It had been a long time since he had cried.
Sure, there were dozens of times that he could have cried but he chose not to.
The last time he could even remember crying was when Nina was killed.
It had been a long time since he had cried.
While others were misty eyed, he stood firm and persevered.
He wouldn't waste tears when his own brother couldn't even shed a single one.
It had been a long time since he had cried.
Others cried for him, a certain one with long beautiful blonde hair who kept him moving forward.
However his eyes stayed dry although all of the misfortunes that had crossed his path.
It had been a long time since he had cried.
Crying blinded the weary and he just couldn't afford it.
His determined eyes looked clearly into the future.
It had had been a long time since he had cried.
But as he was pinned to the slab of stone with his flesh arm and his right was destroyed; he saw his brother's now empty shell clattered to the ground in a lifeless heap.
His heart shattered as he screamed his brother's name and his flesh right arm began materializing back and he yanked out the metal of his other arm, tears were streaming bravely down his cheeks.
It had been a long time since Edward Elric had cried.
Just something I felt like writing. XDD