Chapter 7

It had been five days since Merlin has lost his job and he had taken to lounging around his flat in his pyjamas all day. On the up side, he'd finally gotten around to reading all those books that he promised himself that he'd read one day when he 'had the time.'

He hadn't bothered looking for a new job yet, even contemplated getting back into porn but then thought about that look on Arthurs face when he found out and that idea went straight out the window.

Will had been around once to try and cheer him up but it seemed that Merlin was happy laying around in his funk and would only pull himself out of it when he wanted to.

Merlin's problem wasn't that he particularly liked that job or even that cared about it, it was that he had started falling for Arthur and the one person that he actually cared about what they thought of him, thought he was an immoral slut.

He'd been called it many times before by quite a few different people (most of the time it had actually been meant as a compliment) but this effected him, hurt his self esteem and made him wish he could've chosen a different path after high school. He knew objectively that it was no point in regretting his life decisions and ultimately he didn't, but he wanted an actual chance at a functioning, normal, loving relationship and how could anyone have that with someone who used to have sex for a living?

In the afternoon, Merlin noticed that he still had the key cards to both the Pendragon Attorney's office and Arthur's apartment. It was past closing time at the office so he decided he'd hand them back in person, and maybe try and get some closure between himself and Arthur.

Maybe then he could get over his moping phase and start getting his life together, without constantly thinking of Arthur's beautiful mop of blonde hair or his slightly crooked but utterly charming smile.

He got dressed and gave Arthur a call, unsurprisingly there was no answer but Merlin decided to head over there anyway. If Arthur wasn't home, he could leave the key cards with a note, but he kind of hoped he was there – he wanted there to be some kind of peaceful resolution between them.

Merlin grabbed the first available taxi and sat nervously in the back during the fifteen minute ride to Arthurs flat. He arrived, paid the driver and entered the posh building, going straight up to the apartment and letting himself in.

He knew immediately that Arthur wasn't home by the fact that he wasn't lovingly attacked by Glowstick upon his entering the space. He was both disappointed and relieved.

He headed into the kitchen and found a notepad; he started writing his note but then thought, I didn't come all this way to leave a bloody note.

Merlin decided he'd wait a little while, he thought 20 minutes was a reasonably amount of time and if after that Arthur wasn't back he would just leave the note and let himself out of the building.

A couple of minutes in, his eyes were wandering around the kitchen in boredom and it occurred to him that this would probably be the last time he'd ever be in Arthurs flat and that maybe, he'd earned the right to do just a little bit of snooping.

Starting with the bedroom of course, he tiptoed in and looked in a few draws without finding anything interesting. His heart was beating madly in his chest and he getting a little high on the thrill of his activities.

The bedside draws were a little bit more interesting, holding condoms, lube and even a butt plug that Merlin thought Arthur would be much too prudish to use. A couple of non-descript off the rack gay skin magazines as well as some fencing enthusiast reading material in another draw and he was just about to make his way towards the closet the rifle through is when he heard the front door bang shut.

"Fuck! Bugger! Bollocks!" he cursed quietly to himself.

He couldn't just come strolling out of Arthur's room, it'd look far too suspicious so he crossed into the bathroom and flushed the toilet. He just hoped Arthur didn't remember the fact that he would've had to have passed the guest toilet just to get to the one in Arthur's room.

He came back into the kitchen to see Arthur holding a knife. Merlin stopped abruptly and held up his hands in a position of surrender.

"Jesus! You scared the hell out of me, I thought you were a burglar" Arthur said with relief in his voice.

"Why would a robber use your toilet?" Merlin asked, perplexed.

"I don't know, I wasn't thinking about that, I was wondering why there was an unknown person in my home!"

"Sorry," Merlin said, putting his arms back down by his sides.

"What are you doing here anyway?"

"I thought I should probably give you those key cards back, since I've no need for them now"

Arthur sighed and leaned back heavily against the kitchen counter, "You can still have your job back if you want it, I haven't even started looking for a replacement yet"

"No, I don't think it's a good idea, besides I don't really want to work for someone who only thinks of me as a slut" Merlin said defensively.

"I don't think you only as a slut Merlin. But how do you honestly expect someone who's lived and worked in my kind of world to react to that?"

"You're gay. You watch porn, I caught you remember? I don't understand why you think you're so much better than me when you were actually watching one of the films I was in when I walked in on you! How can you condemn me for working in an industry in which you actively participate?"

Arthur took a step towards to Merlin, "God you are infuriating! I wanted to apologise to you about what I said and how I acted but you drive me crazy!"

Merlin puffed up his chest and took a step towards Arthur, "Well I'm sorry I'm not one of your silly underlings that treat you like you're the King and hide from you whenever you walk down the corridor. You hate the fact that you can't control me like you do with everyone else"

"I don't want to control you, you bloody idiot. I just..." Arthur gave up trying to explain himself.

"What? You just, what? Spit it out!" Merlin commanded.

"Why do you think I reacted so badly? How many guys have you slept with? Over a hundred at least judging by your film career."

"Probably close to two hundred-ish," Merlin answered sheepishly.

"Oh God" Arthur looked like he was going to be sick.

"I don't understand why you care!"

Arthur turned out around from his position over the sink and grabbed Merlin by the shoulders.

"I was jealous, you imbecile. I fancied you, and I thought you were a bloody virgin. Then I find out that you used to have sex for money – how do you think that affected the way I thought of you"

"Most guys actually find it hot" Merlin said, scrambling for an explanation.

"Most guys don't want to see you again after they shag you, Merlin"

That hit a nerve, mostly because Arthur was dead-on accurate.

