Merlin's magic (Oneshots) 1

Everything I do (,I do it for you) = IDI4U

Warning: Cringe and fluff. 
Who am I kidding, you guys are reading fanfictions, this is what you're here for.

(Just saying that, cause I did get a comment who was annoyed with my POV - YOU breaks. I get it, it's cinge. That's kind of the point though :) 

Edited warning (because at a certain point i changed directions into sad lmao)....
Yes i know this is wild

Angst
Hurt/comfort
References to childhood abuse/ trauma/ rape/violence

SUMMARY: 

Arthur makes a plan to get Percival and Gwaine together. His plan involves a fake relationship with none other than Merlin Emrys himself. His best friend.
And crush, obviously. Yes, Arthur's plans are very well thought through.... as one can imagine

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PROLOGUE: 

Arthur met Merlin in Kindergarten.
It was a cool day in August. It may have been the beginning of the year or maybe it had been the end. He didn't know. He never quite remembered. He was just always there. In the beginning, the end and in between. In the morning and in the afternoon. From opening to closing hours, ever since he was old enough to be there, Arthur was there.
It made no difference to him.

It goes without saying that Arthur spend more time in Kindergarten than the average person. At the very least he spend more time in Kindergarten than at home. And at home, he had a nanny who cared for him.
Even then, when he was just a child, he had often wondered, if his father just disliked him for some reason. If perhaps, he had done something wrong.
Because he was a child who believed in his father. And so he ignored the sad loneliness he felt and spend his energy getting the needed care and attention from other adults. He always tried to prove himself. And prove that he was worth loving. Because if others could love him, then his father would too, eventually.

But once he reached a certain age, Arthur got to his rebellious phase. And he got fed up with the idea of fun that his caretakers tried to convey to him.
He began focusing on other things that truly interested him. He played outside with other children and collected insects and stones and all kinds of stuff.
And all these things would eventually play a part in another hobby. One, that would accompany him for years to come.

It began simple. Perhaps more on accident than purpose. One of the caretakers had found a spider in a cupboard.
Arthur had found the spider outside in the gardens and wanted to treat it as a pet. Somehow, the spider got lost inside the house and he couldn't find it anymore. He had searched everywhere for it. Worried that someone would find the spider and kill it, he was getting frantic and scared for his little friend.
And for himself.

That was when the shrieking sound of someone yelling loud and violently cut through his panic. Arthur would later forget her name, but he still remembered the way her voice rendered everyone silent.
And then... she began to laugh at her own cowardice. Her and her coworkers alike. She had been a humorous person and began joking about the incident almost as soon as it happened. And she caught the spider, with her open hand, to safely bring it back outside.
It had been a big spider.
At least, in Arthur's memory, the spider had been bigger than his own hand. But maybe his mind was exaggerating things. All that happened years ago, after all.

Arthur remembered being stunned. Remembered how afraid he had been at the shrieking noise. He had been afraid that he would be scolded. Like his father scolded him for bringing a stray cat inside the house. Or for trying to get an injured bird to the vet.
But the caretaker, after Arthur confessed his "crime", just ruffled his hair and said: "No harm done. You got me real good, though."