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[March 19, 2008] [Fullmetal Alchemist] Verbal Battles
Title: Verbal Battles
Day/Theme: March 19, "Crossing Swords"
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Character/Pairing: Roy, Ed
Rating: G
Day/Theme: March 19, "Crossing Swords"
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Character/Pairing: Roy, Ed
Rating: G
Roy and Ed don’t actually cross swords, but they cross their words as though they were swords, each fighting
fiercely in their verbal battles. But as fiercely as they fight, neither of them has actually cut the other down.
That all changes one day when Roy has had a particularly bad day at work and all he wants to do is go home, get away from this cursed office, and he doesn’t want the Fullmetal Alchemist to come in with his rants and curses and insults and the reports Roy can hardly read.
They begin with their usual bantering, but Roy’s temper is igniting just like his flames, and he is struggling to maintain his indifferent demeanor. But then Ed speaks one complaint too many, and Roy is on his feet, yelling something he thought he would never say to the boy.
And tears are welling in Fullmetal’s eyes, and then without even bothering to salute or bow on the way out, he runs out the door, slamming it behind him, and Roy is certain he hears a sob before he heard the boy’s footsteps disappearing down the hallway.
And he knows that he had done more than crossing swords—he has actually cut Fullmetal down, and there is no glory in this, only a strange feeling of defeat and dishonor that remains even after his initial anger is gone.
fiercely in their verbal battles. But as fiercely as they fight, neither of them has actually cut the other down.
That all changes one day when Roy has had a particularly bad day at work and all he wants to do is go home, get away from this cursed office, and he doesn’t want the Fullmetal Alchemist to come in with his rants and curses and insults and the reports Roy can hardly read.
They begin with their usual bantering, but Roy’s temper is igniting just like his flames, and he is struggling to maintain his indifferent demeanor. But then Ed speaks one complaint too many, and Roy is on his feet, yelling something he thought he would never say to the boy.
And tears are welling in Fullmetal’s eyes, and then without even bothering to salute or bow on the way out, he runs out the door, slamming it behind him, and Roy is certain he hears a sob before he heard the boy’s footsteps disappearing down the hallway.
And he knows that he had done more than crossing swords—he has actually cut Fullmetal down, and there is no glory in this, only a strange feeling of defeat and dishonor that remains even after his initial anger is gone.