orpheus

“just….just hold me, please.”

hasty doodle featuring merthur! i don’t think i’ve ever posted about bbc merlin on here, but was recently inspired by their dynamic since their archetypes could absolutely go both ways - sunshine/grumpy, protector/precious, goofy/stoic. bbc struck gold in the shipping sector but just didn’t know it, and also it was 2008.

Arthur was so lonely before Merlin

It is December at last, and I remember your words. “Thank you,” you said to me, and perhaps I should have known then; to take it and let you go. Maybe if I had, all those years ago, I would not be so miserable now. It is December at last, and I stand by the lake; still, you are not here. And somehow… I understand.

Oh.

I always have you.

If Arthur had a laptop, he'd read merthur fanfiction all day.

... Call me based but I'm right XD

Arthur: what is this magic? All magic is evil, I must ...

Laptop: Did you know there is 31,518 stories about you and Merlin getting together on ao3?

Arthur: ... Your wile tricks won't work on me!

Laptop: Really?