Disclaimer: FMA belongs to Arakawa Hiromu
Notes: I'm going to be away to help out on a camp from about 5 this afternoon until 9pm the following night . . . trying to figure out how to keep posting up to date. I may just post two before I leave, if I have the time.
Eighteen: I Don't Want To Realise
When it came to love, Roy Mustang and Riza Hawkeye would be considered patient. Neither needed a romantic relationship to be immediate, despite the fact that their mission hardly gave them the longest estimated life-spans. They could have died in any number of ways before a peaceful country became reality, and they were aware of that fact. It didn't push them into the romantic relationship that always seemed just on the horizon, though, and no-one who knew them could understand why.
Acting as though they had all the time in the world for everything except reaching the top, they worked hard and well together. Regardless of the dangers, they treated each other with caution, and the reason was simple: they didn't want to realise some day that they had new dreams now, and they might never have a chance to fulfil them. So they worked towards that brighter future, until they would be free to dream together.