Everyone that Hangs on a Tree

by Sedentary Wordsmith

A collection of unrelated alphabetically-themed drabbles centered on the trials and troubles of the brothers and those closest to them. Chapter 26: In which Ed counts, and forgives, and dies alone. COMPLETE.

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Welcome, all! This is a little project I've been working on for fun: an alphabetically-themed collection of FMA drabbles all exactly 100 words long! Yay, fun. Some are happy, some are sad, some are thought-provoking, but I hope you enjoy them all.

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Ed does not know whose funeral he is at. He does not know why everyone looks so unbearably sad. He does not know why Al is crying so hard when he should be so happy to finally have his body back. He does not know why Winry is crying harder than he has ever seen her cry. Ed asks the nearest person, Lieutenant Hawkeye, who has died, but the stoic woman does not answer.

Ed does not know why the tombstone at the head of the grave has his name on it, and nobody will answer him when he asks.