Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ Lua ❯ Window Reflection ( Chapter 2 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

[working title] Roy centric; no pairing. Concept chapter for the fic inspired by Bright Eyes' "Lua." (rated for eventual sex/violent things)

Anime/Manga: Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Psychological | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 11.15.2005 | Pages: 1 | Words: 602 | Visits: 378 | Status: Work In Progress

Concept chapter for "Lua" fic. All that I can come up with at this point...it will eventually be finished, but don't hold your breath.

Disclaimer: Don't own Bright Eyes' "Lua" or Full Metal Alchemist.

"My Window Reflection"

"When everything gets lonely I can be my own best friend
I get a coffee and the paper; have my own conversations
With the sidewalk and the pigeons and my window reflection
The mask I polish in the evening, by the morning looks like shit."

-Bright Eyes, "Lua"

Many people will tell you that the time when they feel the most lonely is the night. That they're afraid to face the darkness alone.

Don't believe them.

The mornings are the time when I feel the solitude the most. I'm at my most vulnerable, then: half asleep, I reach for the warm body next to me, only to realize that there's nobody there. Or, worse, the person that is there doesn't matter to me in the slightest. Then…I'm more alone than ever.

Then…I wake up to the fact that I am truly alone.

And, for only a moment, the heart of Colonel Roy Mustang, the infamous, fearless Flame Alchemist, skips a painful beat.

I'm not the only one of course. Who knows how many thousands upon thousands of us wake up each morning with the same terrible, aching hollowness in the pits of our stomachs? It's as mundane as it is omnipresent, this empty space that doesn't fade away after my morning coffee, though it leaves the same bitter taste in my mouth.

Can't erase or displace it—nothing doing.

So I brush my teeth and, catching my reflection in the window next to my front door,watch as my mask falls into place.