Title: Relief
Characters: Greed and Mantel
Genre: Romance
Type: Cannon
Words: 319 (without AN or Intro)
Relief:
(noun)alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain,
distress, oppression, etc.
(noun) a means or thing that relieves pain, distress, anxiety, etc.
She wondered what relief felt like.
She had known the feeling long ago when she was a small child. But too many life and death situations had erased its existence leaving her no better than an ancient old man who had lost all his memories to time.
However, since she joined the Elrics, this unusual pressure weighed heavily on her heart. And with every thought of Greed, alone and probably lying on death's door, her heart beat quickened to a staccato the beats so sharp the air in her lungs seeped through her like a leaking mechanism. For two exasperating weeks, she remained awake just waiting for the moment her heart would stop. It never happened, of course, but in the darkest hour of the night she found herself secretly wishing it did.
Leaving the Elrics was like drinking wine. At first she hated it but after awhile and with no other options, she began to tolerate it, maybe even like it. Once parted with it though, she would not mind never trying it again.
Her desperate search stretched to a week before she found him. Drowned in the shadows, he was waiting for her at their favorite alley. As people passed, she slipped into the comforting darkness with him like a solider returning home.
The weight which had welded itself to her heart had been ripped away at the sight of Greed. It was obvious he was recovering from a mortal injury. His skin was ashen and his arms cradled his chest. His breathing was ragged, falling from his lips in light opaque clouds.
As they disappeared in the darkness together, she recognized that the freeing sensation was relief. Inwardly, she smiled for she found a part of her she had lost long ago.
Author Notes: I know this is very very late but I hope you like. I really loved writing this drabble because I am discovering I am really good at writing in a way that is ambiguous and emotional. I would love your feed back so please review.