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It’s late one night and the rain is pouring. Merlin is eating dinner when suddenly there's a knock at the door “Who’s here at this hour?” He sets his fork down and goes to answer the door. When he opens it, his jaw drops. It's Arthur who’s standing there awkwardly. Before Arthur can say anything Merlin pulls him into a hug closing the door behind him. Just as Arthur is about to pull away he feel’s Merlins shoulders shaking slightly and he just stays, after a few minutes Merlin finally lets go wiping tears from his eyes.
“It’s been forever,” Merlin says, his eye’s still looking slightly glossy.
“Yeah, I was gonna come by sooner but I wanted to learn how to not be a helpless prince before showing up again.” Arthur states, taking in his best friend's features, having missed him so much while he was dead.
“You’re soaked, how long did you stand out there before you decided to knock?” Merlin asks with a slight laugh.
“A while, something smells good, what is that?”
“Oh I was just having dinner, there's some leftovers in the fridge, let me heat it up for you sire.”
“Please don’t call me ‘sire’ Merlin, we're not in Camelot anymore, we’re equals.”
“Right I forgot,” Merlin chuckles. “Old habits die hard I guess. But before I heat up the rest of dinner let’s get you out of those clothes, don’t need you catching a cold.”
Merlin goes to grab a pair of sweats and a Tshirt both of which might be a bit small but would have to do for now.
“Here you go Arthur,” Merlin says, handing Arthur the pair of sweats and Tshirt pointing to the bathroom where he could get changed.
“Thanks, oh and Merls?”
“Yeah”
“I missed you.”
“I missed you too, even if you are a prat.” Merlin says with that mischievous twinkle in his eye that Arthur had missed so so much.
By the time Arthur was done getting dressed Merlin had finished heating up the leftovers which made Arthur's mouth water.
“Merls, what do I do with these?” Arthur asked holding his wet clothes
“Just leave ‘em on the bathroom floor, I'll deal with it later,” Merlin replies while setting Arthur’s plate on the other end of the quite small dining table. “Now come eat you prat.”
Arthur just rolled his eyes at Merlin’s remark and sits down excited to eat whatever it was that his best friend had made.
“I’m surprised that my clothes fit you” Merlin says with a smirk eyeing his friend (and crush) up and down
“Me too, I’m guessing because you’re taller than me it kind of cancels out.” Arthur replies trying to ignore the look Merlin just gave him.
“Yeah…That must be it” Merlin says, ignoring the heat rising in his cheeks after seeing Arthur notice him checking him out.
Once they were done with dinner Merlin went to clean up and Arthur offered to help, Merlin made a remark about him probably not knowing how to wash dishes to which Arthur just ruffled his hair. They finished the dishes and Arthur wasn’t as horrible at them as Merlin was expecting.
“Umm… Arthur?”
“Yeah Merls?”
“You really need a bath or shower or something ‘cause you kinda smell,” Merlin says smirking at his poking fun of Arthur.
“Do I?” Arthur remarks smirking as well.
“Yeah, I could help you sire” catching his slip up Merlin blushes.
“You don’t have to anymore Merlin, you’re no longer my manservant.” Arthur says somewhat cooly, trying not to blush at how excited Merlin sounded when offering his help.
“Oh…” Merlin looks almost disappointed at Arthur’s rejection of his help. Arthur feels bad seeing his friend and former servant look so sad and disappointed.
“Fine, just this once you can help me, But Merlin there is no way in hell you miss being my servant, I was a total arse”
“Really! I can help!” Merlin exclaims “And you may have been a total arse but you were my arse” Arthur can feel heat rising in his cheeks at Merlin's statement but chooses to ignore it.
Merlin gets the bath ready and Arthur gets in, blushing thinking of anything to not get a hard on while Merlin washes his body and hair.
“Merls?”
“Hmm?’
“There was one thing I was going to do before I died.” Arthur cups the back of Merlin’s head bringing him close, kissing him gently, at first Merlin tenses but then melts into the kiss. The kiss soon turns needy before they both pull away to catch their breath.
“I love you Merls, I always have and always will. My beautiful sorcerer.” Arthur says breathlessly before Merlin can respond he looks down and sees a very distinct something tenting his sweats, he smirks before looking back up at his lover.
