#fs.honam

AAA sorry this took forever Tangie! For the WIP ask game

But here's more about Honeyed Ambrosia, my omegaverse Xerxes never fell au! I answered one ask on it before for Cafe so I wanted to try and write a little more for chapter 2!

To add some extra context this idea was inspired by two things:

1) I hadn't really seen many chase fics for omegaverse RoyEd so I wanted to contribute hehe (Although my good friend Jupes has now published one in her natures series!!!)

2) I really really wanted to play with how alpha/omega dynamics would be transformed based on cultural context just like real life gender roles are. I am a lover of omegaverse instincts being a thing but I feel the genre takes a lot of our own cultural biases for granted on how it's often written. And since I am a nerd about gender as a social construct and how it is embedded in everyday life I really wanted to play with it in an omegaverse au! So for that reason, Xerxes as it will be revealed is what could be considered a more Matriarchal society with it's own practices related to how omegas are treated during heats and also how "courting" and mating rituals work. By contrast, Amestris is patriarchal in kind of the classic Western European parallel. Since Roy is from Amestris and Ed is from Xerxes a lot of miscommunication happens because they are interpreting the world so differently and are too stubborn to just talk openly with one another. It's also really hard to shake some biases from one's own culture so Roy has often been less receptive about the main mating ritual because it just feels so wrong to him.

Anywho, here's a little snippet of Roy trying to show his interest in courting Ed:

hihi cafe, thank you for the ask!! for the WIP tag game

For anyone who hasn't read it yet, Honeyed Ambrosia is an omegaverse RoyEd au where Xerxes never fell. A lot of it is a fun exploration on how courtship/mating ceremonies could differ. As a shameless plug, the first chapter is up on ao3

Here's a snippet from chapter 3:

Chapters: 1/5 Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Edward Elric/Roy Mustang, background paninya/winry, background mei/alphonse Characters: Edward Elric, Roy Mustang, lots of cameos/interactions from fma ensemble Additional Tags: Xerxes never fell, Alternate Universe - Royalty, Crown Prince Edward Elric, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Omega Edward Elric, Alpha Roy Mustang, Mutual Pining, Consensual But Not Safe Or Sane, Misunderstandings, Cultural Differences, Threats of Rape/Non-Con, Minor Character Death, Blood and Violence, Xerxian sort of wedding, Ritual Public Sex, Drug Use, of the ritual and recreational variety, Mating Cycles/In Heat, heat and rut inducing drugs, Hallucinogens, Knotting, Forest Sex, NO FOREPLAY WITHOUT LOREPLAY: YOU WILL READ MY WORLDBUILDING BEFORE ANYONE FUCKS, Other Additional Tags to Be Added Summary:

After putting it off for so many years, waiting for a sign from the alpha Ed truly wants, Ed's Chase day is here. Even if it can't be Roy, his father's health is declining and Ed needs a mate to help him rule Xerxes. The invitations for each alpha suitor are sent, and preparations are complete. He will be mated by dawn, to whoever can manage to catch him.

EEE just finished my first real chapter for this fic, full of Ed yearning and lore

Chapters: 2/5 Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Edward Elric/Roy Mustang Summary:

He just wants to prolong it a little longer. It’s a day he has been putting off, has been waiting for, for over a decade. And he cannot shake the feeling that the timing still isn’t right. 

It would never be right, though. Ed has resigned himself to it now. 

Because, just like the scent missing from his nest, the most important person Ed’s been waiting for will not be there. He is sure of it, in spite of everyone’s efforts. He should have known based on that first encounter.