Kink Me! #21

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Kink Me! #21
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[anonymous]

Gwaine/Morgana, modern au with loads of snark and smut.

Concerto for Two Violins [9b/?]

[anonymous]

They’ve discussed their love for the concerto before, so Morgana isn’t surprised that Gwaine’s memory of the score is perfect, or that after the first few measures and a challenging smile when she comes in he closes his eyes and just enjoys the music, the way he does when he’s playing his fiddle tunes. She is surprised at herself for enjoying playing like this, unrehearsed and just for the two of them. She likes practice, the satisfaction of knowing she’s getting better, but she doesn’t often enjoy it just for itself.

When they finish, crashing to a slightly awkward stop because Gwaine seems to feel the need to slow down whenever he finishes playing anything, Morgana takes a few seconds just to relish the silence, eyes closed. She hasn’t played Bach much since university, since the maestro only takes him out on very special occasions and Morgana can’t bear to hear him played badly so doesn’t bother assigning any of his work to most of her students

Concerto for Two Violins [10a/?]

[anonymous]

And by "soon" apparently I meant "tonight."

At the next rehearsal, they spend the first half on the “Sicilienne” from Pelleas, the section the most people would recognize and, thankfully, both the easiest and the shortest. Uther hasn’t given Morgana a final answer one way or the other, so she’s impatient the whole time, to the point of missing a few obvious cues. Looking to Merlin is no help-he and Arthur tried going out on a date, to try to work themselves out, and it all degenerated into recriminations again, so he’s staring at his stand in misery and probably composing a cello concerto. If the symphony doesn’t work, she’s going to have to resort to drastic measures. Gwaine just shrugs when she looks over at him and goes back to sniping at Vivian, who’s in fine form

Concerto for Two Violins [10b/?]

[anonymous]

After the run-through, the maestro releases them early and strides out just like a normal night. Morgana lets Alice chatter to her while she packs up her instrument, but mostly keeps her eyes on her friends. Lancelot’s figured it out, she thinks, but Merlin’s already out the door while she thinks it, so nobody will have anything confirmed tonight. Arthur’s jaw is tight while Gaius talks to him, and she’ll have to fix that later, but she thinks they’ve made progress, so she’ll leave it for now. Vivian has already collected Elena and Gwen and Leon to chatter about the sudden change in plans, and Percival is edging over to Lancelot, so maybe he’s figured it out as well

Re: Concerto for Two Violins [10b/?]

[anonymous]

I'm loving this so much. <3333333333333333333333 So much.
I do hope you'll repost.

Re: Concerto for Two Violins [10b/?]

[anonymous]

Can't wait for more.

Re: Concerto for Two Violins [10b/?]

[brunettepet]

Morgana was certainly persuasive in her hard sell of Merlin's piece and you sold me that even rough, it's brilliant. Uther using performing the piece as a bargaining chip to make Morgana spend time with him is certainly in character, and I love how she plays out her anger and frustration with well beloved music with Gwaine. Their relationship is about more than just sex.

Merlin and Arthur continue to frustrate their friends, and at this point I think Arthur is just being stubborn and unwooable on purpose. It's obvious they love one another. You've made me want to hear Merlin's piece so I could hear how much the stubborn idiot means to Merlin. The detail you put into the music and the orchestra make for vivid, entertaining practice sessions,

This made me laugh out loud: Morgana slams into Gwaine’s flat three days later, violin case in hand. “Get out your instrument,” she snaps.

Merlin, from the couch, makes a horrified noise when Gwaine leers. “I’m right here.”

This story sings.

Concerto for Two Violins [11a/14?]

[anonymous]

Hoping to get this finished up in the next couple of days.“I’m going to kill someone if we get another round of edits on that symphony next week,” Vivian announces at post-rehearsal drinks three weeks later, and a round of hear-hears goes up around the table. Some of them are more pointed than others, but Merlin just stares at his drink, attempting to look innocent. Badly. How Arthur possibly thinks he could be lying about cheating she has no idea

Concerto for Two Violins [11b/14?]

[anonymous]

Everyone watches in shocked silence while Arthur and Merlin leave the pub together, barely managing to pull together something resembling a collective mumble of goodbye. Morgana counts three seconds once they’re out of earshot before Vivian lets out a shrill whisper of “Well, it’s about time!” and starts off the round of gossip

Concerto for Two Violins [12a/14]

[anonymous]

There, two updates in one night!Rehearsals go on, and the maestro brings them up to twice a week as they get closer to the concert and the last of Merlin’s edits come through. Elena doesn’t tell anyone about Morgana and Gwaine, or at least nobody else brings it up and Vivian and Gwen at least would be sure to, in their own ways, but she does watch them whenever they’re together at rehearsal, and it’s likely only the fact that everyone’s busy wondering what’s going on in the cello section (and some sort of feud going on between their best trumpet and their best French horn, but Morgana generally doesn’t concern herself with the brass) that keeps everyone from figuring it out. Arthur and Merlin are back together for certain, as far as anyone can tell, but things are still awkward, and Morgana’s hoping that the performance will get everything back to normal, or as normal as they ever are with those two around

Concerto for Two Violins [12b/14]

[anonymous]

“Morgana, have you got a boyfriend without telling me

Re: Concerto for Two Violins [12b/14]

[anonymous]

I adore this fic.

Re: Concerto for Two Violins [12b/14]

[anonymous]

Awesome update, as always. &hearts

Re: Concerto for Two Violins [12b/14]

[brunettepet]

Arthur fake casually clapping Merlin on the shoulder and ushering him out of the bar was such a relief after the silences and angry tension, I can understand why the entire party relaxed and drank a bit more than usual. This group is tight and when there's fighting, everyone suffers.

It's kind of hilarious that Morgana is all meddlesome and calling Arthur an idiot because he's not taking care of his relationship with Merlin when she's doing exactly the same thing with Gwaine. She's just allowing this thing to drift, maybe afraid that labeling it will weigh them both down. The way Gwaine stiffened when she mentioned going on a date and the way he's clinging to her now, I don't think he'd mind admitting they're in a relationship. It's all making for a very entertaining story.

Concerto for Two Violins [13a/14]

[anonymous]

The second-to-last section, with bonus gratuitous music description!The night of the concert, backstage is pandemonium

Concerto for Two Violins [13b/14]

[anonymous]

Morgana spends most of the interval looking through all her notes on Merlin’s score, although she woke up a few days ago dreaming one of the melodies from the slow movement, so it likely doesn’t need much more practice. Gwaine is chatting with Percival over in the percussion section, but he looks over at her every once in a while, and she suspects that if Merlin’s symphony goes well then they’ll be having quite a long discussion after the concert, once she gets rid of Morgause and Cenred