I don't own Merlin sadly, it belongs to the BBC.

This is a birthday story for FOREVERCULLEN and is therefore dedicated to her, hope you enjoy your story and your day xx

Summary: When Arthur meets Merlin and falls hard for him he finds himself living a double life and is coping with it until Merlin decides to surprise him at an event...

This will have three chapters, a chapter a day :)

Warnings: malexmale, mpreg at the end, AU. Rated 'M' for swear words

I apologise in advance for any mistakes I may have made

Thirty year old Merlin walked out his front door and after locking it and putting his headphones in he jumped up and down a couple of times before he started to jog up the road, keeping his hands close to his chest and his head down Merlin let himself get lost in his music.

Arthur turned a corner and sighed when his phone rang, he looked and saw it was his sister. "Not again!" he pulled up and answered his phone. "What?"

"Oh nice! Hello to you too, where are you?"

"I am heading to the hospital now I am not late I am not due in until another hour."

"I know that, just a forewarning, father is in a mood."

"When isn't he? Alright, I will see you later, thanks for the warning." Arthur put his phone away and sighed, he ran his hands over his face and taking his seatbelt off he opened his car door.

"Oof!"

Arthur looked up to see a jogger drop to the floor. "Oh fuck!" he hurried out of his car and knelt beside the man and felt his breath catch in his throat. This man was gorgeous, his dark short hair, his pale face, high cheek bones, Arthur raised his hand to the man's face and lifted one eyelid, "hello? My name is Arthur Pendragon can you hear me."

"Hmm, I hurt."

"You will do I just hit you with my car door."

"Rather that than front of your moving car, did you not see me?" Merlin asked as he slowly opened his eyes.

"Of course that is why I decided then and there to swing my car door open." Arthur sighed. "I am so sorry, I am on my way to the hospital let me give you a lift there where I can check you over."

"You check me over? You saying you are a doctor?"

"I am, please, if only to put my mind at rest."

Merlin nodded slowly and then offered his hand to Arthur in order to be helped up, Arthur took the hand and helped him to stand before placing his arm around his waist, "may I ask your name?"

"Merlin Emrys."

Arthur laughed. "Merlin and Arthur, what are the odds, come on, let's get you seen to. I will see to it personally."

"I should think so as well, seeing as you caused it, I hope you look where you are going when driving." Merlin smiled as he was helped into the front seat.

Once at the hospital Arthur helped Merlin inside and led him to a nearby cubicle, "wait here, I just need to get my things on I will only be a few minutes."

Arthur skidded into the doctor's lounge and opened his locker and got changed. "If you weren't my brother, or gay, I might have jumped on you."

Arthur rolled his eyes at his sister. "I can't stop Morgana I have got to get to someone, I need to check him out myself."

"Why?"

"I kind of caught him with my car."

"You did what?!"

"I didn't see him, after I came off the phone with you I opened my car door and he was just jogging past."

"Well I am coming to see what he is like, see if he is good looking or not."

"Behave!" Arthur said before leaving, sighing as he heard heels behind him which told him Morgana was following.

Merlin looked up when the curtain was pulled back and Arthur along with a woman with long black hair walked in.

"Hello Merlin I am here to check on you, check you over and this is my sister Morgana who has no medical qualifications whatsoever so I am clueless as to why she is here."

Morgana rolled her eyes at her brother and walked over to Merlin, "can you stand please?"

Merlin frowned but stood and watched as the woman circled him, looking him up and down. "Well you are safe Merlin, I won't be jumping on you."

"So you shouldn't, you are engaged to Leon."

"Even single I wouldn't chuck myself on him."

"You wouldn't?" Arthur asked.

"Gay." Morgana said, "still just because I can't touch doesn't mean I can't look." she winked at Merlin who laughed before groaning and holding his side.

Morgana hit her brother on the arm. "Now you get my friend better or one of the many beds here will have your name on it." she said before leaving.

Merlin smiled. "I like her, can I have her number?"

"Of course, but let me check you out first." Arthur said, giving the brunet in front of him a sultry look which made Merlin blush. "What hurts most?"

"My midriff."

"Top off then." Arthur said, helping Merlin with his clothes.

Morgana stopped walking when she saw who was coming in her direction. "Oh fuck not again!" she hissed as she ducked into a closet, looking around she saw what was in there and made use of it, starting by stripping.

