Arthur Going On Quests, Insisting Merlin That Merlin Not Come Along, And Merlin Coming Along Anyway Is

Arthur going on quests, insisting Merlin that Merlin not come along, and Merlin coming along anyway is the equivalent to people who get in the car to go on a long trip and find out their cat is hiding in the back seat two hours in.

Arthur: Don't go picking fights with me, Merlin. I can make your life very difficult.

Merlin: What did you think you were doing to it now??

I want to see a Merlin fic where his magic is revealed because Arthur accidentally shoots him with a crossbow during a hunt or something and Merlin comes back to life.

"You've killed me once, Arthur. Can you do it again?"

Arthur reincarnates fairly quickly but seems doomed to due gruesome deaths at young ages.

At first, Merlin goes, "NOOOooo!" every time it happens, but he eventually gets used to it.

Once, Arthur accidentally steps out in front of a car while trying to cross the road, and Merlin's just like...

"Twenty-four perfectly good years wasted, you dollophead. Do you know how much work you create for me? Now I've got to go start harassing pregnant ladies, asking if they're thinking of naming their son Arthur, cash your life insurance policy, put your junk in storage again, sell your house for profits, pay off your bar tab, come up with another funeral program-"

Mid-rant, he realizes that the other people at the crosswalk are staring at him, horrified.

Heard a seagull today, so anyway, booking a ship to Valinor

Arthur returns, but Merlin has to drag him out of the lake while he bemoans, "Five more minutes, Merlin, can't you just let me sleep in for once??"