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Elyan: Physically, yes, I could fight a bird. But emotionally? Imagine the toll.

Elyan: Goodnight moon. Elyan: Goodnight tree. Elyan: Goodnight ghosts that only I can see.

It's so underrated for real, could you imagine the shenanigans???

Elyan: "I don't need to do that, my sister's the queen"

Arthur: "I'm your king!!!"

Gwen starts pardoning him for all the littlest crimes (think outdated laws and stuff like "mocking" the king, etc.) and it gets so out of hand they can't find Elyan for a week because he was too busy rigging a line from the well or some shit directly into a crack in Arthur's ceiling so it drips and no one can identify where from

Arthur and elyans friendship is really underrated and it needs be talked about.

they gave us pep talks, hugs, bonding over feeling as if they failed their sisters.

They were brother in law’s dang it the friendship needs to be more utilized 😤

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OK

(long paragraphs incoming you've given me too much freedom here)

I totally think Elyan would be act like such a an insufferable older sibling, like, I don't know the age gap between him and Gwen but I like to imagine it at NO MORE THAN two years so they grew up close and I love them for it

He's a blacksmith (before knighthood) because family trade and all that but he was never fully connected with it, it was just something to help him earn a living.

He FOR SURE could have made a living traveling and gambling (sort of Gwaine adjacent, if you will) but he didn't because he wanted to stay central to where Gwen is, even when they were no contact.

His favorite color is green. He probably really likes sweets and his fatal flaw is his compassion (come on we all watched the episode with the druid spirit). If given the choice yes he absolutely would make a bet and you better believe he'd win. He's probably tried doing magic after the ban is lifted (because it will be lifted) and found that it's just not for him, but he won't shut up that he TRIED it like a middle aged mom talks about partying in her college years.

He makes his own clothes because Gwen showed him how and now he's better at sewing than she is (she doesn't mind, in fact, she's the one who wanted to continue the blacksmithing in the family anyway)

Percival knew Lancelot because he once bailed him out from another kingdom's dungeons because it definitely was his fault he was there anyway. He was probably an only child but grew up with other children so he didn't get to be insufferable.

He's got two moms. He just does I don't know how to explain it. His favorite plant is a tree, and he probably beefed with the squirrels that lived near his home growing up because they never nested in his preferred trees.

He's absolutely awful at lying and doesn't have a subtle bone in his body, his fatal flaw is his single mindedness. He's got a thought? Going to happen you can't stop it he's gone.

okay next question: what do you think percival and elyan are like? (To me they are the least unexplored knights in the show) What are your thoughts? What are their personality like? What do they do in their free time? What was their life before becoming a knight? How was their childhood and: if you were to rewrite them in canon how would you do it?

Arthur, trying to train Elyan, Percival, Leon, and Gwaine: All right. You're in the woods, surrounded by bandits. Two of you are injured. What do you do?

Elyan: Call the kni-

Arthur: YOU ARE THE KNIGHTS

hes Up To Something………as usual

ko-fi

hi i need help finding a merlin whump/angst fic i read on ao3 a long time ago. i don't remember anything about the author or the tags but if i had to guess it might have been the red exclamation point "graphic depictions of violence" It was also most likely a ONESHOT. PLEASE help me find it or tell me if you know anything about it.

*it might be under "merlin angst" when you search those exact words under the search bar in ao3, i used it on my phone, I'm still not sure how it works or if it's different from other devices. also i would go really deep into random pages like page 40 or even like page 200 so I've really absolutely no idea where it could be😭😭😭😭😭👎👎👎👎👎👎*

the fic went like this: Arthur catches merlin doing magic because they're in the woods or something (i forget what they were doing), merlin was like making a fire. later back in Camelot Arthur banishes merlin because of uther? or something, i don't remember. idk i just remember he banishes merlin. i think Arthur says he wants merlin gone by like the next morning. merlin then leaves by himself and he's in the woods, then he gets attacked by bandits or something, and he gets shot in the shoulder with an arrow. this is important because it might be the only thing that can help me identify the fic. some knights on patrol report back to arther that they had seen a sorcerer attacked by bandits and shot in the shoulder in the woods. arther later goes by himself to find merlin, then merlin sees him and gets scared and runs. arther is chasing him, merlin accidentally runs under some lose rocks or something , arther yells at him to stop but then the rocks fall on Merlin and almost arthur, but Merlin uses magic to keep the boulder from hurting arthur, then arthur gets merlin out from under the rocks and sees his leg very broken that he almost throws up, then he carries him back and its a happy ending.

