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Guilt of the One Left Behind [Ch 2] FMA Fanfic

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Roy was so upset, he just wanted to light something on fire. He was still trying to convince himself that it was Ed that he was mad at. Him and his obnoxious, rebellious attitude and refusal to listen to orders.

Or maybe it's yourself that you're so angry with?

The second the thought appeared in his mind Roy froze. How could that be? He hadn't done anything wrong! He was just disciplining one of the men under his command, that was all. It was the same way he'd have reacted if it were any of his subordinates in this situation! Wouldn't he?

Roy headed downstairs heaved a sigh as he sat down on one the couch in his living room. He'd let Ed stay in the guest bedroom until he was feeling better. He'd just have to be patient and learn to wait until they were able to help his brother. The kid just had to learn to be patient! Roy didn't have time to deal with him right now, he had to get to work. He was already late, and if he didn't hurry, he was sure Hawkeye would show up soon to force him to get his ass to work at gun point.

Roy squeezed the bridge of his nose with his thumb and index finger. It was starting to look like today would be a long and stressful one.

Once he had eaten a quick breakfast of buttered toast and jam, Roy headed out. The moment he opened the door he felt a powerful gust of chilly wind and rain. It had been raining all week. When was this bad weather going to let up? He pulled his jacket tighter around him and hastily made his way to his car.

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Paperwork.

That's what Roy had been doing for hours, but he was barely even paying attention to what he was doing. He was just so distracted and jittery today. Why was that? Was it because of what happened last night? Was it because he was worried about Ed?

No.

He had to focus on his work.

Roy yawned and continued to scribble his signature illegible on the paper in front of him. It would probably be a good idea to pay a little more attention to what he was doing. He hoped he didn't accidentally sign his name on a declaration of war or something.

Riza looked up from where she had been working right beside him. "Is something the matter sir? You seem a little out of it today, and there are bags under your eyes." She said it a matter-of-factly but Mustang had worked along side her long enough to tell when she was worried about him.

"I'm fine Lieutenant, I just didn't get very much sleep last night. I got woken up in the middle of the night by a certain annoying brat," he replied.

The rest of his team looked up from where they were quietly working a moment before. "Do you mean Ed?" Havoc asked around the unlit cigarette in his mouth, knowing that there was only one person the Colonel could be talking about.

"Yeah," Roy replied, placing his elbow on his desc and resting his head against his palm. "The kid's in pretty bad shape actually. Apparently, him and his brother ran into some unexpected trouble on their last mission. Al's been compromised."

"But I thought their last mission was just an investigation in the West?!" Fuery said in a surprised tone. They all looked a bit troubled by the news. "What happened to Al? Is he all right?"

"He's been captured." Roy gave a brief explanation of the situation. "I'm sure he'll be fine though, I mean, he's just a soul attached to a suit of armor. What could they possibly do to hurt him?"

"Well... they could break his blood seal." An eerie silence came over the room. After a few tense moments of staring at one another and trying to conceal their worry, everyone hesitantly went back to work. Roy went back to what he was doing too, or at least, he tried to.

After a few hours, or what seemed like hours, Roy was getting very restless. It was so quiet in the room that he could hear the ticking of the clock. It was a quiet noise, but to Roy it sounded as loud as sirens. He finally gave up on the loads of paperwork and stood. His team looked up at the sudden change. "I'm going home early," he said as he headed for the door. No one questioned him or tried to stop him. They all knew he was going home to check on Ed.

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Roy was teetering on the edge of speeding as he was driving back to his house. He felt uneasy and wanted to get back as soon as possible. But... why? It wasn't so strange that he was worried about Ed and wanted to check on him, was it? He was injured and Roy was worried about him. He wanted to help him. It was something that a commanding officer does for his subordinates.

Something a father does for his sons.

The thought was so sudden and surprising to him that Roy almost crashed his car into a fire hydrant on the side of the road. "Hey! watch where you're going!" A man driving the car behind him called out. Roy didn't have the patience for this. He wanted to light that guy on fire. Light the whole street on fire. He would have considered it, if it wasn't still raining. But, since he knew that it really was his fault, he muttered an apology and kept driving.

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As soon as Roy pulled into his driveway he hopped out of his car and headed for the door. Once inside, he closed the door behind him and made his way to the guest bedroom. He leaned against the door and couldn't hear anything.

Maybe he's asleep? Either that or he's just giving me the cold shoulder. If he's awake he should have been able to hear me come in, Roy thought.

He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. Should he go in and see how he was? What if they kid didn't want to see him? Or what if he was asleep and he woke him up?

What was he saying?! This was ridiculous. He didn't come all the way back to his house in the middle of work just to sit and wait outside the door. This was his house dammit!

Roy opened the door slowly and quietly stepped inside. "Fullmetal? Are you asleep or-" He cut himself off. He had a horrible, sickening feeling when he saw what was directly in front of him. Or rather, what wasn't directly in front of him.

The bed was empty.
Chapter 1: [Link]
Chapter 2: You are here
Chapter 3: [Link]
Chapter 4: [Link]
Chapter 5: [Link]
Chapter 6: [Link]
Chapter 7: [Link]
Chapter 8: [Link]
Chapter 9: [Link]
Chapter 10: [Link]
Chapter 11: [Link]
Chapter 12: [Link]
Chapter 13: [Link]
Chapter 14: [Link]
Chapter 15: [Link]
Chapter 16: [Link]

This is a parental!RoyxEd fanfiction, with some brotherly sadness/love between Ed and Al. Warnings for violence, blood, angst, and coarse language.

First off, I'm sorry this chapter is so short! I promise to make the next one much longer!
And I know not much happened in this chapter, I'm sorry about that too! But it was still a pretty important one. Lots of emotional built up, you know? And as you can see, something has happened to Ed! Where has he gone??

Thank you to anyone reading my story! If you have a moment, please comment and tell me how you liked this chapter! I appreciate the support! <3

Fullmetal Alchemist © Hiromu Arakawa
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vocataku02's avatar
I love the thought of Roy acting so fatherly to Ed, but he just doesn't want to admit it! It's so adorbes!