Room 407, Friday Evening

[bigdamndestiny]

Having promised to make up for the slanderous talk of Francine's cookies, Merlin had tried to set up something romantic for her and him up in his proper room.

It had... mixed results.

He had managed to get candle wax in his only mentioned in one post beard. And had been forced to shave it. He hoped that wouldn't make her upset.

Right now, all he managed in the way of romance was a few candles, a movie he was almost certain was not pornography and some burgers from that Mooby's place. He was getting good at this romance thing if he did say so himself!

[[For the giiiirlfriend]]

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[thatsamilkshake]

Okay so.... when one is requested to sneak up on a Friday night to meet one's boyfriend in the unchaperoned dorms, in one's boyfriend's un-roommated room, one might be forgiven for not being sure what to expect. In a very flaily um omfg way.

At least, one might be forgiven if one is Francine Peters, because come on.

So she might have been doing that toe-shuffling dance thing as she knocked on the door to his room.

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Making certain there would be no more incidents with candles, Merlin rushed over to open it a crack to make certain it wasn't some teacher about to yell for being up here.

"Francine! Come in."

[thatsamilkshake]

"Hi!" Not nervous at all. At all. At--- "Heeeeeeeey."

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"I--um---to make up for saying your cookies were burned," Merlin said, trying not to draw attention to his face.

[thatsamilkshake]

"You shaved your beard off to make up for saying my cookies were burned?" Yeah, good luck with that one, Merlin.

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"No! I--" He waved toward the candles and the bag of burgers and what looked like a DVD of some movie about a woman who finds love with the least likely person and yet is happier for it. "--I got wax in it and ripped out a patch of hair getting it all out."

Ow.

[thatsamilkshake]

"...You waxed your beard." This would go so far to convince anyone who wasn't Francine that Merlin wasn't a girl.

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"Just part of it!" Wait a moment. "And not on purpose! The candle tipped over and..."

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Francine folded her arms. "Uh-huh."

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"Honest!"

[thatsamilkshake]

"Uh-huh." That was an upward twitch at the corner of her lips, yes.

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"I wouldn't just--" Merlin narrowed his eyes at her. "You're just waiting for me to make this worse, aren't you?"

[thatsamilkshake]

She so sucked at holding in laughter.

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"You don't get any of the burgers," Merlin informed her, rolling his eyes.

[thatsamilkshake]

"What if I said you look more like you without the beard," she offered. Because it was true.

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"...you get one."

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"Am I bargaining for more here, or are there only two burgers to start with?" Francine asked, because about certain things she could be surprisingly shrewd.

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"Bargaining," Melrin replied with a firm nod. "I could be convinced to offer more for the right incentive."

He meant a kiss, but... they were them.

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Francine frowned. "I'm not willing to tell you that you'd look good bald, even for a burger, fries and a milkshake. It was be a lie. And lying is wrong."

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"...I meant a kiss. Why would I want to be bald?"

[thatsamilkshake]

Sigh. Would be a lie.

"I don't know. But if I get a burger for saying you look better without the b--" Which wasn't entirely what she said, but that was beside the point because the other part filtered through right about then. "Oh. I'm willing to do that."

Somewhere the toe-dancy nerves had... not exactly died away, but they'd at least retreated to spy on the situation from a distance.

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Where those sort of nerves belonged!

"For a burger." Merlin grinned a bit sheepishly, reaching over for her hand before leaning in for a kiss.

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Afterwards, Francine, who was only sometimes surprisingly shrewd about certain things, admitted, "I would've done that for free, you know."

And somewhere Turtle Wexler facepalmed.

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It was okay, Merlin wasn't going to tell her.

...she scared him a bit.

"I would have given them to you even if you hadn't kissed me."

[thatsamilkshake]

"I know." She sucked at bargaining, too. In addition to the holding in laughter thing.