Awww, this is so adorable! *hitting Arthur repeatedly* you’re so stupid, so so stupid.
A drunk Merlin hitting on Arthur and Arthur getting very flustered (and surprisingly pleased) about it.
"Hello, your majesty," a voice slurs to Arthur's right. Oh no.
"Merlin, I was gone for an hour. All you had to do was wait in our room, how did you—" Arthur remembers that he left Merlin with Gwaine. Arthur would very much like to reach back in time and punch himself in the face. "Ah."
"You know," Merlin says, and leans into him heavily. He coughs once and tries to push him off, wrenching his lukewarm drink from him at the same time, "You're very pretty."
"Thank you, Merlin," Arthur responds, averting his eyes in an effort to stay stoic.
"No, really," and that one almost comes out like a purr, all low and secretive. "Especially when you're out of that stupid chainmail."
"Right, well, the chainmail is kind of necessary, Merlin," he manages. Speaking is rapidly becoming... difficult. Especially with Merlin draping his arm around his shoulder and mumbling into his ear.
"Is it?" His breath is hot and smells of alcohol, and Arthur has to shrug him off again.
"You aren't being yourself, Merlin."
The light in his eyes dims a little. But then he blinks and scoots toward him again—this time with an entirely different approach.
"I sometimes wonder," Merlin says with something devilish playing at his lips, "If you choose not to learn how to dress yourself."
Arthur's voice is rough when he speaks. "Why would I do that...?"
"Because," he replies with a grin, "Then... well, I'd have to keep changing your clothes for you."
He feels Merlin's hand dancing across his thigh and grips it, pushing it away. His face is burning, he must be bright pink, and his heart is thudding hard.
"You're going to regret this tomorrow, Merlin. I swear I'll make fun of you until you die."
"Worth it," he mutters as he takes to playing with Arthur's hair. He tries not to think about how nice it feels.
"Right, that's it. Enough. Time to go to sleep," Arthur says with a finality which Merlin can puzzle out, even with a muddy brain that's been addled by alcohol.
"Nooooooo," Merlin whines as Arthur takes his forearm and drags him from the tavern.
As he marches his best friend back to their lodgings, Arthur has to remind himself that princes don't fall for servants.
And Silver gets his whole diabolical fae shebang.
Vale: We’re not gonna burn it
Irene: C'mon dude, you never let me burn anything
I don’t understand how the hell you write so well, this is phenomenal!!! Will and Daegal’s relationship is so wonderful, especially Will helping Daegal through things he has been through- the empathy and sharing- my goddddd. All the little details like Gwaine’s dice gift really knit this together and make it feel so real. Merlin being the complete and utter mum friend was hilarious and very in character. This just made me laugh so much and really made me feel joyful after a stressful day. Thank you for sharing this with us, I adored reading this. I can’t wait for more, (I would love to have more Mordred and Daegal interactions, that tension is interesting) and you’re one of my absolute favourite fic writers.
summary: Daegal forgets his own birthday. Merlin has a conniption. Daegal has a crisis.
context for newcomers: This is the next installment in an ongoing AU that @once-and-future-gay and I have been playing around with, wherein both Will and Daegal survived into Season 5. The background for that AU can be found here, and the associated fics (plus one art post) are at the following links: be good / persistence / tournaments / daegal post-carpentry (art).
a/n: @once-and-future-gay, this was actually written for your birthday XD I started it that Tuesday intending for it to be a very short snippet that I could post the same day, but I quickly realized that it was turning into a bigger piece, and now, a week and a half later, it’s a 10k story. I apologize for how belated it is, but I hope you’ll accept it as a birthday gift anyhow - I figured that if it were up to me, I’d rather have ‘more fic’ than ‘on-time fic,’ so - happy (belated) birthday to you, and here’s some more of this AU for you, featuring Daegal and a wide supporting cast! ✨
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(Photos taken before the transplant, one in hospital & the other while holding my father in the hotel room the night before he checked into the hospital for the next 3+ months.)
I’m really, really frightened.
Some warm poetry, for cold evenings:
Molly Fisk, “Winter Sun” (We can make do with so little / just the hint of warmth, the slanted light.)
Pat Schneider, “The Patience of Ordinary Things” (It is a kind of love, is it not? / how the cup holds the tea.)
Barbara Ras, “Bite Every Sorrow” (You can speak a foreign language, sometimes / and it can mean something.)
Jack Gilbert, “Failing and Flying” (Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew.)
