Invidia: XII

[lynx212]

Title: Invidia: XII
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Characters/Pairing: Roy/Ed, one-sided Al/Ed
Author: lynx212 
Words: 298
Rating: T
Genre: Angst/Darkfic
Summary: Ed is a mess after finding out Roy's hurt... but he has his brother shoulder to cry on...right?
Random Quote: “Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious...” ~Michael Stipe

 

 

I can’t believe this is happening. Of all the stupid things to happen, this happens.

As I rush to the hospital after getting the call from Maes I still can’t believe it. They’ve been eating at Lydia’s for more than five years now and everyone there knows Roy can’t have tomatoes. The damn bus boys even take the ketchup off his table as if the condiment could leak through the bottle and get him.

When I get to his room he looks like shit but he’s breathing and that’s all I care about. He’s sleeping and with his limp hand in mine I ask Maes how in the hell this happened.

He’s shaking his head because he doesn’t know and he says no one at the restaurant knows either. They don’t have any new staff and the sandwich Roy ordered wouldn’t have come with tomato even if he hadn’t specified for it not to.

The hand in mine twitches and I look into tired eyes and smile. Roy tries to smile back but with his face swollen as it is he can’t manage it. I stay there at the hospital until they put me out. When I trudge through the door of the house Al is waiting for me just as I expected.

All of the emotions I’ve held in since Maes called me at the office to tell me Roy was in the hospital come tumbling out. I haven’t been that scared in years and I think I’d somehow forgotten what it was like to fear someone this close to me dying.

I tell Al that you don’t realize how much you love someone until you almost lose them. He just lets me ramble as he reminds me that no matter what, I will always have him.

 

 

Comments

[evilchuckles.livejournal.com]

I never would have thought it possible that I would so enjoy and be so gripped by a series where Al is going mad!

I still feel sorry for Al though and I can't help hoping that Ed can work it out and help him somehow. *is soppy*

[lynx212.livejournal.com]

It is odd to see Al in any light that isn't a sweet one and it messes with my head too but I'm enjoying it!

As for the other...only time will tell...

[evilchuckles.livejournal.com]

It's true that in canon Al is a truly decent man but this AU idea of him makes sense. It wouldn't be so strange if years and years in armour with no emotions, always at a remove from real life, and with Ed the only thing to hold onto could have sent him mad. I think that's why this series is having such impact!

[lynx212.livejournal.com]

*blushes* Thanks for the praise my dear.I've always wondered what ill effects being a disembodied soul for years would have on a person's mind...

This is my answer to that question...