marguerite_26: (Merlin - eat it)
marguerite_26 ([personal profile] marguerite_26) wrote2010-03-30 10:39 am
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MERLIN FANDOM!!!! FIC: The Green Apple (Arthur/Merlin) PG-13

Penny requested Merlin fic and well... there went my 'but I'm only reading in that fandom' clause. LOL. Also, apparently, I can't write fluff in Merlin fandom either.

Title: The Green Apple
Author: [livejournal.com profile] marguerite_26
Rating: PG-13
Fandom BBC Merlin
Pairing(s): Arthur/Merlin (unrequited – so far)
Summary: Merlin serves Arthur a questionable breakfast
Warnings: force feeding, humiliation kink
Word Count: 658
Author's Notes:For [livejournal.com profile] themostepotente for her 40th. She asked for Arthur/Merlin and Green Apples. I doubt this is what she had in mind, but that rat soup scene kinda made my brain explode and I couldn't help thinking that Arthur got off on it. Hope you like it, Penny. Happy Birthday.

Thank you to my lovely [livejournal.com profile] melusinahp, who gave this a lightning fast beta this morning.



The Green Apple


"Eat it."

Merlin choked on a laugh, like he thought Arthur might be joking. He wasn't.

Arthur stood behind Merlin, who was seated in Arthur's place with Arthur's breakfast offering in front of him. "Eat it."

Merlin turned the apple around in his hand. The soft, dented flesh smelled of rancid cider and Arthur's lips quirked. Merlin stumbled over his response. "Um, no thanks, actually. Not a fan of apples. Really."

Merlin tried to stand but Arthur's hands gripped his shoulders and shoved him back down. He kept his hands on Merlin, gloved fingers squeezing just below the collar bone. "That's funny. I am positive I saw you devour not one, but three apples while you sat and watched the knights practising yesterday."

"Red apples," Merlin squeaked as he sunk lower, away from Arthur's grip.

Arthur leaned forward so that his breath sent Merlin's ridiculously shaggy hair fluttering. "Red apples?" he said, like Merlin might have walked into a few too many walls lately.

"Yes. I – I like red apples. This apple's green."

Arthur narrowed his eyes at the fruit that possibly, once, weeks ago, had been a green apple, though now it was shrivelled and brown. And Merlin had served it to him, together with a piece of moulding bread and had called it breakfast. The bread had been flung at Merlin's head, but the apple… there was only one thing he wanted to see done with that apple.

"Eat it." He bent so that his lips grazed Merlin's ear. "Or I will get a shovel full of dung from the stables and force feed you that." He paused then added, "while you are in the stocks."

Arthur could feel the heat rising in Merlin's cheeks. And this was one of the many reasons he could never sack Merlin, no matter how pathetic of a manservant he was. Merlin, red cheeked, fighting everything inside himself to bite his tongue on the words he really wanted to say to Arthur was one of Arthur's favourite things in the world. When Merlin looked up at him, defiance flashing in his eyes, a low burn of challenge stirred in Arthur's belly, the surge of adrenaline that was usually reserved for the instant after a gauntlet hit a stone floor. Instead of a duel, this was a battle of wills that ended with Arthur satisfied and Merlin properly humbled or Merlin in the stocks which, in the end, amounted to the same thing.

Arthur moved to the other side of the table, his fingers spread wide, pressing against the fine wood of the tabletop, his eyes keen on Merlin's mouth, hovering above the apple. "Camelot's food supply is precious," he explained.

Merlin's eyes lit up as they always did when he'd thought of something remotely clever. "Then you should eat it, sire."

Arthur's chest warmed at the sire, spoken with that flippant, mocking disrespect that made Arthur want to do filthy things to punish those lips. Arthur growled. "Eat it, Merlin."

There must have been something in his voice this time that told Merlin he'd pushed hard enough. After a heartbeat, Merlin took a deep breath and opened his mouth. His teeth pressed into the soft flesh and the apple oozed brown mush onto Merlin's fingers and chin. He choked on the taste, which must have been vile.

And Arthur watched, breathless at the submission, and tried to ignore the stir in his loins at the sight of Merlin swallowing at Arthur's command.

[identity profile] phoenixacid.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG FORCE FEEDERISM IS SO M/A. AHAHAH.

[identity profile] marguerite-26.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
My first Merlin fic! Yes. :D (unless you count the dozen I have written in my head. *g*)

I will write more at some point. They are inside and are screaming to come out, but I have a few fandom commitment in HP that are tugging my sleeve before I can play too much in Merlin.

Thank you for your lovely comment. I'm thrilled you found this weird and kinda gross rotten apple fic hot. *snickers*

[identity profile] marguerite-26.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks so much! Though I can't not see Arthur/Merlin, tbh. It's so there for me, so i'm thrilled this worked for you, if you don't usually see it.

