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I’m the best to ever do it

Nobody saw that (best if said loudly)

No one’s ever done it like me

I could be President/they should make me President

Behold, a mere fraction of my power!

The public wants to be me soooooo bad

I’m an expert in (thing you just failed at)

How could this have happened to god’s favorite princess?

Nothing ibuprofen and a glass of water cant fix

So he just - works a lot. To get away from the stress he takes a couple years off of doctor work and works as a barista in a coffee shop instead.

And then Arthur returns.

And Merlin is deeply embarrassed when Arthur sees him and asks him how he's 'sunken so low' (from working for kings to serve at a pub). Their initial fight about this topic becomes legendary in the history of the small local coffee shop.

And the regulars notice that Arthur ... Very quickly becomes one of them. He and Merlin bicker often and always and it seems like Arthur doesn't have a job at all, which makes his initial comment even worse.

He has also, somehow, never drunken coffee before? And still doesn't like the sweet stuff, as if he'd never had sugar in his life.

He stays everyday, for as long as Merlin works and then they leave together. Merlin takes Arthur to his apartment and every previous comment is stuck in Arthur's throat because modern apartments are beautiful? Not as big as he would like, but damn.