Invidia: XIX

[lynx212]

Title: Invidia: XIX
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Characters/Pairing: Roy/Ed, one-sided Al/Ed
Verse: Invidia
Author: lynx212 
Words: 288
Rating: T
Genre: Angst/Darkfic
Summary: Roy's instincts war with his logic ...
Random Quote: “Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.”  ~Michael Burke
A/N: Written for the lovely hpfangirl71 because it's her birthday week... I hope you enjoy this one too little lady *hugs again*


Ed didn’t show up in the office.

He hasn’t called and I’ve gotten no messages on his behalf.

Everyone is telling me not to worry that he is probably playing hooky since I undoubtedly wore him out when we were on vacation.

I hope they are right but I can’t shake the feeling that something more than playing hooky is going on. I express my concern to Maes and he is quick to tell me not to worry as well. That if Al was upset then Ed probably chose to stay home to placate him and deal with that situation. When I tell him no one is answering the phone, Maes snorts and tells me I’m acting like girl and that Ed didn’t have to check in with me twice a day especially when he had a moody little brother to contend with. He also reminds me that Ed is a field operative and doesn’t have to report to the office every day.

I sigh in defeat and try to engross myself in my paperwork.

The minutes tick by like days and when quitting time comes Maes’s logic is warring with my gut instinct to track Ed down. In the end I go home thinking he’ll either stop by or call me at some point.

With my stomach in knots and a drink in hand I sit in front of the unlit fireplace and wait.

When I wake up in the den where I’d apparently fallen asleep and neither one has happened, my hearts in my throat. I’ve decided that I’m going to the Elric residence before I even set foot on base.

Fuck logic.

My instincts are screaming so loudly I may go deaf from the noise.

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