Snuggle

Nov. 22nd, 2009 01:53 pm
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Title: Snuggle

Rating: G

Summary: "Arthur blinked awake to the rather bizarre sight of Merlin dressed up as a giant teddy bear." In which there are teddy bears. And hot chocolate. And snuggling. Not necessarily in that order.

Pairing: Arthur/Merlin

Warnings: Um...gooey!fluff warning? IDEK

Beta: None

Notes: Inspired by this Pudsey!AU fic by [livejournal.com profile] eos_rose and the following comment from [livejournal.com profile] rotrude: Can I say that I adore you for writing this? Morgana being in the habit of filching Pudsey? Arthur making a teddy bear out of Merlin? I loooooove this. I want to print this and read it once a day. Thanks for sharing!!!!

Naturally, I couldn't resist. *headdesk*

This is set in the St. Stephen's Island series. Other fics in the series are here, and information about the series can be found here.

~*~


Arthur blinked awake to the rather bizarre sight of Merlin dressed up as a giant teddy bear. Puttering around the on-call room in a big, white bear suit with a red heart on his chest, a bear head and mouth hanging off the back of it like a hood, he looked ridiculous.

And it really said something that this wasn't one of the most unusual things he's seen when dealing with Merlin.

"What the hell are you dressed as?" Arthur groaned awake, sitting up in the small bunk, careful not to hit his head on the bunk above him.

"Arthur!" Merlin greeted with a cheery grin. "Evening!"

"Why the hell are you dressed like that?" Arthur asked again, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes as he swung his legs off the bed.

"I volunteered to dress up for the kids," Merlin said, grinning. "God, it was fun, they loved it. Great to see them in the play wards, too. Those twins who have cancer? They're in remission, and this girl with the aortic valve stenosis is recovering so well, she's even amazing us! And this kid with endocarditis nearly died a few days ago, so it was absolutely wonderful to see him up about about again..."

Arthur rolled his eyes as Merlin continued chattering on and on about his pediatric patients, and he smiled as Merlin set a steaming mug of hot chocolate in front of Arthur.

"You know you look ridiculous, right?" Arthur said, even as he lifted it up and sipped from it gratefully.

Merlin rolled his eyes, and stuck out his tongue - which Arthur did not focus on - and stood back, before saying, "Close your eyes."

Arthur frowned. "What?!"

"Close your eyes!"

Eyeing Merlin warily, Arthur set down the mug and did as instructed, and heard Merlin pad over to the corner by the loo, and come back a moment later, to which Arthur heard him stand on the other side of the coffee table in front of him, before he said, "Okay, open!"

Arthur opened his eyes and felt his eyebrows promptly shoot up into his hairline as he spied Merlin standing before him in that ridiculous bear suit, holding a matching white teddy half his size actually holding a big red heart in its arms, complete with "I WUV YOU" plastered across the front.

"What the hell...?" he asked, eyebrows slowly lowering.

Merlin grinned. "You always complain about having no one to cuddle with whenever I get called away. Well, this is my answer."

Arthur snorted dubious as Merlin pulled up the hood to the stupid bear suit. "Some girl remembered seeing this in her attic when she saw me, so she pestered her parents to clean it up and give it to me, today."

Now Arthur shook his head in amusement. "Of course, Merlin, only you..."

It amazed Arthur, sometimes, that Merlin could be such an intelligent doctor at times, and yet be equally capable of idiotic things like this. He took in the sight of Merlin sitting on the bed beside him, holding a giant teddy bear that matched his stupid suit and couldn't help but laugh.

Merlin took this well, setting the bear on the end of the bed, before poking and prodding Arthur back onto the bed, and laying down beside him. Too tired to really argue much, he just conceded and wrapped his arms around around Merlin, pulling down the hood to press his face into Merlin's hair.

"We probably don't have long 'til we're paged, again," Arthur said.

"You're the one who wanted to work Trauma," Merlin grumbled. "You could've been a pediatric nurse and worked with me! It would've been brilliant, working together through all this hell and then meeting up in my office for a mid-day shag-"

"I work well in Trauma," Arthur said. "All the adrenaline is good for me."

"And the stress? That's not good for you."

"And watching children die every other week is? Look, both our jobs suck and we'll never leave them unless someone holds us a gunpoint. Just get some sleep, you giant teddy bear."

Merlin turned with a grin on his face, and he leaned in to kiss Arthur's lips, before turning back and snuggling in for the short haul they had.

Date: 2009-11-22 11:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arithilim.livejournal.com
Thank you.

I feel much more warm and fluffy now ^_^ I may not have a huge meltdown now, lol. *cuddles teddybear!Merlin*

Somehow, this make me want teddybear!Arthur...I mean, it'd be such a noble thing to do...

Date: 2009-11-23 01:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nyxelestia.livejournal.com
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I write fic for you and this is how you repay me? By siccing more plot-bunnies on me?

*runs away sobbing and screaming from the plot bunnies*

Date: 2009-11-23 01:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arithilim.livejournal.com
*sigh*

If I write a teddybear!Arthur companion piece, will you stop your whining?

Date: 2009-11-23 03:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nyxelestia.livejournal.com
*nods overenthusiastically* uh-huh, uh-huh!

