ArthurGwen Confessions (5)

My fics for the LJ Christmas Fic Exchange. Couldn't post till now because they were anonymous, but have been dying to share with you all. Now I can.

The Gift

Prompt: After "Queen of Hearts." Guinevere gifts Morgana and Merlin openly. Arthur is jealous and finally gets her alone to give Gwen her present, and she gives him a stupendous one.

“Merlin, is that a new scarf?” Arthur asks when Merlin strides in with his lunch. The scarf currently adorning his neck is not one of his normal scruffy linen numbers.

Well, it’s still linen, but it is nowhere near scruffy. It’s red, one of Merlin’s...

    “What happened, Arthur?” Merlin asks frantically, helping Arthur down from his horse and into his tent. The king was nearly un-horsed by Sir Gwaine, something that never happens.
    “I don’t know, Merlin, my lance suddenly felt as heavy as ten lances,” Arthur gasps, clutching his left bicep. “I’m sure Gwaine is off gloating somewhere,” he adds darkly. “I’ll never live this one down.”
    “Arthur!” Gwen comes flying into the tent now. “What happened? Gwaine never beats you!”
    “Merlin,...