“Eight o’clock, you said. Here I am, Toni.”
“Oh, God, well now we can’t go out. You’re too gorgeous to be seen with me.”
She gapes at him for a second. ” … I fucking /knew/ you would have an excuse. I knew this would happen.”
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Merlin?
*looks up from the book he’s reading and smiles* Hey, Summer. What’s going on?
He sighed quietly. I know… He was a bit surprised when Summer pulled away, but he soon realized how awkward that might have felt. I’m sorry. I wish I knew of some way to help you.
“Merlin, I — you — just — ” She stopped hard, and had to clear her throat. “Please don’t say that. Okay. Because I might say something stupid, and I don’t want to say something stupid, and I don’t want to do something stupid. I can’t lose you as a friend.”
Unless you specifically tell me that you don’t want me in your life anymore, I think you’re stuck with me at this point, he tried to grin reassuringly but ended up smiling awkwardly at Summer.
“Oh, fuck, Merlin,” she groaned, turning away and putting her head against the wall. “Just let it go, please? Pretend I never talked to you about this. I’m just … going to go stick my head in the horse trough now.”
Some terry pratchett quotes.
Yeah. 🙂
On that note, I’m grabbing another cup of coffee.
Merlin?
*looks up from the book he’s reading and smiles* Hey, Summer. What’s going on?
He gently rubbed her back as he listened to her, clueless about what to say at first. Listen to me, he replied softly. You are not a failure. You will find someone someday, someone who will love you with all of their heart and whom you will love with all of yours. It will be worth the wait.
She nodded, face still hidden in his shoulder. “Patience is hard,” she muttered. “I want someone now.” Summer forced herself to pull away from Merlin, realising that if she kept leaning on him, in this kind of conversation, things would start being awkward very quickly.
He sighed quietly. I know… He was a bit surprised when Summer pulled away, but he soon realized how awkward that might have felt. I’m sorry. I wish I knew of some way to help you.
“Merlin, I — you — just — ” She stopped hard, and had to clear her throat. “Please don’t say that. Okay. Because I might say something stupid, and I don’t want to say something stupid, and I don’t want to do something stupid. I can’t lose you as a friend.”
Merlin?
*looks up from the book he’s reading and smiles* Hey, Summer. What’s going on?
As a matter of fact, you ARE that important, he insisted, walking over to her and draping an arm across her shoulders. He sighed slightly. Look, what happens or doesn’t happen between you and Gwaine is nobody’s business but yours and his. Nobody should be sticking his nose in where it doesn’t belong.
Summer turned her face into his shoulder and burst into tears. “I shouldn’t care so much,” she whispered. “I know they’re just idle gossipers, they’ll talk about anyone who comes along, and it might not have been me. If anybody can know these things it’s me, but I just want to be — ” She stopped, and gulped hard, sniffling gracelessly.
“You don’t love me,” she said at last. “I want to meet someone here who sees /me/, and loves me, everything, all the things you know, and I’m such a failure.”
He gently rubbed her back as he listened to her, clueless about what to say at first. Listen to me, he replied softly. You are not a failure. You will find someone someday, someone who will love you with all of their heart and whom you will love with all of yours. It will be worth the wait.
She nodded, face still hidden in his shoulder. “Patience is hard,” she muttered. “I want someone now.” Summer forced herself to pull away from Merlin, realising that if she kept leaning on him, in this kind of conversation, things would start being awkward very quickly.
Merlin?
*looks up from the book he’s reading and smiles* Hey, Summer. What’s going on?
“It wasn’t — ” She flushed. “I don’t know the person who said it, I just know it was someone … I think he’s a knight.”
Merlin nodded. Alright. I may need to have a word with Arthur about his knights’ lack of respect, then.
“Merlin — please don’t. Just — it doesn’t matter. I’m not that important, really. After all, it’s not like they were wrong … ” She rubbed at her face, trying to hide the tears about to fall. “Really, they’re right, I — Gwaine isn’t going to — I mean, just — ” She stumbled to a stop, swallowing hard.
As a matter of fact, you ARE that important, he insisted, walking over to her and draping an arm across her shoulders. He sighed slightly. Look, what happens or doesn’t happen between you and Gwaine is nobody’s business but yours and his. Nobody should be sticking his nose in where it doesn’t belong.
Summer turned her face into his shoulder and burst into tears. “I shouldn’t care so much,” she whispered. “I know they’re just idle gossipers, they’ll talk about anyone who comes along, and it might not have been me. If anybody can know these things it’s me, but I just want to be — ” She stopped, and gulped hard, sniffling gracelessly.
“You don’t love me,” she said at last. “I want to meet someone here who sees /me/, and loves me, everything, all the things you know, and I’m such a failure.”
Merlin?
*looks up from the book he’s reading and smiles* Hey, Summer. What’s going on?
“It doesn’t matter, really … just something about how stupid someone was, and couldn’t they see that they weren’t going to get what they wanted, and how painful it was to watch that kind of thing. It wasn’t — I mean, the person I was talking to didn’t say it, it was someone else, someone I know they’re friends with — it doesn’t matter, Merlin.”
Summer, if it hurt you, then it matters. That was incredibly disrespectful, and you shouldn’t have to stand for it, even if they didn’t think you could hear it. Do you know who said it?
“It wasn’t — ” She flushed. “I don’t know the person who said it, I just know it was someone … I think he’s a knight.”
Merlin nodded. Alright. I may need to have a word with Arthur about his knights’ lack of respect, then.
“Merlin — please don’t. Just — it doesn’t matter. I’m not that important, really. After all, it’s not like they were wrong … ” She rubbed at her face, trying to hide the tears about to fall. “Really, they’re right, I — Gwaine isn’t going to — I mean, just — ” She stumbled to a stop, swallowing hard.
“How are things?”
“Alright, I guess.” He hummed, shrugging his shoulders. “The usual Camelot drama. Nothing I can’t handle, though. And you?”
“That would be beyond spectacular!” The redhead actually jumped with glee, and hugged Merlin again, this time adding a kiss as well. “I knew you would be the person to help me.”
He chuckled, slightly leaning into the kiss before he glanced down. “I can’t promise anything.. But I’ll try, I swear.”
“In the meantime,” Summer pretended to be a little bashful, and looked down, twisting a toe into the dirt, “What should I do?”