Merlin One Shots

Apple Of My Eye

"Can I speak to you for a minute?" I say as I grab Gwaine by the collar of his shirt and drag him behind a column just outside the council chambers.

"What is it, my love?" He smiles at me, his eyes lighting up as he talks. God I hate him and love him.

"Arthur's going to start to notice, you know that?"

"I can't help but express how much u love you though."

"Look, I can't have him know. Not yet."

"You should tell him, (Y/n). He's your brother, he has a right to know."

I sigh. I know Gwaine is right. He's always right.

"Just - just not right now." I have to keep our relationship a secret. And if father knew, God, I wouldn't live the week and I don't want to know what he would do to Gwaine. Arthur would tell him, even if my father is ill.

"You have to promise me you'll tell him, (Y/n). I can't go on with us being like this."

I nod as I realise what I would love if I didn't tell him.

"I'll tell him at dinner."

"Good. Until then my lady." He bows and begins to walk out of the hall.

"You're the apple of my eye, you know that?" I laugh as he leaves me alone in the hall to think of ways to tell my brother about us.

Casual time skip *probably caused by Merlin's magic somehow.

"Arthur I have something to tell you," I say as I pull out a chair from underneath the table.

"What did you do this time?"

"Nothing. It's not what I've done, it's what I feel."

A sheer look of dread come over his face as he stops taking a drink before signalling for me to continue.

"Gwaine and I-"

"Go on."

"We-we've been, well, interested in each other for a whi-"

"ARE YOU SEEING GWAINE?" He shouts as he stands up, his face getting redder. "YOU PROMISED FATHER YOU'D FIND A DECENT HUSBAND!"

"I know, but-"

"But nothing. You will stop this immediately."

"I won't. I can't. I can't help having feelings for him Arthur. But fine. If you want to be like this, then I'll tell Arthur about you and Gwen."

"That's different."

"How so?"

"She's a servant."

"Gwaine is a knight."

He stops.

"Please Arthur, I'm happy you like someone. Truly I am. But please, can't you be happy for me too? You said yourself you want to marry for love, so why can't I?"

He sighs and takes a long drink.

"Your lip is trembling by the way," I remind him. He seems to forget that I have him wrapped around my finger.

"No it's not."

"Yes. Yes it is."

"It's the thought of losing you."

"I would be right here. I'm not going anywhere, Arthur."

"How right. Of course you are. Fine. I give you my consent."

"I didn't come for your consent, I came to tell you I was going to do it."

He rolls his eyes and laughs. Definitely wrapped around my finger. Finally I can tell Gwaine that we can be together. Finally I can be with the man I love.

*A/n: Hi, so I know this was kind of short, but I wanted to try and write a smaller one for once. Again, this is for Outoftea, so another one of her amazing ideas. I'll be posting another one tonight for one of my friends which has other fandoms involved too, so I hope you enjoy them both!