Standard disclaimer applies. I don't own Fullmetal Alchemist, FMA: Brotherhood, characters, anime or manga. THERE WILL BE SPOILERS! I can't stress this enough. There may be some OOC, I'm taking fairly wide creative liberties with this one… Also, this is a LEMON with something of a plot line. If you are easily offended by gratuitous sex between multiple partners or homosexual encounters, do not read.
A/N: This fic is coming to me in bits and pieces, so instead of having a bunch of scene changes in the middle of chapters I'm probably just going to post it in more of a "drabbles" style. It just doesn't want to flow like some of the others have :( I also don't have an official name for it yet, open to suggestions!
Setting: MU, five years after ending. Grumman has passed and left the office of Fuhrer to Mustang, who promptly raised the rank of all his subordinates. Al has returned from Xing after researching alkahestry and has become Mustang's protégé. Ed officially joined the military, and even though he was no longer a State Alchemist Mustang gave him a high rank and a short leash. Olivier returned to the frozen north even though Mustang offered her a seat on his Council, saying something about how the 'stagnant air in Central was making her weak'. Somehow amidst all the chaos, a single Homunculus has survived, and a certain someone was never paralyzed. Yes I realize this is going to create a plot hole (Who covertly supplied Mustang's coup?) Don't worry, someone went home temporarily and called in a few favors. I know Mustang regains his sight at some point, since the manga ended with Dr. Marcoh having possession of a Philosopher's Stone, but I honestly think Mustang looks badass in an eye patch so I'm going to assume that Marcoh could only restore one of his eyes. It's also an excuse for Mustang to need help with all his paperwork ^_^ This is a sequel to my other FMA fic "Effecting Change". Enjoy!