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Mission Accomplished by Thornback for AnotherInternetUser
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types, Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime 2003)
04 Feb 2023
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An intelligence-gathering mission wasn't supposed to get this emotionally messy, yet here Roy was.
[Or, the obligatory Mission and Faking being Family but we're really not faking the second part Fic]
Whumptober 2022 Day 15: Emotional Damage → Lies/New Scars/Breathing Through the Pain
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- Part 15 of Thornback's Whumptober '22
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05 Oct 2025
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Old Wounds by Thornback
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types, Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime 2003)
21 Aug 2024
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There was something about the sight of the Colonel falling to the ground that didn't sit well with Edward. It opened old wounds. More so with how small and useless it made him feel within the moment.
Whumptober 2022 Day 7: The Way You Shake and Shiver → Shaking Hands / Seizures / Silent Panic Attack
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- Part 7 of Thornback's Whumptober '22
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- English
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05 Oct 2025
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Landslide by Thornback
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime 2003)
19 Oct 2022
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Near-death situations tend to bring forth clarity to even the most
emotionally constipatedstubborn people.Whumptober 2022 Day 8: Everything Hurts and I’m Dying → Stomach Pain / Head Trauma / Back from the Dead
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- Part 8 of Thornback's Whumptober '22
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05 Oct 2025
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but I believe that you were pushing your luck (it just sucks it played out like this) by YunaTuna
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga
15 Oct 2023
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“The military is dangerous,” Hohenheim said, “It is no place for a child!”
“I’m not a child!” Ed retorted, “I’ve been through more than you can imagine!”
“As your father, I–“
“You’re not my father, and you never will be!” Ed exploded. He pointed at Roy. “If anyone was my father, it would be him!”
Roy’s brain short-circuited.
Father? Him?
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Or: Hohenheim decides to visit, Ed gets mad, and Roy has a revelation.- Language:
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05 Oct 2025
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Courage Is Fire, and Bullying Is Smoke. by Thornback
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types, Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime 2003)
04 Oct 2022
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It was nothing Edward couldn't handle. He'd faced bullies before in the schoolyard. Having a grown man knock him about and try and get under his skin wasn't a big deal... right?
Whumptober 2022 Day 4: Dead On Your Feet → Hidden Injury/Waking Up Disorientated/Can’t Pass Out
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- Part 4 of Thornback's Whumptober '22
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05 Oct 2025
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In which Edward Elric is caught in an explosion, takes stock of his injuries and waits for his brother to find him.
Only it’s not his brother who actually does, but someone else entirely.Bookmarked by help_what_am_i_doing
05 Oct 2025
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A Safe Place by Thornback
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types, Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime 2003)
30 Oct 2022
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Sometimes, a safe place can be a person.
Edward discovered that Colonel Mustang was one after a torturous day.
Whumptober 2022 Day 10: Poor Unfortunate Souls→ Taser/Whipping/Waterboarding
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- Part 10 of Thornback's Whumptober '22
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05 Oct 2025
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Mouse by Thornback
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types, Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime 2003)
23 Jul 2022
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It started off as a ridiculous, blood-boiling nickname. Mouse. Out of all the teasing titles the Colonel had tossed Edward's way, that damn nickname had no right to bring him any sort of comfort.
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04 Oct 2025
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Biting Wind by AnotherInternetUser for Dusweet
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga
30 Oct 2023
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Whumptober 2023 Day 30: Borrowed Clothing/Bridal Carry/Not much longer
Edward expected to be belittled and teased, but Mustang made no such comments as he took his first steps forward, and Edward instinctively gripped to the man’s chest to keep from falling, head against his cheek. Stubble was rough on his temple and Ed felt his cheeks flush with embarrassment, but Mustang was silent beyond a heaving breath as he maneuvered Ed.
It’s…weird. Being held. Ed hasn’t been held in so long, not since his mother died and probably not so closely since Alphonse was born, and the feeling it causes in his chest is warm and off and strangely longing. The touch, the affection, though not really freely given, ignites a long stuffed down, childish want for touch. It soothes something in his chest and calms his breathing, like a balm against the torrent in his mind.
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Broken automail and painful nerves means Ed can’t walk, and chilly weather makes being carried all that more humiliated. Especially when it’s the bastard Colonel.
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- Part 30 of AnotherInternetUser's 2023 Whumptober
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04 Oct 2025
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Valleys of the Young by AnotherInternetUser
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga
19 Feb 2022
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Roy Mustang and Edward Elric's relationship had always been complicated. Roy wasn't sure why the boy resented him so much, but he was fine with it as long as Edward listened enough to keep himself safe.
However, when Edward makes a careless decision after being injured on an inspection that results in him developing pneumonia, Mustang offers him a spot in his apartment in place of going to a hospital out of fear of the kid taking a potentially fatal dive over the weekend.
To top it all off, East City is freezing in one of the coldest winters to date.
