“Why don’t you ask for more?”
Grant turned, a look of genuine surprise widening his eyes. “I beg your pardon, Merlin? More of what?”
Strange lifted his hands from his thighs in a helpless gesture. “More magic. I hardly feel I’m earning my keep here, I’ve done so little. It’s been two months since I was last called upon to make a road, three weeks since I was last asked to use my dish to look for anything –”
Title: Distraction
Author: onstraysod
Characters: Colquhoun Grant & Jonathan Strange
Prompt: Jonathan Strange/Colquhoun Grant for the prompt “Why don’t you ask for more?” from Prompt Set #559
Summary: Merlin feels useless during a lull in the war.
Notes: Part of the Conjuring Shadows Prompt Fill Collection by onstraysod. Other Team Peninsular stories in this series:
- Intoxication (Colquhoun Grant/William De Lancey)
- Resurrection (Jonathan Strange & Colquhoun Grant)
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