Disclaimer: I do not own this song nor do I own FMA.
Pairing: Roy/Hughes...It's an oddity to me...
Wind Beneath My Wings
Ohhhh, oh, oh, ohhh.
It must have been cold there in my shadow,
to never have sunlight on your face.
You were content to let me shine, that's your way.
You always walked a step behind.
Roy gave his best friend, Maes Hughes, a tired smirk. "Hiya Roy old buddy!" Maes said cheerfully. Roy's eyebrow twitched and Hughes smiled. "Yes?" To Roy this was always the same game. Hughes would come in all cheerful, and Roy would act annoyed. Maes knew the game well, it was to throw any listener's for a loop and make them just walk away. After a meaningless conversation, the deep depressing info would come out. Then Roy just noticed how much his best friend was in his shadow, how he always held back just for Roy.
So I was the one with all the glory,
while you were the one with all the strain.
A beautiful face without a name for so long,
A beautiful smile to hide the pain.
Roy was always the one with all the glory. Maes always took the strain and hid in his shadows. He'd give Roy a bright beautiful smile that hid all the pain that helping Roy has caused. Even in war with the homunculus, Maes helped showing nothing but loyalty and love for a brother. To the world he was a beautiful face without a name.
Did you ever know that you're my hero,
and everything I would like to be?
I can fly higher than an eagle,
for you are the wind beneath my wings.
Roy admired Maes for all of the help and effort he put in just for him. Roy wished he could be that strong. Roy could fly higher in the ranks then Maes ever could but only with the support of him. Maes got all of the information he needed. Maes was his link to the world around him.
It might have appeared to go unnoticed,
but I've got it all here in my heart.
I want you to know I know the truth, of course I know it.
I would be nothing without you.
Roy smiled as his friend entered his office. "Hiyao Royo!" Hughes greeted with a large grin "Hey" Roy said watching his friend sit down. "Wow! Your not at all grumpy!" Roy glared at his friend causing Hughes to laugh. "Thanks." Hughes looked at Roy confused. "Huh?" Roy sighed and looked away with a blush on his face. "Thanks for always helping me." Hughes smiled and lightly kissed Roy. Sure he had a wife and kids, but that didn't mean he didn't love Roy just as much.
Did you ever know that you're my hero?
You're everything I wish I could be.
I could fly higher than an eagle,
for you are the wind beneath my wings.
"Did you ever know that you're my hero?" Roy whispered to the grave he kneeled down to, tears bridging the edge of his narrowed coal colored eyes. Roy bowed down his head. "Don't you know I'm nothing without you?" Roy smiled sadly, tears running down his cheeks. "Thank you." Roy said before leaving. Never to see that smile that hid in his shadow again, a beautiful smile that would always be there.
Fly, fly, fly high against the sky,
so high I almost touch the sky.
Thank you, thank you,
thank God for you, the wind beneath my wings.