Heya~ Back with yet another story ^^; I know, I know, I should be updating other stories. But I just gte so many good ideas, and I can't resist writing them~

Anyway, this is a series of Ed-centric one-shots. :3 Because I love Ed. ^w^

Although this is really angsty... T.T (Please forgive me, Ed!)


to fall apart vb 1 to break owing to long use or poor construction 2 to become disorganized and ineffective.


Nii-san.

Al!

Nii-san!

Al, wait, come back! I'm here! Come back!

NII-SAN!

Ed awoke, the cold sweat dripping onto the dirty-white bed sheets beneath him. His breathing was quick, although it came in painful rasps too heavy for his oxygen-deprived lungs to keep up with. It felt like he'd been holding his breath the entire time. Maybe he had. Dancing black spots trickled into the edges of his vision, but he tried his best to push them away. Once he had successfully dragged in enough winter air to keep him conscious, he began to concentrate on his surroundings, as the disturbing dream had knocked him off the road of reality yet again.

He was lying on his side, in a bed he was familiar with. His right shoulder seemed to be in rather a lot of pain, he realised after the dreamy bout of numbness had worn off, so he presumed he was lying on his right side with his automail digging into the skin that had still not completely healed and he guessed never would.

His legs were curled up slightly, his knees being drawn up to around hip height though not making contact with his body. He was clutching onto his pillow with a death grip, as if he was afraid he would die if he let it go. It took him a further few minutes to realise the suffocating feeling he'd had when he first woke up and the reason he couldn't see anything might be connected to the fact his face was buried deep into the creases of the white material.

He slowly withdrew his scarred face from the cunning perpetrator, and sighed, his breath shaking as the realisation of reality hit him.

He was here, at 5:47am, in his military dorm.

Alone.

Nii-san...


Rather short, wasn't it? ^^; Oh well. I'll try and make the next one longer. No guarantees, mind you.

Poor Ed... I had to go and kill off Al in the very first one-shot, didn't I? T.T Never mind, I'll perform human transmutation and resurrect Al for the next one :)

Review~? I wanna know if people like it or not T.T Otherwise I might lose my will to live... (I mean, c'mon, at least add it to Favourite Stories if you like it!)