A/N: This was one I wanted to write for quite some time now, and only got to doing it now.
Disclaimer: I also do not come even close to owning Harry Potter.
Prompt 21: Patronus
Inspiration: Scribbled Stories entry.
Roy silently looked on, chin on interlaced fingers. There was nothing, his eyes were simply wandering around while he was lost in his thoughts.
Some days were just unbearable, he supposed. Today was one of the few ones where buried memories came to the forefront of his mind, and his team knew well to leave him alone when he was in this mood.
He sent a glance at the book lying unassumingly on his table, partially hidden by scattered paperwork. It was the third book of a long series, talking about a fictional world of magic and fantasy.
It was one of his guilty pleasures, no matter what the alchemical inconsistencies present. And it was something he could slightly relate to as well.
Like now, when the dementors of Depression were sucking all the joy out from him.
"Expecto Patronum," he murmured, not expecting anything to happen. The silence continued after that one break, with no silvery light appearing to defend him. Perhaps if he snapped, he wondered. Would he be able to mould fire into the shape of an animal?
The door was opened, not in Fullmetal's usual style of kicking but not his lieutenant's respectful polite way either. It was an exuberant one however, and his eyes shifted to the door.
Maes Hughes noticed the grim look in his friend's eyes and immediately started, "You have to see my darling Elicia, you know! She just turned exactly one and a half yesterday and isn't she the most adorable child you've ever seen?"
In mere seconds, he was in front of Roy, flipping through a photo album as he picked out his daughter's wonderful moments. That was, every single one of them.
Roy's patronus had arrived, shaped as his best friend.
A/N: If you don't know Harry Potter, I'll just explain as shortly as possible. Expecto Patronum is a spell that creates a silvery animal called a Patronus, which guards its user against dementors, who are creatures that suck joy from everything around them. … And that's it.