“I love you too. My prince,” Merlin who’s also breathless says, noticing Arthur’s member sticking up slightly. “Let’s finish this bath so we can get on doing other activities” Smirking he quickly helps Arthur finish his bath and drying him off so they can get on with their kissing and (hopefully) fucking. Once Arthur is dry they continue kissing, making their way to Merlin's bed. Arthur sits down on Merlin’s bed while Merlin stays standing, his hands snaking up under Merlin's clothes trying to take his shirt off, Merlin pulls away to take his shirt off and to Arthur’s surprise he makes a noise at the loss of his lover's lips.
“Want me to take my pants off as well?” Merlin asks, slipping his thumbs into the waistband preparing to take them off.
“Yes, please” Arthur replies, giving Merlin a hungry look as he watches him take his pants and boxers off. Arthur scoots back once Merlin gets his pants off, Merlin climbs on to the bed and continues to kiss Arthur, hands roaming anywhere he can reach, Arthur does the same moving his hands down till they are cupping Merlin's ass. Merlin lets out a small moan before he reaches over and opens the nightstands drawer. Arthur pulls away briefly to see what his lover had grabbed out of the nightstand.
“What’s that?”
“Lube,” Merlin states without even batting an eye “Wanna be top or bottom?”
“Ummm… Bottom I guess” Arthur’s nervous he’s never been with a man before let alone been the bottom and his first time is gonna be with Merlin for christs sake. Merlin notices the nervous look on his prince's face.
“We don’t have to do this if you don’t want to”
“No I want to, I’m just nervous. That's all I’ve never been with a man before. But I really really want too”
“Okay if you insist” Merlin slicks his fingers with the lube then goes back to kiss Arthur, he snakes the hand with the lubed fingers between his lovers legs and finds his hole.
“You ready?” Merlin asks before he goes any further.
“Yes please, stop teasing me and get on with it.” Arthur demands.
*Okay note to self Arthur gets demanding when horny.*
Merlin slides a slicked finger into Arthur's hole and Arthur gasps not expecting it to feel so good and slightly uncomfortable, he feels so full yet so empty at the same time. Merlin waits for Arthur to adjust before he starts moving his finger, after a bit he slides in another finger and now Arthur is writhing under him, arching his back and making all sorts of noise.
“Please just fuck me already!” Arthur begs still writhing under Merlin trying to get his fingers deeper.
“Okay, as you wish my prince.” Merlin leans down to kiss Arthur before opening the lube bottle and slicking his cock, he slowly pushes the head of his cock into Arthur's hole and Arthur gasps it feels good but painful at the same time, Merlin stops and waits for Arthur to adjust before going any further once Arthur is comfortable he continues into his lovers tight hole slowly going till he bottoms out and stops as his prince is gasping, moaning and writhing under him.
“What are you doing Merlin, are you gonna fuck me or not?”
“I am, I just didn’t want to hurt you.”
“You’re not gonna hurt me so just fuck me already you asshole.”
“Okay, okay, geez so needy.”
Merlin starts moving his hips slowly, groaning slightly. Arthur feels an immense amount of pleasure shoot up his spine and cries out.
“What the FUCK was that” Arthurs breathless already.
“That was your prostate.” Merlin doesn’t even stop to reply; he continues to move his hips slowly picking up the pace until Arthur is basically crying. Merlin pulls out and Arthur makes a noise at the sudden emptiness. Merlin sits down on the bed and beacons Arthur over slowly guiding his cock into Arthur as he sinks down on his cock.
“Ride me baby, do whatever you want, I wanna watch you cum on my cock like the good prince you are.” And that does it, Arthur cums screaming his head falling onto Merlin's shoulder bitting as he rides through his orgasm then Merlin’s cumming too his warm seed filling Arthur, they stay there for a bit catching their breath Arthur slowly climbing off his lover and laying down, Merlin does the same both sweaty and drunk off sex. Arthur turns over so Merlin can cuddle him while he whispers sweet nothings into his ear, eventually they both drift off to sleep too tired and comfortable to really care about the mess they made which will be dealt with in the morning.