Depressione

😋 Hello, hope you are having a good day. This is after Arthur's death. Merlin falls into depression and starts self-harming. Who will help him?

Arthur had been dead for 10 months. Merlin was still at the lake of Avalon. He sat in the shores of the lake. It was night. The water was up to Merlin's hips. Merlin had found a sharp knife in the bag of supplies that Percival had left the day after Arthur's death. He rolled up his sleeves and brought the knife up to his wrist. He closed his eyes and cut. He hissed as he felt the cut sting. He ignored the pain and cut again and again. Then he did the same to his other wrist. He saw in the moonlight- blood mixing with the water. Merlin sighed as with each cut he felt able to smile. He saw that both of his arms were bleeding a lot. He closed his eyes and sighed in relief.

That morning, Merlin was asleep. His legs were still in the water. His arms were covered in dry blood. Merlin was having a nightmare. He dreamed of Arthur's death. He saw Arthur yelling at him for not saving him in time. He yelled at Merlin for letting him die. Merlin woke up and screamed. He looked around and saw that he was at the lake and Arthur was dead. He sat up and cried. He looked at his arms and realized that he should be dead.

"How am I not dead?" Merlin gasped. Then he grabbed the knife and brought it to his thigh. He cut as deep and long as he could. When he did, blood poured out of the cut. He cut his thighs several times over. When he had cut his thighs to the point that he couldn't see any place to cut, he cried. He sobbed as he let the emotional pain out. For the next month, Merlin self-harmed himself. He got worse. He stopped eating, drinking, and sleeping- not that he really did any of the three. One day, he was having a really bad day. He had fallen asleep and had a very bad nightmare. He woke up and sobbed. He grabbed the knife and cut his arms and thighs. He cut till he couldn't anymore. Then he cut his torso. He cut several times.

When Merlin was done, he sobbed painfully. Then he felt someone put their hands on him.

"It's ok, Merlin. Just let it out." He said.

TBC

Who do you think it is? Tell me before I post the next chapter. 😋