please please help me i loved that fic and i didn't have the chance to save it because i didn't know how ao3 worked back then. pleaaaaaseeeee it's like one of my favorites I NEED TO FIND IT IVE LOOKED EVERYWHERE

Bard Will

as you may have seen here bard!will is something that should be discussed and now i will spiraling about this idea and dragging all of you with me. So, let us begin

Will didn’t die in s1 we’ll start with that. In this headcanon, universe, timeline or whatever, Will did get hit by the arrow but nowhere major and was thankfully saved! In thanks for saving him despite them not getting along, Arthur claims that he won’t do any harm to Will (also he is really confused about everything because sorcerers are supposed to be bad but this guy saved his life and the village and is Merlin’s friend and Merlin wouldn’t be friends with someone evil sooo). 

With that near death experience out of the way, Will comes to a decision to travel around Albion. He did invite Merlin, but he said something about destinies and friendship and duty or whatever. So, he goes off on his own (the offer still stands though you never know when prince prat will get too much). 

He ends up in a tavern and spies a bard with a nice lute singing tales of some distant knight who saved a town, you know the works. And it might have been because Will was drunk off his ass, it might have been because he overheard a group of drunkards joke about being a bard and spinning false tales just for kicks. It might have been both, but Will was inspired.

He already knew how to play a lute (he wasn’t a professional but he would play sometimes out in the woods with Merlin and it would be a lute he cut and carved himself), so Will bet it wouldn’t be that bad to just…become a bard. All he really needed was some nicer clothes for presentation which he definitely didn’t spend all of his coin for (he would get more back later from being the best bard of Albion).

And that, everyone, is Will’s bard origin story.

His first few times as a traveling bard were lackluster at best and humiliatingly terrible at worst. He had hit rock bottom after his fourth gig confused with why none of his songs worked. Until, he did a song about Prince Arthur’s fight with the griffin (all the info he got was from Merlin in his letters and some details were left out so he might have fleshed out some of the story…..he definitely played the ot4 angle and you can fight me on that) and the people loved it.

So, everywhere he went, he would tell tales of Arthur the dashing but bumbling prince (because Will isn’t blind but he’s would never miss a chance to mess with Arthur) going off on adventures with his knights and the ever loyal, ever brilliant, ever resourceful servant Merlin. What? Merlin’s his best friend of course he would take the opportunity to embellish him like that. 

While traveling, Will gets to meet the druids and learn about Arthur and Merlin’s destiny and oh boy! Does he take that and spin it to his desire. Arthur, the Once and Future King with Merlin as Emrys? The druids were just asking for that to be a part of his many tales. (They weren’t but that didn’t stop a younger druid, who might or might not have been a young boy called Mordred, from telling Will everything he knew so that word would spread).

Now most of Albion knows about Prince Arthur’s endeavors (though sme are either super in accurate or greatly exaggerated) with his servant who may or may not be this powerful warlock Emrys but Will never says so.

Theories and rumors about this Emrys run wild. Most think it’s Merlin and those who are brave, question Will who just winks and carries on with whatever new tale he has. Some speculate Emrys is an old god who took the form a of mortal and is now judging the prince with trials to see if he will follow his father’s footstep or bring the golden age (Will is very jealous of that theory and wished he thought of that when he first introduce him to the public).

Of course word of Will’s songs reach Camelot. It comes from visiting royals who congratulate the prince on defeating some foe Will talked about, and how Emrys must be so proud and everyone just goes ‘who?’ while Merlin sweats heavily.

Arthur: I’m sorry…who is this Emrys?

Foreign noble: Why, he is your protector of course! Must be nice to have the favor of such a powerful god

Arthur: ….right, and where did you get this information?

