Wayward (Prince Arthur x Oc)

Bonus! Cut scene in which they almost kiss

A while ago I was asked about me making a behind the scenes/deleted scenes sort of thing, and that did make me think about this scene I've thought about having in wayward, but that never actually ended up in it. Mostly because I couldn't make the scene work with it, and it didn't make sense to me to have Edda going in for a kiss at this point (since she's still convinced that he's not into her).

But yeah, I decided to sit down and write that small scene as a fun extra content thing. It theoretically would have taken place in chapter 21.

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"You're quite something aren't you Arty?" She looked over her shoulder, a soft smile on her face. "They would probably be quite beat up after that scenario, by both a fire dagger and you."  

"Hey, don't forget the gorgeous lady behind the fire dagger." Arthur face was warm, her compliment echoing in his head. She thought he was quite something!

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Bolstered by her compliment he strode up to her as suavely as he could manage, making her turn to look at him as she snickered at his words once again.

"Ever the charmer." She said with a small shake of her head.

"I'm only saying what's true M'lady." he smiled up at her, his back straight and his chest puffed out in a futile attempt to appear larger then his dwarf form allowed. He could see the clear flush on her face, but she only snorted and turned to look back to the blinds, seemingly trying to hide it from him.

Well that wasn't going to stand.

Dropping Excalibur on the bed Arthur quickly climbed up onto the bedtable, so he now stood at near eye level with Edda.

"I'm serious Edda," he let his hand hover around her shoulder as he spoke, resisting the very strong urge to hold her face in his hand as he spoke, "Your one of the most gorgeous and charming ladies I've ever met, and the most breathtaking and impressive magician to boot."

"Now you're just exaggerating." She turned to look at him, and despite her playful tone, there was a slightly uncertain look on her face, paired with beautifully pink cheeks. But she didn't move away, she actually seem to cautiously move closer.

"Nah, not even a little bit." He took a small step toward her, "Don't think I've got the imagination to make you seem more amazing then you already are M'lady." He was considering taking another step closer but thought better of it, at a time like this and with such a lady as Edda, it was probably better to let her get close to him instead. "But if you're uncertain, I'm more then happy to show you," He eyed her sweet half opened lips, and the way her wonderful eyes widened in slight surprise and a hint of curiosity, "that I'm," her bangs framed her face as she leaned closer to him, "completely," he pursed his lips unconsciously and her face grew, even closer, her eyelids lowering, "serious." She was so close to him he could feel her breath, he closed his eyes to receive her kiss, finally, after so long.

And then his head was violently meet with hard wood. Pain shot through his head and the moment was lost.

"Arthur!" Edda stopped him from toppling over by grabbing his shoulders, then as she'd steadied him she inspected his head. "I'm sorry," her face was beat red as she avoided meeting his eyes, "I'm- I probably shouldn't have closed by eyes with you standing on that, I forgot how tall you are in your normal form."

"Ah, no worries M'lady, it happens." Arthur admittedly felt disappointed over yet another failed kiss in a long line of many, but with her rough yet soft hands fussing over him he couldn't stay disappointed for long. He was probably being too forward anyway, so he followed her instructions and moved himself off from the bedtable and onto the bed, where she told him to lay down until the pain stopped. It already had, but Arthur still found himself doing as she said. Watching her as she then moved to open the blinds.

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AN:

Yes hello, it has been a while. Hope you enjoyed this small snippet of silly fluff :]. I was originally planning on posting this alongside some way longer oneshots, but they're taking a while to write, so yeah.
Either way, thanks for reading, and hope you have a nice day!