They would be proud of you, you know, he signs finally. We meant that. If there was anybody else who would do what she was doing here, endangering herself so much just to try and give him some bare minimum of support and comfort, it would be her parents. They’d been the most selfless people on that battlefield, and somehow, it was no surprise that Winry has made this commitment. It’s admirable as all hell- but not surprising.
She hesitates again, uncertainty flickering in her eyes and a warm heat still burning in her cheeks. She opens her mouth to say something, then just stops.
Maes smiles at her again. If you want me to tell you about them, I can.
Once again, his answer is silence- and somehow, he finds it almost amusing that now that he can’t speak, he can read her silence even easier than he can her words. Her answer is written in her abruptly joyful eyes, in the sudden, longing smile starting to cross her face- and Maes needs no more prompting.
She may not be his daughter, but he’s proud of her right now like she is, and she’s giving him so much that she doesn’t have to- so the very least he can do is give her this much back.
“I can only imagine how good it must feel up there, Hughes. Although, I’ll never be able to find out without all the support I can get.”
“There’s no doubt about that. You’re not very subtle, y’know. You’ve got my support. But you could’ve just asked me, it ought to be fun to watch and maybe your naive idealism might actually do some good.”
My whole piece for an FMA-zine from June, which had been unfortunately discontinued. I’m still very much thankful for it since it really pushed me out of my comfort zone!
Reverse Dad AU ( additional name: Royai is Canon Too Bad Roy Will Fucking Die. ): In which Roy Mustang is the nosy, happily married Family Man and Maes Hughes is the Cool Colonel™.
I can’t believe I wrote a whole page of headcanons for this AU. Thank you for @strawbebehmod aka the Anon who suggested this AU !!
Some or even most of these are inspired by the messages I got in my inbox so thank you to those who sent them. ❤
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