A/N: Welp, this is the end. It's really quick and simple. There will be questions you may have about specific happenings during the story and I'll be happy to answer them. This was meant to be an overall short and simple story, so that's how I wrote it. I'm sorry about the lack of quality in the last two chapters.
Thank you to DGtnsl, Renoku, and BellaRichart for reviewing.

Resolve

Settle or find a solution

It's cold under the sheets. His eyes opeened carefully and his arms stretch forward into the space. She's gone.

He sat up with a sudden guilt in his chest. There's blood on the sheets. He did it to her. His hands cover his eyes.

It seems that their love was one-sided. Unrequited. He breaks.

Two weeks of regretting his actions ended with three empty packs of cigarettes and a long and tiring sigh.

Mustang laid on his stomach, staring at his headboard, tracing his fingers across the grain. He yearns for her. She was so real and he wanted her. He wants her. His eyes ran lazily across the length of the board until they caught on a rough patch he'd never noticed before. He shifted and drew back the sheets to reveal letters carved into the wood. His heart began to beat faster. He jumped from the bed and rushed out the door. On his bed there was a message.

"Kimblee killed me."

There is a cabin to the north and he's found it. His shoe hit the door and the wood clattered against the floor. He peered inside. It was dark and hazy. But his eyes found the only thing he feared.

There was a body strewn across the floor. He rushes to her with blind screams of anger. He cradles her in his arms and he runs his fingers through her hair to wake her. Her lips are caked with blood. Her arms and legs are limp and she's cold. She'd freezing cold.

Her bruises will never heal. But her demons died along with her.

His hands grasped her tightly, pulling her to his chest and he screamed. He bit into her clothes for comfort and he screamed. He told her how sorry he is. He told her how beautiful she was. He told her he never should have used the alchemy. He blames himself. He stared at her eyes. There were peaceful. They were different than before.

He cries out as tears stream down his face. He thought to himself that if he'd just stayed awake she'd be okay. He had a bloodthirsty rage developing inside him. She laid in his arms for hours as he tried to call her back, but he couldn't. She'd been victorious in her fight but he'd lost his. He'd lost her.

There were years between that time and the time when he realized that, realized that she'd won.

Kimblee had assassinated four Generals before he was executed. By then the smirk had long gone, as well as his own hope.

Roy is a Major General when he next visits her grave. It's small and modest. It fit her. By the tenth year of her passing he realized Kimblee's plan.

Take the most powerful alchemy and use it to conquer. It enraged Roy each time he thought of it.

He thought of her gentle face as he lay flowers on her grave. He kissed his hand and placed it to the stone. He smiled.

He'd learned to never give up hope. She knew what she was doing the entire time. She knew. Maybe it would guide him on his path to victory. To achieving the position of Fuhrer.

"You won." he whispered as he turned to leave, letting the tears sting his cheeks. The battle for sanity and courage had been won. In death she had conquered great evil. Kimblee's destiny had been changed. Everyones' had.

She'd changed it.

She was brave.

In the end that was all she was. And in her dying moments, she was the one wearing the smile.

A/N 2: Well that was sad wasn't it? Yeah, sorry guys. Heh heh. (not really?)

You may have questions about this so please don't be afraid to ask.

I will tell you this, though, Kimblee left carelessly assuming she'd stay. But he was obviously wrong. And he often stayed in the city for a few days, so when he returned he found the house absent and panicked. It took a while for him to find her but yes he did break in and re-capture her. She still had courage to the very end. He killed her after he saw that her back was defaced, and ran to get power in another way.

Thanks for reading! I'll be posting again soon. :)