i didn't know what to expect with this prompt but you've made it even more amazing than anything i could have come up with! there are so many parts of this that i want to quote but it would be silly so i'll just leave you with my TWO favourite lines;
She stills. She would like to see how he will attempt to justify what he did. She keeps her expression soft.
“Merlin,” she returns.
“I had to.” There is a shadow of that old sorrow in his eyes, as though he still stands before her and she is still on the floor dying at his feet. She wonders if it is a burden that will always weigh him down. “It was the only way to save Camelot. To save Arthur.”
“I know,” she reassures him, just as she has planned to for a long time. She rests a hand on his arm. He seems all made of bones and hope, and very easy to break.
UGH, YES. morgana just assessing everything, just like she always has and than that line about merlin being so easy to break, which is something i've thought possible for a long time.
He breathes out. There is a lifetime’s relief in that breath – but there is hesitancy too. A wise reluctance to believe her, as much as he might want to. She will have to tread carefully around him. Fortunately, she had never expected anything less.
THIS. how they know each other so well and yet don't know each other at all.
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i didn't know what to expect with this prompt but you've made it even more amazing than anything i could have come up with! there are so many parts of this that i want to quote but it would be silly so i'll just leave you with my TWO favourite lines;
She stills. She would like to see how he will attempt to justify what he did. She keeps her expression soft.
“Merlin,” she returns.
“I had to.” There is a shadow of that old sorrow in his eyes, as though he still stands before her and she is still on the floor dying at his feet. She wonders if it is a burden that will always weigh him down. “It was the only way to save Camelot. To save Arthur.”
“I know,” she reassures him, just as she has planned to for a long time. She rests a hand on his arm. He seems all made of bones and hope, and very easy to break.
UGH, YES. morgana just assessing everything, just like she always has and than that line about merlin being so easy to break, which is something i've thought possible for a long time.
He breathes out. There is a lifetime’s relief in that breath – but there is hesitancy too. A wise reluctance to believe her, as much as he might want to. She will have to tread carefully around him. Fortunately, she had never expected anything less.
THIS. how they know each other so well and yet don't know each other at all.
THANK YOU. this is perfect ♥