Oh, how incredibly heartbreaking! I was very choked up, reading this. Though I confess to wanting to strangle Mordred and Morgana more than a few times--they were very controlling and didn't seem very empathetic to Merlin's feelings. They sort of come across as being self-involved in the way they were forcing Merlin to get over what happened faster than he was ready to...

But Arthur--Arthur was wonderful! I really enjoyed how there was that instant connection between Arthur and Merlin and how Arthur was trying so hard to be respectful of Merlin's feelings. ♥