Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ Sometimes ❯ I see the passion in your eyes... ( Chapter 3 )

I see the passion in your eyes…

 

She looked at him with exasperation as he dragged himself to the house. Why did he do this? And why did she put up with him? She knew the answers; he was determined to find the Philosopher's Stone so he could restore his and his brother's bodies back to normal, and his dream had become hers as well. She just wondered when the insanity of this cycle would hit her and she'd stop. For the last four years, it hadn't. Ed would leave, almost get killed, he and Al would return, she'd fix him, yell at him, throw a wrench or two at him, and the pattern would start all over.

She really was tired of this, and she decided to tell him so. But whatever words she'd been planning to say disappeared when he faced her on the front porch. She looked into his amber eyes and saw…for lack of a better word, passion. She instantly recognized that look; he had that look when they were younger and he was learning a new alchemy skill. He had that look when Colonel Mustang left the house and he announced the he would become a State Alchemist. Now that she thought about it, he had that look every time he came back. She'd ignored it; maybe she decided to do that because she knew if she didn't, she'd have to accept the fact that he'd never stop until he'd accomplished his mission. He would give himself and his brother back their lives, or die trying.

She shook her head, and opened the door for them. She willed the tears threatening to fall back into her head. Pinako Rockbell came into the living room, asking, “Who's making all that noise?” Her wrinkled face lit up at seeing the young alchemists. “Go in the back. We'll be in later.” She went to her granddaughter, who was still standing in the door. “Are you alright?” The teenaged mechanic nodded her head and forced a smile. “I have to be, so I can fuel that passion in him…”