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Inside Outright by frantic Rated NC-17
I'm permitted by the crack van faeries a maximum of 12 rec's, and I'm gonna take 'em, by golly! So here's rec number 11!
Fandom: MERLIN
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin
Length: 6,912 words
Summary: Arthur's rich and sick of the life. He's seen and done it all and is completely unable to be touched by any of it until he spots Merlin on the dance floor. One experience with him in the bathroom stall changes things for him.
Why this must be read: frantic somehow makes this different. She combines a familiar trope with humor and feelings to bring us something new somehow. Example: After a moment of very intense sex (in the bathroom stall!), Merlin breaks down in tears, and an emotionally repressed Arthur isn't sure how to handle it.
Merlin curled around him like an octopus, crying like his heart was breaking.
Link AO3
Fandom: MERLIN
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin
Length: 6,912 words
Summary: Arthur's rich and sick of the life. He's seen and done it all and is completely unable to be touched by any of it until he spots Merlin on the dance floor. One experience with him in the bathroom stall changes things for him.
Why this must be read: frantic somehow makes this different. She combines a familiar trope with humor and feelings to bring us something new somehow. Example: After a moment of very intense sex (in the bathroom stall!), Merlin breaks down in tears, and an emotionally repressed Arthur isn't sure how to handle it.
Merlin curled around him like an octopus, crying like his heart was breaking.
Arthur gathered him close, alarmed and mortified and more than a bit miffed actually, because-- well, was it not bad form to cry all over a man who had just shagged you senseless? He was quite certain it was. And though this obviously had nothing to do with him, he felt duty-bound to make things better, somehow. He tucked Merlin's head onto his shoulder and patted him, making soothing noises that sounded ridiculous to his own ears but seemed to do the job pretty well.
"What's this all about then?" he murmured, channeling his old nanny, Silva.
Link AO3