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The Sins of the Father

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Dear Arthur,

                         I know you'll never read this, which is probably a good thing, really.  If you did read this you'd fire me.  Or have me beheaded.  Or both.  

I wish you could read it though, that you could understand, but that's never going to happen.  This letter will probably end up being burnt, or eaten by one of the dogs.  Whatever happens to it, it's not making its way to your hands.

I know you love your father, of course you do, he's all you've got.  But I wish you could see what he's really like.  When you told me that I'd helped you to see that magic is always evil, I felt like crying.  Honestly I did.  What is it that you always say?  That 'no man is worth your tears.'  

If only you knew.

It's through the sins of our fathers that I've ended up in this mess.  That's our fathers, though, not just yours.  

Your father has made you believe that magic is evil, and so many are paying for his sins.  I'm glad that he used magic so that you were born - really I am, but I wish that your mother hadn't died.  If she was still alive, then the king wouldn't see magic as evil, and I'd be able to tell you.

As for my father; he was magic.  Obviously you know that, you helped me seek him out... not that you knew he was my father.  His gift, a sin in the eyes of too many, was passed on to me, and I have to hide it. Every day I want to tell you, to show you who I really am.

I often wish that my father was just a normal man, a farmer, or maybe a blacksmith.  But then, if not for my magic I would never have left Ealdor for Camelot, and you would have died so many times.  

We're two sides of the same coin, that's what a friend once said, but I never knew two halves of the same thing could be so very different.

I know that one day you will be king, and magic will return to Camelot.  Perhaps I'll let you read this letter then.  Who knows.

     With love,
                          Merlin.
For the :iconheartmerlinart: Epic-sode challenge.

This is a letter that Merlin writes to Arthur after the end of the second series, but is based around season two, eppisode eight: The Sins of the Father.

Can be read either as slash or just friendship, I suppose.

Merlin and Arthur copyright to the BBC.
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doctorwholover465's avatar
Awwwwwwwww, this is so cute, and sad!!!!!!! When's this supposed to happen? I'm a bit confused, I love the letter though!!!!!