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Fic bit that isn't going to be used, because, well, it's just not:
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"You do realise you're being an idiot about this," Merlin says that night as he pours Arthur wine.
"I am not!"
"Are, too."
"Am not!"
If Gwen were here, she'd agree with Merlin.
She's not, for the simple reason that Arthur's already been an idiot this evening, which explains Merlin's statement over the pouring of wine.
"What do you think Lancelot's going to do? I mean, really. After he left because he thought you could give her a better life."
"And look at the better life she has!" Arthur snaps. "Servitude, working in the palace, sneaking around with the--" His lips close about what he was about to say and he glares into the goblet.
"So you have been sneaking around," Merlin says, grinning at this dropped tidbit of information.
"Maybe I was about to say 'other servants.'"
"Well, you'd be right." Merlin enjoys Arthur's shocked expression for the moment before he explains. "I mean, just the other evening, she came up to see Gaius and me about a soother for a sore throat. It wasn't really sneaking, though. More...an unexpected visit."
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"You do realise you're being an idiot about this," Merlin says that night as he pours Arthur wine.
"I am not!"
"Are, too."
"Am not!"
If Gwen were here, she'd agree with Merlin.
She's not, for the simple reason that Arthur's already been an idiot this evening, which explains Merlin's statement over the pouring of wine.
"What do you think Lancelot's going to do? I mean, really. After he left because he thought you could give her a better life."
"And look at the better life she has!" Arthur snaps. "Servitude, working in the palace, sneaking around with the--" His lips close about what he was about to say and he glares into the goblet.
"So you have been sneaking around," Merlin says, grinning at this dropped tidbit of information.
"Maybe I was about to say 'other servants.'"
"Well, you'd be right." Merlin enjoys Arthur's shocked expression for the moment before he explains. "I mean, just the other evening, she came up to see Gaius and me about a soother for a sore throat. It wasn't really sneaking, though. More...an unexpected visit."
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