopped.
“What are you doing?”
“I was close and you seemed like you were too”
“Isn’t that the point?”
“I don’t want you to come like this. I want you to feel good”
The warlock didn’t understand anything. Feel better than this? Was it even possible? He was so confused until Arthur got down in his knees and looked up at him.
“Can I?” the king asked pointing at his trousers.
“Yes”
Once the trousers and underwear were off, Merlin felt exposed. He was completely naked in front of his friend, his king, his destiny…
“You are beautiful”
This brought a smile to his face that soon transformed into another kind of face when Arthur took him in his mouth. It was good but it felt even better when he looked down and found Arthur’s eyes in his. He felt the urge to caress him and buried his left hand in Arthur’s hair.
“Don’t you stop”
The king started with some sweet kisses along his thighs, then he licked all the way from the base to the tip of the member where he sucked the pre-come that was forming because of his actions. Once he knew Merlin was in the border he took him entirely in his mouth in a perfect synchrony of putting it in and out. The warlock moans were louder and his breathing was becoming erratic second by second…
The slide of Arthur’s lips against him and the sweet caresses that he felt in his hip were enough to make him reach that special place right above heaven where he could live forever. Of course he had orgasms before, alone in his room at night, but this one was produced by his favourite person in the world and it felt like the greatest sensation of his entire life.
Arthur continued to suck him and drank him down until all of his pleasure was gone. Then, he stood up and cleaned his chin before kissing Merlin who still could feel himself in Arthur’s lips.
After some minutes of silence Merlin found enough strength to say “That was amazing”
“Yeah?”
Merlin laughed and hugged him “Thank you”
Arthur reciprocated the hug and whispered in Merlin’s ear “You are welcome. But this was nothing compared to what I really want to do to you”
This statement made Merlin’s knees to go weak once again so he grabbed Arthur by his forearms to stay standing up.
“Do you believe that we are free already?”
The king was so focused on pleasure right now that he didn’t remember why they were doing this in the first place “What?”
“I am definitely not pure anymore”
They laughed and Arthur put his chin in Merlin’s head
“I believe you are correct”
“Does this count as sex then?”
Arthur looked at his lover’s eyes and smiled “I think so, yes”
“How can you be sure?”
“Well, this was an intimate act for sure. You fell in the temptation of flesh as Punill said… But most important you gave yourself to someone you love and who loves you back”
“I don’t feel different”
“Oh trust me… You will”
“Do you…?
“What?”
Merlin pointed at Arthur’s waist “I can do it for you. I’ve never done that before but I could try”
“Only if you want”
“Of course I do”
Arthur smiled and leaded him to a rock where he sat down
“What the hell are you doing?”
“Believe me; I need to sit down for this”
Merlin smiled and kneeled before his king. He started to take off his clothes off slowly remembering of all those time he had undressed Arthur and how different everything was this time.
It was messy and uncomfortable. Merlin, enthusiastic as always, tried to take Arthur’s length all at once but this was too much… The brunet was embarrassed but felt a lot better when he heard a little moan coming from his lover’s lips. This was motivation enough for him to start sucking and licking everywhere he could. Arthur looked beautiful from that angle, all vulnerable and sensitive at his touch. It didn’t take long until the blond was coming in Merlin’s mouth
“Oh, shit… Merlin… I am sorry, I’ve should had told you” said a breathless Arthur trying to clean some seed in Merlin’s face
“That’s alright, don’t worry…”
Arthur was still with his eyes closed and his mouth open trying to figure out how to breath again
“Did you like it?”
The king looked at him and caressed his cheek “I loved it. For real”
The warlock tried to hide a shy smile and stood up. Arthur also stood up and took his hands in his.
“C’mon, let’s rest for a bit”
They laid down in the sleeping bags. Arthur took Merlin in his arms trying to stay warm in the cold night.
“Gods, you are sticky” said laughing Arthur
“I don’t care”
Merlin nuzzled Arthur’s neck inhaling his smell and feeling the more content he had felt in years. The king started to caress his back up and down producing chills in Merlin’s skin
“I’ve never thought you’d be a touching kind of person”
Arthur smiled at him and only answered “Afterglow”
“What’s that?”
They both turned to face each other resting on their elbows
“I don’t know how to explain it in detail but it’s that happiness you feel after you’ve done something truly amazing”
The warlock blushed at this comment “Is it because of what we did?”