Foreign noble: Well, from Will the Bard. He is, by far, the most infamous minstrel in all of Albion! He has told of all your tales since you spared the life of a peasant sorcerer years ago.

it was last year but Will made such a good name for himself that everyone just agreed that Will has been in the bard business for more than that

Arthur is pissed off and Merlin is just dying of laughter in the background. Soon, all the strange interactions Arthur has had with people for the past few months make sense. The old woman who cautioned him on tree roots makes more sense (Will likes to sing about Arthur tripping on roots whenever he can), the young farm boy who called Merlin and inspiration for all farm boys makes sense (Merlin never has anything ill said about him in Will’s stories), the lady who had questioned Arthur why he doesn’t just promote merlin to better his status for his intelligence makes sense, the foreign maid who cautioned Merlin about the amount of cakes a prince should have makes sense. 

Arthur hates it at first, but….none of the tales told are completely awful. Will may paint him as a buffoon sometimes, but they do show Arthur as someone to be trusted (and Merlin too). the problem is when the tales show him as someone more sympathetic towards magic which he is not since his father didn’t raise him that way. however, after hearing these tales, Morgana has some twinge of hope.

The hope builds when she learns from gwen that the druids now come to visit Arthur when he is off adventuring or hunting. Arthur himself doesn’t know what to think about that but he does know that the druids are peaceful. 

The druids, fuelled with the knowledge from Will’s songs, decide to try and teach Arthur about magic (and Merlin too but secretly). Being the Once and Future King and all, it would be best to at least give him a heads up and some positive knowledge about magic (Will might have grilled them about this but Arthur and Merlin are none the wiser).

Anyway, back to Will.

He destroys Uther. Arthur, he at least cuts some slack for being Merlin’s friend and all, but nothing is spared for Uther. He also calls Cenred a narcissistic pig (he got formally exiled from Essetir but that never stopped him).  He starts his songs about Uther with it being all positive. Uther is a great king, benevolent and strong then gives his audience whiplash talking about genocide. He calls the king paranoid, quick to anger, past his prime. Will holds no mercy for him.

Will most definitely met Gwaine and Elyan (separately of course) while on his travels. Gwaine and Will bonded over Merlin. Elyan and Will bonded over dead dads. He also met Tristan and Isolde troup of smugglers and bonded about their anti-moarnchy ideals and how horrible Uther was (Will might have gotten some new song ideas from Tristan). 

…….and….that’s all i have right now 😅 If anyone has anymore ideas, feels free to add or even drop some in my asks if you want!

But yeah, Bard Will

Lancelot: And I also encouraged Merlin to start a fire yesterday but I can't tell you that.

Lancelot: What's wrong?

Leon: I think Gwaine is onto something, Lancelot. I think I AM lame.

Lancelot: What? What are you talking about?

Leon: I'm, like, the uncool parent. I'm the stick in the mud. I have become lame.

Lancelot: No, you haven't!

Leon: Face it, Lance. A wild Saturday night for us now is rum raisin ice cream and startling raccoons. When was the last time you did something illegal?

Lancelot:

Lancelot: Last week, at the tavern, I asked for a water cup and I put lemonade in it.

Leon:

Lancelot: It was an accident. I apologized. I poured it out, and I paid for it, but it was still pretty reckless. Right?

Leon:

Lancelot: Okay, maybe we are lame.

Arthur thinks Merlin was raped (but he wasn't)

This is kind of a prequel to this post, click here if you want more context -> LINK

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When Arthur finds Merlin in the woods after being lost for 3 weeks, he feels so much joy. He doesn't remember feeling so much joy in his life. Merlin is dirty, his clothes riped and with dry blood, but alive. And that’s all he cares right now.

Arthur: (more than happy and relieved) Merlin! I thought we lost you (goes to him to give him a hug, thinking) That I lost you.

Merlin: (Backs away quickly before Arthur can hug him, wide eye and terrified)

Arthur: (confused) Merlin?

Gwain: Merls, it's us, relax (extends a hand)

Merlin: (shakes his head, frantic, and goes limping to hide behind a tree)

Lancelot: (worried) Merlin... (aproaches carefully) Merlin, it's okay. You're safe know (extends his hand, gently, with a reassuring smile).

Merlin: (shakes his head again and tries to say something but he can't, so he whimpers quietly)

Lancelot: No touching, alright. (Lifts his hands in surrender) No one is going to touch you.

Arthur: (approaches as carefully as Lancelot did) Do you recognise us? (Thinking, begging) Please, say you do.

Merlin: (Nods and tries to speak again, but closes his mouth, frustrated)

Arthur: (realises, heartbroken) You can't speak.

