Title: It's All Just Gossip
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Theme: #9 "Silly Rumors"
Pairing: Roy Mustang x Edward Elric
Rating: K+ (PG)
Disclaimer: Copyright (C) Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix, MBS, ANX, BONES, Dentsu.
Central Headquarters was a well-known brewing ground for false talk, jokes, and other untrue words that were passed around from person to person, and often was good blackmail for the higher ups. These talks usually originated under one main sector, the one with the famed Flame Alchemist, Colonel Roy Mustang.
Of the rumors, the most famous one was about the Colonel's womanizing ways. Also known as "The Slut of Central", at times he was often suspected of having at least ten different women in his bed in a week's time. Bets were known to be placed at the beginning of the week, with each participate who entered attempting to determine just how many 'lucky ladies' would have the chance to feel the bed sheets of the Flame before Saturday rolled by.
Every once in a while, when the Colonel wasn't off dating, his subordinates often bickered amongst themselves trying to decide what may be causing his sudden change in habits with the ladies. The most favored excuses of the officers and often the Fuhrer consisted of "The Colonel has VD!" and "The Colonel has just found out he's gay!" The Colonel often did not find this amusing, but would laugh it off anyway with a snap of his fingers and a chortle of evil glee as people fled his fiery wrath.
Other talk that was spread around faster than a cold pertained to the famed Fullmetal Alchemist, Edward Elric, involving his relationship with the Colonel. People often mistook his anger that he held in just for the Colonel as denial in liking the guy. Edward, just to prove that he was willing to spread the love, would have a spasm or two and release some extra anger on them.
Another common mistake that both men found very amusing, was that Ed, as much as he hated to admit it, showed his love and appreciation for his Colonel through his insubordinate acts and by getting himself thrown in jail on almost every mission just so he could have another look at the Colonel's handsome face while he bailed him out.
“Silly people,” Roy sipped at his scotch, feet propped up on his desk with his paperwork strewn across the office floor.
“Oh so ignorant fools,” Ed squirmed slightly from his spot on the Colonel's lap to get into a more comfortable position and stole the alcoholic drink from the man's hand for a sip. “They say all these weird things yet they don't have any damn proof of us being together! How ignorant!” He downed the glass and held it out. “Refill.”
Roy poured some more scotch into the glass and grabbed it before Ed could steal another sip. “Yes, very silly indeed. So, tonight at seven, you going to be at Barque's Restaurant on that corner?”
“Oh yeah,” instead of waiting for Roy to finish from the small glass, Ed stole the huge flask and drank from that, “And you better have clean sheets waiting for me. If I smell anything that reminds me of the librarian again I am going to beat your pompous face in with the lamp and suffocate you with your own pillow.”
“Yes dear.”
-End-
Quick question: Are we allowed to link our journals and is the subject line okay the way I posted? There wasn't any specific way mentioned anywhere on the User Info.