Edwin was holding a bunch of flowers and asking staff if they had seen Morgana anywhere, he stopped when he saw a surgeon come out of a door, dressed in green, mask still over face, "excuse me have you seen Morgana?"

Morgana put on a voice that wasn't hers. "I know no one of that name must dash!" and with that she ran back the way she came.

Arthur had just finished checking Merlin when the curtains opened and shut, he looked up and did a double take before pulling the mask down. "Morgana! What are you doing?"

"That stupid Edwin won't take no for an answer, falls on deaf ears when I tell him countless of times that I am engaged, idiot has turned up with flowers now."

"Must be a nice feeling." Merlin said.

Both siblings looked at him causing him to frown. "Oh come on, I am pale, got no meat on me whatsoever, I jog listening to music from the eighties."

"And yet when I first saw you only one word came to mind. Gorgeous." Arthur smiled.

Morgana looked between both of them, "I'm um, I'm going to go, coast should be clear now."

Morgana hadn't left before Arthur cupped Merlin's face with his hands. "So not seeing anyone."

"No."

"Would you like to?"

"Depends on who I am seeing."

"Me."

Merlin laughed, "yeah alright then," he said and surprised Arthur in moving forwards and kissing him.

Some people say getting hit by a car is the worst thing, to Merlin it was the best thing, even though it was a still car and he just got hit by the door swinging open, to him it was the best thing, it was the day he met Arthur. Four weeks had passed since that day, four great, fantastic weeks.

They had gone out whenever Arthur wasn't at work, with Merlin being a writer and writing from home he was free whenever, the best times would be when Arthur would stop over, he knew people loved breakfast brought to them in bed but Merlin didn't as it meant that Arthur couldn't stay, breakfast in bed meant thank you for a wonderful night but I have to go and can't stay in bed with you this morning.

Merlin had woke one morning and found Arthur gone, normally when he wasn't in beside him he could smell breakfast cooking, but he couldn't smell anything, getting out of bed he went searching his flat and calling out to Arthur, he stopped when he reached an empty kitchen, he was alone. Hurrying to the bathroom Merlin quickly washed and dressed in his jogging gear before heading out. His music playing but his mind on Arthur, he never woke alone without a note or text or call, why would Arthur just up and go?

An hour later when he got back home and took his headphones out and kicked his trainers off a voice made him jump.

"Coffee and breakfast has gone cold."

Merlin turned to see Arthur sat on one of the chairs. "You're here!"

"Yes. I told you I am not at work until this afternoon, I go to make you breakfast in bed, this time joining you only to find hardly anything in your fridge, so I go out and fetch us both a breakfast bap, I come back and you are nowhere to be found, saw your trainers gone so knew you had gone jogging."

Merlin smiled and sat and Arthur's knee. "I am so stupid."

"How many times Merlin. I am not going to leave you, do you know how long I have been waiting for someone like you? I am not letting you go now, come on, you need a shower after running and I need to wash that back of yours."

Uther Pendragon had just sent his PA to sort out the invitations for the event that the hospital was to have, it was an event to raise funds and Uther had to be there but also Arthur, his son had to make a good impression. He had done as he was told up to now and he only hoped that Arthur would continue to do so.

Arthur had walked into his house and placed the keys on the table. "Honey I am home."

Gwen came out of the kitchen and laughed at Arthur before kissing his cheek. "You look tired, let me guess. Hardly any sleep last night?"

"Nope, but I can catch up and have a sleep now, anyone been or coming today?"

"Uther came earlier, told us we have to be at the event at the weekend, we must make a good impression he said, the hospital needs this money he said, Arthur has done his duty so far, I trust he can do it just this one last time."

Arthur frowned. "One last time? Meaning just until those we are to impress sign the papers? I am going to make him eat those words."

Just then a four year old girl with tight curly brown locks came running forwards. "Mummy mummy!" she stopped when she saw Arthur and squealed as she ran to him, her arms waving in the air.

Arthur laughed and bent to pick her up. "And what have you been doing while daddy has been at work?"

"Chocolate pie, its yummy!"

Arthur laughed. "I bet it is." he said before looking at Gwen, "she excited about the event."

Gwen smiled and stroked her daughter's cheek. "You are aren't you Kayla, dressing up like a Princess."

"Yeah!"

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Chapter two up tomorrow :)

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