Title: Servant in Shining Armor

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A cool breeze blows across the expanse of the Lady Morgana's chambers, and she shivers. A whisper greets her ears before she feels the warmth of her sheets pull up around her, enveloping her in a cocoon of contentment. Blinking her eyes open, a small smile forms on her lips.

On a chair beside her bed, the man she has come to know as her lover sits, staring at her with a look of wonder on his handsome face.

She grins and moves to sit up, but he stops her.

"Don't." He says softly. "Stay right there."

Her eyebrows furrow in confusion as she looks down at his side of the bed, now covered up with the sheets. "What's wrong?" She asks and glances at him with a questioning look. "Why are you not in bed and why are you looking at me like that?"

He shakes his head and smiles lovingly at her. "How do you do that?"

"Do what?" Morgana asks, utterly baffled by his odd behavior.

"How do you manage to look like a goddess every morning?"

At this, Morgana laughs before stopping and blinking at the serious look on his face. "You're serious."

Merlin nods. "I've seen beautiful women go to sleep looking like Queens and waking up looking the dead." He shakes his head and smiles. "But not you... you- you manage to look even more beautiful than you did last night."

A blush forms on Morgana's cheeks as she sits up and faces him. "I'm going to ignore that comment about whatever other women you've seen because you ended it cleverly, but what on earth are you talking about?" She laughs softly. "Come back to bed. It's still early and Arthur can survive without you for another hour or so."

Merlin shakes his head, "Not yet... I want to remember you like this. I want to commit this to my memory."

The Lady Morgana furrows her eyebrows at the manservant. "What are you on about, Merlin? Are you going somewhere?"

"No."

"Well then why do you have to commit the way I look in the morning to memory?"

He shrugs, "So I can remember it always."

She laughs and shakes her head. "Then just look at me every morning."

Merlin chuckles, "That's what I'm doing, Milady."

Morgana quirks an eyebrow at him. "Stop being a bloody tease and get your arse in my bed, Merlin." She scolds jokingly as she grabs a handful of the sheets on his side of the bed and throws it back. "Get in." She demands, but something catches her eye and she glances down quickly at his side of the bed. On top of her silk bedding, lays a golden ring.

A gasp leaves her lips as she looks back up at the manservant. "Merlin... what... how..."

"I didn't steal it." He jokes, before getting up, picking up the beautiful piece of jewelry, and sitting back down on the bed. "It was my mothers. My fathers before that, and his mothers before that and so on." He looks up at her with shy eyes and smiles. "I know that it has only been two years since we've been together, but..." he shrugs, "I couldn't wait any longer. I asked Arthur for permission, since... well, he's the only real family you got left, and he said yes... there were disguised threats as well, among a promise to raise my rank from manservant to Court Sorcerer in about a week, but the point is, there's nothing standing between us now, so..." he trails off again and holds the ring up to the woman he has come to love with every bit of his heart. "Will you marry me?"

Morgana is at an utter loss for words. She had dreamed of this day many times. Yearned for this day, but she didn't think it would come so soon, if ever. Tears begin to fill her eyes and cascade down her cheeks as a small, desperate cry of joy escapes her lips and she catapults herself into Merlin's arms. She nods her head up and down as his arms envelope her with his warmth. "Yes... yes, of course I'll marry you, Merlin!" She laughs as she pulls away to kiss him. As he slips the gold band onto her finger, a thousand questions fill her head. But she only asks one. "What took you so long?"

Merlin laughs and raises her hand to his lips, kissing her fingers. "I had to wait for the go-ahead from Arthur... it took some time for him to convince the council of my new title."

Morgana smiles widely in awe of the man before her. Two years ago, she had thought that the only way to be with Merlin was if they eloped. But now, she's free to be with him whenever and wherever she pleases. It's all she could ever hope for, and she makes a mental note to thank Arthur later.

As they enjoy their last few minutes together before Merlin has to go back to his duties as manservant, Morgana sighs in contentment and looks at her betrothed. "One more week, and you'll finally get the title you deserve."

Merlin grins and kisses her cheek. "I don't know... the title of manservant didn't turn out so bad for me."

"How?" Morgana asks in confusion. She can't imagine having to do everything Arthur wants. All she knows is, she could never do what Merlin does everyday. She would probably die after the first day if she hadn't killed herself already.

Merlin gives her a pointed look. "Despite being a manservant, I still do what I want, I say whatever I want to Arthur and get away with it, and I got the girl I want. What else could I possibly ask for?"

She hums, supposing he's right. "Fine. So being a servant is okay, but to marry me, you have to become a noble."

"Which will happen by the end of the week." Merlin reminds her. "So for now, I'm still a servant, and I have duties I have to attend to." He smiles and slides out of bed.

Morgana pouts, "Can't you stay for a few more minutes?"

Merlin smiles and shrugs at her, "I am a servant, Milady... I cannot refuse an order from you."

At this, Morgana grins gleefully. "Then get in bed. I'll deal with Arthur when he comes looking for you."

"Is that an order?" Merlin asks playfully as Morgana pulls him down on top of her.

"Yes," she answers with a peck on his lips. "Now shut up and serve me." She laughs as Merlin begins to kiss his way down her body.

No one ever found out about him being the impostor, but to this day, people are still talking about it. Young children dress up as Knights, boasting not of being a Knight, but of being a brave and mysterious man in armor. She loves watching those little kids running around, pretending to be the man who pretended to be a Knight. Someday, she hopes to see her own son pretending to be the great Man in shining armor. But for now, she's happy and content with having the real one by her side.

Merlin, her servant in shining armor.

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A/N: Hope you guys liked this final chapter. Not much of a chapter, but it's an ending. Thank you so much for reading, and please review! Will be updating my other stories soon!

-McDiggin'It