ART: Only honest when it rains [T] Merlin/Arthur

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Title: Art: Only honest when it rains
Recipient:Somethingaboutwriting penningdragons
Rating: Teen
Pairings:Merlin /Arthur
Medium: Watercolours
Content Notes/Warnings: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) Merlin (Merlin) Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) Morgana (Merlin) Aithusia, dragons, Fanfiction Art, Canon Era Alternate Universe, BAMF Merlin (Merlin) Friends to Lovers, Magic Revealed, Hanahaki Disease: Camilla flowers, mutual pining, Angst with a Happy Ending.

Artist's Notes: I had a lovely time reading through all the wonderful prompts Somethingaboutwriting created and it was hard to choose but ultimately my recipient asked for one of their stories to be illustrated so after much reading, I decided to go for, ‘Only honest when it rains’. It has wonderful imagery and lots of pathos, drama and tenderness that I wanted to explore, also I’ve never tackled hanahaki before so that was a challenge.

I really hope you like the four pictures I have painted for you (title page, two illustrations and a divider) inspired by your story and I hope it does your work justice.

Many thanks to Alby Mangroves for being a fantastic art beta and very supportive and generally hugely talented and brilliant and a massive thank you to the mods for organising this fantastic fest.

Summary: Four pieces of Art to illustrate Somethingaboutwriting's story, Only honest when it rains:

Merlin is sneaking off to see a girl. Arthur's handling it very well. That is, apart from these weird flowers he keeps coughing up. . .’

AO3 link to fanwork: https://archiveofourown.org/works/27689963