Welcome!
I'm going to have to explain myself a little here. I really am very sorry to keep you way from the story, but this is just explaining the formatting and the guidelines ect so if you don't want to you can just skip ahead to the first chapter. I would suggest reading this though if you haven't already.
This is a sequel to my story A Source of Hope, which is a sequel to my story Good For the Soul. Together, GTFS and ASOH described the story of Al and Mei from when Al went to Xing at the end of FMA Brotherhood as an Ambassador to the birth of their third child. Mei taught Al alkahestry for some years in Xing, and upon his mastery of it, they left together to explore the Eastern countries. Shortly after arriving back, Al confessed his love for Mei and they began dating (wow, 50 chapters of mindless fluff summed up in two sentences XD). ASOH picked up from that point and went through their marriage and the eventual miscarriage of their first biological child, the adoption of their first and second child, and then the eventual birth of their third child and only biological one. (Another 50 chapters in one sentence.) Liwu, their oldest and only boy, is 8 at the beginning of this story, about nine. Nina, their oldest daughter, is 7, and Emily is only 1. They are currently living in Xing and Al is working as an Amestrian Ambassador.
It follows the same format at GFTS, which, if you are not familiar with it, is an odd mix between a oneshot collection and a chapter story. Each of the chapters follows a particular timeline and situation, but each of them tells its own story, sometimes coupled with a previous or following story. The only main plotline they follow is the story of Al and Mei's lives after all of their children have been born.
I update every Sunday, almost always without fail. The chapters are grouped together based on time periods.
There is lots of EdWin and LingFan and probably more Royai than the other two stories too, as well as other canon pairings. Expect lots of cute fluffy shots full of embarrassing moments. There will be dark moments, (you know, blood, assassinations, pain, small scale heartbreak) but on the whole it's happy. I like happiness.
I'll take a moment here to tell you all up front that I don't Fullmetal Alchemist. I don't, never have, and never will. As sad as that makes me. But I do own this and I hope you enjoy!