Arthur and the knights can only imagine the horrors Merlin endured. It's obvious he was tortured but they didn't know how much of his new behaviour is result of physical damage or trauma. For example, is Merlin too traumatized to speak or is he physically unable? Did his tortures cut his tonge? Damaged his vocal chords? And what the hell have they done to Merlin to make him so afraid of human touch?

With a lot of reassuring and patience, they manage to bring Merlin back to Camelot. It was difficult not to touch him when he kept limping and falling. And Merlin refused to use a horse for some reason, no matter how much they insisted, so they had to get a cart to transport him. When they finally arrive, they bring him to Gaius immediately so the physician can check him, but Merlin doesn't let him touch him either and he locks himself in his room. It takes days for Gaius to have a formal diagnosis for the prince.

Gaius: (reports painfully) He was starved, beaten, cut, whiped and burned several times for what I could see.

Arthur: For what you could see?

Gaius: He wouldn't let me see all the wounds (sighs). He was also immobilized with chains by the wrists, ankles and neck. He must have struggled a lot because the marks of the chains are actually worse than the torture itself.

Arthur: (his heart aching for Merlin and burning in fury for the bastards who did this, composes himself just enough to ask again) His voice... did they...did they cut his-

Gaius: No, sire. He's physically able to talk He's just too traumatized to do it. It might take a while for him to talk again.

Arthur: (sighs releaved, but still fill with sorrow) Why? Why would they do this to him? Merlin never hurt anyone, who would want to- (stops when he sees Gaius apprehensive expression) You know something.

Gaius: (hesitantly) Merlin can't speak but he can still write, sire. He... he managed to write me some things.

Arthur: (raises his voice, angry) And you tell me this now?! What did he write?

Gaius: ...

Arthur: (demands) Gaius, I order you to tell me.

Gaius: (sighs) Apparently the bandits that captured him wanted... information sire. To know all the weak spots of the castle... and everything related to you.

Arthur: (open his eyes wide, horrified and devastated, and sinks in a nearby chair) No...

Gaius: He didn't say a thing, sire. You don't have anything to wo-

Arthur: (explodes) I know he didn't! That idiot! He should have told them everything! I wouldn't have blamed him, but of course he didn't. I whish he had (breaks down and cries) This is all my fault.

Gaius: (comforting him, a hand on Arthur's shoulder) This is no one's fault but theirs. You can't prevent every conspiration, attack or attemp murder directed at you. You're the king. It's expected.

Arthur: I should have protected him better, found him sooner. I should-

Gaius: Dwelling on what if scenarios won't help you. And it definitely won't help Merlin. What he needs now is for you to be there for him, be strong for him

So Arthur does just that. When Merlin keeps locking himself in his room and refuses to leave, Arthur visits him at the door and slide pieces of paper through the door crack so Merlin can write the words he can't speak and they can have a small talk at least once a day. Arthur can hear things being thrown and broken constantly and, the first days, Merlin doesn't even pick up the paper. When Merlin finally does, the paper is returned with a short messages along the lines of "Go away", "Leave me alone" to which Arthur reponds firmly he won't, he never will, every single time. Then Merlin's messages turn longer little by little and Arthur's one sided conversations with the door are over.

The day Merlin finally leaves his room and resumes his duties is a blessing as much as it is a curse. Arthur is glad and greatful at Merlin's progress, but seeing him doing his chores silently, just noding or shaking his head when asked something, and without sharing a single smile is painful. Merlin still doesn't let anyone touch him, which everyone respects, but is specially difficult for Arthur since, he realises, he used to manhandle his manservant a lot. They still comunicate through papers when necessary, but is just not the same.

A particular day Merlin almost falls down the stairs and Arthur, forgetting his manservant boundaries for a second, catches him in reflex.

Merlin: (separates from Arthur in full panic mode, screaming) NO!

Arthur: I'm so sorry, Merlin! I didn't mean-wait (open his eyes wide in surprise) You talked?

Merlin: (unsure, repeats) No? (brings a hand to his mouth in surprise and repeats, fearful) No? (his hand goes to his neck, nervous, as if expecting something bad to happen, but then he smiles brightly and shouts, very excited) No!😃 NO!😄

Arthur: (laughs in excitment, so happy he might cry) Your voice is back! You can talk again! (about to go for a hug)

Merlin: (lifts his hands, warnly) No!😠

Arthur: (lifts his hands too, quickly) Right, sorry. (They both lower their hands at the same time) Ahm... Is 'no' the only word you can say?

