The next morning, Uther went to get Arthur from Gaius’ chambers. When he arrived, Merlin was sitting at the table eating breakfast with Arthur. Merlin looked up and, upon seeing the king, stood and bowed his head.
“I need to talk to Arthur,” the king said and Merlin nodded, “Why don’t you see if that maid, Gwen, was able to find some proper clothes for him.” Merlin hurried out of the room and the king sat down across from Arthur.
“Arthur,” Uther started, “I wanted to talk to about something, okay?” Arthur nodded and looked at his father; he could tell this was important.
“You know I’m very busy a lot of the time,” Uther said and Arthur nodded, “and you also know that as King, I have a lot of responsibilities.” Again Arthur nodded, not understanding why he was being told all this.
“I realize that you are only a child and that, perhaps, I have been too hard on you. I am going to try and do my best to spend more time with you and not always put my duties and your training first. Would you like that?” Uther asked.
“So…” Arthur started, looking thoughtful, “You’ll spend more time with me?”
“Yes, I’m going to do my best.” Arthur smiled wider than Uther had ever seen and the boy got up off the chair. He walked around the table and hugged Uther tightly. The king chuckled and then stood.
“Let’s go see if we can find you something to wear other than the clothes you had yesterday.
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Doing it Over
FanfictionAfter an encounter with magic Arthur is turned back into a 5 year old boy. Now Uther has a decision to make: Does he wait until his son's back to normal and allow everyone else to deal with it? Or does he fix all the mistakes he made when Arthur was...
