I'm taking a break from my Mpreg to bring y'all this. Hope you like.

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Bronco

Ed ran one steel index finger down the seemingly endless list of B-words that the dictionary had to offer, scowling slightly as he did so. It wasn't very often that the teen had to call upon the aid of a lexicon . . . and it aggravated the blonde to no end that it wasn't an alchemic text that had brought about his sudden need of one.

It had been a novel that Roy had bought for him. A novel.

Edward huffed silently and threw a crippling glare at his lover. The dark-haired man was seated across from him, apparently consumed in his own book, oblivious to the fact that the younger alchemist was trying to castrate him with his eyes. Sighing, Ed turned his eyes back to the dictionary in his lap.

Bronchus.

That was the word that he was looking for. A doctor had mentioned it in the novel and, though he and Alphonse had studied the chemical makeup of the human body extensively, he hadn't a clue as to what it was.

Bronchus. Bronchus. Broken-down . . . bromic . . . bronchiole . . . Ah, there it is. Bronchus: any of the major air passages of the lungs. Hm . . .

Ed frowned. He, of all people, should have known that.

Maybe I'm just tired, he thought to himself, wistfully. The blonde sighed yet again and went to shut the dictionary . . . but his eye caught something and he stopped. There, right below the word he was looking for, was the word bronco.

It was an interesting word, but that in and of itself was not what had caught the alchemist's attention. It was the definition.

Bronco: a wild or semi-wild horse or pony; an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang.

Edward blinked a few times and let his golden eyes wander over to Roy, yet again. The man was still sitting there, staring at the same page . . . his eyes dark and distant. He wasn't reading. His mind was someplace else entirely.

Putting both books down, Ed stood and stretched in a casual manner, before yawning and padding over to the couch where Roy sat. Catching movement in his peripheral vision, the Flame blinked out of his trance and looked up just as Ed flopped down on top of him.

"Mm . . . tired," Edward mumbled faux-sleepily against the man's chest. He was lying, of course—he just didn't want Roy to have that look on his face . . . and he'd do anything to make is disappear.

The older alchemist chuckled a bit and then went back to reading his tome over Edward's head. The blonde regarded his lover's chin for a moment, before closing his amber eyes and frowning into Roy's shirtfront. Maybe no one else noticed it, but down in the depths of his haunted eyes, Ed saw it.

He saw how the Amestris military had effectively broken this Mustang.

Eh. Not my best, I'll admit . . . but, I wanted to write it for some time now. Please review or I won't think that you love me. (smiles)

Responses:

Edo-kun's Angel: Thank you! I will!

Storm Dragon Goddess: Thanks!

Foolish Mortal: (laughs) Guess so. Thanks for the review!

killmeshining: I'm sorry that I made you cry. (blink, blink) . . . (gasps) POCKY! (tackles you)

Midori-Jester: (laughs) I know! It sucks, doesn't it?

Corrupted-Phoenix: Hey, you're one of my favourite authors! How do you do! Anyhoo, thank you!

Worsel: Wibbles? (shrugs) Thanks for the review!

Raven Cactuar: No problem! I would love to see the movie, too. A friend of my dad's can get bootlegged movies for cheap, so I asked him if he would get CoS for me. He said he'd try! Woot! Anyhoo, thanks for the review!

Neo Diji: Hey Kara! Yes, I can see that you can still write Christmas fics . . . and did. (laughs) Like I've said in some reviews, I can do fanart . . . I just don't know how to go about getting it online and stuff. (blinks) Could you tell me?

(laughs) Al probably would be in heaven . . . and Ed in hell. (laughs)

I was surprised, actually. A lot of people said that it made them cry. Maybe I'm just sadistic, but that made me kinda happy. (grins) Anyhoo, I finished 'Family', so you can't set CinCin on my for stalling . . . Though, now you have 'Levitas Fragosus' to wait on.

(backs away from killer CinCin) I'll probably have the first chapter posted by Tuesday. Don't hold me to it, because I'm not sure. But maybe.

Anyhoo, thanks for the review! Bye!

Daga: Thanks! I can't wait to see the movie either. There's supposed to be some major (hidden) RoyEd interaction . . . So, I'm wiggling in my seat with anticipation! Anyhoo, thanks for the review!

imyourvillian: (laughs) It's because you've technically already reviewed for this chapter (back when it was 'Family').

No, haven't seen the movie yet, though, my dad does have a friend who can get good-quality, bootlegged movies for cheap. I asked him to get CoS and he said he's try! Anyhoo, thanks for the review!

Trespasser1307: That's because you reviewed the chapter back when it was 'Family'. That's all. (laughs)

Thanks for the vote of confidence! And for the review!

HUGE ROY ED SHIPPER: (laughs) Thanks! Your favourite author, huh? Well, when you say that, how can I refuse? I'll try for another nightmare drabble, kay? Thanks for the review!

Sirius' PuppyPadfoot: Thanks for the three reviews, hon!

ed'sgirl89: I think I already sent you a response, but oh well. Thanks for the two reviews!