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scriveynerTitle: Going Solo
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
AU: Reverse'verse
Characters/Pairing: Ed/Rian
Rating: T
Length: 345
Summary: "You are aware that I'm an adult, right?"
“You are aware that I’m an adult, right?” Rian asked, leaning in the door to Edward’s office, both hands braced on the door’s frame. It was a casual question, but it dripped so much malice that Lieutenant Havoc stood up quickly and excused himself.
Edward sighed deeply - he was tired, and now was not the time for the fight that Rian had clearly been brewing all day. The kid could stew with the best of them (and Edward should know, being one of the best at it), and right now he couldn’t even think of the one-off comment that must have provided the fuel for this fire. “Can this wait until later?” he asked, rubbing a gloved hand over his eyes. “You can scream at me tonight, I don’t care, I just have to get this situation sorted out-"
Rian stepped in the room, and closed the door. He didn’t slam it though, that was a good sign - and then he too, sighed. "Dammit,” he said. “I’m a fucking State Alchemist, colonel - I should be out there helping, not in here doing whatever-the-fuck you think I should be."
Oh. That explained it a bit more. Edward lifted his hand and looked at Rian. "Three people are dead,” he said grimly. “I don’t want you out there."
"Soldiers,” Rian said. “Not alchemists with ranged attacks."
"Men,” Edward said, his voice cold. “With guns. And bullets. It doesn’t matter if they’re soldiers or State Alchemists, people are getting killed and you are not going out there to join them."
"You can keep saying that if it makes you feel better,” Rian put his hand on the doorknob. “But you’re not going to stop me."
"Are you disobeying a direct order, Gale Alchemist?"
Rian’s eyes flashed. "Hell yes, I am.”
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
AU: Reverse'verse
Characters/Pairing: Ed/Rian
Rating: T
Length: 345
Summary: "You are aware that I'm an adult, right?"
“You are aware that I’m an adult, right?” Rian asked, leaning in the door to Edward’s office, both hands braced on the door’s frame. It was a casual question, but it dripped so much malice that Lieutenant Havoc stood up quickly and excused himself.
Edward sighed deeply - he was tired, and now was not the time for the fight that Rian had clearly been brewing all day. The kid could stew with the best of them (and Edward should know, being one of the best at it), and right now he couldn’t even think of the one-off comment that must have provided the fuel for this fire. “Can this wait until later?” he asked, rubbing a gloved hand over his eyes. “You can scream at me tonight, I don’t care, I just have to get this situation sorted out-"
Rian stepped in the room, and closed the door. He didn’t slam it though, that was a good sign - and then he too, sighed. "Dammit,” he said. “I’m a fucking State Alchemist, colonel - I should be out there helping, not in here doing whatever-the-fuck you think I should be."
Oh. That explained it a bit more. Edward lifted his hand and looked at Rian. "Three people are dead,” he said grimly. “I don’t want you out there."
"Soldiers,” Rian said. “Not alchemists with ranged attacks."
"Men,” Edward said, his voice cold. “With guns. And bullets. It doesn’t matter if they’re soldiers or State Alchemists, people are getting killed and you are not going out there to join them."
"You can keep saying that if it makes you feel better,” Rian put his hand on the doorknob. “But you’re not going to stop me."
"Are you disobeying a direct order, Gale Alchemist?"
Rian’s eyes flashed. "Hell yes, I am.”
