16. Reason for Tears
Al didn't understand. They'd been having a perfectly pleasant dinner together when Roy brought up Ed. Roy knew his plan, his goal; Al needed to bring his brother back because it just wasn't fair that the younger boy was alive but he wasn't. Al told Roy this, for what seemed like the hundredth time, and Roy had looked up at him, his expression apparently surprised at finding the boy looking back at him.
Then he'd found the man on his knees in front of him, his face buried against the blonde's stomach and a puddle slowly growing in his shirt. Roy was mumbling something, about the brothers' sacrifices and about Ed's final sacrifice. But Al just shook his head and said, "I don't understand what you're talking about," which just made the puddle of his shirt grow faster. Al didn't understand.