Arthur nodded smiling
“I didn’t know it had a name”
“You do know that now, for next time”
“Next time?” asked Merlin raising his eyebrow “And when would that be?”
“What about now?”
The king straddled Merlin and kissed him fondly in the mouth. The touching didn’t feel strange at all; it almost felt like they should had been doing this for years. Both of them were getting hard again when they were bumping against each other
“I think I might be addicted to you” confessed Merlin in the middle of the act
“Oh yeah?” asked Arthur without stopping his actions
“Yes… I was addicted before but now… You feel magnificent”
This produced an idea in Arthur’s mind
“Do you want to feel me even more?”
Merlin opened his eyes and looked at him “What do you mean?”
Now it was Arthur’s turn to blush “Well… We could, only if you want and feel prepared of course, do something more?”
“Yes. I want you, Arthur. I need you”
The king kissed him softly and went to look in the medical bag
“Hey, where are you going?”
Arthur was still looking inside the bag and smiled when he found it “We’ll need this”
“Oil?” Merlin didn’t understand… Until he did “Ooooh… Oil. Got it”
When they were next to each other once again, Merlin felt so nervous. He wanted this; he craved for this, for it felt too weird. Of course that as a physician’s apprentice he knew how this would work out but he still couldn’t believe this was happening.
“Merlin… I want you to know that we can stop at any moment you decide, alright?”
“I know. Thanks for taking care of me”
“Always”
They were kissing again while Arthur opened the vial “This is going to hurt a bit. Let me know if you cant take it”
The king started to caress Merlin’s ass until he found his hole between his cheeks and suddenly with all the care in the world he pushed one finger into it
“That’s not so bad”
“Good, can I start then?”
Merlin nodded and closed his eyes to feel everything without any disturbance
Arthur started to take his finger in and out over and over until he decided he could add one more. His two fingers were getting a bit tight in Merlin’s virginal hole so he put more oil.
For Merlin this wasn’t as uncomfortable as he thought it would be, on the contrary, he was starting to enjoy this
“Add one more” he found himself asking
His lover smiled widely and added a third finger. Their mouths met once again in a desperate need to kiss. Merlin moaned when Arthur found the particular spot inside him that made him see stars
“GOD, DO THAT AGAIN”
Arthur laughed and continued his work until Merlin wrapped his hand in his own erection that was asking for a release. After some minutes of working Merlin open he decided that he was ready…
He positioned himself behind Merlin’s ass and tried to get inside
“Wait”
Merlin turned around “I want to see you”
“And I want to see you too, but it’s best if you are in this position”
“I don’t care. I wont break, Arthur”
“Merlin…”
“I’ve waited a long time for this. Please”
The king knew he couldn’t compete with his idiot warlock because he also had waited a long time for this. So he simply lay down Merlin on his back and put himself between the other’s legs. Slowly, and with lots of oil, started to get inside of his love. Only the tip at first, testing how responsive Merlin would be.
The brunet closed his eyes and wrapped his legs in Arthur’s back and encouraged him to sink deeper. After some exploratory bumps they were completely connected and both of them were breathless.
Arthur felt like an animal in top of him, groaning and leaving sloppy kisses in his collarbone. Merlin was enjoying this way too much scratching long scars in the other’s back.
“Oh my God Merlin you feel so good, amazing, extraordinary”
“Yeah… you too”
“Am I hurting you?”
Merlin denied with his head (even though that he indeed felt some pain) and took Arthur’s chin to kiss him “You wouldn’t hurt me. I am alright”
They both moved in synchrony gasping for air. Everything was perfect and Merlin was getting closer to the edge and he told Arthur so who wrapped his left hand in his length and stroked it at the same rhythm as their hips were moving.
Arthur’s moans were the hottest thing that Merlin had ever listen to, so he came in that exact same moment feeling like he was floating in a cloud and moaning “Arthur…”
The king did two more bumps until he was also coming inside of Merlin. They stayed like that for a while enjoying the embrace and proximity they had now. When they parted and were laying down next to each other Merlin was still looking at the ceiling of the cave with wide eyes trying to find his normal breathing again
“Merlin, are you alright?”
The warlock looked at his right and smiling weakly answered “Afterglow”
They both laughed kissing and resting in each other’s arms.
“This is nice”
“I know. Did you enjoy it?”
Merlin cuddled closer to Arthur
“What do you think clotpole?”
