Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ Sunshine Dreams ❯ Chapter 1

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

This is a repost of a story I had up a couple months ago. I had to take it down because I realized that the way I'd written screwed up my whole plotline. So, here lies the new version. The first few chapters aren't much different, but it does change, so yeah. I'm rambling now, so I'll stop.

Chapter 1:

Sometimes, it hurt Ed to look at Al; to see his mistakes. But he liked to pretend it didn't. For his brother's sake, he'd tell himself. And really, it was true: most things in his life were. But he refused to acknowledge his pain for his own sake, too, and that was what made him angry. So he wallowed in denial of it, both for his brother's sake and his own. Not that he'd ever admit it.
So it was surprise that the day he hugged Roy, truly held him in his arms, whispered all his secrets in the older alchemist's ear, Ed did not come out of denial. For his brother's sake, he told himself. After all, he and his brother could be ever safer if he lacked in weakness. But in that brief second before he hugged Roy, he decided that maybe, just maybe, not everything had to be done for Al. And maybe that was what Al had been trying to tell him all along.
And yet, as he resisted the urge to kiss the older man, another thought came to him: maybe he could do things for Roy's sake too. He buried his face in the crook of Roy's neck and whispered thank-yous and I'm-sorrys, and Roy held him quietly and rocked back and forth as tears streamed down the younger man's face. Ed was no longer in denial; he could no longer deny that. It was still months before he could look at Roy straight again.

Good? Bad? Thoughts and flames are more than welcome, but thoughtless flames will be used to keep warm in the winter.

I disclaim all characters, the anime and manga, and so on so forth.
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