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The day had started of fairly normal, he supposed. Normal for Ed at least. This was a decision that Roy had pondered many times, a decision he hadn't had a moment of rest from since the previous afternoon. Of course Ed wasn't dumb, nor did he not know the other well enough to realize the man was pondering on something dull. They'd been together for nearly two years after all. And of course Roy would deny the boy (a fucking boy) and later blame it all on work.
A decision that Roy had pondered repeatedly and always came down to the same answer. Except that one time, and that one single time he thought differently would come to change everything.
Maybe he would blame it on Officer Thrad. There had been a meeting of higher-ups a couple of days ago, once again trying to disperse if politicians or military should run the city.
No use beating around the bush around the usual fight, the main point in that day occured when this meeting was over, and they all started heading home. Roy saw officer Thrad, a Major Colonel he knew little about, walk up to someone balancing between the lines of a young woman or a girl. She looked to be about Ed's age, probably a year or so older. And Roy knew that the officer would celebrate his thirtieth birthday the coming summer. A celebration Roy himself had passed two years ago. And the first coherent thought Roy had was that it must be daughter and father. A first glance assumption that flew out the window as the pair shared a kiss.
Roy's second thought? Gross. Third? Unnatural. Fourth…
He was the worlds biggest hypocrite. Because there was an even bigger difference between him and his own lover.
But it was okay, right? Ed wasn't just some one night stand, he meant tons more than all of Roys (many) previous women combined! Age was just a matter of time and had no true effect, Roy decided, assuring himself as many times before. That was before all the stares the pair obviously received, the man pretty urgently hurrying the girl back to the car she stepped out of. Then came the comments from the other superiors. Then came the realisation that such a couple could never exist in this judging world. It simply didn't fit in, it simply could never be.
That he and Edward could never truly be together.
And so the coming night passed, Roy without a single moment of shuteye. He wished Ed wasn't as observant as he was, nor as stubborn as he was caring. It had ended with Roy snapping badly at him to be left without confrontation on the matter. That too added to his list of things he'd done wrong for the boy huh?
Roy had often been known as a man of procrastination, but this was a matter he had to get over and done with. If he didn't say something himself, Ed would confront him about the strange behaviour over again until he got an answer. So he did it the coming night.
"Edward?" He started slowly, making the blondes golden eyes lift from his current alchemy book. "We need to talk," Roy added after a brief hesitation.
Ed nodded, eyes showing relief that Roy would finally share what was obviously bugging him but also much concern about what could be wrong. So it came as no surprise when he said "Of course," and put down his book without even doggy-earing it.
This time, Roy's hesitation was far longer. He didn't want to get through this, yet he knew he had to. He knew Ed hated procrastinating, and he was never really able to be patient through unnecessary stalling. So Roy said it quick like a shot, pulling of the band-aid quickly. He felt his body tense up even more as all air left him in a short sentence.
"We have to break up."