a modern AU about driving at midnight and engagement rings and kissing and knowing when you're too late and wishing with all your heart that you weren't {arthurxmerlin} one shot

(Warning - this story includes self-harm and mentions suicide) There's a reason that the young warlock never parts with his long sleeves - some things simply cannot be shrugged off as battle wounds. Can his friends help him back to the light - or is it too late for Merlin to save himself?

When Merlin and Arthur go out on their own to fight unknown dangers, they are ambushed by bandits. What will Arthur do when Merlin is captured - and will Merlin's loyalty hold, even when his own body betrays him? After all - there is only so much pain one man can endure. Set around Seasons 3-4 (Rated T for violence & some torture scenes)