Merlin: (shrugs)

Arthur: Come one, try something else.

Merlin: (hesitanly) Ar...thur?

Arthur: See? You can talk.

Merlin: (smiles softly, and says fondly) Arthur. (tries to say something more elaborated, but in the end only manages to say again) Arthur. (Purses his lips, frustrated)

Arthur: (smiles at him fondly) One word at a time, don't force yourself. I can't believe I'm saying this, but it's good to hear your annoying voice again. (thinking) And hearing you saying my name and smiling. How much I missed that smile.

After that, Merlin is able to give short answers. First from 1 to 3 words and later one sentence or two. He's also more expressive now with his features, not as much as he was before, but he makes small frowns and gives small smiles from time to time. Arthur craves those moments. Even if Merlin's face contorts in fury because Arthur tried to exclude him from going on trips with him to protect him, or because Arthur doesn't do things like throwing things at him anymore because he believes Merlin's made of cristal. Arthur can’t help feeling happy because Merlin's face is finally wearing some emotion.

Then comes the day Arthur sees Merlin having a nightmare.

Arthur finds Merlin fallen asleep in his bed. Before Arthur would have get mad, but he knows through Gaius that Merlin hasn’t been sleeping well so he lets him. He starts checking his informs when suddenly he hears Merlin crying for help. Arthur runs to him inmediatly.

Merlin: (begs in his sleep, moving and crying desperatly) No! Anything but that, please.

Arthur: (tries to wake him up without touching him) Merlin, it's just a nightmare. Wake up.

Merlin: (doesn’t wake up and cries more painfully) Please! Hurts too much! Please! Stop!

Arthur: Merlin-

Merlin: Arthur! Arthur, I'm here! Please! Arthur!

Arthur: (shouts) Merlin!

Merlin: (wakes up abruptly and checks desperatly his wrists and neck)

Arthur: (comforting him) You are safe. You are in Camelot. You are safe.

Merlin: (wipes his tears and looks around) I fell asleep in your bed. I'm sorry.

Arthur: (smiles) It’s okay. (Wants to put a comforting hand on his shoulder but restrains himself) You were having a nightmare.

Merlin: I... I don't want to talk about it.

Arthur: Alright. But if you ever want to. Just know that I'm here to listen.

Merlin: (Nods in understanding and sighs) I'll get back to work. (Stands up)

Arthur: (complains, but not really) As you should. Those chores aren’t going to make theirselfs, you know?

Merlin: (smiles a little, cause he knows what Arthur is doing) Right away, sire. (Leaves)

After that, Arthur asks Gaius if he knows what Merlin's dream are about exactly, because it seemed there was a especific type of torture Merlin dreaded the most, but while Gaius seems to know, he refuses to tell him, even when he commands him. "It's not my place to tell" It's all physician says. It bugs Arthur the rest of the day. It's not until Arthur leads a trial of a rape victim that devasting realisation hits him.

That girl, that poor girl acts just like Merlin. Not letting anyone touch her, barely speaking. There are marks on her wrists of ropes the inmobilized her while she was... Just like Merlin's chains. "He must have struggled a lot because the marks of the chains are actually worse than the torture itself" Gaius had said. Merlin's nightmares. Merlin limping when they found him in the wood. Merlin not wanting to ride on a horse.

Arthur's world crushes all over again. His Merlin, his best friend was raped. Arthur can see his knights came to the same conclusion, because of the devasted expression they have when he meets them in private.

Elyan: (still in denial) It can't be... not Merlin.

Leon: It does make sense though. If none other torture seemed to work...

Percival: And Merlin has always had... very delicate features for a man.

Gwaine: Those sick bastards!

Lancelot: (no quiet believing this theory yet because he knows Merlin has magic to defend himself, but he can't share that so he just stays silent) ...

Arthur: (with deadly and serious expression) As soon as we find them, we'll make them pay. For now I want you to keep taking turns in watching over Merlin.

All knights: Yes, sire!

By month 3, Merlin talks almost as frequently as he did before, maybe with less jokes and smiles, but he's getting there. Arthur is glad some of their usual banter is back.

