Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ Automail ❯ Words ( Chapter 3 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Words

They had to be the most powerful words in the human language.

Those three monosyllables struck fear into the hearts of many a person, sending an electric tingle of anticipation and even dread up their spines. Though, even within that trepidation, there was a small sparkle of hope and readiness, a craving to prove yourself.

Yes, with those three words, that morphemic utterance, you could get a person to do anything you wanted.

Edward Elric smiled to himself as he watched Roy struggle to remove his now-stuck head from between two rails of the stairway banister at his estate. The Flame Alchemist growled down at the sweetly grinning face and yelled, “You got me into this Fullmetal—you mind helping me out?”

The blonde just shrugged, still smiling up at his lover. “Nah . . . I think I'm good right here.”

Pausing for a moment in his tussle with the railing, Roy whipped his hand out and snapped, attempting to set the chibi-alchemist aflame. Unfortunately for him, Edward knew that his lover was one to resort to violence if he got aggravated and, ever the promoter of fire-safety, had removed the Flame's ignition gloves prior to their little game.

Roy howled in frustration and picked up where he had left off in his fight with the balustrade. Ed just laughed quietly at his lover's predicament.

Yes, indeed . . .

`I dare you' really were the most powerful words that man had come up with.

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Tee-hee. That really was short. Poor Roy . . . Don't get me wrong, I love him terribly . . . but I love picking on him just as much!