Entry: DC06En12

Title: Bath Time With the Pendragons

Theme and/or Prompt/s: Sugar & Spice (Bathtub)

Rating: 18+, mild nudity and sexual references

Characters/Pairings: Arthur/Gwen

Spoilers: None, AU. Kink, more fluffiness than kink

Disclaimer: Merlin belongs to Shine and the BBC.

Summary: The first day Arthur returns from having been at war for almost two years. He abandons a council meeting for his wife.
Author’s Notes: This is a tiny excerpt from a full blown novel that's stuck in writer's block prison. Unlike the dungeons of Camelot, nothing seems to be escaping, but I'm patient. :)

“Marcus will not be pleased,” she says. Her mind still working as reluctant ruler despite appearing to have all her attentions bent on cleaning months of dirt from the crevices of my fingers. I am more content with watching the beads of water slip down from her neck and shoulder to the middle of her exposed back as she leans into the chore.

We have been in the balmy bath water together since it was steaming hot. Prior to this, we reacquainted ourselves, with too much aggression at first – I have bruised her flesh in more than one place – but then much sweeter as the ardent fires caused by absence and worry, were subdued.

“You should summon the council after supper.”

“Did he mistreat you while I was away?”

With a giggle she answers, “Terribly, yes, but I understand why you did not remove him. He means well more times than not and he has the entire nobility with him.”

“Your hair is longer than I remember.”

“Does it displease you?” She pauses for an instance before continuing the slow, back and forth cleansing motion.

“No,” I exhale. “We will meet with the council after I have had my fill of you.” She giggles again, louder. And it echoes through the cavernous sounds of the room. “It has been too long since I have touched you.”

“With hands this filthy, I should not have allowed you touch me at all.”

“Forgive yourself my love, you cannot resist me,” I say smiling into her neck.