Merlin: (asks, shyly) Arthur? Could you... it's just I want to try something, but... you don't have to if-

Arthur: (throwing whatever he's doing inmediatly) Of course, anything. Just ask.

Merlin: (blushes a little) Could you... give me your hand?

Arthur: (his heart stops with emotion for a moment, but composes himself) Sure (he extends his hand)

Merlin: (slowly but surely joins their palms and smiles. After a moment, he says relieved to himself) Nothing happened.

Arthur: (joyful at feeling Merlin's touch again, but his heart breaking at Merlin's words) Of course nothing happened. I would never hurt you, Merlin.

Merlin: (smiles a little) I know. (Lets go of Arthur’s hand)

Arthur: (missing his touch already) If you need to... you can ask me to help you again, you know? With the whole touching thing.

Merlin: (surprised) Really?

Arthur: (nods) Whenever you want.

Merlin: (smiles a little) Thank you.

And Arthur finds himself craving those moments too. He always waits for Merlin to initiate the touch. Arthur doesn't risk doing it, fearing he could scare Merlin. So he waits. First Merlin just asks to join their hands from time to time. Then, one blessful day, Merlin tell him is okay to touch his arm or his shoulder like Arthur used to do. Arthur does it gently though, enjoying and appreciating it as he never did before. Arthur feels sense of achievement when Merlin stops tensing at his touch completly, at easy with him again.

Gwaine: (while training, sighs) I miss Merlin's hugs.

Lancelot: (sad) Me too. He's making a great progress with thouch though. And he smiles more.

Percival: Remember when he asked me if I could carry him in my back?

Elyan: And you said "I could carry you with a single finger!" And then you picked him up (All the knights except for Arthur, laugh)

Arthur: (suddenly very sternly) stop chatting and get back to training.

Gwaine: Relax, princess. We were just talking about all the times Merlin-

Arthur: (raises his voice, mad) I said get back to training!

Leon: (worried) Are you alright, sire?

Arthur: (harshly) I'm fine.

Gwaine: (realising) Wait... you've never hugged Merlin before?

Arthur: ...

Gwaine: (laughing) Oh, gods! That's what it is. You're jealous!

Lancelot: (warns) Gwaine.

Gwaine: What? Is not my fault mister I'm-too-great-to-show-affection didn't get to hug Merlin before.

Leon: (seeing Arthur's increasinly furious face, warns too) Gwaine, stop.

Gwaine: And he doesn't get to be mad at us just because he'll never get to hug him now.

Arthur: (shouts and launches himself at Gwaine and they start fighting)

The rest of the knights: (try to stop them but is useless).

Arthur: (about to throw the finale punch)

Merlin: (enters the training ground and aproaches, confused) Arthur? Gwaine? What's happening?

Arthur: (gets distracted at Merlin's appearance)

Gwaine: (takes advantage and makes Arthur trip)

Arthur: (Ends with his face in a puddle of mud)

Gwaine:... 😨

Elyan:... 😧

Lancelot:...😓

Percival: ...😰

Leon: ...🤦‍♂️

Merlin: (burst out laughing) OMG! Your face! I can't! 🤣😂

All the knights, specially Arthur: (stunned but mostly mesmerised cause Merlin hasn’t laugh, properly laugh since they found him in the woods and they have missed his beautiful laugh so damn much)

Merlin: (wipes his tears of hapiness) Sorry. I'm done now.

Arthur: (Thinking, almost in panic) No, you aren't! (Turns to Gwaine and orders) Gwaine, give me your face.

Gwaine: What-

Arthur: (smashes mud in his face)

Merlin: (starts laughing again, but not as hard as before)

Lancelot: (understanding what Arthur is doing, thinks) Is not enough. (Makes a ball of mud and throws it at Elyan's face)

Elyan: Hey! 😠

Lancelot: (pointing at Merlin) Look!

Merlin: (is laughing harder)

Percival: (shouts) Mud fight! (And everyone starts throwing mud at each other)

Merlin: (still laughing) What are you doing, you idiots! Now I'll have to wash all your armors!

Arthur: Don't be dull, Merlin! Join us!

Merlin: (giggles) You're worst than children, I swear. (shakes his head but joins the fight)

Arthur's finally got his Merlin back and he'll never lose him again.