In his eyes

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Author: archaeologist_d
Title: In his eyes
Rating: G
Pairing/s: Merlin/Arthur
Character/s: Merlin, Arthur
Summary: Winning isn’t everything but how you get there that counts.
Warnings: none
Word Count: 100
Camelot_drabble Prompt: 368 - Pride
Author's Notes: none
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
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Clotpole, supercilious arse, dollophead. Sometimes, in Merlin’s voice, it seemed as if Arthur had let Merlin down, been too wrapped up in his own importance to care about anyone else.

Camelot’s prince, its finest warrior, of course, and Arthur won -always- at tourneys and jousting and myriads of other challenges that left his opponents in the dust.

But with Merlin, it wasn’t enough to win, but how and what Arthur did afterwards that seemed to count.

So Arthur tried harder, and when finally rewarded with Merlin’s proud smile, knew he’d done his best.

That’s what really mattered in the end.