Fic: of princes, pig boys and perfect maidservants

[magog_83]

Characters: Arthur, Gwen and Morgana (I still love you Merlin!)
Rating: G.
Wordcount: 2416.
Summary: One take on how Gwen came to be Morgana’s maidservant.

A/N: Months ago Ven gave me a prompt - Scene: Camelot, 6ish years ago. Arthur encounters Gwen through dealings with the blacksmith and she insults him epically. He is somewhere between

Comments

[crazyboutremmy]

Ok ok, have I mentioned how much I love the fic you write? I needed some cheering up, and this definitely helped!

"Oh. Oh!" said the assassin, looking horrified, "You're not the pig boy!"

Oh, Gwen. Why are you so adorable?

And Arthur. You are the pinkest, fluffiest marshmallow ever to be introduced to the slash fandom. No wonder you like Merlin, you're both such woobies.

And when Arthur asked Morgana whether she was happy, my heart broke. EVERYTHING IS JUST SO EFFING ADORABLE.

♥

[magog_83]

My fic is always at your disposal for those cheering up needs :D :D

Arthur and Merlin can be woobies together! And Gwen and Morgana will just roll their eyes and go and beat up something with swords. OH GOD. I've just got this hilarious idea now of Arthur and Merlin wanting to run a new Caring Camelot together, where their subjects can feel free to Share Their Feelings at a monthly drop in session, and at the end Merlin always hugs everyone, but Arthur doesn't (even though he secretly wants to) and he woobies about this fact and he and Merlin come up with some kind of Affirmative Action Programme to help him on that Hugging Journey.

I think my brain is tired and/or gone on holiday...

[magog_83]

:D Thank you! Your canon comment has made me very happy indeed!! This was a wonderful prompt to begin with, so Ven takes all credit for coming up with such a great way to get Gwen into her place (ready for Merlin's arrival to complete the four!). I had a lot of fun writing it, and getting into Arthur's head - which is always a fun place to be, I find.

And I have an enormous weak spot for stammering Gwen too of course, always putting her foot in her mouth :D Although of course she will Never Mention that first meeting, and nor will Arthur and they will spend the rest of their lives pretending it Did Not Happen ;)

[msilverstar]

Here via sophinisba and very happy. It's sweet without being schmoopy, and I want to just coo at it like a puppy or something :-)

[magog_83]

Thank you!! I do always try to avoid schmoopiness - I think I might be allergic...

Anyway, I'm really happy you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for commenting :)

[supergreak]

He really cares!
But of course, he'll never admit it.
To anyone.
Ever.

[magog_83]

If anyone asks, it was just to save Arthur from endless afternoons in the orchard. That is his story, and he is sticking to it ;)

Little does he know he's got Merlin coming along, and his Grumpy Prince Act will only survive so long after that... :D