Kink Me! #5

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[anonymous]

Arthur/Merlin. Merlin spells himself to be the perfect servant, and he loses his whole personality in the process. (I'm hoping also for some memory loss, like forgetting everything about his magic and any magic-related event than happened). Kudos for some Arthur emotional-angst when he realizes Merlin did it for him and it's his fault.

[anonymous]

What a great prompt! As a suggestion, how about Arthur going on a quest to restore Merlin? Or even dabbling in sorcery himself, despite his wariness of it?

[halesmoon]

Yes! I'm looking for some prompts to fill over the winter holidays and this one's right up my alley. I love angsty, h/c fics :)

[anonymous]

Oh, dear author, I've been waiting for this prompt to be filled forever so you just made my day!! I will definitely give you my firstborn if you fill it! Have a wonderful Christmas!!

The Easiest Thing (1/?)

[anonymous]

I know another mousie has promised to write a fill and I don’t mean to tread on any toes, but this prompt has been sitting on my mind for weeks and in the lazy afterglow of Christmas I just felt I had to write it down ♥!

It’s not as if Merlin meant for it to happen, or that he woke up one morning and thought, ‘why yes, I do think I need to use my brain a little less often.’ There was deference and then there was senselessness, and he was surrounded by enough Yes sire’s and Yes mi’lady’s and Whatever you might command, your O-great royalness’s all day long to know the difference. Merlin had also broken enough of Camelot’s laws (only out of necessity, of course, and always very sensibly!) to know he didn’t fall into either category - nor did he really want to.

But Merlin, in short, had had a very, very bad day. It wasn’t the type of day where monsters were rampaging or armies were sieging or Arthur was in very grave danger. It was just the type of day where everyone in Camelot, from the moment Merlin emerged from Gaius’ chambers,

The Easiest Thing (1b/?)

[anonymous]

He thought about it until he fell asleep - and yes, that was far later into the night than usual, but that was it. He didn’t mean for anything to come of it, and for all his fleeting depression, hoped nothing would. By morning, those ‘ifs’ should have been long forgotten.

Unfortunately for Merlin, his magic responded best to those impulses he didn’t have to think too hard on, and spells he had to say aloud. He doubted there was a spell out there that would do this - or at least he hoped there wasn’t, because he was buggered enough as it was that he didn’t want to think that it could possibly (and with Merlin’s luck, would) happen again.

It didn’t happen immediately. He didn’t wake and find himself suddenly changed, a complete stranger to himself. Instead he woke and felt something was… off.

The obvious difference was that he was up early. Most servants were up and working before dawn but Merlin rarely found himself opening his eyes before Gaius came to knock on his door. But here he was, up before the sun had peaked over the

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[anonymous]

interesting start, anon! I look forward to see where you take this!

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[anonymous]

Moar soon?

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[anonymous]

I really like this so far!

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[b_mouse]

Great start, author mouse! This is just a quick reminder that if things keep progressing this way, you might need a mindwipe warning in the subject line of later parts. If you're not sure what would qualify as "mindwipe", please just ask. We're happy to help!

Thanks for writing a story for the meme! :D

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[anonymous]

Looking forward to more.

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[xbriyeon]

*gnaws on fingernails* o_o

eagerly awaiting more, anon. \o/

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[magegirl8]

oh, more please! <3

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[anonymous]

Dear Anon, this is BRILLIANT!! ooohhhh...I can *smell* the angst!! I really can't wait to read the next part!!

The Easiest Thing (2a/?) [warning for mindwipe, memory loss]

[anonymous]

Thank you for all the lovely comments! Added the warning on suggestion (thanks for the notice, mod mouse!) and mostly as precaution. I’m still not sure if this is headed towards a full-on mindwipe… honestly, I’m not completely sure where this is headed at all, lol. Guess we’ll find out together, then? ;)

Merlin spent the rest of the day desperately tidying up the Prince’s chambers, cleaning out all the corners he’d previously - appallingly, insolently - neglected before. He was down on hands and knees scrubbing the floor most of the morning, and as much as he wanted to take a break he just knew he wanted to get it clean; he wanted to be able to see the color of his face shining back at him from the stone. His hands were dry and his skin cracked painfully, but he kept up the forward-back-forward-back rhythm, dragging the wet rag over the floor. He knew he had to do this now; he’d put it off for far too long and therefore it was all his fault to begin with

The Easiest Thing (2b/?) [warning for mindwipe, memory loss]

[anonymous]

And so, like a good servant should, he made sure he was not present when the Prince returned mid-afternoon from treaty negotiations. Such talks always made the Prince ravenous afterward, and despite the early hour Merlin went to fetch a full plate of food from the kitchens.

“Oi, git out,” cried the head cook when she saw him. “I ain’t wantin’ any o’your muckin’ about today