The sorcerer’s eyes lit up like a cat’s, glowing golden in the night. Arthur froze when he saw an orb of light growing in Merlin’s hand, shining as bright as the sun. Even so, looking right at it didn’t hurt Arthur’s eyes. The light was soft, breathtakingly beautiful. Magical.
Arthur couldn’t help himself. He reached out and touched the orb. It felt warm and liquid when he pushed his fingers inside, as if that magic was alive.
Enthralled with the silky feeling of the liquid light coating his fingers and shining even brighter, Arthur nodded in amazement.
Torn away from his daze, Arthur blinked and looked up. His friend had a dumb and proud smile plastered on his face. Then only he realized he just blabbed his admiration for Merlin’s magic out loud. He removed his hand from the orb immediately and blushed with embarrassment.
"Stop smiling like an idiot, Merlin," he said in annoyance. "You look ridiculous."
Currently translating the next chapter of Albion’s last bulwark... :3
(I didn’t quite realize when I wrote this in french, but that scene sounds a bit smutty out of context... oops...)