Fullmetal Alchemist, Scar/Roy, Beta
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Pairing: Scar/Roy
Theme set: Beta
Rating: R
#01 - Walking
Roy was entranced by the confident way the Ishbalan carried himself in a fight, employing a steady walk toward his opponent (more like his victim) instead of falling into rushed actions and panic.
#02 - Waltz
Red eyes narrowed as they observed the alchemist snap, twirl, swivel on his heel, duck, slide, and snap again-Flame’s fighting style seemed like a charming dance compared to his clumsy brute force.
#03 - Wishes
A white-gloved hand was moving down his arm and dark eyes were studying the complicated patterns etched into his skin, but Scar simply wished he would stop.
#04 - Wonder
Placing his chin into his hand, Roy stared out the window of his office and mused over whether he would see that mysterious scarred man again.
#05 - Worry
Mustang couldn't stop a twisting feeling from forming in his stomach when he saw red eyes scanning him from a rooftop, though any anxiety faded away into confusion when he realized the man was merely watching.
#06 - Whimsy
Sometimes he would sit and fantasize ripping limb from limb the damn alchemist who had leveled entire cities with his demon’s fire, but he got the feeling he would never be able to go through with it-for reasons he didn’t quite comprehend.
#07 - Waste/Wasteland
As they stared at each other across dirt and sand and crumbling buildings, one statement seemed to linger between them: this is what your people did to my land.
#08 - Whiskey and rum
When things were particularly bad, Roy would pour himself a few shots, if only to get the image of those vengeful eyes out of his head.
#09 - War
They had both been there, to see and experience and understand the same horrible things that had happened, that they had done, but that didn’t bring them any closer to understanding each other.
#10 - Weddings
Ishbalan weddings were said to be held in the highest regard; despite that, Roy couldn’t imagine Scar in the traditional wear it required.
#11 - Birthday
“One of the girls you killed had been celebrating her birthday,” Scar told the alchemist through grit teeth, and Roy felt something in his chest snap in pain-not for the girl whose life he’d taken, but for the man who was staring at him with such a tattered look.
#12 - Blessing
“I have Ishbala’s blessing to do this,” Scar snarled, and his temper merely worsened, translated into fiercer actions, when Flame told him he didn’t believe in any God.
#13 - Bias
It was on that rainy day when Roy realized he’d seen the man before, but he’d been without the burden of the mark then; the alchemist couldn’t help but think it had been better that way.
#14 - Burning
“The fire I burn with is much stronger than yours,” he hissed at the alchemist as he leaned toward him and pressed; he failed to mention it was the fire of vengeance.
#15 - Breathing
Each breath the alchemist took Scar considered another failure.
#16 - Breaking
Scar thought of the alchemist as a piece of flesh and nothing more, something he could take beneath his fingers and press against until it broke-and that was what he planned to do.
#17 - Belief
When Scar protested that it was against God’s teachings, Roy insisted that that wasn’t part of their equation-religion versus science, and that was what separated them.
#18 - Balloon
Seeing the scarred man forced him to a breaking point, like the last puff of air that caused a balloon to burst-though Roy got the feeling it was filled with water and not air.
#19 - Balcony
Scar tracked the man back to his home with the full intent of murdering him there, but when he caught the alchemist out on his balcony, staring outward with a defeated expression, he couldn’t bring himself to follow through with his plan.
#20 - Bane
It was difficult to look a man that was the bane of his existence in the face, so Scar instead turned his head when he felt lips brush against his collarbone-they were cold, striking when he had expecting them to be as hot as a strong flame.
#21 - Quiet
They were both quiet people; it made it so much easier when neither one asked questions.
#22 - Quirks
Both would stare down at their hands rather often, wondering over what those fingers, that arm could do-and whether they found it a blessing or a curse.
#23 - Question
When Scar asked why he was doing it, the alchemist said it was some strange sort of repentance for years ago.
#24 - Quarrel
They could have bickered back and forth about whose outlook was more correct, but neither man worked that way-they spoke much better through fire and destruction.
