[s03e12 - The Coming of Arthur ]
Druids: We can’t just hand you over the cup of life. It’s a powerful-
Arthur: Fine. What can I do to convince you?
Druids: Enter a permanent union, with him *nods at Merlin*
Merlin: WHAT?!
Arthur: …
Arthur: You’ll give me the cup of life and all I have to do is marry Merlin?
Druids: Yes
Arthur: Great. Then let’s get this over with.
Merlin: Have you lost your mind?! I can’t marry you.
Arthur: Why not?
Merlin: because … i … we … i don’t know?
Arthur: Wonderful. Now we have that cleared up, let’s start. We don’t have rings, but will this do? *hands over his Mother’s sigil*
Druids: *can’t believe it was that easy* Sure.
Merlin: WTF? *denied feelings are secretly rejoicing*
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@prongsfoot-microfic
“tis better to have loved and lost.”
cussing, unrequited prongsfoot and wolfstar
i love you.
“Prongs?”
“Yeah, Padfoot?”
“What… what would you do if I told you I loved you?”
Pause.
“As a friend?”
“No. More than that.”
“Oh.”
Pause.
“I’d say that I’m honored. That I’m really happy you care about me that much. But…”
Pause.
“I don’t feel the same.”
“Oh. Alright.”
Pause.
”Do you… do you feel that way, Sirius?”
“What? No, I don’t, I just— I just, you know, got curious. Someone… someone said that to me, earlier, and I just…”
“Wanted to know how somebody else would react?”
Pause.
“Yeah, I get it. Good luck on the potions test.”
“Yeah.”
Pause.
“You too, James.”
…
“Moony. Moony. Remus.”
“…Sirius? What—”
”He doesn’t feel the same.”
Pause.
“Oh.”
Pause.
“Sirius, I—”
“I’m so fucking tired.”
“I know. C’mere.”
Pause.
“Tis’ better to have loved and lost.”
“What?”
“I read it somewhere, Moony. I… got reminded of it.”
Pause.
“It doesn’t really feel better.”
“Yeah. Never does.”
“…Have you been… rejected? Before?”
“Not yet. Not directly.”
Pause.
“But I know they love someone else. Someone better.”
“How?”
“They told me. They talk to me, a lot. About that person.”
“Oh, Moony, I…”
Pause.
“That… sucks.”
“Yeah. Get some sleep, Sirius. We got a busy day tomorrow.”
“…Ok. Sorry about—”
“Shh.”
Pause.
“There’s nothing to be sorry for. Night, Siri.”
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shanks and buggy denden au where:
the crew kinda splits up in the 2 year gap before roger's death and in an effort to make sure their sons cabin boys are alright, rayleigh puts them on the ship denden plan
so their little apt in loguetown has two dendens, one in the living room and one in their bedroom
they use it all the time. to call oden and toki, to call spencer. even to call roger, hoping that he'll pick up. (he never does)
phone calls are nice but nothing beats talking face to face and visual dendens are on the market they're just super fuckin expensive and both shanks and buggy are saving up for one. it'll be nice to see momo amd hiyori again.
anyway the execution happens and then the loguetown breakup and they pack up their apt in complete silence, each of them taking one denden.
(it'll be a decade and a half before they see each other again.)
they both expect the phone plan to just get cancelled but one day the mail seagull comes to them with a denden bill. turns out, the pirates denden company just grandfathered them into the old plan.
and you know what? it's not like they have any money and this plan is cheaper than all the other plans the company offers so they keep it. they get two separate numbers for the both of them and they dont think about it.
they decided to alternate the months they paid after one very terse call. or that was the plan but shanks is sooo forgetful all the fucking time and he never pays his denden bill on time. it ends up being buggy paying 8 months out of the year and shanks paying the other 4
(benn ends up setting up auto pay 5 years into traveling with shanks. what? it's not like they're broke.)
anyway buggy ends up becoming the terror of the east blue and shanks goes onto become an emperor and still neither of them change their numbers. they don't have the heart to.
and it's not something they consciously think about but sometimes when buggy gets drunk enough, he'll pull out his old ass denden book and trace his fingers over shanks' number. and if shanks is drunk enough he'll get halfway through dialing buggy's number before his brain catches up to what he's doing and stopping
anyway skip to marineford, and shanks is giving buggy a ride back to his ship. when they finally arrive at the island buggy's ship was docked on, both crews decide to throw a "im so fucking glad we lived through that/ captain buggy's the greatest!" party
buggy desperately tries to avoid shanks and shanks is literally holding himself back from looking for buggy but the party goes on and they get drunker and eventually they gravitate towards each other.
bc of course they do. they were shanksandbuggy, buggyandshanks, long before they were part of their respective crews. so they both sneak away from the party and they end up in shanks' room, with shanks sitting on the bed and buggy on his lap, curled around each other.
it feels just like their apt all those years ago. all those quiet nights on their fourth-hand couch, that they spent curled together -- buggy reading a book and shanks quietly talking his ear off.
(it was easier then. those two years where they had an apt together and the air was still heavy with the scent of hope. it was smth to look forward to -- 2 years and then captain will come back and there will be new adventures!
shanks got a job at the docks and buggy tried at least 17 different jobs before settling at a bookstore. and he'd go to work early in the morning and come back late at night to buggy in his hoodie, making dinner, ranting about rude customers.
and on weekends they'd both sleep in and cook breakfast together. or well buggy would cook breakfast, shanks would sit on the countertops and make buggy laugh. and then they'd spend the day inside or go out to eat. and it was good. better than good even. shanks could almost see why people stayed on land.
and then the execution happens and their father's blood stains the cobblestones crimson red and they seperate and then just as quickly as it started, it ends.)
that's when buggy notices the denden.
🤡: you still have that thing?
🍶: yes of course
🤡: and your number is still the same?
🍶: ....yeah. you?
🤡: yeah, never changed it.
🍶: why'd you keep it all these years?
and buggy may be drunk and his inhibitions may be lowered but he's still buggy at heart so he gives some bullshit answer
🤡 looking away: it was cheaper
and shanks knows he's fucking lying bc it may have been years since he last saw buggy but who knows buggy better than he does? who knows shanks better than buggy does?
🍶: c'mon bugs, tell me the truth. why'd ya keep it all these years?
🤡 unwilling to give in first: why'd you keep it all these years?
🍶: because i kept hoping that you'd be on the other end.
and buggy is floored.
🤡: .... what?
🍶: i kept hoping that if i kept my number the same, you'd call one day.
🍶: i can't tell you how many times i've picked up the denden, hoping it was you on the other end.
🍶, laughing sadly: i kept it all these years because of you. and you never called, not once.
🍶, cupping 🤡 face with his hand: why'd you never call bugs?
shanks is tearing up and buggy has already started the waterworks
🤡, sniffling: you knew where i was. why didn't you ever come and see me?
🍶: can you honestly say that you would've seen me? you probably would've told me to leave. so i stayed away.
🤡 hitting 🍶on the chest: idiot! i probably would've called at some point if you had came to me. but you never did and i just took it as a sign that anything we had was done and over.
🍶, grabbing 🤡 hands and staring into his eyes: how could you ever think we'd be done and over? it's only ever been you for me. only you.
🤡, full on crying by this point: idiot, idiot, idiot!
they're both curled over each other sobbing into each other's shoulder bc they could've had this the entire time but they were too fucking stupid
🍶: why'd you keep the denden, bugs?
🤡: haven't you figured it out by now? it was the only thing i had left of you.
🍶: you're such a fuckin sap, bugs.
🤡, blushing: shut up
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