Last Move

[emjayelle.livejournal.com]

Author: emjayelle
Title:  Last Move
Rating: G
Pairing/s: Merlin/Arthur
Character/s: Merlin, Arthur
Summary: “Merlin. There’s no way you can win this”.
Warnings: -
Word Count: 157
Prompt: Prompt #4 - Surrender
Author's Notes: 
i) I am aware chess wasn't really the game we know now until the late 15th century/very early Renaissance, but since Merlin is sooooo historically accurate anyway, I took liberties.
ii) I wasn't planning on this fic to be dialogue only. I first wrote the dialogue with every intentions to fill up the text afterwards, but somehow all my attempts at doing so fell flat and felt wrong. Even I know when to surrender (ha!) to the pesky gods of writing ;)



“You’re done for. You should surrender”.
“Nope. I still have a fighting chance”.
“Merlin. You only have your king and a pawn. There’s no way you can win this”.
“My King and a pawn is all I need, sire”.
“Oh, really? Pray tell, what will your pawn do against my knight, my bishop and, not to mention, my queen?”
“Everything, sire. My pawn will never let anything happen to my king. It will fight till the end.”

Pause.

“Till the end?”
“Yes, sire. Till the end.”

Silence.

“In this case. I surrender”.
“Sire?”
“My king bows down with humility before the bravery of your pawn. Besides, we wouldn’t want to separate the pawn from its king”
“No, we wouldn’t want that. The pawn wouldn’t let it happen, anyway.”
“I’m confident the king wouldn’t let it happen either.”

A heartbeat.

“Really?”
“Really.”
“Never?”
“Never.”

A smile.

“Good. My pawn is happy.”
“And believe me, so is your king.”

Comments

[yenny2206.livejournal.com]

Lol! I love it :D

[emjayelle.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

OMG, this is so cute and so much the conversation we all want to see them have!

[emjayelle.livejournal.com]

Yes! I hope we will have some sort of conversation along those lines in series 5 :)
thank you1

[yllimilly.livejournal.com]

You should see the grin on my face right now. This was delish, and I love the formatting - grouping the dialogue lines together, and spacing out the descriptions, made it so much stronger. Lovely little piece :)

[emjayelle.livejournal.com]

Thanks dear. I really appreciated your feedback! xx

[ms-notebook.livejournal.com]

OH GOD, THE SECRET MEANINGS <3 I really really REALLY like this drabble. It's so light-hearted and cute and yet underneath what is being spoken, there's an undercurrent of devotion and love.

Merlin is the pawn and he will never let anything happen to his king, and the fact that Arthur recognizes this... amazing.

Thanks so much for writing this and sharing it!! It was a treat to read <3

[emjayelle.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it!
I was going for something simple, then Merlin and Arthur just decided to go along without consulting me and declare their devotion to each other. Those boys, can't keep them apart :)

[neyah444.livejournal.com]

This made me smile. So amazingly cute.:) Thank you for writing this.:P

[emjayelle.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm really happy it made you smile.

[hogwartsvixxxen.livejournal.com]

♥ This was priceless and there was so much still betwween the lines almost another story. I loved it ♥

[emjayelle.livejournal.com]

thank you!
I hadn't planned for all the hidden meanings at first, but then they just were EVERYWHERE. I find that I couldn't deny them :)

[hogwartsvixxxen.livejournal.com]

♥ Innit great when a fic surprises you. :) *hugs*

[emjayelle.livejournal.com]

Yes! It's the best of feeling when writing, when the story takes you for a ride instead of the opposite.

[hogwartsvixxxen.livejournal.com]

♥ *nods* :) *hugs*

[alby-mangroves.livejournal.com]

THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC AND CLEVER AND I LOVE, LOVE, LOVED IT.

[emjayelle.livejournal.com]

YAY! I'm so happy you loved it! *My work here is done*

[fuckyeah.livejournal.com]

Hee, this was absolutely adorable! I love the meaning behind it.

[emjayelle.livejournal.com]

Thank you!
Every time I try to write something simple with them, they just turn around and decide to be all sweet and loving to each other without telling me first. And who am I to deny them? ;)

[bunnysworld.livejournal.com]

And now I have the image of little cuddling chess figures in my mind *shakes* :D And of course a king and his manservant, too.
Great, love it!

[emjayelle.livejournal.com]

And now I have this image in my mind too *grins*
Thank you!

[bunnysworld.livejournal.com]

Glad I could do something for you, too. *grins*