Disclaimer: I do NOT own Fullmetal Alchemist or the song. If I did, the world as we know it would have ended along time ago. So there, rub it in….sniff
Summery: After Maes Hughes death someone had to tell his wife, Gracia. Seeing as Roy was such good friends with Maes he gets this honor. Oneshot/Songfic…
The Thunder Rolls
The thunder rolled over head as Colonel Roy Mustang drove towards the outskirts of town. It was a wonder he could drive, between the time and where he had just come from. Besides the thunder it sounded like a ghost town, no one was out and it was dead quite. Roy's emotions got the better of him and he had too pull over on the side of the road so he could get a hold of himself.
Three thirty in the morning
Not a soul insight
The city's lookin' like a ghost town
On a moonless summer night
Raindrops on the windshield
There's a storm moving in
He's headin' back from somewhere
That he never should have been
And the thunder rolls
And the thunder rolls
On the other side of town Gracia Hughes paced from the telephone to the window. She would look at the phone then out the window, hoping too hear the phone ring or her husbands head lights pull into the driveway. None came, only making her more worried.
"Maybe he's just working late…" She'd tell herself, "But he would have called…" She added, making her fear only rise.
Every light is burnin'
In a house across town
She's pacin' by the telephone
In her faded flannel gown
Askin' for miracle
Hopin' she's not right
Prayin' it's the weather
That's kept him out all night
And the thunder rolls
And the thunder rolls
"Mommy?" A small voice whispered from the hall.
Gracia turned around too see her daughter, Elycia. "What is it sweetie?"
"I had a dream…" The sleepy eyed little girl said clutching her stuffed teddy bear.
"What happened in it?" Gracia asked, kneeling down by her daughter too look her in the eyes.
"Daddy was in it… He was holding me… He said he was sorry and he loves us…" Elycia explained looking at her mother thoughtfully.
Gracia picked up her daughter and took her to her room. Sighing she laid her down and kissed her goodnight. "Is that it…Why was he sorry?" She asked. Elycia just shrugged and sunk under the covers, asleep.
Rain began too beat against the windows and thunder and lightning fought each other over head. Wind beat on the side of the house and wailed between the trees, making branches scrape against the house walls.
The thunder rolls
And the lightnin' strikes
Another love grows cold
On a sleepless night
As the storm blows on
Out of control
Deep in her heart
The thunder rolls
Roy Mustang was only minutes away from the house and was dreading it. He bit his lip to keep from yelling curses at his best friend's spirit. He turned on the windshield wipers as the rain poured down on his car.
Gracia was standing by the window and felt a chill run up her spine, shaking it off she looked up to see a car pulling up into the driveway and a man step out and shut the door. Thinking it was her husband she rushes out the door to greet him. She only let go of the man when there was no hug back and a different cologne smell entered her nose. When lightning flashed and lit up the night sky where she thought Maes Hughes was Roy Mustang stood, looking at the ground.
"…Gracia…" He said, finely looking up at the women.
She's waitin' by the window
When he pulls into the drive
She rushes out to hold him
Thankful he's alive
But on the wind and rain
A strange new perfume blows
And the lightnin' flashes in her eyes
And he knows that she knows
And the thunder rolls
And the thunder rolls
"Where's Maes?" Gracia demanded as fear formed in her throat.
"Gracia… I'm sorry…" Roy felt he had to apologize before continuing. "I don't know how to tell you this…" He took a deep breath.
"No… He's not?" Gracia stumbled back a few steps as tears fell from her eyes and mixed with the rain.
Roy nodded, "The… The bullet…" Roy couldn't finish, he had to bite his lip again too keep from crying as well.
The thunder rolls
And the lightnin' strikes
Another love grows cold
On a sleepless night
As the storm blows on
Out of control
Deep in her heart
The thunder rolls
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Hope you liked it. It made me want too cry just typing it… Please don't flame me and… Review please!