“Brother, don’t be ungrateful! Ling is trying very hard to teach you proper use of the Xingian language!”
rated:G | GEN | Mangaverse | Lan Fan | Ling Yao | general | humor
He lifted his eyes to Ed's, returned Ed's even, blank gaze. "Brothers," he said. "That's what we are."
She paced the wide, marble floor, visited each of the soaring windows, feeling every supple sinew beneath her skin move with the perfection of the young.
rated:K-S | GEN | Fullmetal | mid-series | SP: ep 35 | Dante | drama | introspective
She hated being idle; it ranked far above the petty pain of a mere gunshot-wound in her personal list of annoyances.
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | mid-series | Riza Hawkeye | drama | 354th FG HQ
Could be anything... could have anything... and there was a pride, a greed in the words as they had dripped from those tainted, twisted lips.
The advantage to being so distinctive-looking was that sometimes Edward didn't have to look for people; they found him first.
rated:M-L-V | GEN | Fullmetal | Edward Elric | angst | prisonfic
For now, he has mastered one world, two worlds; they have mastered him as well, and he is tired.
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | post-series | Edward Elric | angst | drama | introspective
She accepted the label and its implication without argument, lifting the revolver and sighting along its barrel.
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | mid-series | SP: ep 36 | Riza Hawkeye | Winry Rockbell | angst | drama
"Our boy here hasn't done a lick of work since eleven am, and she hasn't noticed at all. D'you think she's in love?"
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | TWT | Riza Hawkeye | humor | 354th FG HQ
Ed shrugged, although his expression suggested he was trying to keep from being too smug about beating a man almost twice his age.
"This is blackmail," Ed growled, but he pulled open the bathroom door.
If Al hadn't known how often the older boy feigned unconsciousness in order to stave off these visits, he might have been fooled.
rated:M-L | GEN | Fullmetal | post-series | Alphonse Elric | Edward Elric | dark | drama | intense | squick
That was the problem with girls these days... they just didn't know how to deal with a little pain.
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | mid-series | Edward Elric | OC | Pinako Rockbell | humor
Alfons Heiderich, this universe's most cruel mistake, came round from the other side of the crumbling brick wall, and Ed found himself again wondering if the man existed solely for his personal torment.
rated:K-L | GEN | Shambhala | post-series | SP: ep 51 | Alfons Heiderich | Edward Elric
Hohenheim had been familiar with death, but his own still took him by surprise.
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | Van Hohenheim | drama
It was merely a battle of wills. He would win.
rated:M-L-S | GEN | Shambhala | post-series | SP: movie | Envy | noncon
Every line in his chest and back was defined; he hardly seemed to have any body fat at all.
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | Edward Elric
Mustang is possessed, maybe, but not with the feverish intensity that will someday be the trademark of the Full Metal Alchemist.
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | introspective
"And search for free porn." Havoc pointed out.
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | Alphonse Elric | Edward Elric | Maes Hughes | drama | humor | 354th FG HQ
“Sir,” he says, and Roy could be imagining it, but he thinks Falman’s usually flat tone has a hint of panic in it. “Have you read this memo yet?”
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | post-series | Heymans Breda | Jean Havoc | Kain Fuery | Riza Hawkeye | Roy Mustang | Vato Falman | humor
Not a fairy, then, Alfons thought in disappointment. The fairies in stories weren't usually so foul-mouthed and excitable, anyway.
rated:G-L | GEN | Alt Universe | post-series | DF: ep. 51 | Alfons Heiderich | Edward Elric | crack | humor
Besides, no one ever said that tumultuous times had to begin with a fanfare.
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | TWT | drama | 354th FG HQ | politics
"I'm told by Mr. Mason that you resisted being fed, and he had you punished for that."
"Ah, Alphonse-kun, I was wondering when you would wake up."
They shared the same eyes, the same hair, and a level of intelligence ... and sometimes, Ed felt far too much like he was his father's son.
