the indolent.

sloth may not have known greed the longest, yet judging by his impulsive behavior and need to callously brawl with the other homunculi, it was safe to assume his end was met by his own foolishness. to sloth, the need to get riled up brings no purpose. unlike the others, her apathy might just be her only saving grace.

It’s hard to argue with that face. It’s hard to argue with that voice and those eyes even if they are the wrong color. It’s hair to argue with her because he knows what she truly is. He knows that at the end of the day that she’s his failure and now because of that failure they’re in danger. Alphonse is in danger. How can he make this any worse? 

He can’t let her touch him. He can’t let her near him or he’s dead. She’s using those damn nicknames again. She’s declaring herself something she clearly isn’t because his mother would never speak to him like this. 

“Yer not my mother. I wouldn’t talk ta Mom like this an’ she’d never take that tone with me. Yer just’a fraud.” He hisses trying to keep himself in that mindset. 

He’s got to keep himself in that mindset. He desperately needs to keep himself there because if he doesn’t he could fall victim to her games - he could fall victim to the need to be wrapped up in his mother’s arms. 

He…he misses her so much. 

He turns at the sound of her voice. Her voice - it was a voice he hadn’t heard in so long. Five years. Five long years without her.  He’s - he’s missed her. He’s longed to hear her call out to him.  He’s longed to be special to someone again. He’s longed to be someone’s….everything. 

But Trisha Elric is dead. 

“Shut yer fuckin’ mouth.”  He snarls at her.  

that voice isn’t your’s to use.  

“I’m not yer little prince. I’m not in the mood ta play any’hin’ with you.”  

I miss you.

She’s not real. She’s not your mother Edward, get a grip. Get a fucking grip. She’s just a monster. A homunculus. She’s a twisted monster that you created now clean up your fucking mess. 

Hold me. 

Why did it have to end up like this? Edward you have to kill her. You have to kill her because you’re the one responsible for this. You have to kill her before she hurts Alphonse.

I can’t.