Title: I don't catch on fire (but I love you still)
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 7182
Beta: Thanks to
aeris444Disclaimer: I don't own Merlin or any of the recognisable characters. They all belong to the BBC and Shine TV. I only borrowed them.
Summary: Arthur's known he's different since his teen years, when everyone around him was talking about sex and he just didn't get it. When he married Gwen, he hoped things would change but everything went awry. Now the council is pressing him to find a queen and produce an heir and he finds himself unable to go through another disaster. In his quest for a cure, he'll find something else entirely.
Note: If you're uneasy about the word cure in the summary, I just want to make it clear that the fic never implies that a cure for asexuality exists or that it's an illness or anything along those lines.
Also, I'm totally aware that my characters confuse sexual attraction and libido but since Arthur experiences none of them and given the settings, I couldn't really make them knowledgeable of everything about asexuality. I hope that won't offend anyone. (If you have no idea what I'm talking about but are interested in knowing more here's a
glossary of terms related to asexuality and if you want to know more about asexuality in general,
this is a very good place to start).
Finally, the first part of the title comes from a song about asexuality by Dearlie. Chek it out
here( I don't catch on fire (but I love you still)Collapse )