crack_van | Halcyon Days by lassiterfics (PG)

Fandom: MERLIN
Pairing: Gen (Merlin/Will if you really want it)
Length: 3, 776
Author on LJ: lassiterfics
Author Website: fandom: merlin tag
Why this must be read:

Oh, Will. Oh, Merlin. Oh, Will and Merlin. *draws hearts*
The way Lass writes their friendship is so lovely and, well, true that I want this fic to be canon! This is a powerful look at the way Will and Merlin become friends and then BFF and the fallout from Merlin being sent to Camelot.

It was the head-butting of those who knew there was nothing to be done. It was probably still better than just letting things roll over you, though. It wasn’t Will’s fault that Hunith found out he knew about Merlin’s magic, but Will was still acting like maybe if he mustered up enough indignation, he could convince the universe to undo the course of events. Maybe this time, when Hunith turned the corner, Merlin wouldn’t be levitating berries in the air while Will jumped and tried to catch them in his mouth.

What Merlin didn’t want to say was that he sort of wanted to leave. Or rather, he wanted to arrive. It wasn’t that he wanted to leave his mother behind, or Will, or the only home he ever knew. Departure was an ominous prospect, but arrival, on the other hand, sounded pretty promising. He’d like to arrive somewhere, maybe start something. These days Will would ramble on about things like the girl he had been seeing or the best way to set a snare, and Merlin’s mind would wander and wonder if a place existed where he wouldn’t have hide his magic. Merlin loved his mother and Will, but there can be something exhausting about having only two people know who you really are.

“Poncing off to Camelot because your mother told you to,” Will scoffed. “I’ve never heard of anything more pathetic.”

Halcyon Days