Fic: It Burns Him

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

Author: jelazakazone
Title:It Burns Him
Rating:G
Character/s: Merlin
Summary: Merlin must use his magic.
Word Count: 100
Prompt: 48: His
Author's Notes: initially written for 47: Fire, but very fitting here too. Unbeta’d. This is from The Witchfinder.  The spell means, "with the heavens, seize the horse" (translation courtesy of archaeologist_d).



The magic courses through his body, burning in his veins like fire ravaging a dry field. It sears him — he thinks he can hold it in, but the pain builds and builds. He must loose it, let it fly.

Merlin thinks no one is watching and he can no longer hold back, he is in agony. He twitches his fingers and whispers, “Hors, beride þá heofonum.” He smiles with pleasure. It feels too good to let his magic out. He wants to savor the moment and immerse himself in it, but he is interrupted.

“Did you see the smoke?”

Comments

[mrscupcakery.livejournal.com]

That's an obsession I can understand. M/A's my favourite thing to write/read but there's something about Mordred that's really interesting, especially hen he's a knight in Camelot, and there are so many ways to interpret his character. I wish there'd been a chance to have more of him in the show. (And I think you may have mentioned it :D)

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

Oh, let me encourage you to write him. There is not enough canon era fic about Mordred for my taste. I love to see what other people do with him.

And yes, one of my biggest sadnesses about S5 was that they could have done so much more with Mordred.

[mrscupcakery.livejournal.com]

I may give it a go for the next prompt, we'll see. I get the feeling that I'd find him difficult to write for some reason.

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

He really walks this fine line and is a slippery little bastard, if you'll excuse my language. I'd love to see you try though. Feel free to ask me for help, if you want it!

[mrscupcakery.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I think that's what my problem would be, but I guess I could have a play around with it. Alright, you've convinced me! (Not that it took too much doing, mind you.)

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

AWESOME!!!! Call me, any time, day or night. I'm here to serve help you make more Mordred fic :D

[mrscupcakery.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I really appreciate that. This is either going to go spectacularly well, or spectacularly badly...

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

Oh, believe me, I know all about crashing and burning. It's worth it, to give it a try!

[mrscupcakery.livejournal.com]

Nothing ventured, nothing gained and all that?

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

That's my opinion, definitely. I'm all about stretching myself. I can't believe the stuff I'm writing now vs where I was when I started 1 1/2 years ago.