{~🔥  He knows exactly how she’s going to react to seeing him standing on front of her. Having blocked her form the onslaught of falling debris and turning it into dust, breathing calming as shoulders relax a bit. Making sure the dust is still settling before he turns to look at her.

                    “ Oh  come on, give me some credit,                        Lieutenant! You make it sound like                        I’m   only   ever  in  and  out  of   the                        hospital for myself. ”

          ED LET off a chuckle as he gave a once over the wounds. He was certain she’d suffered worse, seeing and how calm she was. Though at the same time, Ed had never really seen her express much, let alone pain. Though her features complimented the subtly she let off. He knew if Al were there, he’d try to be something of a mother hen, worrying about her.

holding a baby

Roy cuddled the baby girl close to his chest as he knocked on Riza’s door. As soon as she opened the door he spoke. “I assure you, she isn’t mine.” He promised, baring the girl’s head, showing white hair and tan skin. Thankfully she had finally fallen asleep.

I think I just died from that idea

                        a wry look glimpses,         speaking without speaking.   at this point,                                                                                                                                                it isn’t as through they need the words. 

      left to a 𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐲.       last nights whiskey still keen on a breath.      a night to wallow,        to fall to knees at the 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔.        𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚗𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖.         the cold light of day knocking a 𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔,            he doesn’t have the time for. 

    showing a hand,         to lose it all.         they’d known.        𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛.      𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 at the revelation. 

          he’s to be their baying 𝒅𝒐𝒈 once more.      stolen of a pawn,     a rook,     a knight,     a 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏.                                      thrown to a 𝘩𝑒𝑒𝑙,       and 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝.      only to bark,     to bite when commanded. 

        stared down,       they saw a bleeding heart.         hands plunging a chest hold it betwixt a vice.    the 𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑦,           of the one seen as blinded,      to see all too much.      to be read so easily.     𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍,    really.                               the madam taught him better. 

             he’d been a fool,     and they’d paid for the toll of it. 

     a room so sparse,        turned near silent with the absence.        even with the two of them it feels barren.                 pieces ceased,        stashed across the board.       thrown from his hands,     to sit between their own.                                     to be 𝐭𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 with at will.             𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑠.   

                 it’s almost 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒚.      stuck within the serpents den,     it’s still 𝘩𝑖𝑚 she worries for.   

         weary the eyes,         the ears upon them.          all too willing to wretch yet more at the pieces they hold,                      he smiles. 

     ❝             of course !       i’m just revealing in some newly found solitude.                                        i might actually get to take a real 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘 once in a while,        my previous adjutant was one hell of a  drill sergeant.             ❞

         cocksure a grin pinned across cheeks,         rakish and frivolous.         lounging in a chair,         vehemently not on four legs,        but two.

              ❝  sweet of you to worry about me though lieutenant,    i’m flattered !  ❞

Edlyn smiled brightly at her mother and showed off the doll costume that had been made for her, her blonde hair was curled and everything. “Thank you Mommy!” She told her.

“AND, I finally finished Izzy’s costume!” Roy said coming out of Isabel’s room, followed by his oldest daughter. Her costume was....Roy. She was dressed in a miniature version of the military uniform and her black hair was messy and tied up to make it look shorter. She was even wearing white gloves with an imitation of Roy’s flame alchemy circle on them.

Leaving Riza behind had been the hardest thing, but he couldn’t just take her with him. Still, a month in Xing had been the biggest adventure Roy had ever been on in his life. Seeing the land his mother was from excited him more than anything. Tasting his culture and experiencing it for the first time.