Fullmetal Alchemist - An Opening
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scriveynerTitle: An Opening
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Characters/Pairing: Roy/Ed
Rating: T
Length: 324
Summary: What he didn't seem to realize was that Edward was watching him.
Roy Mustang was quite possibly the most guarded person Edward had met in all his travels. He kept his armor up in every situation - on the street, in the office, even the rare times that he himself came to check on the brothers’ progress in the the library. There were no chinks to be found in that silky smooth demeanor, placating yet calculating, and Mustang watched everything with razor-sharp attention.
What he didn’t seem to realize was that Edward was watching HIM.
Edward loved puzzles. It was perhaps a side-effect of his passion for alchemy; what greater puzzle was there than elements themselves, and the perfect configuration of lines that would create the ideal transmutation? And Mustang was a puzzle all right, and that captured Edward’s attention randomly, and wholly.
It was somewhere in there that the dreams started; but like Alphonse, Edward simply pretended that had nothing to do with anything, and his beginning-to-be-daily bolts to the bathroom first thing in the morning were just becoming par for the course.
It all came to a head quickly, with Roy sitting behind his desk sighing melodramatically about Edward’s atrocious report-writing capabilities and Edward just staring at him. Roy looked up, a little nonplussed at the attention, and said something he would likely regret to the end of his days.
“What’s the matter, Fullmetal?” Roy sat forward, one elbow on the desk and his chin in his hand, clearly intending to scare him off with his best sultry, woman-killing smile. “See something you like?"
The air evaporated from Edward’s lungs, he couldn’t have replied if he wanted to. The entirety of his obsession came crashing down on him at once, and everything moved into crystal-clear focus.
He smiled shakily, eyes far too bright as he met Roy’s gaze evenly. "Yes.”
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Characters/Pairing: Roy/Ed
Rating: T
Length: 324
Summary: What he didn't seem to realize was that Edward was watching him.
Roy Mustang was quite possibly the most guarded person Edward had met in all his travels. He kept his armor up in every situation - on the street, in the office, even the rare times that he himself came to check on the brothers’ progress in the the library. There were no chinks to be found in that silky smooth demeanor, placating yet calculating, and Mustang watched everything with razor-sharp attention.
What he didn’t seem to realize was that Edward was watching HIM.
Edward loved puzzles. It was perhaps a side-effect of his passion for alchemy; what greater puzzle was there than elements themselves, and the perfect configuration of lines that would create the ideal transmutation? And Mustang was a puzzle all right, and that captured Edward’s attention randomly, and wholly.
It was somewhere in there that the dreams started; but like Alphonse, Edward simply pretended that had nothing to do with anything, and his beginning-to-be-daily bolts to the bathroom first thing in the morning were just becoming par for the course.
It all came to a head quickly, with Roy sitting behind his desk sighing melodramatically about Edward’s atrocious report-writing capabilities and Edward just staring at him. Roy looked up, a little nonplussed at the attention, and said something he would likely regret to the end of his days.
“What’s the matter, Fullmetal?” Roy sat forward, one elbow on the desk and his chin in his hand, clearly intending to scare him off with his best sultry, woman-killing smile. “See something you like?"
The air evaporated from Edward’s lungs, he couldn’t have replied if he wanted to. The entirety of his obsession came crashing down on him at once, and everything moved into crystal-clear focus.
He smiled shakily, eyes far too bright as he met Roy’s gaze evenly. "Yes.”