#25 - Quitting
Scar stopped trying to justify why he let Flame touch and taste-if he did, he ended up feeling like a fool when he allowed the man to walk away unscathed.
#26 - Jump
The man was gone, with a jump, before Roy had a chance to mutter some broken form of an apology for what he had done to his people.
#27 - Jester
Scar recalled back home there had been a certain popular play that was commonly put on in his village; after staring hard enough at the Flame Alchemist, he realized he had a slight resemblance to the friendly young man who had played the comedic role.
#28 - Jousting
While neither of them knew of the game that belonged to another world entirely, sometimes the way they fought resembled it-bolting at each other and throwing all caution to the wind.
#29 - Jewel
After a stroll through one of Central’s marketplaces and having a merchant try to sell him “some Ishbalan trinket,” Roy stared at the over-priced gem in his hand and decided he would return it to some manner of rightful owner.
#30 - Just
Sometimes the words from the Ishbalan’s mouth were just right, just enough to cause memories of bloodstains and hard sand to tear through the alchemist’s head until he couldn’t fight back anymore.
#31 - Smirk
Scar could never stop his lips from turning whenever he reminded Flame that he had the upper hand.
#32 - Sorrow
As much as the serial killer seemed to function on just that-killing without proper reason-sometimes there was a certain hint in those foreign eyes that seemed to echo within Mustang, and he wasn’t sure what to think of that.
#33 - Stupidity
Roy knew it was idiotic to be doing anything with the criminal other than trying to kill or capture him, but when the other man glanced at him a certain way, he couldn't refuse.
#34 - Serenade
Even in the trash heap of a home he’d traveled to with the other outcasts of his land, people seemed to find hope-women singing, children playing-and when the military arrived with that man at the head of it all, Scar felt his hatred increase tenfold.
#35 - Sarcasm
“Keep up the good work, State Alchemist,” Scar snarled before dashing off, that particular battle lost.
#36 - Sordid
When Roy recalled the filthier details of what he had done back in the war, he wondered if the serial killer really was doing such a horrible thing.
#37 - Soliloquy
Late at night, Mustang would sit in his office and talk it out, trying to decipher why he’d stopped himself from finishing off that stranger from Ishbal.
#38 - Sojourn
Scar didn’t like stepping foot in such a foreign land, where glances came his way wherever he went, but he wouldn’t be staying long and there were people he needed to find-a certain few.
#39 - Share
“The one thing we share,” Roy murmured as he stared off, anywhere but at the Ishbalan, “is our persistence.”
#40 - Solitary
Despite the many people the Flame Alchemist had working under him, Scar could somehow tell that the man was not a social creature-perhaps because he was such a lone wolf himself.
#41 - Nowhere
It was because he had nowhere to return to that Scar wanted to feel his knuckles crush against that soft, pale skin.
#42 - Neutral
“Don’t think this is going to stop me from killing you later,” the dark-skinned man managed between hard breaths, not one to believe in neutrality.
#43 - Nuance
Roy Mustang wouldn’t have thought there was any “thin line” between killing and fucking, but it seemed he’d been mistaken.
#44 - Near
Knowing that the criminal was in the city, so close, filled the alchemist with an unexplainable exhilaration.
#45 - Natural
It wasn't natural, it was against the teachings, and it was blasphemous, but he couldn't keep his cursed eyes off of the alchemist.
#46 - Horizon
As the Ishbalan stared out into the distance and saw that the sky was burning, burning, he vowed that he would find the man responsible and make him pay.
#47 - Valiant
“What you’re doing isn’t brave,” the alchemist spat, and a stare from his quarry seemed to respond What you’re doing isn’t, either.
#48 - Virtuous
His dark eyes watching as the larger man pulled on his discarded clothing, Roy knew there was nothing pure in either of them-not that there ever had been.
#49 - Victory
When Havoc alerted Mustang to the fact that Scar was gone for good, the colonel didn’t feel as if he had won.
