13. Kiss on the back of the neck

Merlin was sound asleep — finally. Summer carefully tucked the arm, flopping out over the edge of the bed, back under the covers, and smiled. He’d been working non-stop, really, since the illness had started spreading, and nothing anyone could say would get him to rest for even a moment.

But things were under control. Gaius had found the remedy and it was something anyone could make up, really, if they thought to or knew to. Not even complicated, nothing to do with magic, which relieved them all as well.

She leaned over and tucked the covers around his shoulders a little tighter, brushing a kiss over the back of his neck. “You did well, Merlin,” Summer murmured, and left him to find her own bed.