the love that binds us

okay an arwen ask!! thank you!! I don't have many headcanons in general but here's some thoughts:

both virgin until marriage you won't convince me otherwise!!

they joked about merlin's crossdressing "habit" at least once. they both believe it's a thing merlin does I can't believe it never comes up at some point

that time they spent trying to keep their relationship a secret while uther was still alive? yeah they sucked at it. camelot's worst kept secret. everyone in the castle but uther knew

merlin being their super stressed-out wedding planner because everything needs to be perfect for their big day is canon to me. that man is not chill about ceremonies and is not chill about the two of them getting together you can imagine what kind of state he would be in

after arthur forgives gwen for "cheating" on him they never talk about lancelot again :(

they struggle to keep their eyes and hands off each other in public after getting married. nothing indecent, like. holding hands under the table at council meetings and missing 75% of what's being said. imagine how they were in S5 but ten times worse.

it's canon that they both care about camelot and her people and that's something they both admire about the other. I think gwen as queen would be loved by the people and it would make arthur love her even more

they talk about their future children, or at least they do until it becomes clear they might never come. I think arthur would love having a daughter, don't ask me why this is just one of my beliefs

at some point gwen absentmindedly lets slip that she kissed merlin once and arthur is like "haha sure :)" and gwen is like "no arthur I did. for real" after which arthur spends a day sulking and being mean(er) to merlin for no apparent reason

you know that intro to ep 5x01 where merlin is running around like a headless chicken looking for gwen and arthur is like "merlin where is she??" I like to think it's because after all the kidnappings they both panic if she "disappears" and they can't locate her immediately. "oh shit not again. I swear she was here a minute ago"

arthur hates his own birthday but he 100% makes a fuss about gwen's. it's a huge huge celebration

if gwen's dad had been alive when she got engaged, arthur would have done the asking-him-for-his-daughter's-hand thing. even though he was the king. I just think he's that kind of guy.

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I did not like the background I made so I'm leaving here the clean option too since I like it better :)

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MERLIN Rewatch: 2x02 THE ONCE AND FUTURE QUEEN

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