#50 - Defeat
With one who had a death kill too high under his belt thanks to orders he didn’t agree with and the other a dying request that led him to taking countless lives, defeat was something they were aware of on a level much deeper than most understood it.
Pairing: Scar/Roy
Theme set: Beta
Rating: R
#01 - Walking
Roy was entranced by the confident way the Ishbalan carried himself in a fight, employing a steady walk toward his opponent (more like his victim) instead of falling into rushed actions and panic.
#02 - Waltz
Red eyes narrowed as they observed the alchemist snap, twirl, swivel on his heel, duck, slide, and snap again-Flame’s fighting style seemed like a charming dance compared to his clumsy brute force.
#03 - Wishes
A white-gloved hand was moving down his arm and dark eyes were studying the complicated patterns etched into his skin, but Scar simply wished he would stop.
#04 - Wonder
Placing his chin into his hand, Roy stared out the window of his office and mused over whether he would see that mysterious scarred man again.
#05 - Worry
Mustang couldn't stop a twisting feeling from forming in his stomach when he saw red eyes scanning him from a rooftop, though any anxiety faded away into confusion when he realized the man was merely watching.
#06 - Whimsy
Sometimes he would sit and fantasize ripping limb from limb the damn alchemist who had leveled entire cities with his demon’s fire, but he got the feeling he would never be able to go through with it-for reasons he didn’t quite comprehend.
#07 - Waste/Wasteland
As they stared at each other across dirt and sand and crumbling buildings, one statement seemed to linger between them: this is what your people did to my land.
#08 - Whiskey and rum
When things were particularly bad, Roy would pour himself a few shots, if only to get the image of those vengeful eyes out of his head.
#09 - War
They had both been there, to see and experience and understand the same horrible things that had happened, that they had done, but that didn’t bring them any closer to understanding each other.
#10 - Weddings
Ishbalan weddings were said to be held in the highest regard; despite that, Roy couldn’t imagine Scar in the traditional wear it required.
#11 - Birthday
“One of the girls you killed had been celebrating her birthday,” Scar told the alchemist through grit teeth, and Roy felt something in his chest snap in pain-not for the girl whose life he’d taken, but for the man who was staring at him with such a tattered look.
#12 - Blessing
“I have Ishbala’s blessing to do this,” Scar snarled, and his temper merely worsened, translated into fiercer actions, when Flame told him he didn’t believe in any God.
#13 - Bias
It was on that rainy day when Roy realized he’d seen the man before, but he’d been without the burden of the mark then; the alchemist couldn’t help but think it had been better that way.
#14 - Burning
“The fire I burn with is much stronger than yours,” he hissed at the alchemist as he leaned toward him and pressed; he failed to mention it was the fire of vengeance.
#15 - Breathing
Each breath the alchemist took Scar considered another failure.
#16 - Breaking
Scar thought of the alchemist as a piece of flesh and nothing more, something he could take beneath his fingers and press against until it broke-and that was what he planned to do.
#17 - Belief
When Scar protested that it was against God’s teachings, Roy insisted that that wasn’t part of their equation-religion versus science, and that was what separated them.
#18 - Balloon
Seeing the scarred man forced him to a breaking point, like the last puff of air that caused a balloon to burst-though Roy got the feeling it was filled with water and not air.
#19 - Balcony
Scar tracked the man back to his home with the full intent of murdering him there, but when he caught the alchemist out on his balcony, staring outward with a defeated expression, he couldn’t bring himself to follow through with his plan.
#20 - Bane
It was difficult to look a man that was the bane of his existence in the face, so Scar instead turned his head when he felt lips brush against his collarbone-they were cold, striking when he had expecting them to be as hot as a strong flame.
#21 - Quiet
They were both quiet people; it made it so much easier when neither one asked questions.
#22 - Quirks
Both would stare down at their hands rather often, wondering over what those fingers, that arm could do-and whether they found it a blessing or a curse.
#23 - Question
When Scar asked why he was doing it, the alchemist said it was some strange sort of repentance for years ago.
