Hmm...well, these drabbles are turning out to be less crack-drabbles than they are just drabbles on mostly ignored pairings : D Oh well.
I started writing other drabbles of less obscure pairings but...I've been lazy and haven't posted them...eh heh...
Dustwind: Glad you like. I've never seen anyone write BarryAi either, but I know there's a bunch of shippers out there...that and BarryFalman... O.o;; lol. I've seen all the anime episodes and read all the manga chapters (up to chapter 48) to date. There's probably a mob of Ran Fan/Lin fans out there somewhere (I mean, how could there not be?) but I read a LinEd drabble a while ago...heh, kinda bizarre, but it was funny. I think fireun wrote a drabble challenge involving Mei, Ed and a pink ribbon which I couldn't hope to beat but...I am hopelessly in love with Xiao-Mei. The panda. That Alphonse stole. It was my idea first though... ; P
Hmm...there's lost of RanFan/Lin angst to be written now too, what with the whole arm-thingy, automail and etc etc. I love all the Xing characters...
Playing By The Rules
A bit of a spoiler for the end of Chapter 34, and I don't know if Solaris is what her name is supposed to be, but that's what the scanlations I read said, so...I hope it's still fairly obvious who she is.
And Jean is spelt Jean. Just because. Not Jon, John or - for some odd reason - Jan. Because I started reading Les Miserables in French and if it's not Jean I can't have a laughing fit every time I think of Jean Valjean. Lol. Most awesome name ever.
It just struck me recently that I have absoloutely never seen this pairing done before. If anyone knows someone who's written about them, send me review ; P
He was slightly late getting to the café, so he stopped by a flower shop to pick out a bouquet. The Rules stated that a gift was required for failing to meet the arranged time of meeting with a lady. And he was really hopeful about this date. About the woman he was dating.
He spotted her, sitting alone at a table. The Rules required that he put out his cigarette, respectfully. When he called out to her, she smiled, purple eyes gazing fondly at him.
He loved her eyes. They were narrow, cold and calculating but when she glanced at him, those unfathomable, violets depths softened endearingly. Sometimes, if he looked hard enough, her pupils almost seemed slits, like a cat's.
She was mysterious. Exotic.
The Rules had no explanation for why she was with him.
She was wearing a silken black dress with silver lining that looked like it might have imported from Xing, not too fancy but complimenting her figure nicely, along with the hand gloves she was never without.
"Have you been waiting long?"
Her hair fell in graceful, elegant curls, framing her pale, smooth face in darkness. "No, I just arrived."
Her lips, black with her lipstick, quirked upwards in an almost indiscernible smirk.
"How was your meeting, Jean?"
As he sat down and changed the subject, he couldn't help but give her an appreciative look.
Solaris had always been an exceptionally beautiful woman.
Hopefully, if he played by The Rules, she would stick around.
Because she had a combination of looks and knowledge that was hard to come by in people.
Keen intelligence. And an alluring appearance.
Kind of like a black widow spider.
But Jean Havoc wouldn't have compared Solaris to a spider. He wasn't really an animal person, after all. He didn't personally think of twitchy little spiders as beautiful.
If he had asked Sergeant Major Fuery however…
He would have been told that while black widows are inarguably fascinating and quick-witted, they are most definitely beautiful. Deceptively beautiful. And undeniably dangerous.
To underestimate an opponent is a dangerous thing to do, as well.
But The Rules never mentioned that.
And Jean Havoc had terrible luck with women.
--Owari--
--Fin--