Title: Trying For Forever
Characters/Pairings: Edward Elric/Roy Mustang
Rating: PG-13 for angst.
Word Count: 271
Disclaimer: All characters depicted in sexual situations in this post/fanfiction/fanart (including material in the comments) are fictional and are intended to be and considered to be by the author of said material of the legal age of consent in the United States, regardless of what age these characters may be in the material they are derived from.
Notes/Warnings: unbeta-ed; tenth in one hundred themes for the Fullmetal/Flame pairing. The theme today is "Forever".
"I can't promise forever, Ed."
Bewildered, tears sprang to Ed's eyes, unbidden. He shook his head, blond ponytail swinging as he tried to understand the words he was hearing. He couldn't. Without a word in response, he turned on his heel and fled the building.
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Edward had been sitting outside on a hill overlooking the streets of Central City, trying to understand what Roy had meant. Surely he couldn't have been implying that Ed would be discarded for something better. No, that certainly wasn't it.
Tears coursed down his cheeks. He wrung his hands in front of him as his mind came up with worse ideas than that. He couldn't handle it if that were the case…
Boots hit the soil as the dark haired man walked towards the blond he'd been looking for since he'd spoken that horrible truth. Hands in his pockets, he stood behind Ed. They both knew he was there. They both thought the other would speak first. It was quiet for a long time.
"I didn't mean…" Roy couldn't finish. He cleared his throat, preventing himself from sounding too emotional.
"What did you mean?" Even to his own ears, Ed sounded pitiful. Roy took a deep breath, looking over the view they had but not really seeing it.
"I meant that I'll try."
Ed's head hung and his crying continued silently. Roy's eyesight blurred as tears filled his eyes. They stayed that way for a moment before Edward composed himself enough to respond.
"That's all I ever asked for." Ed stood and turned, flinging his arms around Roy's neck and burying his face in his shoulder.
Tomorrow's Theme: "Threshold"