marguerite_26 | Happy Holidays, lullabylily!

Title Snowed In
Author:

marguerite_26
Summary: Through the cave opening Merlin could see the snowflakes dance between the trees, thick and white against the black night.
Rating: G (pre-slash)
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Warning: none
Word Count: 200 (exactly!)
Author's notes: for

lullabylily who requested Merlin/Arthur, snowed-in, and 200 words. Thank you to

lolafiest for the beta. <3

Through the cave opening Merlin could see the snowflakes dance between the trees, thick and white against the black night. “Pretty,” he breathed.

“Deadly.” Arthur leaned across Merlin, grabbed a stick and jabbed at their small fire. Their sopping clothes were laid out on a boulder by the fire in hopes they might be dry by morning. Should Merlin and Arthur survive the night, they would need them for the trudge back to Camelot. The scraps of their meagre dinner had been set aside for breakfast. They needed to think ahead, Arthur had explained.

They’d laid their bedrolls one atop the other, but the cold of the stone floor seeped through. Merlin shivered, burrowing further under Arthur’s fur-lined cloak they shared as a blanket.

“You’re not to die tonight, Merlin.” Arthur poked at Merlin’s shoulder as though Merlin was insubordinate enough to die just to spite his master. “Do you hear me?”

“Yes, Sire.” Arthur’s arm pulled him close; he could feel Arthur’s heart beating at his back, the tickle of chest hair between his shoulder blades, and the warm breath at his nape. “Wouldn’t dream of it.”

When he shivered again, it had nothing to do with the cold.

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“You’re not to die tonight, Merlin.” Arthur poked at Merlin’s shoulder as though Merlin was insubordinate enough to die just to spite his master. “Do you hear me?”

That's SO Arthur. Perfect voice! Lovely little ficlet. <3

Thank you, ella! <3

I swear I've done nothing today but make 4 posts on lj. (merlin_hols/hprecs/merlin recs/this ficlet) It's taken me 6 hrs!!! oof!

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Awww! ♥

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*squee* Perfect setting! Just 200 words, but I love them so much! *cuddles them*

200 words of sugary sweetness. LOL. ;)

Thank you.

Re: Snowed In

joan-waterhouse.livejournal.com - 2010-12-06 19:16 (UTC) - Expand

Yay!! Thank you so much!! It's beautiful. It's utterly beautiful. It's so tender and intense and so real; the cold, the fear, the affection...

I want to read it over and over again, possibly until I know it by heart ^^!

200 words to cherish! Thanks again so much!

Oh! I'm so glad you liked it. It was such a great prompt. :D

A pleasure to write. ♥

very sweet :)

thank you! :)

adorbs!

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Awww, how lovely! ♥

Thank you, bb! ♥

I love the idea of them being snowed-inside a cave somewhere :D

me, too! Thank you! :)

Oh, loved it, esp. the last line. Oh, those two.

*beams* Thank you! :D

&hearts&hearts&hearts&hearts

I love the image of them cuddling together!

naked! I also made them naked for the cuddling!!!! *needs a few more hundred words to work with on this one* :D

Thank you!

lullabylily.livejournal.com - 2010-12-07 16:20 (UTC) - Expand

Awww, sweet.

Thanks so much! I'm glad you liked. :D

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awe! Thank you! I'm so glad you liked.

Absolutely lovely. You made my evening. Thanks ! :)

that's lovely hear! <3 thank you!

Oh, wintery fic. Lovely :)

Thanks! glad you liked. :)

I completely approve of this. That's a hell of a thing to write in 200 words. It reads like it could be a scene from the show (and they decided to cut it out).

That's a hell of a thing to write in 200 words.
heh. yeah - love writing these strict word limit ficlets but so. much. story. to tell! I could have used another 800 words for sure.

(and they decided to cut it out).
evil editors!

Arthur ordering Merlin not to die was pitch perfect.

awe! thank you. What a lovely comment. :D

That is just... awwwwwwwww! Pure perfection!

Thank you so much! Glad you liked it. :)

“You’re not to die tonight, Merlin.” Arthur poked at Merlin’s shoulder as though Merlin was insubordinate enough to die just to spite his master. “Do you hear me?”

*Points up* That screams Arthur. Perfect paragraph, truly. :-)

awe! thank you. I'm so glad heard Arthur in that line. *beams*

LOL. You know, Merlin might fake his own death just to spite Arthur. *nod* Totally possible.

hee! that's EVOL! Poor Arthur would be all broken with his bb gone.

Aww, this is so very lovely and so them. ♥

YAY! thank you! I'm glad you liked it. :D

OH ! Cute and sweet and ... <3

*beams* Thank you.

Sweet ♥♥♥ *cuddles the boys*

Glad you liked it! ♥

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I LOVE THIS.

*beams* YAY!!! So glad to hear that. :D

Back atcha!

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