"If she got through those trials in her future and still loves you despite them all, what makes you think she'd change her mind this time?" Merlin said, trying to reason with him. There was just something wrong with seeing Arthur doubt himself like this, and it tore at Merlin.

"If you don't want to love her, then show her what she means to you. Show her that you're willing to go through courting her all over again, because that's how much she means to you."