FMA Fic: "That Night" 1/1
Title: That Night
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Characters/Pairings: Edward(/Winry)
Author: evil_little_dog
Words: 146
Rating: K+
Summary: What is the end of innocence?
Warnings: Spoilers for entire series.
Disclaimer: Arakawa ignored my request to co-opt this series, so it’s still hers.
Prompt: from marlex, any, any, the end of innocence
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After everything is said and done, after the Promised Day, and exchanging alchemy for Alphonse's body, after finally - finally - returning to Risembool (to Winry) for good, Edward tries to think back to when he actually lost his innocence.
Had it been the night Alphonse and he tried to bring their mother back from the dead? Was it when he'd realized Shou Tucker transmuted his own daughter into a chimera? Perhaps when he gave up, during that first battle with Scar. Or when Bradley pointed out, despite how hard he'd worked at protecting himself, he'd left an opening for the military to use him by making Winry a hostage.
Any of those, he thinks, might have contributed to it. Could have taken away his ability to hope. But watching Winry cradle their first baby against her breast, Edward knows hope and innocence can be reborn.
X X X
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Characters/Pairings: Edward(/Winry)
Author: evil_little_dog
Words: 146
Rating: K+
Summary: What is the end of innocence?
Warnings: Spoilers for entire series.
Disclaimer: Arakawa ignored my request to co-opt this series, so it’s still hers.
Prompt: from marlex, any, any, the end of innocence
X X X
After everything is said and done, after the Promised Day, and exchanging alchemy for Alphonse's body, after finally - finally - returning to Risembool (to Winry) for good, Edward tries to think back to when he actually lost his innocence.
Had it been the night Alphonse and he tried to bring their mother back from the dead? Was it when he'd realized Shou Tucker transmuted his own daughter into a chimera? Perhaps when he gave up, during that first battle with Scar. Or when Bradley pointed out, despite how hard he'd worked at protecting himself, he'd left an opening for the military to use him by making Winry a hostage.
Any of those, he thinks, might have contributed to it. Could have taken away his ability to hope. But watching Winry cradle their first baby against her breast, Edward knows hope and innocence can be reborn.
X X X