Room 505, Tuesday Morning

[thatsamilkshake]

Nice of Fandom to let her survive the weekend, Francine had decided upon listening to last night's radio broadcast, before throwing something else at her. It was sometimes generous like that.

Francine was sometimes generous too. For instance right now she was sticking around her room failing to kill things online, instead of going out and failing to kill things elsewhere.

[OOC: Expecting the Ears for SP of dooom, but also open if you want to deal with her, sure.]

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[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"What? No! I mean--it works for you. And Arthur is all... muscly. I think I'd rather be muscly."

[thatsamilkshake]

"And I'd rather look like Morgana, but I'm not worried you're going to go off and sleep with her because I don't."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"...why would I sleep with Morgana?" Other than their epic, magical loooooove.

[thatsamilkshake]

And badly-disguised Irish accents.

"Why would Arthur?"

That hadn't exactly come out right, but it still made the damn point, damn it.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"...well, she is also of noble birth. But she might kill him before he could try," Merlin said slowly.

[thatsamilkshake]

Perhaps a shoe upside the head would make the point. And at what point in her life did she reach the point where she'd be making points like this?

"In case you were wondering, the correct answer to that question is 'He wouldn't, because for some reason he managed to ignore my hideous unattractiveness and fall in love with me.'"

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Merlin rolled his eyes and pushed her shoulder before flopping back on the bed. "You're far too wise right now, Francine."

[thatsamilkshake]

There was juuuust about enough room for Francine to stretch out next to him if she turned on her side and didn't mind the close company. Conveniently, she didn't.

"I can be dumb if you want me to. I'm really much better at it."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Merlin turned his head to kiss her on the forehead. "Don't. You're smarter than you give yourself credit for."

[thatsamilkshake]

"Then don't insult my taste in men."

Francine, your taste in men sucks. You just got very, very lucky.

She curled up a bit to lay her head against his arm. "Merlin..."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Merlin shifted to try and put an arm... over somewhere. It wasn't working, so he did the smart thing and just touched her neck instead. There. No chance of breaking a limb. "Yes?"

[thatsamilkshake]

Very smart choice.

"If it happens, it happens." Wise? No. Not generous or saintly or especially mature, either. You can't lose your trust in somebody if you take away any chance of ever being betrayed. "I won't be mad."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Merlin leaned over and kissed her properly. "I would be. I care too much about you for that."

[thatsamilkshake]

Either that or the kiss got him a smile. Or maybe that was two smiles with no break in between. YOU JUST DON'T KNOW.

"I know you do. I just... if something happens, I'm not gonna stop knowing that. That's all."

That was in English. Really.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Are you trying to get permission for something?" Merlin teased, kissing her again.

[thatsamilkshake]

Whoa, eyes could really open that wide?

"What?"

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Apparently!

Merlin was more than a bit fascinated.

"It was a joke?"

[thatsamilkshake]

"Oh."

Pause. Pause. Pause. Pause. Pause. Yes, you could count them individually.

"What was I supposed to be trying to get permission for, in the joke?"

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"If you wanted to--you know---with Katchoo?"

Oh, way to kill the mood, Merlin.

[thatsamilkshake]

Both of them already knew faces could turn that color, so it was probably less of a whoa-inducing phenomenon.

"Iwasn'taskingthat!"

Thus the word 'joke,' Francine.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"I know," Merlin said perhaps a bit too quickly. "But--you could. You know. it's like what you said about Arthur and I. I don't think... either of us would as things are now. But--it's um."

Words.

"There."

[thatsamilkshake]

Oh, words. Those things that required precious breathing-air to produce.

"It's..." No, she couldn't quite manage you're crazy anymore, but. "Not exactly the same."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"I wasn't completely out of it when we were--in the hotel room," Merlin muttered, putting a hand on the small of her back to help the odd snuggling during this conversation.

[thatsamilkshake]

Calling "What's that supposed to mean?" deflection would be giving Francine way too much credit for quick-wittedness.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"About the lily?" Merlin tried again.