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.

71. Premonition

Disclaimer: FMA belongs to Arakawa Hiromu

Notes: Part 10 of my Future storyline arc. Because not everyone's perfect.

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Seventy-one: Premonition

He had known the moment he had placed his hands on Riza's pregnant belly. There wasn't a doubt in his mind – "It'll be a boy," he said. His wife's shining eyes reflected his own.

There were many reasons he had married Riza, and just one of them was revealed when they found out it was a girl and she did no more than smile and tell him he had better choose a new name, if he wanted any say in the matter.