The Meaning of Hyacinths (Roy Mustang Can't Catch A Break AU)
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flames of sorrow by starryeyedchar for mollE
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
07 Jan 2019
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Scar's face hardened. “State alchemists are far from innocent. They are a plague on this Earth, and I will wipe them out.”
Roy clicked the safety off. Scar didn't even flinch. “Big words from someone who's been using alchemic destruction to kill them.”
“It's not the same. What I'm doing is justice.”
“What you're doing is murder,” Roy snapped. “And the only reason that I haven't already pulled this trigger is because I don't kill lightly. Unlike you.”
Scar stopped. When he spoke again, his voice sent chills down Roy's spine. “Oh? You mean to tell me that you aren't a murderer yourself? Hero of Ishval?”
Or the one where Roy is the one to cross paths with a vengeful Scar, instead of Edward. And Roy's limbs aren't made of metal.
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healing wounds and happy birthday wishes by starryeyedchar
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
03 Jul 2019
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“By all means, wish Elicia a happy birthday from me," Roy said.
“Actually,” Maes began, nervously squeezing his eyes shut as if that could prevent him from hearing Roy's response to what he was about to ask. “I was wondering— and normally I wouldn't even ask, since I know how busy you are, but since you're decidedly not busy until you're allowed to get back to work—”
“Spit it out, Hughes.”
“I thought you might like to come?”
Or the one where Roy goes to Elicia's third birthday party at his best friend's request and gets the validation he needs. And also finds out about some of the strange things that have been happening in Central, and decides he wants to help.
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missed calls, missing you by starryeyedchar
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
22 Jul 2019
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Roy turned slowly, still keeping one hand clutching the receiver as the operator— who seemed less than aware of his dire situation —informed him that the call would be connected shortly.
“Hang up the phone, sir,” said a familiar, frustrated voice from behind him. “I knew you used this phone booth to talk to your dates, but it's getting a tad ridiculous.”
He recognized the voice after a moment as belonging to Second Lieutenant Maria Ross, and for a moment he was relieved— until he actually saw her.
“You're not Maria Ross,” he observed bluntly, and he didn't miss the shadow that passed over the imposter's face. “Maria Ross has a mole under her left eye. And she wouldn't be stupid enough to point a gun at me. Unfortunately for you, you are.”
Or the one where Maes Hughes does not die in a phone booth. Someone else does.
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last words, last words, last— wrong by starryeyedchar
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
18 Sep 2019
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The fury Ed had felt only moments before left him, and an all too familiar feeling took its place. Loss. A heavy sorrow he hadn’t felt since losing their mother hit him all at once. He couldn’t deny what Ross had said anymore, not when Hughes was staring at him like that. The man’s usually bright green eyes looked almost empty.
“It’s true, isn’t it?” Ed asked, and to his surprise, his voice came out steady. “Mustang’s dead.”
Hughes drew in a long breath, and turned his blank stare to the floor. “Yes.”
Or the one where Edward finally finds out what happened to Roy. And he doesn't take it very well.
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bad dreams, living nightmares by starryeyedchar
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
28 Nov 2019
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"Best friend pitted against pseudo-son. It was all very dramatic," Envy told her. "It seems Hughes and the Fullmetal brat will be too busy blaming each other to worry about asking too many questions. They’re both too wrecked to threaten our plans separately, and they certainly won’t be working together. You should’ve been there to hear it.”
Lust beamed. “You can’t be serious.”
“Dead. More so than Mustang,” Envy said, with another laugh, then paused. “How is our prisoner, anyhow?”
Or the one where Roy Mustang is not, in fact, dead. It's just that no one else knows that. But Roy's not too enthused about his present situation, either.
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death of the undying, life of the (presumed) dead by starryeyedchar
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
06 Jul 2020
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"Do you know Roy Mustang?” Maes demanded of the homunculus. Havoc tensed out of the corner of his eye, but Maes paid him no mind. He watched the woman’s expression for any sign of recognition, and found instead… amusement.
“The Flame Colonel?” she asked, smiling again. “The Hero of Ishval? I’d say very few people don’t know of him. Very handsome, wasn’t he? Pity he had to die alone, like that.”
Fury flooded Maes’ veins, and he itched to lunge at this woman and strangle her… but he held back, kept the shotgun steady. “Yes,” Maes said, carefully keeping his voice even. “You wouldn’t happen to know anything about that, would you?”
Or the one where a homunculus loses a fight at the third laboratory. And another homunculus wins a fight elsewhere.
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escapism, escaping, and a lack thereof by starryeyedchar
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
02 Apr 2021
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The moment Maes Hughes heard that the Fullmetal Alchemist was apparently running all about Central and showboating his powers, he informed the Lieutenant.
She offered to drive.
Even if Edward got angry with him again, that was still better than the kid ending up dead in some ditch after prancing around while Scar was still on the loose.
Not much, Roy would’ve said. But better.
Or the one where the Elrics' plan to capture a homunculus is set in motion, and the homunculi have a plan to make sure that Roy never tries to run again. Scar may be a hindrance to both of these.
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coins, chess, crimson red by starryeyedchar
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
28 Jun 2021
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“Where is he?” Envy demanded furiously, unsure who they were asking after. The clarification— Scar or Marcoh —didn’t seem important to Envy, and Mustang didn’t seem to need it, either, as the answers were one and the same.
“Long gone,” he said, with another huff of laughter.
Envy wasted no time before grabbing a fistful of his hair and slamming his head into the wall. It didn’t knock Mustang out, but it was a close thing. The alchemist’s expression twisted with pain, but he was still stubbornly smiling.
“You will wish,” Envy spat, “that you had gone with them.”
Or the one where our heroes persist despite seemingly impossible odds, and begin to set some things in motion. In for a penny, in for a pound. Unfortunately, the villains have a new player of their own.
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out of the fire, into the ice by starryeyedchar
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
05 Sep 2022
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If people didn’t stop talking about how very sad and tragic and dead Mustang was over here, Ed was going to start yelling. Or throwing punches. Or both.
Most people at least had the decency to not speak ill of the dead Colonel to their faces, but it still brought on a lot of unpleasant memories that Ed now had to deal with on top of everything else that was already going on.
The conversations he’d had with the Lieutenant and Hughes about Ishval seemed so far away, now. Ed missed both of them.
Here, the only person he could truly rely on was Al. It always seemed to come back to the two of them against the rest of the world, and it definitely felt that way in Briggs.
Or the one where Ed and Al run into some trouble in Briggs, and others run into trouble elsewhere.
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Promises, broken and kept by starryeyedchar
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
02 Nov 2025
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In the soft light that came with the dawn of the Promised Day, Maes found himself back at the place where everything first went wrong. At Roy's grave. Holding hyacinths again.
Blue for loyalty and sincerity. Purple for sorrow and regret. The same exact shades Roy had brought to Elicia’s birthday party, as if he’d had anything to apologize for.
“I should be the one apologizing to you,” Maes muttered, eyes stinging. He’d long since stopped letting his guilt control him, but he knew he would never truly forgive himself for not picking up that phone. “I’m… so sorry, Roy.”
Or the Promised Day, when long-awaited truths are finally revealed.
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