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[fic] 40 Days and 40 Fights, 1/3
Feb. 18th, 2011 02:58 pmTitle: 40 Days and 40 Fights
Fandom: Merlin BBC
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~26k (why so longgg /o\)
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kura_tan
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur (with background Leon/Morgana)
Warnings: homophobia, elements of bullying, violence & slight gore, maybe underage depending on where you live (Arthur, Merlin & Leon are 17, Morgana is 21)
Summary: High school AU. In which Arthur is (a) the best captain that the volleyball team has seen in ages, (b) too handsome for his own good, and also (c) decidedly not gay; although Merlin agrees with the first two, he's willing to bet that (c) is open for discussion.
A/N: Happy (belated) birthday,hanako_yume!! I hope you like your present, despite its length and the unsurprising fact that I'm now nervous as hell about it. \o/ I love volleyball to bits and so of course I had to eventually include it in fic, regardless of how much kura_tan laughed at me (thank you so much for the epic speedy beta ♥)! I think I'm a fairly decent setter, but a horrible blocker—although I'm tall, boo—and an even worse server. That said, I borrowed the title from the song by Badly Drawn Boy—no copyright infringement intended!—and the song Morgana is listening to at some point is Like You Like An Arsonist by Paris Texas, aka the most awesome band to ever have awesome'd. ♥ And I played around with the timeline a bit, but I hope that the tense makes it clear which sections take place in the present and which are essentially flashbacks. Um. Enjoy reading (hopefully)!
( Despite the pain in his swelled-shut eye and the prickling rush of heat that shoots straight down to his toes, it only takes Arthur about three seconds to push Merlin away. )
Fandom: Merlin BBC
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~26k (why so longgg /o\)
Beta:
kura_tanPairing: Merlin/Arthur (with background Leon/Morgana)
Warnings: homophobia, elements of bullying, violence & slight gore, maybe underage depending on where you live (Arthur, Merlin & Leon are 17, Morgana is 21)
Summary: High school AU. In which Arthur is (a) the best captain that the volleyball team has seen in ages, (b) too handsome for his own good, and also (c) decidedly not gay; although Merlin agrees with the first two, he's willing to bet that (c) is open for discussion.
A/N: Happy (belated) birthday,
hanako_yume!! I hope you like your present, despite its length and the unsurprising fact that I'm now nervous as hell about it. \o/ I love volleyball to bits and so of course I had to eventually include it in fic, regardless of how much kura_tan laughed at me (thank you so much for the epic speedy beta ♥)! I think I'm a fairly decent setter, but a horrible blocker—although I'm tall, boo—and an even worse server. That said, I borrowed the title from the song by Badly Drawn Boy—no copyright infringement intended!—and the song Morgana is listening to at some point is Like You Like An Arsonist by Paris Texas, aka the most awesome band to ever have awesome'd. ♥ And I played around with the timeline a bit, but I hope that the tense makes it clear which sections take place in the present and which are essentially flashbacks. Um. Enjoy reading (hopefully)!( Despite the pain in his swelled-shut eye and the prickling rush of heat that shoots straight down to his toes, it only takes Arthur about three seconds to push Merlin away. )
