For Your Entertainment

[ayoungboy]

The circus comes into town in the late afternoon. It's a quiet caravan, but the whispers start immediately. It's not a regular circus. This one - this is the Camelot circus. One of the most esteemed traveling acts in the country, and not for the faint of heart. This one has a flaming sword eater and a terrifying magician.

A few brave people try to peek at the preparations, but once the big tent is up, all that can really be seen are food stands being set up, and a few podiums for acts unknown. Everything else is hidden from view. You want to see? Come buy a ticket.

Comments

[ayoungboy]

Well, Merlin had no way of knowing. Arthur is a strong man, a very...heterosexual-seeming individuals.

"...I...don't know."

[royalpratness]

"It's because I'm not interested in women." Arthur says, arms crossed over his chest. As homosexuality is a capital offence, this is a dangerous thing to say out loud.

[ayoungboy]

Merlin's eyes widen in shock. "Wh-really? I - are you - you're - "

[royalpratness]

"Yes." Arthur nods his head. "Are you...?"

[ayoungboy]

"...yeah." Merlin admits, slumping with relief. "Wow."

[royalpratness]

Arthur is just a relieved as Merlin. He chuckles, stepping away from the door and towards the bed again. "What are the odds, huh?"

[ayoungboy]

"Very, very slim." Merlin laughs nervously, slowly relaxing into the bed again.

[royalpratness]

Arthur sits down on the edge of the bed, running a hand through his hair. "Still, I didn't mean to, uhm, impose. I was just very tired last night."

[ayoungboy]

"Oh." Merlin smiles a little. "It's okay."

off to yoga class but back later! o/

[royalpratness]

"What's okay?" Arthur's lips twitch up in a grin. " Me imposing on you?" The problem with being a homosexual men is, that you risk death if you act upon it. Hence Arthur had only ever been with another man once in his life, and that was more than ten years ago.

Kk! I should be here :D

[ayoungboy]

Merlin splutters, cheeks flushing red. "I didn't mean - that sounds very - sorry - "

Unlike Arthur, Merlin hadn't dared to be with a man. He'd kissed his friend Will, once, but nothing more.

[royalpratness]

Arthur laughs, shaking his head. "No, don't apologise." Reaching out, he squeezes Merlin, calf.

[ayoungboy]

"But I didn't mind." Merlin finishes quietly, smiling gently.

[royalpratness]

"That's...good." Arthur clears his throat, still somewhat embrassed. "Have you ever been with a man?"

[ayoungboy]

"...no." Merlin admits, twisting his hands and allowing Arthur's on his calf. "Have you?"

[royalpratness]

"Yes, but only once. I was eighteen back then." Arthur smiles fondly at the memory.

[ayoungboy]

"What was it like?" Merlin asks, and does he look a little moony-eyed? Maybe. What, it was allowed maybe.

[royalpratness]

Arthur grins. "Not very refined as you can imagine. But it was...good." Not that he has anything to compare it to, other than sex with women and he never enjoyed that.

[ayoungboy]

"Sounds good." Merlin murmurs to himself. "I've never...told anyone." Even with Will, they never explicitly said it. Played it off as breaking the law, like kids like to do.

[royalpratness]

Arthur sighs. "Me neither. Well, I'm guessing the man back then guessed it." He rubs a hand over his face. "It is such a burden a times, isn't it?"

[ayoungboy]

"Nah, he just thought you were a woman." Merlin laughs a little. "Definitely. Is that why you were with that woman during the show?"

[royalpratness]

"No, she's a friend. I don't think she has any kind of romantic interest in me. It does help though to be seen in the company of a woman from time to time to stop rumours from spreading."

[ayoungboy]

"I suppose it does." He's gone before any rumors can start, and the carnies hardly care. "I never suspected you."

[royalpratness]

"That's reassuring, but also explains why I live like a monk." Arthur chuckles.

[ayoungboy]

"I've heard of...special holes, in taverns. Where people like us can find each other through...activities.."