^♥^

Date: 2009-11-24 02:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arithilim.livejournal.com
holding a matching white teddy half his side

*cough* I think 'side' is supposed to be 'size' *cough*

Date: 2009-11-23 08:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lady-drace.livejournal.com
D'aaaawwwwwwwwwwww. *is melted from cute*

Date: 2009-11-23 01:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nyxelestia.livejournal.com
Told you. ^_^

Date: 2009-11-23 06:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rotrude.livejournal.com
Squeeeeeeing! You did it; you went and wrote a Merlin's a big teddy bear storysand it's actually ten kinds of sweet and also realistic, given that he has the best of reasons to appear in that costume. Merlin à la Patch Adams works terribly well. The most adorable particular was the I WUW YOU on little teddy's heart. I melted.

Date: 2009-11-24 12:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nyxelestia.livejournal.com
Yeah, realism tends to be one of my priorities in fic. But, the AU was fun to write like this.

And, for the record, I did put up a goo warning. ^_^

I'm glad to hear you liked it, especially since you inspired the fic. :D

Date: 2009-11-24 01:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rotrude.livejournal.com
Oh, but I love goo above all things so for me the warning was sort of enticing.

I left a slighlty weird sentence for a comment and you built a little world around it; I'm awed.

Date: 2009-11-24 11:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nyxelestia.livejournal.com
*shrugs* I'm made of plot bunny bait, apparently. Sometimes, all it takes is a word to get me going. I mean, honestly - my Rapture series was inspired by schoolwork, and I've inspired porn after a plot bunny came from the word "indeed". It's rather pathetic, actually. :D

Date: 2009-11-23 10:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pianeko.livejournal.com
I WUV YOU!!!! Ooh...i want my Merlin!bear now ^^

Date: 2009-11-24 12:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nyxelestia.livejournal.com
Sorry - Arthur's got him, now, and I don't think he's willing to relinquish him any time soon. =^+^=

Date: 2009-11-24 03:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] becsx.livejournal.com
Awww! I want my very own Merlin teddy bear to snuggle up with! I'm never going to be able to sleep without it now.

Great, fluffy goodness :D

Date: 2009-11-24 11:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nyxelestia.livejournal.com
I'm afraid Arthur's not too willing to give up his teddybear!Merlin, so you're kind of out of luck, there...sorry! It's just...it's Arthur. :D

Date: 2009-11-24 07:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dk323.livejournal.com
Awwww! Teddy bear!Merlin was so sweet. :) I'm glad you wrote this. I love the reason why Merlin dressed up as a giant teddy - he'd definitely do something like that. :)

Can't go wrong with a fic where they end up snuggling together.

I wonder if this fic idea has been done: both Arthur and Merlin are actual (talking, of course) teddy bears. That would be crack!fic of the highest order. I'd so read that. :p

Date: 2009-11-24 11:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nyxelestia.livejournal.com
I wonder if this fic idea has been done: both Arthur and Merlin are actual (talking, of course) teddy bears. That would be crack!fic of the highest order. I'd so read that. :p

What about writing it? :D

Date: 2009-11-24 09:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dk323.livejournal.com
What about writing it? :D

Oh, it's so tempting to... I can just see Teddy Bear!Arthur waving a sword about and Teddy Bear!Merlin conjuring a little pony/unicorn to ride on.

I don't even know! :P

Date: 2009-11-25 12:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nyxelestia.livejournal.com
There, see? You already have the idea, now write it out! :D

Date: 2009-11-24 10:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lastfallen-hope.livejournal.com
awwwwwwwwwwwww
i swear that is so cute
i could just imagine merlin with like this HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE (beautiful may i add) grin on his face. lool what a cutie :)
loved it

Date: 2009-11-24 11:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nyxelestia.livejournal.com
Thank you. :D

Date: 2009-11-24 10:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] frames-in-aria.livejournal.com
D'awwwwww..... Merlin as a bear and him giving Arthur teddy bear and them snuggling together = ♥

Date: 2009-11-24 11:58 am (UTC)

Date: 2009-11-28 07:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sprout19.livejournal.com
Aww that's... that's just so... CUTE *tries to dodge stampede of cute fluffy plot bunnies and fails miserably*
Love the 'I WUV YOU' bear, I can imagine Merlin giving it but I cant imagine Arthur cuddling it... until no one's around and he misses Merlin too much not to bury his nose in the white fur that smells like his love... aww, now I'm fluffing myself out (wth? ^^)
Love your fics, 'specially the cute ones ^-^.
Have fun x

Date: 2009-11-28 08:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nyxelestia.livejournal.com
Hey, if you want to write a fic with Arthur caving in and cuddling up to the bear, feel free. You've apparently already got the plot bunnies after you, and I'm sorry to say this, but better you than me. :D I've got too many to deal with as it is. *headdesk*

Date: 2009-11-28 11:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archaeologist-d.livejournal.com
That was sweet. I love that Merlin dressed up for the kids.

Date: 2009-11-28 01:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nyxelestia.livejournal.com
:D Thank you. ^_^

Date: 2010-12-28 03:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] okydoky.livejournal.com
So cute! :D

Date: 2010-12-28 07:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nyxelestia.livejournal.com
Thank you. :)

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