[identity profile] marguerite-26.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Arthur 'forcing' Merlin into... um, practically anything (so long as it's not truly malicious) is soooo M/A and just makes me squirm. The good kind of squirms. LOL.

I have the next scene to this that I will write someday. 2011, right? hahha!

Thank you again for that gif and awesome icon. :DDD

[identity profile] phoenixacid.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
YES. YES. RIGHT THERE MERLIN YES. YES.

And 2011 is too far away! *pouts*

You're welcome, hon. I just HAD to make it. M/A held my brain hostage and won't return it until then. :D

[identity profile] accioslash.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
And Arthur watched, breathless at the submission, and tried to ignore the stir in his loins at the sight of Merlin swallowing at Arthur's command.

Guh. *iz ded*

[identity profile] nuclearsugars.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
FFFFFFF, MAGGIE! *flails*

This is just, so fucking THEM. And this could totally slot right into canon. God, this fic makes my toes curl in the most obscene way possible. Like, I can totally imagine the low tone Arthur's voice would take as he says "eat it" to Merlin. *meeeeelts*

[identity profile] kayoko.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
That's so gross, but the feelings behind it are really hot. Bit of a power trip for Arthur.

Does force feeding always imply the consumption of something foul? Or it is more the idea of being forced to eat something unwillingly (like celery)?

[identity profile] cinnatart.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
*shudder*

that is equal parts hot, and equal parts ewwwwww (the apple bit i was like yuck! but the rest was hot =P)

HA. YOU WROTE MERLINFIC YOU ARE SO FUCKED. \o/ I love this fact. \o/

[identity profile] shikanashi-kk.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
FFFFF OH THE POWER PLAY D8 D8 ♥♥ JUST. JUUUUST. Satisfied. ♥♥ And you've got their speech SO WELL, bb ♥ It's so canon I love it AND THE LAST LIIIINE /o/

[identity profile] aramis-chan.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 10:10 am (UTC)(link)
This is just very, very hot. And so canon!

[identity profile] melusinahp.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
In this short ficlet you demonstrate so much characterisation and just nab their gorgeous dynamic spot on. It's just so much fun. Your Arthur is perfect, as is your Merlin. :D

I do have my fingers crossed you'll write more Merlin fic.

[identity profile] marguerite-26.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee! *revives you*

*twirls you*

Thank you, darling. Glad you liked. :D

[identity profile] marguerite-26.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Awe! Thank you so much, sweetie. I'm really thrilled you think I found their voices. Goodness, I wasn't sure if was mucking it up completely. All the Merlin fics I've read are so sweet and funny and then I try my hand and this comes out. *headdesk*

[identity profile] marguerite-26.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
hahaha! Yes, I grossed myself out when I wrote it. :P

I believe force feeding is simply that, forcing someone to eat something regardless of what it is. Like me shoving chocolate cake into your mouth is still force feeding. You may not want to eat it, or not at the rate I am 'forcing' it on you.

Thanks for reading my Merlin fic!! :D

[identity profile] marguerite-26.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
hee! I know. That bit was so gross. and yet, I couldn't stop myself from writing it. :DDD

YOU WROTE MERLINFIC YOU ARE SO FUCKED

hahaha! indeed. :P

Thank you, darling.

[identity profile] marguerite-26.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
What a fabulous comment. Thank you so much. Glad their voices hit right. First fic, so I had my fingers crossed. :D

[identity profile] marguerite-26.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
YAY! Thank you so much. I'm glad it feels canon. That rat soup scene was so hot and gross. LOL.

[identity profile] marguerite-26.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
YAY! *twirls you* Thanks so much. I'm thrilled you thought my characterisation worked. :D

I do have my fingers crossed you'll write more Merlin fic.
*bats eyes lashes* only if you'll beta for me, darling.

[identity profile] melusinahp.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I will totally beta for you!
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[identity profile] easilymused1956.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Great story. Lalala I understand, totally, your 'I will not write' policy.

Oh, how easy it is to cross that line.

You did an absolutely wonderful job with their characterizations. Gotta love the power play.

Renee

[identity profile] star-momma.livejournal.com 2010-03-31 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh... my... yes please!
sophinisba: Gwen looking sexy from Merlin season 2 promo pics (merlin chainmail by gwy)

[personal profile] sophinisba 2010-04-01 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Ooh, I loved this.

[identity profile] froggie.livejournal.com 2010-04-01 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
I just need to comment AGAIN now that I'm SLIGHTLY more coherent...You've got humiliation kink DOWN. And it makes me so happy.

(sequelplz?)

asldfkasjkl this makes me want to draw Arthur/Merlin humiliation bondage porn.

ok so maybe I lied about being coherent but I TRIED <3 <3 <3
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[personal profile] venivincere 2010-04-01 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
...and suddenly my surface temperature increased ten degrees. Holy crow, that's hot. And that last line? *dies*

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