Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye

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  “About my mother? No. Unfortunately, since I didn’t know the names of any family members I couldn’t track down her family…” That had been disappointing for him. Like the dreamy fool he was he had imagined that a family member would see him and just know who he was. Naturally, that wasn’t what happened. “But I learned a lot about my culture.” Idly he thought about Edward. Another foolish part of him hoped…even only in the farthest parts of his mind, that he would find him too…

He put his arm around his wife’s shoulders and hugged her. “Yeah we needed the positivity.” He agreed.

“I’m sorry you couldn’t find out more about your mother Roy. I’m sure one day you will. I know it’s not the same but look how long it took me to find out who my grandfather is.” She knew what a disappointment that was for Roy. She couldn’t imagine what ti must have been like growing up without knowing anything about your parents. “That’s still good. You’ve learnt more about where your family came from. Maybe there might be more information on the back of the photos your aunt left?” She offered hoping that maybe his aunt might have dated and put the names of who was in the photos on the back. 

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Roy nodded. “Yep, every year is associated with an animal. This year is the rooster. They say babies will be independent, capable, quick-minded and warm-hearted.” Reminded Roy a lot of both of them which was perfect. He remembered them also saying they tended to be critical and impatient and eccentric but there was no need to focus on the negatives. It wasn’t like Roy believed in that sort of thing anyway, he was just doing what was suggested.

That reminded him. 

“Oh yeah, the woman who sold me this necklace wanted to do a reading for both of us. Apparently, you’re a horse and I’m a tiger, and we’re fully capable of living happily ever after.” Roy was thrilled when he heard that. He kissed Riza adoringly on her head. “I think it’s silly superstition but it’s nice to hear.”

Riza nodded as she closed the box again. “Sounds like you learnt a lot while in Xing.” She smiled because this was important to Roy. which in turn made it important to her. “Did you find anything else out while you was there?” She asked softly. “We don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to yet.”

  《《《  𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚑𝚊𝚠𝚔𝚜𝚌𝚢𝚎‌ / 𝚑𝚊𝚠𝚔𝚎𝚢𝚎  :     》》》

      hand’s lie steepled across a desk,      a forehead pressed against their bracing.       𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕’𝒔 long since stealing a mind from the paper work piling upon every available space.      as if the diversion is even warranted to steal him from such monotonous mundanity.     he’s a 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓,    not a 𝑠𝑐𝘩𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑟.       spiralling thought’s centre to the space they’ve claimed lately.    𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝.     an 𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐬𝐬,     latched firmly somewhere within.      every dwelling a mind takes 𝑝𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔.      a descent is never 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑦,     this even 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 so.      he wonders often,      if he’s is 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡𝘩𝑦 of such trust.       they swear themselves to him blindly,     asking only to push him forward in return.     𝘩𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑐.        𝘩𝑢𝑔𝘩𝑒𝑠.     life’s 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 and 𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 for his 𝑜𝑤𝑛.  how is that an 𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝 exchange ?    he’s valued so much 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 than the likes of 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎.       what 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛’𝑠 could possibly inspire such 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔,     𝓯𝓸𝓸𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓱 devotion ?  

                      ❝    𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏,     i ask,     what 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛,   is 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 enough ?    ❞

There a light sigh as she lightly sets the book down onto her desk. Eyes still on the cover as she thinks of her next words over carefully. Trust wasn’t something that was easy to place with anyone, she had learnt that lesson the hard way thanks to her own father. Why did she trust Roy Mustang? that was something that had an simple reason to it. He was there for her at time when no one else was, who made her believe in herself again. A man who gave her a reason to keep moving forward. 

“ Sometimes it’s just the most simplest reasons you can think of sir.” 

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He knew his aunt never answered questions unless it suited her, he had been raised by her since before he could remember. He would go through the photos when he had the time. He knew there was a fan that went with Riza’s dress among the treasures he brought back, but he looked for another box, a small one. He handed the small box to his wife.

“This one is a gift for the little one. Apparently, it’s a tradition to give babies something like this.” He explained. Inside the box was a jade necklace with the pendant shaped like a rooster. “I was told this was the right one for our baby.”

Roy really hadn’t need to get any of this. Just having him come how with hopefully the answers he needed was enough for her. She knew that Roy would have never gotten any answers from his aunt about who his mother was before she had met Roy’s father. She doesn’t take the necklace out of box. “It’s very pretty. I feel like I should ask what’s the meaning behind the rooster?”

