Hello, everyone! It's my turn to take a crack at the Royai 100 Themes Challenge! For anyone who's wondering, I'm not new to the Royai fandom, just to its fanfiction realm. I'm going to try and put one of these out a day, in order. They'll be short drabbles, and as that isn't exactly my forte, they may not be good at first. Anyway, here you go. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: If I drew well enough to own FMA, I don't think I'd be here, so...
1. Military Personnel
"Do you ever regret it, Sir?" she asks as the door swings shut.
"You're going to have to be more specific than that, Lieutenant," he replies, watching as Fullmetal disappears from view.
"Do you regret bringing him here? Telling him to join the military?"
He thinks about it. No, he can't say that he does regret it. It's not that he's heartless, only that the boy would have ended up here on his own eventually, and he might as well have taken under his wing when he got the chance. No, out of all the military personnel he sees regularly, there's only one person he regrets seeing in uniform, even though he knows it's essentially his fault. But she's saved his life more times than he can count because of it, so he can't really say anything against it.
So instead he tells her, "Sometimes," despising himself for the circumstances that allow him to have this conversation here with her, and turns back to his paperwork before his expression can give anything away.
So, there it is! One down, ninety-nine to go... I'm going to need a lot of luck.
Anyhow, click that little button right there and tell me what you think?
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