☆ Round One!

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FILL: Strange/Grant - Unconscious desire, Sleepwalking (3/3)

[(Anonymous)]

+1

"So this is your bedroom. It's nice. Have you changed the sheets, I wonder?"

The voice. Slowly, Grant rises from his place at the fire. It has been a little over a month since the day he received word that Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell have been lost to a great pillar of darkness. 'Lost'. As if by the word alone, there could be a chance of being 'Found'.

"Where are you?" Grant says going close to the mirror. He reaches out to touch the surface. Cold. A projection perhaps? Has he finally achieved the madness he had so desired? "Did you find her after all?"

Merlin laughs, and it is his laugh. The one Grant remembers from better times. Not the cruel, wicked laughter he had heard from the other side of a locked cell door.

"Yes, Grant. I found her. She is well and amongst friends." Grant hears a long groaning sound, like the sound of an old ship turning. "I haven't got much time." Merlin says in a rush of breath. "I must..."

"Do you want me to go to her?" Grant interrupts, pressing his fingers into the surface of the mirror. "Protect her?"

Merlin blinks rapidly before gathering himself. Smiling slowly, he ducks his head, looking back at Grant from under his lashes. "You're too noble for your own good, Grant." He says with a shake of his head. "No. That's not it, although I appreciate the thought. You are one of the few people in this world I can fully trust the care of Arabella to."

The groaning sound comes again. "I have to... I must." Merlin takes a deep breath. "Grant. I want to tell you that thank you. For coming to me that day. For trying, and you must remember that you tried, to keep me from doing something stupid that... Happened anyway. That I'm sorry, but I had wanted to tell you this under different circumstances. That all those times I was sleepwalking? I am glad that you were the one I came to."

Grant bites the inside of his cheek. "Merlin, why are you telling me this? You're speaking with such finality, one would not be amiss in thinking that you aim to never return to England from... Wherever you are."

The corner of Merlin's lips twitch weakly. "That's because I cannot. We cannot."

"Merlin-" He says, the emotions in him swelling up and colouring the name.

"Grant, I must go. But before I do, I... And this is important Grant, because I do not know when I will have a chance to say this again." Merlin visibly gathers himself. "I love you, Grant. And I want you to hear that from me, spoken while I am awake. Aware of what I am saying. I love you, Grant. With every part of me unconquered. They are yours."

"Don't say that." Grant grits out. Fisting his hand on the mirror, he steps closer, his breath fogging the mirror's surface. "Don't say that! Don't say it like you'll never come home to England again!"

He watches as Merlin reaches out, and he feels the phantom brush of contact on his cheek. "I love you." He says simply. "And in another life, I will be honoured to come home to you. To love you properly. To hear you say that you love me too, properly."

The image in the mirror shimmers, blurring. "Wait! Wait!" Grant calls out desperately. "Please don't go!"

"But I must. I'm sorry, Grant." The image fades and Grant tries desperately to memorise the facets of Merlin's face. "I love you."

"I love you too." Grant whispers to his own reflection, alone again in his room.


(A/N: Eh... I hope you guys still like this? Sorry for the downer ending. I hope someone better qualified than me writes one with a happier ending. Thank you, thank you for letting me play in your magnificent sandbox. I do hope I have done this prompt justice. xx)

Re: FILL: Strange/Grant - Unconscious desire, Sleepwalking (3/3)

[(Anonymous)]

Oh this is so good but so heartbreaking. I can't bear the thought of them never seeing each other again. If you have no objections I can post the first part of mine later - I'm not entirely sure where it is going yet but I will aim for a happier ending

Re: FILL: Strange/Grant - Unconscious desire, Sleepwalking (3/3)

[(Anonymous)]

Please, Please do! I cannot wait to read it!

Re: FILL: Strange/Grant - Unconscious desire, Sleepwalking (3/3)

[(Anonymous)]

Should I put it here or in the main thread for this prompt? Do I call it FILL or what? Help me I haven't done this before.

Re: FILL: Strange/Grant - Unconscious desire, Sleepwalking (3/3)

[(Anonymous)]

Well my heart is broken. Stomped into pieces.

Thank you, anon, this was beautiful and tragic.

OP: Re: FILL: Strange/Grant - Unconscious desire, Sleepwalking (3/3)

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you so much for this, even though (or possibly because) it upset me so much.

Re: FILL: Strange/Grant - Unconscious desire, Sleepwalking (3/3)

[(Anonymous)]

Oh my god. This was so sad. I am so emotional right now. The sleepwalking was amazing and I love how protective Strange was of Grant, even in his dreams! The +1 killed me. I will be thinking about this all day.