Hello, again! Time for number four! I don't own Fullmetal Alchemist or any character mentioned in this particular piece, nor do I own "Tonight I Wanna Cry". Enjoy!
Tonight I Wanna Cry by Keith Urban
He sat in the flat alone, a bottle of gin and an empty glass in front of him on the table, a radio playing softly in the background. He'd been alone a lot lately since Alphonse and Noah had become closer and gone out on the town every night for the last week. The room was dark, car headlights randomly and briefly casting light into the room. He only got this bad when he thought of her, about every possibility of what they could have had together, and with every scenario he took a drink, hoping to numb the pain. He was good and drunk when "I'll Be Seeing You" began to play softly on the radio.
The song was in stark contrast to how he felt right now, causing him to take another drink. He and Alphonse had been working tirelessly to find a way back home with no success so far. Now he wasn't so sure when he would see his sweetheart- a term Noah continually used to describe his mechanic that he had begun to enjoy the sound of- or if he would ever again be able to smell the scent of grease and lilac on her skin. Against his will, his mind conjured an image of her hunched over a new auto-mail leg, a beautiful golden eyed toddler running into the room followed by a slightly older version of himself. A small tear formed in the corner of his eye at the image before he wiped it away.
He'd always prided himself in his strength and self-control and he'd never been one to show his weaker emotions, always trying to keep them in check. But now he was drunk enough to drop his defenses and let every repressed emotion rip through him, the sting of new tears burning his eyes as every wall he had built in his life crumbled away.
Fuck my pride. Just for tonight, I want to cry.
Taking one last drink, Edward laid his head down on his folded arms and allowed the long overdue tears for his loss, the first tears he'd cried since he had bonded his brother's soul to that suit of armor, to fall like the rain that was beginning to come down outside of the window.
Well, how'd you like it? I know that we never really see any kind of relationship between Al or Noah after they arrive on the other side of the Gate, nor do they mention if they tried to find a way back home, but I like to think that Al would eventually developed feelings for Noah and that the boys would have exhausted every single option to get back to their friends in Amestris.
So as always, please review!