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | post-series | SP: ep 51 | Edward Elric | Van Hohenheim | general
Ed meets his eyes, holds them, and then -- slowly, painfully, but deliberately, traces his free hand in a line across his throat.
rated:M-L | GEN | Fullmetal | post-series | Alphonse Elric | Edward Elric | dark | drama | gore | squick
Occasionally, after a bad sand storm, a bone would work its way up to the surface; bare and bleached, like the sticks he used to pretend were swords.
With two younger sisters himself, he knew well that siblings quarreled, but never to this extent.
Roy could've sworn First Lieutenants existed only to invent torture methods for Colonels, but he wasn't about to say that one out loud.
rated:G | GEN | Mangaverse | mid-series | Roy Mustang | drama | politics
When dealing with the military, it always paid to look ready for inspection. Neatness counted; passion was suspect.
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | Alphonse Elric | Winry Rockbell | introspective
"As you can see," she said to Mr. Elric, wryly, "Appreciate them while they're at this age, because they turn into teenagers in the blink of an eye."
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | post-series | angst | Elric Kyoudai
Hope — he could almost reach out and touch that hope, hours away, maybe, just a few ticks of the clock and an array or two later and it could be real.
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | Alphonse Elric | angst
ROY: [calmly] If drinking means acting like an idiot the way you are, I'm going to pass.
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | TWT | Alphonse Elric | Edward Elric | Maes Hughes | Roy Mustang | humor | script
"What part of self-defense was it to write 'BIG FAT NINNY' on his forehead in permanent marker?"
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | mid-series | humor | Elric Kyoudai
It hurt, somehow, to know that there was no one now who could see past the mask if he didn't want them to.
rated:M-L-V | GEN | Fullmetal | post-series | SP: ep 25 | DF: ep 28 | Alphonse Elric | Edward Elric | Roy Mustang | action | angst | drama | mystery
When night fell in Ishvar, night vision or no vision, flares or no flares, there was nothing you wanted to do less than draw attention to yourself.
rated:M-L-V | GEN | Fullmetal | Jean Havoc | action | drama | gore
Roy was silent when Maes came back several minutes later. If he heard the sounds of retching from the bathroom, he didn't say.
rated:M-L-V | GEN | Fullmetal | Maes Hughes | Roy Mustang | angst | drama | redux
Rubbing at a fading reminder of one such lesson on his left biceps, he hopes she appreciates what a formidable champion she’s gained.
rated:G | GEN | Shambhala | post-series | general | introspective | Elric Kyoudai
The boy's brother stretches out a flesh-and-blood hand towards her, and at that moment she hates him, hates them all.
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | mid-series | SP: ep 45 | Lust | drama
Your eyes stared up at me, wide and questioning, in a response not fit for such a young child.
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | mid-series | SP: ep 25 | Maes Hughes | angst | drama | introspective
"I don't think there's anything wrong with you, Brother," Al said loyally, and Ed scowled.
"Edward," Hawkeye said kindly, "has it occurred to you that you and Alphonse may be spending too much time alone?"
He should have known the Gate was never that kind.
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | Edward Elric
I really don't like this body, he thought sadly; if he'd had a face to pout with, he would have.
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | mid-series | angst | drama | redux | Elric Kyoudai
If Ed had his way, his allowance (and all of Roy's salary) would be spent entirely on the most expensive brand of dog food to have ever existed.
rated:G | GEN | Fullmetal | DF: ep 01 | Edward Elric | Nina Tucker | Roy Mustang | angst | humor
An alchemical reaction of the most ancient kind: sitting down to eat as though filling the stomach could replace the gap in one's heart.
rated:K-L-V | GEN | Fullmetal | post-series | SP: ep 25 | DF: ep 30 | Alphonse Elric | Edward Elric | Roy Mustang | action | angst | drama | intense | ref. noncon | 354th FG HQ
I didn't understand that, didn't comprehend why being clean for going into the earth was a good thing until much later...
rated:G | GEN | Mangaverse | pre-series | Alphonse Elric | Edward Elric | Trisha Elric | bitter | drama | tragic