Merlin imagines

Merlin- beating hearts (for Phantom_lover2000)

I couldn't take it anymore, I couldn't hide from the truth for much longer. I knew that I had to tell him and I knew that it would have to be today but that doesn't mean I wasn't scared. He could take it well and not hate me or he could turn me in to the King or worse, much worse. Something that scares me even more than death. Merlin could hate me. I shudder at the thought of Merlin's cold eyes on me and my heart just breaks of the image in my mind. I shook my head, trying desperately to shake those thoughts away, as tears fell from my eyes. I suck in a deep breath, pulling my knees closer to my chest in the corner I'm huddled in, as merlin rounded the corner a frustrated look on his face.

"Hi." He muttered walking straight past me chewing on his lip. I sniffed as Merlin stopped only a couple of paces of away from me, before walking back to me. He sighed sitting next to me on the floor, his back leaning against the cold wall. We sat in silence, the only sound being the steady beating of our hearts before we broke it at the same time.

"I need to tell you something."

"I have to tell you something."

Our eyes locked, my tear filled ones and his worried ones, and at that moment I knew what I had to do. I looked down at the ground, my fear building up but I took a deep breath pushing it down before locking eyes with him once again. I felt the magic pulse through my veins as my eyes turned gold and I looked Merlin in the eye. Then the thing that I hadn't anticipated happened, he smiled.

"Why aren't you angry?" I whispered, my eyes returning to the normal colour. "Any other person would have turned and run." More tears fell as my bottom lip started to shake. His hand reached out cupping my face looking me in the eye before whispering.

"Because," he started his voice cracking. "Because of this." He finished his own eyes flashing gold. I gasped, my hand covering my mouth, before I grinned. I dropped my hand leaning forward pressing my lips against his. He immediately kissed me back with such a soft passion the insides of my body melted. We broke away breathing heavily and he smiled at me, his thumb stroking my cheek. "I can't believe you have magic." He whispered his eyes searching my face.

"I can't believe you have it like me." I whispered my hand cupping is face. Then he kissed me and the castle went silent around us. I couldn't hear anything apart from us and the

Sound of our beating hearts.