Smile Like You Mean It

by Dailenna

Royai 100 Themes. Anything and everything from childhood, to alchemy, to Ishbal, to the coup, to parenthood. Roy Mustang, Riza Hawkeye, and the faithful comrades with them will stick together through it all.

52. Hairclip

Disclaimer: FMA belongs to Arakawa Hiromu

Notes: It was hard finding a new angle on this one.

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Fifty-two: Hairclip

Hawkeye was a woman of simple tastes. She didn't wear make-up, and she had one very simple accessory: the clip she used to hold up her hair. Really, it was more of a practicality than a fashion statement, but it still added a feminine touch that she hadn't had when her hair was cut short. That way she didn't need to blow hair out of her face when she was signing papers, or trying to protect the Colonel.

That one little hairclip, with its practical use, was also a way for her to signal just how hard at work she was. Hair up: working. Hair down: relaxing. Taking her hair out and letting it hang loose was a way of telling herself that she didn't have to focus anymore. She didn't need to eliminate potential distractions before they occurred.

So every morning, she'd clip her hair up out of the way to get herself ready to work, and every evening she'd take it out, and remember that she didn't always have to be prepared.