The Cinders, The Violets, and the Gooseberries by junkshop_disco (R)

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Fandom: MERLIN
Pairing: Merlin / Gwaine
Length: 4400
Author on LJ: junkshop_disco
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Why this must be read:
As a travel writer, Gwaine has developed a gift for summing up towns in 500 words, but Camelot and its chocolatier won’t stay out of his notebook, even when he’s supposed to have left the place behind.

Here's something really sweet, light, and fluffy.

It’s an AU based on the film Chocolat, but no background knowledge of the movie is necessary for this. Basically Merlin makes chocolate, and is maybe a bit magical. And a wanderer like Gwaine is drawn in, both by Merlin and the town.
For such a short story, this fic managed to capture the atmosphere that Chocolat had- a world with tinges of a magic around the edges.

The Cinders, The Violets, and the Gooseberries