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Roy was glad his wife liked his gift. He had agonized over it for quite a while before he found the one he thought she would like best. “I’m glad you like it.” He told her, nuzzling her.

Roy was surprised that his Aunt had come to visit. “Photos? Of my parents?” Roy couldn’t believe his ears. He’d always only had the one picture of his parents and very minimal else, since Aunt Christine and his dad didn’t really talk much…and then it was too late. “No, it’s okay. Open another box, and enjoy yourself.” He told her as he got up to go grab the photos from the table.

“I love it.” She assured hims as she lean into him a little more. She knew that Roy more then likely spent a long time looking at dresses to find the perfect one and he had done amazingly in her eyes.

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“I can’t wait to see ‘Licia!” Isabel said excitedly. She had always been very fond of her ‘cousin’. And Aunt Gracia has some of the best candy apples in Central!” 

“Look at our cute little teddy bear~” Roy cooed over his son. All of his kids were so cute. It may have been hard work making all three costumes but he felt like it was worth it. Now his little baby would be cozy and cuddly all night.

“Come on Riza, we spent days on our matching Addams’ costumes, so I can be fawning over you all night!” Roy protested. “Don’t tell me you forgot!” That comic had become a favourite of theirs for how openly loving Gomez and his wife were. It was just something that appealed to them. Made for a perfect costume.

Riza lightly laugh at her eldest out burst. Izzy was so like her father when she was happy or just plain excited by something. “She does and she very excited to see you.” She was glad that Gracia had become like an aunt to their children. “I think Elicia is going as a princess or that’s what her mom said.” 

They had both out a lot of work into their children’s costumes. “He going to be the cutest baby out their tonight.” She cooed as she ran a gentle finger over the little baby’s rose tinted cheek. The little baby made a tiny little nose and smile in his sleep.

Edlyn look so cute with her hair curled. Riza had spent a good amount of time making her daughter's costume. Her and Roy had stay up late to get both done for the girls on time. Riza didn’t know that she could smile so much. “I love your costume too. I think you look just like your dad” Riza smiled as she held a sleeping Maes in her arms. “Remember we need to go see aunt Gracia and Elicia first.” She reminded the girls who were showing each other their costumes. 

She smiled over to Roy. “What do you think of little Maes’ costume?” She asked as the baby was little teddy bear for the night. A costume that was both cute and warm for the little baby boy. Baby Maes was only 2 months old so he was really the most he was going to do was sleep and smile at his family every now and then, he was really happy baby most of time. 

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“I couldn’t help myself.” He admitted. He had gotten so excited when exploring Liaohai that he couldn’t help but find some things that he thought might make Riza happy. 

He handed her a box, it was a large rectangular box and he smiled. “I think you’ll like this.” He told her. This was one of the pricier items he had bought but it didn’t matter to him. He felt like she deserved something so beautiful. “You won’t be able to use it right now, but soon.” 

That gave her some idea to what actually was in the box. She careful as she opens the box and unwraps some of tissue that was covering the silk dress. The dress was beautiful detail and was a cross between a qipao and hanfu. The colour was a light pastel blue. “Roy this is beautiful.” She held it out so she could really see the fine little details to it. “Thank you.” He folded it back into back and then placed a kiss to his cheek. 

It was hard to say goodbye to someone you never really said hello to in the first place. Well that was a lie, there was a time where she had spent time with her father. When he actually was happy to spend more then a hour or two with her, though now those days felt like dream. Most days after her mother’s death she had just felt like she was invisible to her father, like he himself had become a ghost as well. In a lot of ways when her mother died it was like her father died with her.  From the moment her mother was gone so had her loving father and what replace that was a man Riza feared. 

There a soft sigh that leave her lips at Roy’s words. 

“No one ever ready to lose someone they care about.” Though she had known this was one day going to happen. Her father had been living with a broken heart for years. She had gotten over losing her mother but her father never had. “It if gives you some comfort at least now he isn’t in any more pain, at least he at pace.” Maybe now Berthold Hawkeye was somewhere where he was actually happy now, Maybe somewhere his beloved wife was. That what she was  believing in right then. She knew she was on her own from there on out, Roy would be going back to military soon.