No Law - Chapter Sixteen: About Half an Hour Later

[deepsorskies]

Title: No Law
Pairings: Arthur/Merlin, Arthur/Gwen, Arthur/Gwen/Merlin
Rating: R
Summary: It was a silly thing. Just a wine stain on a very white shirt removed by magical means. But now, Arthur knows about the magic, and everything is not quite as Merlin would have expected. Arthur is weirdly vulnerable and brilliant, Gaius is growing distant and

Comments

[hells_half_acre]

Yay more!

Excellent chapter. Gaius descends further into paranoia... I think it's actually Gaius that has the most in common with Uther.

I love Merlin arriving like an approaching storm. I love the dynamics between everything... mainly, I just love this story.

I'm really worried about Gwen though and the possible repercussions of whatever Gaius is brewing.

[deepsorskies]

You're the first one to really notice Gaius's brewing - or at least the first one to comment on it. :)

In a way, Uther and Gaius always struck me as two sides of the same coin as well. While I don't quite see Gaius in canon how I portray him in later chapters, I think he had a long way to go from the man who somewhat passively/collaboratively endured Uther's crusade against magic to the man he is in the last couple of episodes - and he could have easily taken a "wrong turn" along the way. As practically all authority figures in "Merlin", Gaius is not actually a very good role model and not always a good influence on the young generation.

But here, he has definitely descended into Uther-like paranioa, possibly because he has been left to his own devices for too long.

I'm glad you keep enjoying the story!