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Based on the question in the post-campaign wrap-up about what would have happened if Scanlan hadn't destroyed Percy's gun. What if Orthax was still around during the Chroma Conclave arc? A canon divergence in which Percy's trying to walk a very fine line while maintaining control...
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16 Jun 2026
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you can only touch him when he's dying by lilantis
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
19 Mar 2021
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Sometimes there are moments like this one, where her future seems to mock her more mercilessly than others. They cannot know how effortlessly guilt will smother any love that gets too close, like flames leeching off available oxygen, or understand the cold resignation of a future of your own choosing, one that ends on the wrong side of a firing squad.
They cannot know how much it aches, at every single moment but especially this one, to have the one thing you’ve always wanted always close enough to touch but forever just out of your reach.
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or, a series of forbidden touches and what-ifs.
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15 May 2026
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Your Warmth Against My Scars by lassus
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga
19 Apr 2022
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“How have you been?” his doctor asks him after a moment.
“Fine,” Roy responds, calmy.
He is, really. Mostly he feels numb. And tired. And his scars hurt, sure. On the whole, nothing out of the ordinary.
“Have you been experiencing any pain in the areas with scar tissue?”
Every waking moment. But it’s fine. Really.
“Not much.”
Harris frowns. “I want to help you, you know,” he tells him.
“I know,” he brings himself to say. His doctor sighs heavily.
“How are things at work?” Harris asks, after a minute.
Roy has to look away, suddenly. It doesn’t take long for the numbness to wash over him again though, thankfully.
“Fine too.”
(Or, Roy's still healing wounds, excessive work and an argument with his Lieutenant slowly take their toll on him.)
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04 May 2026
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the art of redirecting lightning by TheRainbowElectric
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
28 Sep 2024
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A realization that’s been lapping at the edges of Sokka’s mind all night finally crashes over him in a wave. “You really hate yourself,” he says slowly, as the cold understanding sinks in.
Zuko’s glare could melt glaciers. “You wouldn’t, if you’d done all the things I’ve done?” he says, which would be fair, except — it’s not just about the things Zuko’s done, is it? It’s also about the things he hasn’t. Zuko hates himself for things that are his fault, and things that aren’t. For who he is, and who he hasn’t managed to be.
And Sokka can see, with sudden, sharp clarity, that if he were to plot the strength of Zuko’s self-hatred alongside the strength of his bending over time, the two lines would hug in almost perfect sync. Which leaves Sokka with only one question: whether someone’s self-loathing could run so deep and unrelenting that it sustains their bending for the better part of a decade.
The night before going in search of Sun Warrior ruins, Zuko starts to doubt that hatred is the source of his bending after all. Sokka helps him figure out what it really is.
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28 Apr 2026
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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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