Yesterday had been a long, long day. Arthur hadn't realised about his bruises until Merlin had taken off his armor that evening and taken out the ointment, the one that smelled like dung and peppermint ("Why the peppermint," Arthur had asked. "Gaius said it helped people ignore the stench," Merlin had said. "Oh," Arthur had replied.) and dealt with them as best as they could.

Unlike what some may have implied, Arthur was not stupid enough to get up out of bed and strain himself early when he felt like a beaten-up bag of potatoes (bloody goldfish. Bloody alligator, before Merlin had blown it to pieces) so when he woke up sluggishly in the morning, he chose not to make that much of a fuss about actually getting up.

He could deal with that once Merlin showed up.

[[ post is open to all, door is ICly closed until after Merlin shows up, so if you want to visit, mention if it's before or after omg ]]
Hunting with Merlin hadn't done much to soothe Arthur's frazzled nerves yesterday, but the handwavey beat-up sparring session with the boy afterwards had helped. Somewhat.

All right. Not that much, but it had been funny, especially since Merlin didn't need to be patched-up afterwards (not that he worried).

He'd gone to bed miserable and angry and ready to take it out on just about anything, and now he'd woken up with something insistent pressing against the bed. Something that hadn't been there for five rather frustrating days. Well, it'd been there. Just not quite-

It would be unbecoming to claim he was happy about it. But displeased, he wasn't. With some effort, he propped himself up.

God help them all, he better be able to do something about it, or he'd slaughter the island.

[[ for the roomie, and very probably nws. um. ]]
Arthur still wasn't entirely sure how he'd come to this arrangement, except that she had been remarkably straightforward, which was both a novelty and meant she wasn't looking for any courting. One delusion-induced brush with elopement had been more than enough for him in his lifetime (well, most likely shorter than that, considering his position, but still) and so far, his efforts to avoid it had been... efficient.

As he stirred in bed, he hoped to God she'd be as straightforward about getting out in the morning, however.

Arthur, as Morgana oft-remarked, was such a romantic.

[[ for the girl and the manservant at first, but can be is open after! ]]

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