Drabble
Rating: PG
Status:
48/100
Word Count: 200
Warning:
Mild gore- description of an operation
Theme:
Roy Edward #19: "Automail"
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It was one thing for a grown man to be on the operating table, but having Alphonse there was unspeakably worse. Unlike his brother, Alphonse couldn't bear the agonizing ordeal quietly; the overwhelming pain Alphonse felt as the nerves were bundled and connected was met with one scream after another.
And there was the blood that spurted as she cut through scar tissue to the living flesh beneath. The glistening metal was coated with it and the smell nearly made her choke. For the second time, a man she loved as a brother was thrashing and writhing in pain because of her.
But the worst part wasn't the days-long surgery. The content of fevered dreams, cried out as he slept after the surgery, was what caused her heart to feel like it would break. Even though Alphonse couldn't remember his previous life while he was awake, while dreaming he recalled painful memory after painful memory, and Winry could only helplessly sit by as Alphonse suffered through unconsciousness.
The only happiness Alphonse alluded to was his love with Roy, the love that Roy shared. And it was that confession which put her hatred of the man in its proper perspective.