Timeline: ~Slightly before Liore
Outline: Ed tries his best to keep the family resemblance at a minimum
Edward leaned closer to the mirror as he held the knife to his face.
"Brother, time to go!" Al shouted just outside.
"Just a minute" he replied, scraping it across his cheek to rid any hair.
"You don't have time to shave!" Al cried, knocking again. "The train leaves in ten minutes"
"I'd rather catch the next one than skip this" Ed countered, finishing up his face. Alphonse left the door and Edward finished in peace. Once his face was clean, he splashed water onto it and dried it with a towel before putting his shirt back on.
As he exited the bathroom, he saw Alphonse sitting on the floor across from the bathroom.
"We missed it" Al said, glumly
"Don't worry about it, we can catch the next one"
"Why are you so insistent to shave everyday anyway?" Al asked, standing up and following Ed through the small hotel room to the kitchenette where Ed poured himself a glass of water. He downed the whole thing before practically slamming the glass on the counter. He glared at it for a while before answering.
"I don't want to look like Hohenheim"
Al gasped quietly at the mention of their father. "Why not?"
"Because!" Ed shouted, looking up at him. His eyes softened and he sighed before continuing. "Because I already am looking more and more like him every day. I don't want to have a beard to make the resemblance even more obvious"