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    Hawkeye is bossing everyone around, Havoc has an oral fixation, Breda is always hungry, Falman reads anything you put in front of him, Fuery's easily distressed, and Mustang is strangely attached to Ed. So, basically, everything's the same--except they're all toddlers for some reason, and Ed, Al, Winry, and Armstrong are on babysitting duty.

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    11 Mar 2016

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    Where the loss of ignorance is more valuable than the knowledge gained, and Edward figures out the source of alchemy a lot sooner than before.

    "Edward has cockroaches under his skin and leeches in his veins. He's vibrating and bursting and his body is too small, too big, doesn't fit quite right. He needs Al to know - needs to tell someone, anyone, but he will cut out his own tongue before he burdens anyone else with this knowledge."

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    27 Oct 2015

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    “Not all soldiers see the front lines,” Mum says, a touch uselessly. “Not all State Alchemists even serve in the field.”

    Ed shakes his head. “It’s war in Ishval, Mum,” he says. “It’s only a matter of time.”

    Mum does not live long enough to see the truth in Edward’s words. She doesn’t live long enough to see him throw away his principles, either, though, so there’s that.

    (AKA, an AU where Ed was born several years earlier than in canon, finds himself in the military under a different set of circumstances, and discovers, aged 15, just how much war changes things.)

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    08 Oct 2015

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    Edward is eighteen. Roy was his commanding officer. Edward enjoys getting tied up, and likes it even better when Roy does it. The situation could be misunderstood even by those with the best intentions.

    Not everyone has the best intentions.

    Alternately, the "What if Roy and Ed really were caught out?" fic.

    Sequel to The Limits of Control: A BDSM Love Story.

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    26 May 2015

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    Work in progress. "Search for the value of that which you seek, for alchemy already knows." Alchemy knew what Edward wanted when his fingertips touched that circle, but Edward did not yet understand how value differs from price, how equivalent differs from equal. The Gate calculates with one small difference, and Trisha Elric lives - but the cost may be too high for Edward to afford.

    [ Originally published on FFN 16 June 2009. A very detailed, very slow exploration of the creators' headcanon through Edward's eyes - and sometimes Roy's - with lengthy discourses on alchemical theory, juicy helpings of political intrigue, a few near-death experiences here and there, and maybe an assassination attempt or two. Explores in detail the political and social spheres of Amestris and beyond in the context of Roy's ladder-climbing, aided by Edward's presence as a researcher. You could consider this a fix-it, but it's more like a highly involved worldbuilding reboot. Long-running, takes time between updates, but chapters are 20-30k long. Be prepared to indulge and suspend your disbelief. Leave canon at the doorstep; this is something else entirely. ]

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    20 Mar 2015