Now We are Together

by Jade Pen

A series of themed Roy x Al drabbles. [Continuation, spoilers are marked for each drabble.]

50. Gentle Hands

Drabble Rating: PG
Status: 50/100
Word Count: 100
Theme: Roy/Al #2: "Gentle/Kind Hands"

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Roy had to admit, seeing Alphonse's automail was much worse than hearing about it. Seeing warm flesh give way to cold steel, and soft skin to hard metal, made the older man cringe.

But even with automail, Alphonse's touch was still gentle. Perhaps even more than usual; Alphonse seemed to instinctively know how to move, how to avoid inflicting harm on others. No matter how distracted he was, he was always in complete control of that hand. Alphonse started remarking on how quickly he adjusted to unfeeling steel.

Roy didn't have the heart to tell him the likely reason.