#i'm rewatching s1 and i die at the progression their friendship is gonna have

[servingliesarch]

starter call   ♡   @opusregina.

         ❛  You know, Gwen, I don’t know what I would have done without you,  ❜   he says in a light tone, though it’s clear that Merlin means it.  Perhaps he simply needs to tell her now, when it becomes more than clear how much it matters to him that they are friends as they are shoulder to shoulder, elbows deep in the laundry water, long hours after most of the castle is asleep.  Merlin needs her to know, so he nudges her shoulder gently, stealing a fond glance at her profile.   ❛  I mean it, you know   —   dead serious.  I would have surely not lasted as long as I have if it wasn’t for you.  ❜