#i love gwen rowley's king arthur <3 i wish she had written a book about him and guinevere :(

[adhd-merlin]

Ever After

Fandom: Knights of the Round Table: Lancelot (Gwen Rowley) Relationship: King Arthur/Queen Guinevere Tags: Established Relationship, Sexual Repression, Miscommunication Words: 4800 Summary: A missing scene from Gwen Rowley's novel Lancelot. Since I didn't get the Arthur/Guinevere reconciliation scene I wanted, I wrote one myself.

Note: You can read Lancelot here—the entire book, or even just Chapter 38 (p. 222), of which this fic is a direct continuation. If you want to give this fic a go but can't be bothered with all that, I've summarised the Arthur/Guinevere subplot in the author's end notes on AO3. Many thanks to @queer-ragnelle for uploading and sharing this novel <3 You can find more books about Arthuriana on their blog, including Gawain, which is part of the same series and a fun retelling of the tale of Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady (and can be read on its own.)

EXCERPT:

Arthur banged his fist on the door, with a force matching the pounding in his chest. “Guinevere!” The loudness of his own voice startled him, and he took a deep breath to calm himself. There were enough rumours going around already—the last thing they needed was for someone to overhear the king begging to be let into his wife's chamber.

“Guinevere,” he repeated, more quietly, but no less firmly. “I order you to open. We must talk.”

The door was yanked open so swiftly that Arthur almost lost his balance. He caught himself upon the doorframe before he could fall against Guinevere, who now stood in front of him, regarding him with an icy fury that would have made a man of lesser courage shrink in fear.

Arthur couldn’t think of any other occasion in which he had ordered Guinevere to do anything, and it was clear that she resented him for doing so now.

“What more is there to talk about, my lord?” she said, coldly. “I’ve confessed everything I’ve ever kept from you. There is no more to be said.”

She made as if to close the door again, but Arthur stopped it before she could slam it in his face. “I rather think there is. And I would hear it from you.”

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