p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strongAuthor's note: So this is a series of "letters" from Roy to Riza. They're probably my favorite pairing in anything ever. But um yeah here you go./strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strongDisclaimer: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist of any of its characters/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"It started the first time we fell asleep together./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"I slept like a soldier – still do, really – on my back, arms and legs straight as boards. You were lying beside me, trying to keep your eyes open. But your exhaustion took over and you drifted away./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"You didn't wrap your arms around me, no; that's not your style. You curled up next to me in the way that you do. Knees bent, arms clutching your chest, cheek pressed against my arm. That's what got me. It was your body, gently resting against mine. I looked down at your face and what I found was grace. You did not look stern or hard or displeased./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"You looked like an angel./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Cliché in oh so many ways, I know. But I can't think of a better way to describe it. I'd never seen anyone look so peaceful and innocent. You captivated me./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"You captured me./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Something inside me stirred. I felt the need to put my arm around your shoulder, or to brush the hair out of your face. I felt that I should take care of you; protect you – as if you really needed the help or protection, silly of me to even put the thought in my mind. But nevertheless I wanted you to know that I was there./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"I didn't do it though, none of those things./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"But I just thought you should know./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"It all began when we were young, and your father was away, and you looked like an angel./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"That was when I began falling in love./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strongThanks for reading. I'll have the next chapter up sometime soon. Let me know what you think if you feel so compelled./strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strongDisclaimer: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist of any of its characters/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"It started the first time we fell asleep together./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"I slept like a soldier – still do, really – on my back, arms and legs straight as boards. You were lying beside me, trying to keep your eyes open. But your exhaustion took over and you drifted away./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"You didn't wrap your arms around me, no; that's not your style. You curled up next to me in the way that you do. Knees bent, arms clutching your chest, cheek pressed against my arm. That's what got me. It was your body, gently resting against mine. I looked down at your face and what I found was grace. You did not look stern or hard or displeased./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"You looked like an angel./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Cliché in oh so many ways, I know. But I can't think of a better way to describe it. I'd never seen anyone look so peaceful and innocent. You captivated me./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"You captured me./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Something inside me stirred. I felt the need to put my arm around your shoulder, or to brush the hair out of your face. I felt that I should take care of you; protect you – as if you really needed the help or protection, silly of me to even put the thought in my mind. But nevertheless I wanted you to know that I was there./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"I didn't do it though, none of those things./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"But I just thought you should know./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"It all began when we were young, and your father was away, and you looked like an angel./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"That was when I began falling in love./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strongThanks for reading. I'll have the next chapter up sometime soon. Let me know what you think if you feel so compelled./strong/p