Lisel Mueller, “Things” (Even what was beyond us / was recast in our image; / we gave the country a heart, / the storm an eye)
Rabindranath Tagore, “On the Seashore” (The sea plays with children, and pale gleams the smile of the sea-beach / On the seashore of endless worlds children meet)
John O’Donohue, “Matins” (May I live this day / Compassionate of heart / Gentle in word / Courageous in thought)
Wallace Stevens, “The House Was Quiet and The World Was Calm” (The summer night is like a perfection of thought. / The house was quiet because it had to be)
Brian Patten, “Inessential Things” (Cats remember what is essential of days)
Emily Dickinson, “Simplicity” (How happy is the little stone / that rambles in the road, alone)
Yi Lu, “Valley’s Green” (flowers like tiny saucers — little bowls — little cups / filled to the brim with their own colors)
Jacques Prévert, “How to Paint a Bird’s Portrait” (When the bird comes / if it comes / observe the most profound silence)
Archibald MacLeish, “Eleven” (Happy as though he had no name, as though / He had been no one: like a leaf, a stem, / Like a root growing…)
Denise Levertov, “A Woman Alone” (Then / self-pity dries up, a joy / untainted by guilt lifts her. / She has fears, but not about loneliness)
Richard Brautigan, “Your Catfish Friend” (I’d love you and be your catfish / friend and drive such lonely / thoughts from your mind)
Linda Gregg, “The Letter” (I’m not feeling strong yet, but I am taking / good care of myself)
Andrew Lang, “Ballade of True Wisdom” (And I’d leave all the hurry, the noise, and the fray, / For a house full of books, and a garden of flowers)
Ada Limón, “The Raincoat” (my whole life I’ve been under her / raincoat thinking it was somehow a marvel / that I never got wet.)
Jorge Luis Borges, “The Just” (These people, unaware, are saving the world)
Wendell Berry, “The Peace of Wild Things” (I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.)
Graine is utterly feral.
Merlin: Why do you always put your ice cream in a bowl?
Gaius: Unlike the rest of you, I have too much dignity to eat it straight out of the container with only a spoon.
Gwaine: What do you mean, ‘a spoon’? Use your fucking hands, you cowards!
This is seriously gorgeous! So talented.
I have like 20 different things to work on and here I am drawing my favourite moon princess.
But hey looks like I’m getting better at this semi-realism garbage yay
Ooh, I understand the belly thing, it’s just a strange word. This is great fluff!
Here's a little secret about me, I hate the word belly. You will never ever hear me say it and very very rarely see me writing it, I avoid it whenever possible
"You... Don't have a navel?" Irene said, almost frowning as her eyes glided down Kai's firm muscles, following the trail that her fingers had made as she unbuttoned his shirt.
"A what?"
"Navel? A belly button? Do... Do dragons lay eggs?"
"Of course. What did you expect?"
"I don't know!" She exclaimed. "Have you never been with a human before?" He ruffled his hair. "I thought, well, you implied, that you'd had a good many partners."
"No, I said that I was good in bed. No, there were no humans before you." He said. "And I take it that you've never been with a dragon then?"
"No, only humans... Well, there was a vampire once." She shrugged. "Never a dragon. God, that's weird."
"What's a navel?" She opened her mouth, and shut it again.
"Well it's... Well, do you know what an umbilical cord is?"
"I have vague memories from a biology class well over ten years ago." He said. "Something to do with repro... Do humans not have gen-"
"We do!" Irene interrupted. "I just assumed that your bodies would be identical to humans." There was a side note that she hoped that they were... compatible. "No, its to carry nutrients to the foetus before we are born. Everyone has one, its a small mark on our stomachs."
"Really?" Kai wrinkled her nose. Irene sighed and started on the ties of her dress. "Oh..."
"Shush." She muttered, she let the dress pool to fall at her feet before starting on the strings of her corset. "Men have it so easier with fashion." She said, not unkindly but with a sharp edge.
"I'm more than happy to help." He smirked as Irene managed to get the knot undone and parted the boned fabric at her chest. "Heaven and earth, how many times have you been stabbed?"
"Not that many times? Maybe four or five times?" She said, looking down.
"That one is awful." He said, putting his index finger on her navel.
"That's my navel." She said. "I guess it's technically a scar?"
"But you said it was so you could eat as a baby."
"No, it- have you ever studied human biology? And- oh you- you're messing with me, aren't you?" He grinned and nodded.
"I'll admit that I have never seen one in real life and was unaware that it does in fact look like a scar." He said. "But I'm not that dim."
"You are the worst."
"Yeah, but you like me anyway." He said, stroking her jaw. "It looks weird though."
"Says the man without a navel."
"Technically, not a man."
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