Last On The List

by Fullmetalxx

A collection of Drabbles, one shots and short stories. Multiple characters used and multiple situations. Just a way to let the inspiration flow. .I do not in any way own FMA. RoyAi and other pairings to come.

2. Showing Weakness

Two.

Showing Weakness.

Characters Included: Edward Elric.

The water poured down and the blood that was caked on his skin melted off into a stream of water. His eyes watched the little red ribbon flow down the drain and he felt a sense of relief as it disappeared. Edward Elric had returned from from the endless fighting that raged outside, and it seemed like the only comfort he could find was the kind that a hot shower would give him.

The water fell, and all he wanted was to collapse on to his knees and watch all of it disappear through the drain. Anything that could keeps his eyes and mind preoccupied. But he didn't. He stayed standing in the water, and it was too hot for him. But he didn't care. The water belted onto his skin, leaving it red, but he had endured much worse.

It was the only place that he could show his weaknesses and fears. The tiny space confined him and left him alone, and that's how he wanted it. He wanted to break loose and let those emotions free. The ones he felt so strongly deep inside of him.

His washing was finished, but he didn't want to leave the shower just yet. Outside was cold and crawling with people. He liked the isolated area that he was in, and so he backed up and sat against the back wall with the boiling water falling onto his head. He wanted that water to beat everything out him. All the pain, the loss, the regrets; all of it. The feelings of weakness and abandonment. All those feelings he knew he could never share with anyone else. Not even Al, he didn't think he head the heart to tell him. He had to be the strong one, the one that would never break.

The droplets dropped down into his long hair and he closed his eyes, enjoying the small feeling of washing away every thing that felt dirty and wrong.

But soon his moment of bliss would be over, and he'd have to keep all of his weaknesses to himself again.

Edward stood and turned the blazing water off. Stepping out of the shower, he grabbed a towel and draped it over his head. He looked straight ahead and saw the steamy mirror, and just barely he could see his reflection. His golden eyes stared back at him, drilling a hole in to his chest.

End

Simple as that. Ed takes a shower and goes through some emotions. I should really try to write something happier.... It's not one of my best, but I liked the idea a lot.