Time will tell if the brief stay will break down their walls and allow them to bond, or if will make things between them even worse.
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04 Oct 2025
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His Best Kept Secret by SkyFallSlayer
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
11 Sep 2023
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"No!” It was Al’s turn to snap, just enough to get his brother to stay quiet for a second. “Enough beating around the bush. When are you going to stop worrying and tell him? What are you so afraid of?"
Ed frowns painfully while looking away. Trying to hide the hurting feeling in his stomach again. "I'm just… afraid he would reject me too."
Or, The Elric Brothers are harboring a secret, specifically Ed. Yes, he did join the military to help get their (mostly Al's) bodies back. And yes, that him joining wasn't the only reason. He had another. One that involves the reason to be the Colonel.
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04 Oct 2025
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Cave-In by thephilosophersapprentice
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime 2003)
13 Nov 2023
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Edward had crouched on that transmutation circle holding up that tiny chamber, holding back the weight of an entire mountain, for nine hours.
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04 Oct 2025
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‘Have a nice swim,’ huh? Roy thought bitterly, coughing again and spitting phlegm into the mud beside him. He sat back on his ankles and wiped the corner of his mouth on his sleeve, frowning at the equally drenched jacket, compliments of their “escort.”
Was the entire inspection order a farce? Or was it an interception of official plans? Either way, he would have to worry about it later. He had to focus on surviving the oncoming night.
Content Warning: drowning, CPR
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04 Oct 2025
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Gingerly Across Bruised Earth by Wryly_in_Winter
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
24 Jun 2021
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Ed and Roy are captured. The threat of what's to come spurs Ed into performing dangerous alchemy in order to escape.
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04 Oct 2025
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all good people hurt (and the righteous all die screaming) by mossopossum
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime 2003)
07 Jan 2024
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Dust still swirls in plumes around them, and he can still feel the shifting of debris as it settles. He sees his friends in only outlines, but their movements are clearly panicked and he still can’t really think but it scares him. His head hurts. His thoughts are like drifting clouds.
Edward wished the lightheartedness could have lasted, but it never did. He always found a way to smother it.-or-
Edward will never let somebody get hurt when it could be him instead. Roy Mustang just wants to keep the kid from killing himself before he's even a teenager.
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04 Oct 2025
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Five Times Edward Called Roy Dad (or something close to it) by Muddell
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime 2003)
08 Nov 2024
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“And your son?” she asks, passing him the correct total just as Edward finishes packing the bag and gives it a hefty shove across the counter in her direction. “How old is he?”
But Roy is distracted by Edward’s idiocy, and after the sluggish day of menial work, his brain is operating at limited capacity. It takes a moment for Roy to process her question. “My son?”
The woman glances between Roy and…Edward.
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04 Oct 2025
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A Good Soldier Always Follows Orders by boredom
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
10 Oct 2021
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A good soldier always follows orders.
A good soldier never questions who they are asked to kill or why.
A good soldier fires his weapon without hesitation. No matter what.
Ed knows this. Ed understands this. And now he's staring down his commanding officer, trying to figure out a way not to get burned.
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03 Oct 2025
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Early is On Time. On Time is Late. Late is Unacceptable by boredom
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
09 Jun 2021
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Every state alchemist must get rectified each year. They can present their research. Give a demonstration. Or participate in mock combat. Whatever they choose, they have to show up on time and ready to wow, or else they get stripped of their title.
Mustang thought Ed knew about this. He thought Ed would take this seriously and show up on time for once in his life. But, as he sits in a room with an asshole major general to his left and a ticking clock in front of him, he starts to wonder just how seriously Ed takes this whole military thing.
Has Ed disappeared just to piss him off? Or is there something else at play?
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02 Oct 2025
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melting ice cubes in your hands by mossopossum
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime 2003)
02 Jan 2023
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'I don't do well in the cold, okay?'
There aren't any words to describe the all-encompassing feeling of dread that washes over him, then. Guilt sits slimy in the spaces between his molars and leaves an acrid trail down his throat, pooling heavily in the deepest pits of his stomach.
Roy Mustang stood against evil, but it seemed that it didn't protect him from being evil himself. No, it most certainly did not make him good.-or-
Roy has a bad day, so when Edward is protesting attending a mission in the north, he assumes it to be petulance. An argument ensues, Roy says things he shouldn't, and subsequently he ends up scrambling to keep Edward from freezing to death by the Drachman border.
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02 Oct 2025
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Let Me Out by Moonlight_Hearts
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
22 Jul 2021
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Epilepsy. His was caused through genetics but it isn’t always. The doctor talked with Granny and they spoke of pills from the bigger cities that their small family could not afford. He only had seizures, they wouldn’t kill him. Probably.
Or: Ed has epilepsy but still does everything he does in canon. He gets some god damn comfort and they love him.
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02 Oct 2025