Kink Me! #27
Kink Me! #27
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It takes Uther half a second to see Balinor in Merlin, and he's almost sure of what he should do.
But then the boy saves Arthur.
And then the boy saves Arthur again and Arthur saves him and it becomes a circle that never ends. Uther sees himself in Arthur, and Igraine in how Merlin appears to Arthur, and he knows (even if Balinor's son doesn't know - even if no one else knows, either) that his son, the Crown Prince of Camelot is in love with a Dragonlord's son.
Worst of all, Uther doesn't want to break Arthur's heart the way death broke his own, by taking the love of his life away.
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In the middle stands Arthur, safe. Protected by a boy who looks so much like Balinor that, in this one moment, it makes sense that it had been him who saved Arthur.
Then reality asserts itself, and Uther realises that Arthur was saved by Balinor’s son.
Uther never knew that the Dragonlord had a child, though he dimly recalls a pretty girl working for Gaius, and how she disappeared the same night Balinor escaped from the dungeons. But the resemblance to a younger Balinor is uncanny, and it makes Uther’s throat tight with panic. He wants to rip the boy away from Arthur, order the guards to arrest him, to kill him.
Then the Lady Helen breathes her last, a rattling, heavy sound that returns Uther to his senses. He cannot have the boy killed, much less arrested. Not after saving the prince’s life in a hall full of witnesses, saving Arthur’s life, even if (or maybe because) he is Balinor’s son.
The situation leaves him feeling out of his depth, shaken in a way he hasn’t felt in a long, long time. He thinks ( ... )
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The guards aren't aware of what they are guarding, but they assure him that no one has entered the dungeon in years. This generation of guards is too young to have ever witnessed anyone venturing into the cave below the castle. Uther prefers it this way. The rumours speak the truth in this case, but for the sake of the people it is best that only few truly know about the prison beneath Camelot.
Uther is not fool enough to descend into the cave proper, but he gets close enough to the entrance to hear the rustle of the dragon's wings, the rumbling of fallen stone as the dragon settles, the rattle of the heavy chain.
He holds his breath.
“I know you are there, Uther Pendragon,” the dragon says, spitting his name. “Hiding in the shadows, I see. Once a coward, always a coward. For the sake of the future I hope that your son is a braver man than you.”
Leave my child alone! Uther thinks spitefully, but fear stays his tongue ( ... )
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The last part is posted, LJ and I just had a bit of an argument about the character limit. :P
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And the world drops from underneath Uther's feet at that, because Uther knows how it feels to look like that.
Ahhh, this hurts so good. ;_; You've made Uther such a sympathetic character here. It really shows how much he loved Igraine, and how much he even loves her now because of how he can't take that chance away from Arthur. How Uther's hatred for magic crumbles at the shadow of Igraine and Balinor's memory. It's really powerful.
Again, really fantastic. <333
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I-I kind of like Uther. I always thought that he just loved Igraine too much, and that after her death he was so fucked up that he couldn't express his love for Arthur properly. But I really do think that he would have done anything for Arthur.
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