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.

66. The Pounding Of A Heart

Disclaimer: FMA belongs to Arakawa Hiromu

Notes: . . . What can I say? I had a few cheery ones in a row . . .

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Sixty-six: The Pounding Of A Heart

Thump-thump. Thump-thump.

"Sir!"

Thump-thump. Thump-thump.

"Sir, where are you?"

Thump-thump. Thump-thump.

Hawkeye no longer knew whether the noise pounding in her ears was her heart or her feet against the ground, as she ran from one wrecked part of town to another. They'd been apart for less than a minute when the earthquake started. It had torn through the town, pulling buildings down all along the main road. She'd never seen so much devastation.

"Colonel!?"

If that man hadn't survived this somehow . . . she didn't know what she'd do.