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‘Alright, let’s just take some deep breaths, okay? In and out, slowly.’
‘Get lost – NO!’ Rudo roared again, eyes flashing in a terrorised, overwrought outrage. Then he ripped the table lamp from his bedside locker and angled it threateningly above his head.
His voice hobbled over as he spoke, caught in a thick hook of swamped tears and mucus. ‘You’re NOT –’ he sniffed, hard; it sounded burnt-out and hurt. ‘–You’re not doing the breathing thing! That’s Regto’s thing!’
Enjin bowed his face and inhaled sharply.
Then he took a good, long look at him. ‘So that’s what this is about.’
Or,
Five times Enjin went to help Rudo - and the one time Rudo went to him.
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25 May 2026
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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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08 May 2026
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Full of Mettle by Thornback
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime 2003)
25 Sep 2025
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‘‘I used to think Fullmetal was a crude nod at your prosthetics…’’
Roy Mustang’s words were laced with a thoughtful hum, and Edward tried not to feel hurt by the misassumption. Many heard his title and assumed it came down to his automail arm and leg. Ed had just hoped the Colonel – after everything – would’ve been different; that Mustang would’ve looked past Edward’s ill-fitting uniform and cripplingly-heavy automail and only see him as a person.
‘‘But,’’ Mustang continued, pensive, ‘‘I think they spelled your title wrong. You’re not Fullmetal, you should be Fullmettle. As in, you are full of mettle.’’
Edward blinked, utterly baffled.
‘‘Mettle, kid. M-E-T-T-L-E.’’
Mustang spelled it out for him. Literally. A genuine smile tugged at the Colonel’s lips as he rumbled out a fleeting chuckle, affectionately sweeping a hand over the top of Edward's golden crown. The boy's throat constricted as an annoying warm blur suddenly invaded his vision. He had experienced more kind words and actions under this man’s brief command than he had experienced in a long, long time.
It was just a shame that it was only a temporary arrangement.
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30 Apr 2026
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Lance doesn't trust his voice to work, is worried about how broken even a small hey is going to sound coming out of his mouth, so he hasn't managed to say anything before Keith reaches him, and Keith speaks again easily, something that Lance hasn't heard in a while coloring his voice, "I was wondering where you'd gone off to."
“Sorry,” Lance says reflexively, his brow creasing. He clears his throat, passes another self-conscious hand across his face. “Did you need me for something?”
“No?”
Keith tips the answer up like he’s confused about the question, like he doesn’t think he needs a reason to just seek out Lance’s company.
//Lately, Lance has gotten used to being alone.
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29 Apr 2026
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we are surviving every time by orphan_account for brella
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender
23 Oct 2017
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“Tell me something good,” Lance says. He's supine in bed, with his hands over his face, pressing down on his closed eyes.
Keith sits at the foot, knees to his chest. That’s what Lance asks for on especially bad nights, nights he can’t even stay upright, when the noise in his head doesn’t stop: Tell me something good.
"Do you know the one about the rain in the desert?"
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- Part 2 of to battle the night
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27 Apr 2026