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fma gen fic

Ok, here's the story.

It's gen, some angst, some fluff. NOT Roy/Hughes, no matter what your reflexes say to the contrary, not past, present or future, amen.

http://www.alltrees.org/hybrid/writing/FMA/AAC.html

There will be more to follow it, though I think the next thing I write *will* be Roy/Hughes, the one Trudy-chan wanted me to write. A stand-alone, I think.

Ed: You said you would do the violin-bunny next!

Emily: I said I might. Not my fault if you guys can't decide whether you want plot or not. And if I work on the Success Arc some more you'll get to have a screaming fight with Roy. *temptingly* You've always wanted to be able to yell at him, haven't you?

Ed: *thoughtful look*

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[squeals] [dances]

You know, the bit I liked the best was the oh-so-casual mention that Al was not automatically all right after being returned to himself. Oooooh, the angst!

[settles in to wait for more, whatever more may be]

*glomps*

I'm firmly convinced that Al will have huge hysterics if/when he's restored.

Not Roy/Hughes....? Whatever you say. It's getting bad when you have to specify.

I really really like this story. Possibly because it's Roy being Roy, without Ed there to confuse his thought processes. I have a deep love for good gen fics.

Okay, livejournal just ate my comment, so fangirling take two.

I really really like this story. Possibly because it features Roy being Roy, without Ed there to confuse his thought processes. It also has a strong Roy/Hughes friendship, which I always enjoy. I have a deep love good gen fics, actually.

Though, seriously, it's getting bad if you have to TELL us it's not Roy/Hughes. Who are you trying to convince, really?

Well, I did need to spend some effort convincing Roy and Hughes...

Seriously, though, I knew, given my work to date, that if I put them in the same bed and *didn't* emphasize the gen aspect I'd have people wanting to know when the lemon would get here. ^_^; And there's not going to be one...

But, yeah, Roy was a lot of fun to write in this one. Thanks!

Please tell me you're picturing a sixteen/seventeen year old Ed here. As much as Al is the center of his world, he doesn't ignore the other people... Or is he waiting until Roy asks him back? Nah, Ed's too smart for that; he's probably waiting for Maas to call him... after all, he said he would look for some field agents; both Ed *and* Al have experience. Once Al is balanced again, he'd be almost as perfect as his brother for troubleshooting. Even if Al doesn't leave Reisenberg after that, Ed's tasted the fruit of knowledge too many times not to want something beyond a small city. To rest, to rejuvenate, to build up the resources, fine. But he won't stay; he can't. Roy and Ed aren't even two sides of the same coin, they're the side of a Mobius strip; they look different, but actually they're the same.

*evil smirk* You're almost as much fun to wind up as Trudy, dear heart. But Ed *will* be back. I think you'll like where this is heading, though it doesn't *quite* match any of your guesses.

I am thinking sixteen, since I can't see the story ending before Ed's next birthday. Ed is holding out for nineteen before he comes back; we'll see.

*chibi glare--you know the one little kids give you for patting them on the head? that one!* You're being mean! But I love you anyway. Ed better be back. Whether shounen-ai or merely shounen, the relationship between everybody is what draws me to FMA, especially how Ed and Roy interact... they challenge each other, in their different ways, to be better than what they were. Frankly, I agree with

ciceqi's observation that it's kinda of like MFU's Napoleon and Illya... if you know that fandom, anyway.

*penitent look* Just teasing, really. But yes, it's actually shaping up in a very interesting fashion; Hughes is, in some part, called to be mediator between Ed and Roy precisely *because* they're so alike.

Never seen MfU, though I've heard a lot about it.

Mediating between two of the most powerful alchemists... and the only thing saving him is the fact the two want to annoy each other, not him.

*snicker* Have Al snark at Roy! *PLEASE* I loved that scene in the After Arc; so cute to watch Roy realize that Al knows exactly why Roy winds Ed up (high amusement factors high), and while he allows some of it, the littlest brother is not going to allow the oldest brother to drive the middle brother completely over the wall. Up it, yes; he enjoys when his brother spazzes too, just not over it.

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Run, Hughes, run!