Just Two Normal People...

RoyEd Just a little bit of fluff...


The best part about sending FullMetal away on assignments was the look on his face as the train pulled up to the station and he spotted him standing there, waiting. Sometimes it took him a while to find him, as Roy was oddly inconspicuous when not wearing his military uniform. For those few brief minutes they were just two normal people. Not a colonel and a major, dogs of the military, human weapons, or even alchemists. Just two regular, ordinary people.

Roy leaned against a lamppost waiting idly for the train to pull in. After about 45 minutes of standing there, he began to get tired of standing, so he sat down on a nearby bench.

The train rolled lethargically up to a complete stop, and Roy looked up and checked his watch. This was definitely his train, 3:45, right on time. He stood up and arched his neck over other people's heads, trying to get a look through several windows. Just barely sticking out over one of the windows was a small piece of yellow hair; there was only one person that could possibly be that short. Roy smiled; this was one of the few, genuine smiles that he had.

As always, Ed walked off the train and took a few moments to spot him. He caught sight of the man, who looked strangely unfamiliar in a civilian outfit.

"Oi!" he yelled in Roy's general direction, and waved, just to make sure that it was actually Roy. He didn't know what he would do if he had just walked up to some random person.

This was one of the few times that Ed didn't mind being seen in public with Roy. It was a crowded, busy place, and no one would recognize them unless they were specifically looking for them. Sometimes Ed would even pull his braid out so that he would look more like a girl. For some reason he still hadn't gotten over being seen with another guy, and although he wouldn't admit it, this hurt Roy slightly for some reason.

"Roy!" Ed bounded up to him excitedly and planted a kiss on his cheek. Roy smiled affectionately, and then both of them reverted back to their normal personalities. Edward began ranting on all the perfectly horrible things that had happened to him in his absence, and Roy nodded occasionally, pretending to listen.

"Mmhmm.. that's nice.." Roy said absent-mindedly while Ed was griping about how the food on the train was crap.

Ed stopped at that comment.

"You're not even listening to me!" he yelled at him. "Do you even know what I was saying?"

"I know exactly what you were saying. You were griping and complaining about god-knows-what, and honestly, I don't really care."

"Fine." Ed pouted. "Then what oh-so-interesting things happened to you while I was gone?" he replied sharply and sarcastically.

"Well… nothing really. Paperwork, paperwork, promotion, oh! And more paperwork. The usual."

A sudden, cold wind blew down the street that they were walking on. Roy almost shivered, but kept on walking. He zoned out a little and pulled his arms in a little closer to him.

"…otion! So what rank does that make you now?" was what Roy heard as his hearing returned to him.

"Roy?" Ed paused. "Are you alright?" He had a worried expression on his face.

"Yeah… I'm fine… just a little cold…" He pulled Ed closer to him, and Ed really couldn't say that he minded, but how could Roy be cold on a day like this? It was 70 degrees on a sunny day in March.

Ed didn't sweat the details. It felt nice being so close to Roy, and he put his head down onto his shoulder. They walked for a long while in silence, enjoying the peace they could have by being two normal people for once… two normal people…


He opened his eyes, and found himself in his office. H-how did he get here? He lifted his head off of the desk to see a familiar shape in front of him.

Ah! My watch!

It shined in the barest sliver of moonlight that had forced its way into the room. He traced the smooth, metallic circular shape that was so familiar, and managed to get it open after a few tries to check the time.

11:13?

Judging by the darkness that surrounded him, it was night.

His eyes had just caught a glance of something that he hadn't noticed was on the inside of his watch before when the door opened and a familiar shape loomed in the doorway.

It was Riza. In civilian clothing. With a peculiar expression on her face that Roy had never seen before.

"We found you asleep, shivering on one of the benches at the station…. And we couldn't get into your house… so we brought you here…" she looked like she was on the verge of tears – definitely not an expression one saw from the First Lieutenant every day.

He looked back to the interesting engraving in the pocket-watch. His features were struck with horror when he saw what was written. He closed the watch slowly and set it down near the front edge of his desk.

He tried to keep himself from collapsing into an emotional breakdown, but he wasn't going to fool anyone. He put his head in his hands and looked at the watch, trying to cover up the steady flow of tears from god-knows-what. He felt the wetness on his lips and tasted the bitter salt of his tears. Drops stained the immaculate paperwork beneath him.

It had never occurred to him that if he sent FullMetal out on an assignment, that he might not come back.

Riza just stood there, unable to think of anything that she could do to try and comfort him. He was alone, for the first time in his life, and she couldn't do a thing about it.

It was just two simple lines of text.

Don't Forget

3.Oct.11.


...and a helluvalotta angst...!

I cried when I was typing this. My nose is still kinda sniffly... How is it that I can kill Ed so easily, but I haven't managed to kill Roy yet? Yet. I can't belive I just said that!

'Taters