Drabble #6 for Addie, Merlin fic

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addie71 requested Merlin keeping Arthur warm, magic or no.

(Either general fic or implied Merlin/Arthur)



The horses had bolted with their camping supplies, leaving them no shelter against the snow. Winter fairy magic, no doubt. They fed off frozen travelers. At least that was what Merlin’s mother had told him. Merlin gathered firewood, but without magic, he struggled to start a fire.

Arthur shivered. He pursed his lips, bluish with cold. “At this rate, it will be spring before you get a fire started.”

A bluish aura twinkled around Arthur. Turning away, Merlin focused on turning blue to gold.

“Although,” Arthur said. “Strangely, and no thanks to you, I feel much warmer all the sudden.”