Third Floor Common Room, Wednesday Afternoon

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It had taken a few moments to figure out the DVD player, but Merlin did as he was told and just pushed buttons until it worked. It was a surprisingly good method.

He sat back, ready to watch this porno thing that Emmett had said would be interesting.

And in the first five minutes, he couldn't quite understand the draw of this sort of entertainment. It was only like Morgana and Gwen in the fact that they looked vaguely similar. The way they talked and the room they were in certainly didn't look like any castle he'd ever seen. And, really, those dresses were just terribly impractical for a lady or a servant. They must be terribly cold--

Merlin's eyes went very big as the dress issue was solved and they ladies started kissing. The only sound he made was the verbal equivalent of a keysmash.

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Merlin nodded slowly, looking away finally. "...does this happen a lot here?"

He certainly hoped so.

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"Do you mean on TV or in real life?"

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"I mean the watching... on accident."

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"This is the first time I know of," Tony said. "Didn't it come in a case? With pictures? They usually do."

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Merlin looked at the blank case. "It just had a title. A Midsummer Knight's Cream."

Yes, Merlin felt nothing was wrong with that.

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"Yeah, okay, you couldn't have known, but that's totally a porn title," Tony said.

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"Really?" He was certain it had been about making butter.

Merlin was also an idiot.

"Are they all named like that?"

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"They're always... suggestive," Tony said. He didn't think Merlin was an idiot. He'd just learned that movies existed; how could he know about porn? "'Cream' is sometimes slang for, uh..." he groped for a term that wouldn't require too much explanation, "sexual dampness?"

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"Oooh." Merlin made a face. "That's disgusting."

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Tony gave him a wry grin. "Yeah, most porn titles get that reaction."

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"I'll make sure to ask you next time someone offers to loan me one of these to make sure it's not... you know."

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"Sure," Tony said. "Especially if it comes from Emmett. Is that the tall, pale guy?"

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"Very tall?" Merlin confirmed. "That would be him."

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"He's in my movie class," Tony said. "Sounds like an ass, if he did that on purpose." He nodded toward the DVD player.

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"He was nice about the Wii... thing." Merlin said.

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"Well, maybe it was a mistake," Tony said, not very convincingly.

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"If not..." Merlin grinned quickly and looked around to make sure no squirrels were listening. "He's not getting his DVD back unmelted."

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Tony grinned back. "Good," he said.