nonstop (merthur AU)

thirty four

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gwen wondered if she herself had lost her hearing when she only heard dead silence in the home of the two loudest people she knew. her heart beat picked up as she remembered merlins last text.

merlin was not the only over thinker in the small friendship group they had. gwen may have pretended that she was calm and level headed on the outside, as she stepped slowly towards what she assumed was the bedroom, on the inside she was think about how many different ways she could be murdered before she reached the door.

she pressed on the already ajar door lightly and flinched when it creaked loudly. she whipped her head around to check no one had snuck up behind her

'oh for fucks sake, gwen' she muttered under her breath and pushed the door the whole way open, breathing a sigh of relief when she saw the contents of the room.

neither of the boys moved or awoke as gwen stepped closer despite the creaking floorboards.

gwen usually isn't very sentimental or emotional but she couldn't help but smile at the two boys in front of her. it wasn't long ago when merlin flinched when anyone made the slightest movement towards him and now he was laying with his fingers intertwined in arthur's hair, fast asleep.

the sheet that was loosely covering the boys swayed back and forth with the steady breath coming from where arthurs head was laying, on top of merlins bare chest. one leg messily strewn over merlins two and forehead millimetres away from merlins lips, arthur looked truly content.

suddenly the alarm behind gwen started making a horrid, impossibly loud, screeching sound.

merlin hesitantly opened his eyes and looked towards the beside table it was sitting on, not seeing gwen.

'merlin!' gwen whispered loudly, smiling

merlin screamed and scrambled backwards, waking up the blonde boy next to him who then screamed too

'gwen!' merlin shrieked

'arthur!' gwen yelled

'merlin!' arthur shouted

'what are you doing here!' merlin shouted, covering himself up with the blanket

'you said to come and-'

'merlin?' arthur shouted again, hands to his ears

'i didn't mean sneak into arthurs house and watch us sleep, jesus!' merlin yelled

'oh shut up-' gwen started to argue

'merlin!' arthur said, grabbing his boyfriends bare arm

gwens eyes widened as she saw the amount of skin both of the boys were showing

'are you both naked?'

'no!' arthur yelled, looking at her disgustingly

merlin turned his head sharply in arthurs direction

'how did you...?' merlin trailed off

'i've been trying to talk to you for ages, you spork! i can hear!' arthur exclaimed with a blinding grin

he giggled happily and took merlins face in his hands

'say something else' arthur said, eyes watching him carefully as if he wasn't sure if he really heard or not

'uhm, i don't know...' merlin stammered, suddenly nervous about the close proximity of their faces

arthur smiled and quickly pecked the boy on the lips

'again' he said excitedly

'what do i say?' merlin giggled

arthur pulled the boy forward again, both smiling into the kiss

'uh, guys?' gwen asked 'you are aware that im still here, right?

'i was deaf not blind, gwen' arthur mumbled and pulled the raven haired boy closer