"That's why I quit, Arthur. I didn't want to do that anymore! I was sick of being treated like I had nothing better to offer than my body, and then I came to work for you and I found that people had respect for me. And then you just completely demolished that with only few words"

Arthur said nothing in return, but pulled Merlin in close and kissed him.

Merlin jumped back in shock, but Arthur reeled him back in and kissed him again.

"What are you doing?" Merlin managed to say through mouth attacks.

Arthur drew back for a second, looked at Merlin and said, "Merlin?"

"Yes Arthur," he replied in a timid voice.

"Shut up" Arthur smiled and hauled Merlin back into his chest and continued kissing him like he'd never get the chance again.

Arthur started unbuttoning his own shirt and Merlin started on his own jeans. Within in no time, shirts were off, pants were off and they were standing in the kitchen kissing in their underwear.

Arthur stopped, grabbed Merlins hand and dragged him into the bedroom. He threw the other onto the bed and looked at him with a hunger that Merlin had never seen before.

"Take them off" Arthur commanded, referring to the only piece of clothing still left on Merlin's body.

Merlin threw them on the floor and lay on the bed awaiting further instructions. He was incredibly turned on, and due to his failed attempt with Gwaine, was still in a month long abstinence of sex.

Arthur slipped his boxer-briefs off and Merlin almost passed out from the surge of desire coursing through his body. Arthur beckoned Merlin to the edge of the bed and stood with his legs apart.

"Let's see if you live up to your name, Colin 'no gag' Banghard," He said, trying to keep a serious face but couldn't help but giggle at the mention of Merlin's porn persona.

Merlin grinned as well. He loved to suck dick and got right down to business, licking, sucking and engulfing Arthur whole.

Arthur was breathing rapidly, the muscles in his abdomen twitching in an effort to keep control of himself. He grabbed Merlin by the hair and fucked his mouth until he was just seconds away from finishing then pulled out.

"Jesus, you really don't have a gag reflex" he said in a haze of pleasure, "We are definitely going to have some interesting fun with that in the future" he added.

Merlin's heart swelled a little at the mention of a 'future.' He wasn't expecting the world from Arthur but the idea that he actually wanted more than an amazing blow job was wonderful.

"Turn around and get on your knees" Arthur commanded, Merlin happily obliged.

Arthur rounded the bed and pulled out the lube, condoms and butt plug from the draw beside his bed. He put a condom on the plug and lubed it up before crawling onto the bed behind Merlin.

"Put this on," Arthur said and handed Merlin a condom.

"Why?" Merlin asked, confused.

"I don't want to ruin my duvet."

Merlin laughed but complied with his request regardless.

When he was back on his hands and knees, Arthur slipped the plug slowly into Merlin, knowing that even though he was very practiced, it had been a while for him.

Merlin let out a hiss, a mixture of pain and pleasure, and begged for more.

When the toy was all the way in, Arthur turned Merlin around and pulled him up flush against his chest.

They were eye to eye, mouth to mouth and flesh on flesh. Arthur started playing with Merlin's nipples whilst kissing and nipping his neck. Merlin was lost in a fog of craving and yearning, he didn't usually get this much attention. It was usually him doing all the work. He liked it better this way.

Whilst continuing his assault on Merlin's neck, Arthur reached around and grabbed the handle of the plug; he pulled it out a little then pushed back in, hard.

Merlin gasped "Oh god" and started roughly kissing Arthur.

"Put this on me" Arthur panted and handed Merlin another condom.

It was on and Arthur pushed Merlin onto his stomach then pulled his hips up to align with his own. He pulled out the plug, discarded it on the floor and pushed into Merlin and one smooth move.

Merlin threw his head back and let out a guttural yell. He was incredibly tight even after the preparation and he'd almost forgotten the feeling of being roughly breached after a stint without sex, he loved it!

Arthur was biting his lip in an effort to stave off his orgasm, it had been a while for him too and he was struggling.

"God, I don't think I'm going to last long" He warned.

"Me either" Merlin reassured him, already with one hand on his cock and the other holding him up off the bed. "Don't be gentle, just fuck me hard" he added.

Arthur started thrusting faster and faster, his hands creating finger shaped bruises on Merlins hips.

Both men were moaning, grunting, sweating and within a matter of barely thirty seconds Arthur was groaning, and Merlin was screaming as they came in unison.

They collapsed onto the bed in a sweaty, sexy entangled mess.

"That was..." Arthur started,

"Amazing" Merlin finished.

"Really?" the blonde asked. "I was kind of worried I wouldn't, you know, measure up."

Merlin let out a little laugh, "No, really, bloody fantastic. When I was working, usually I was always the one doing all the servicing because I was the bottom, but you," he paused to catch his breath for a moment, "you, with the nipples and the biting and stuff, very nice. Hot."

Arthur said nothing.

"Fuck, sorry, you don't want to hear about that do you? Damn it"

"No, it's ok. I know it's a part of you, and I know that you're all mine now" Arthur stated.

Merlin felt that strange swelling feeling in his heart again.

Suddenly, Arthur started laughing.

"What's so funny?" Merlin asked, confused.

"You know the reason my Father wanted to hire you?"

"Because I caught that guy that stole the messenger bag thingy?"

"No, he wanted to hire a man because he thought that I was sleeping with all my previous assistants" He laughed again and turned to look at Merlin, "They were all women"

Merlin grinned.

"So it's funny, that the one assistant that I actually ended up having sex with was one the he thought was a safe bet"

They both laughed,

"Arthur?"

"Yes, Merlin"

"Can I have my job back, then?" He asked.

"Absolutely not."

"What, why?"

"Firstly because it would be a considered an abuse of power because you are my employee and secondly because I'd never get any work done – I'd spend too much time shagging you in my office" he answered with a big, happy grin.

The End.

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