Harry Potter/Merlin - PG, pre-slash

Title: were you lost, I would be
Fandom: Harry Potter/Merlin (BBC)/Arthurian legend
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Dickinson.
Warnings: AU for Harry Potter; future! and reincarnation!fic for Merlin; has not been picked through for Americanisms
Pairings: none stated (totally preslash for Merlin/Arthur, though)
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 4475
Point of view: third



(  He was the first wizard in the family, but he’d known all his life there was something different about him. Getting his letter had been a relief, even though only Professor McGonagall’s visit had proven he wasn’t mad. )

First summer