Absolutely lovely. I could see and hear all of this in my head; you really got their characters and voices down. In particular, the bits where Arthur points out Merlin's arguing with him is more than incompetence and asking Merlin to tell him about it someday really struck me as being Arthur.

And Merlin! Oh, poor, darling Merlin. There obviously have to be emotional repercussions for what happened in 1x13 that I'm not sure the show will address, so this was perfect insight into what Merlin goes through after.

The humourous ending was a really nice way to wrap it up, too, even knowing what they know and the whole shift in the dynamic of their relationship, they can still banter like pros.

Er, I will stop talking now. To sum up: Great fic! ♥