Drabble: The truth shall set you free

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Author: archaeologist_d
Title: The truth shall set you free
Rating: PG-13
Pairing/s: Merlin/Arthur
Character/s: Merlin, Arthur
Summary: Merlin could never forgive himself for the lies he told. How could he expect anyone else to?
Warnings: major character death
Word Count: 100
Prompt: 164 - Truth
Author's Notes: Will probably try and write something fluffy next.
Disclaimer: I do not own the BBC version of Merlin; It and Shine do. I am very respectfully borrowing them with no intent to profit. No money has changed hands. No copyright infringement is intended.
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He tried so hard to tell the truth. But lies were quicker, easier, more seductive. With every word, the burial pit he'd dug himself into grew deeper and deeper until finally, surrounded by walls of corruption, drowning in filth as the constructs he'd told came crashing down, they reached that irrevocable moment when the man he'd deceived would give final judgment.

He would not beg for mercy or even understanding. For what heart could forgive such betrayal?

Looking into his king's pained eyes, seeing the verdict there, he knew.

That when Arthur's sword-thrust inevitably came, Merlin would finally fly free.

Comments

[adsullatta.livejournal.com]

;_;

[archaeologist-d.livejournal.com]

I know. Thanks!

[ajsrandom.livejournal.com]

Wow, I'm rally looking forward to the fluff now! I can't believe I just said that, but wow. TT

[archaeologist-d.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much. Glad you liked it!

[thismaz.livejournal.com]

Lovely imagery - the burial pit, both graphic and portending *shivers* And the final line conjures such a picture of the ties he has tangled himself in.

[archaeologist-d.livejournal.com]

I'm glad the imagery came through. Thanks so much!

[gilli-ann.livejournal.com]

Oh my, this is very bleak and dark! Hundred words to give me shivers! Excellent writing.

[archaeologist-d.livejournal.com]

I do like to do bleak and dark. I need me some fluff. :D

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

What a bleak, shattering drabble. If Merlin had told the truth sooner, he may just have ended up on that blade sooner, too.

[archaeologist-d.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much. Yes, if Merlin had told Arthur earlier, he might have gotten skewered earlier or.. he might have run away from it instead of thinking he deserved it.

Thanks!

[clea2011]

That's so sad, so much tragedy in so few words. Very good.

[archaeologist-d.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

[aeris444.livejournal.com]

but...but...nononono! T_T

[archaeologist-d.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I had to do it! Thanks for reading.