OKAY BUT have you considered this: Kingsman suits may stop bullets from killing you, but it won’t protect the wearer from getting bruises from the bullets. Did you see how many times Eggsy got shot in Valentine’s lair? A fuckload of times.

Look at that shit. (Gif credit).

He’s going to be covered in bruises. Like, paintball sized bruises. Imagine Harry or Merlin or whoever seeing Eggsy after V-Day just RIDDLED with bruises and they’re freaking out and feeling bad because god that has got to hurt. IMAGINE Harry or Merlin or BOTH of them coddling Eggsy afterwords and making sure he’s comfy and giving his bruises featherlight kisses bc they feel bad that they sent him in there with a very minimal amount of training and just Harry and Merlin spoiling him for being so good on his first “mission”.

So I read a fic a while back where Roxy and Eggsy are in training still, and they’re given truth serum and put in a room (to learn how to evade questions without lying, to build an immunity, whatever). I wanna take that and run with it because imagine this:

Merlin is monitoring them from the other side of a one way mirror and Roxy and Eggsy are just chillin on the floor or whatever when Roxy starts asking about Eggsy’s past and it maybe slips out that he was a rentboy? Or maybe he’s asexual. Or my personal favorite, that he’s genderfluid, and that he won’t dare admit it to Harry or Merlin because he’s sure he’d get kicked out immediately. He admits to Roxy that he’s too afraid to wear more ‘feminine’ clothing or to ask anybody to use different pronouns and he hates it. Roxy doesn’t care, she had an idea that maybe Eggsy wasn’t as ‘Alpha Male’ as he projected.

Once it’s just down to him and Roxy, he gets more comfortable with it. Especially after V-Day now that he’s been made a knight. Meanwhile, Merlin’s kept all this quiet. Eggsy isn’t sure if Merlin knows or not, but he wasn’t kicked out, so he assumes not.

What if Eggsy starts wearing ‘softer’ things. An ornate watch. A pink dress shirt. A gentle heel to his shoes. And every time he does this, Merlin makes sure to complement Eggsy on it. “That color looks good on you, lad.” and “That’s a very nice watch you’ve got.” Merlin is always making sure to quietly encourage Eggsy whenever he dresses like that. Maybe Merlin starts making an effort to use they/them pronouns with Eggsy. It’s subtle enough that the others don’t pick up on it, but Eggsy does, and he knows that Merlin knows. 

What if one day Eggsy comes in with nail polish on. A very translucent, almost unnoticeable color. Some others comment on it, and maybe Eggsy tries to brush it off “Oh, Daisy did that! I was looking after her last night” which isn’t technically a lie, although he was the one painting both his own and Daisy’s nails.

Merlin sees it though. “Your nails look very nice, Eggsy” he says with no malice, no hint of a joke. Merlin just genuinely thinks Eggsy looks nice like that. And of course, Eggsy gets all blushy under Merlin’s complements, as always. And Eggsy knows he can trust Merlin, because he can tell Merlin is being genuine and that Merlin really cares for him.

I don’t know where this came from but think about this: Eggsy gets hurt on a mission, like, really badly. He gets back to base and is in a hospital room and he’s all hopped up on pain killers, so he’s not exactly in his right mind. Merlin comes in and is PISSED. He doesn’t even look at Eggsy, doesn’t acknowledge him, just kinda shuffles around checking to make sure Eggsy isn’t gonna die. Eggsy, as I said, is out of his mind on pain meds, and misinterprets Merlin’s behavior as him being mad at Eggsy (when he’s really just mad that Eggsy got hurt and he blames himself because he should’ve given better directions etc.) And Eggsy can’t stand it. He feels like he let Merlin down by fucking up the mission and he got himself hurt and he’s emotional and exhausted and maybe its that the last few months have been rough, with losing Harry ((or so he thinks)) and V-Day and he just… Bursts into tears. Like, completely blubbering and it freaks Merlin out because that’s the last thing he expected the ever cocky Eggsy to do. So Merlin just stands there dumbfounded like “What’s wrong, lad?! Are you in pain?? Tell me what’s wrong??” and Eggsy is just a mess of “I’m sorry I fucked up so bad! I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry please don’t be mad at me!” And Merlin is taken aback because how could he ever be mad at his Eggsy?? He adores Eggsy! And Merlin is trying to do whatever he can to calm him down. Eventually Merlin finds himself laying in the hospital bed next to the sniveling boy, who’s finally letting the pain meds take him to sleep. Merlin is just laying with him and petting his hair and telling him how good he was and how proud he is (shamelessly feeding Eggsy’s praise kink) until he’s sure the boy is asleep.

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Yeah Harry and Eggsy are nice but have you considered: Merlin and Eggsy. 

Merlin being so used to directing Eggsy on missions that he just kinda does it all the time, but nicer when he’s not on mission.

Merlin getting protective whenever Eggsy comes back from a mission with a cracked rib or a bruised face.

Merlin being a big softie for kids, making Daisy flower crowns when he babysits her maybe.

Merlin letting Eggsy wear his sweaters when he stays the night, which are really too big on Eggsy.

Merlin cooking for Eggsy because Eggsy is USELESS in the kitchen (he can make some pretty mean easy mac though)

Merlin maybe having tattoos and getting really blushy about it when Eggsy sees them one time.

Merlin having a bunch of cats. Especially fluffy cats. Especially fluffy cats named things like “Mr. Fluffy” and “Princess Softie”

All of those cats really like Eggsy.

They like to sit on him when he visits.