Title: Responsibility
Author: Kristen Sharpe
Date: October 3, 2024
Rating: K
Warnings: None
Genre/Continuity: Any.
Disclaimer: "Fullmetal Alchemist" belongs to Hiromu Arakawa, Square ENIX, Studio BONES and various other parties.


The Fullmetal Alchemist was Colonel Mustang's responsibility. The Elric brothers were not.

Still, Mustang made it his business to keep tabs on the pair. That was practical. It helped manage the damage control. Less practical was his habit of having a lead ready for them every October. Sometimes, it was one he'd held back months earlier. Sometimes, they were already off chasing fresh rumors, and he'd put it aside for later. But, he always had something prepared, something to encourage them to keep going.

Because the Elric brothers weren't the Colonel's responsibility. But, Roy Mustang thought they might be his.