“I am very good, indeed”
“I like this part even better”
“What do you mean?”
“I like this. Us. I didn’t know it could feel like this”
“Like what?”
“Loved. I feel loved and it’s one of the most beautiful things in the world”
Arthur kissed his cheek and intertwined their fingers together
“Are you saying that we could have been doing this all along?”
“And are you suggesting we are going to keep doing this?”
“What do you think, Merlin?”
The warlock took their joined hands to his lips and kissed them softly. With his left hand he toyed with Arthur’s index finger ring.
“Do you know how much I adore this ring?” whispered Merlin
“I had no idea, why?”
“Well, I think it’s a nice symbol of your status…”
“The truth, Merlin”
The brunet blushed and hid his face in Arthur’s neck
“I think it’s attractive”
“Attractive?”
“Hot, sexy, seductive, however you want to call it”
Arthur laughed and whispered in Merlin’s hair “Then I guess I won’t take it off ever”
“Please, don’t”
They faced each other and looked at their eyes
“Are you feeling alright?” asked Arthur
“Why wouldn’t I be?”
“We just changed our destiny”
“Maybe… But it’s a nice change”
“Definitely”
Merlin inspected his lover’s face and whispered “What if this doesn’t work?”
“It’ll work”
“I hope so”
“Don’t be a pessimist”
“After this, I don’t think I could ever live without you”
“Or I with you. But don’t worry we’ll go home”
“I love you”
Arthur smiled and kissed him again “I love you too”
The sunrise hour was coming so they decided to leave the cave and find out if they were free.
“I don’t feel the magic”
“What?”
“The magic that was trapping us, it’s no longer here”
“We are free?”
“I think so”
They laughed and hugged. A huge smoke storm appeared blocking the path ahead of them and Punill appeared in front of them
“Well played, Emrys. I didn’t know you had it in you”
Arthur stood in front of Merlin protecting him
“This is not a game, you monster. He is free”
“I know, your majesty”
“Am I allowed to leave?” asked Merlin leaving Arthur’s back
“You are, Emrys. But the offer still stands; you could help me protect magic and you’d be even more powerful than you could possibly imagine”
Merlin looked at Arthur smiling “I don’t care about that. I’ve already have someone to protect”
“He is merely a simple mortal compared to you”
“He means more to me than anything else in the world. I love him”
Punill snapped his fingers and the smoke was gone leaving the path clear once again
“Purity comes in many forms and love is one of them, I am glad you still have it in your heart after all. Use it well”
Arthur was confused but didn’t want to let Punill change his mind so he took Merlin by his hand and led him to their camp
“Wait one second”
Merlin walked to Punill’s rock “If you promise to not trap anyone else I’d be willingly to help you find someone who can help, maybe even talk to the druids”
The creature bowed his head “You are much greater than the legend says, Emrys”
“I don't think so, but I try”
“You have my word that I won’t cause any more harm”
“Then we’ll help you. Soon”
“I’ll be waiting”
And just like that Punill vanished like ashes in the wind
“What was that about?”
“The druids will help him”
“Merlin, he trapped us and he wanted to keep you here”
“He is a protector of this land as much as you are the protector of Camelot. Punill was doing what he thought it was right”
Merlin brushed his lips against Arthur’s for a second “Everything will be fine. Let’s go home”
When they arrived to the camp the knights were still sleeping.
“Alright get up, everyone. We are leaving” shouted Arthur
Leon woke up first and looked around
“What about Merlin, sire?”
“What do you mean?”
“Is he staying?”
“No, Leon. He’s not”
The rest of the knights came and hugged the warlock but Gwaine was the one who asked
“And how did we get free?”
“Merlin”
“Excuse me, sire?”
“Merlin negotiated with the creature. He offered the druids’ help; Punill accepted it and he let us go”
“That was easy… Are you sure that was it?”
“Absolutely, what else could it be?”
Lancelot looked at them and shook his head smiling.
“What about the bracelet?” asked Percival
“I don’t know about you but I want to go home” laughed Elyan
“Me too. So many things to do” answered Arthur
King and Warlock looked at each other and smiled. They had agreed that even though they knew they couldn’t keep their relationship a secret forever, they wanted to enjoy a bit of time just the two of them.
Of course the secret didn’t take too long to spread along the castle and the entire kingdom. The people of Camelot were happy now they knew their King, finally, had a consort he loved.