#24 - Quarrel
They could have bickered back and forth about whose outlook was more correct, but neither man worked that way-they spoke much better through fire and destruction.
#25 - Quitting
Scar stopped trying to justify why he let Flame touch and taste-if he did, he ended up feeling like a fool when he allowed the man to walk away unscathed.
#26 - Jump
The man was gone, with a jump, before Roy had a chance to mutter some broken form of an apology for what he had done to his people.
#27 - Jester
Scar recalled back home there had been a certain popular play that was commonly put on in his village; after staring hard enough at the Flame Alchemist, he realized he had a slight resemblance to the friendly young man who had played the comedic role.
#28 - Jousting
While neither of them knew of the game that belonged to another world entirely, sometimes the way they fought resembled it-bolting at each other and throwing all caution to the wind.
#29 - Jewel
After a stroll through one of Central’s marketplaces and having a merchant try to sell him “some Ishbalan trinket,” Roy stared at the over-priced gem in his hand and decided he would return it to some manner of rightful owner.
#30 - Just
Sometimes the words from the Ishbalan’s mouth were just right, just enough to cause memories of bloodstains and hard sand to tear through the alchemist’s head until he couldn’t fight back anymore.
#31 - Smirk
Scar could never stop his lips from turning whenever he reminded Flame that he had the upper hand.
#32 - Sorrow
As much as the serial killer seemed to function on just that-killing without proper reason-sometimes there was a certain hint in those foreign eyes that seemed to echo within Mustang, and he wasn’t sure what to think of that.
#33 - Stupidity
Roy knew it was idiotic to be doing anything with the criminal other than trying to kill or capture him, but when the other man glanced at him a certain way, he couldn't refuse.
#34 - Serenade
Even in the trash heap of a home he’d traveled to with the other outcasts of his land, people seemed to find hope-women singing, children playing-and when the military arrived with that man at the head of it all, Scar felt his hatred increase tenfold.
#35 - Sarcasm
“Keep up the good work, State Alchemist,” Scar snarled before dashing off, that particular battle lost.
#36 - Sordid
When Roy recalled the filthier details of what he had done back in the war, he wondered if the serial killer really was doing such a horrible thing.
#37 - Soliloquy
Late at night, Mustang would sit in his office and talk it out, trying to decipher why he’d stopped himself from finishing off that stranger from Ishbal.
#38 - Sojourn
Scar didn’t like stepping foot in such a foreign land, where glances came his way wherever he went, but he wouldn’t be staying long and there were people he needed to find-a certain few.
#39 - Share
“The one thing we share,” Roy murmured as he stared off, anywhere but at the Ishbalan, “is our persistence.”
#40 - Solitary
Despite the many people the Flame Alchemist had working under him, Scar could somehow tell that the man was not a social creature-perhaps because he was such a lone wolf himself.
#41 - Nowhere
It was because he had nowhere to return to that Scar wanted to feel his knuckles crush against that soft, pale skin.
#42 - Neutral
“Don’t think this is going to stop me from killing you later,” the dark-skinned man managed between hard breaths, not one to believe in neutrality.
#43 - Nuance
Roy Mustang wouldn’t have thought there was any “thin line” between killing and fucking, but it seemed he’d been mistaken.
#44 - Near
Knowing that the criminal was in the city, so close, filled the alchemist with an unexplainable exhilaration.
#45 - Natural
It wasn't natural, it was against the teachings, and it was blasphemous, but he couldn't keep his cursed eyes off of the alchemist.
#46 - Horizon
As the Ishbalan stared out into the distance and saw that the sky was burning, burning, he vowed that he would find the man responsible and make him pay.
#47 - Valiant
“What you’re doing isn’t brave,” the alchemist spat, and a stare from his quarry seemed to respond What you’re doing isn’t, either.
#48 - Virtuous
His dark eyes watching as the larger man pulled on his discarded clothing, Roy knew there was nothing pure in either of them-not that there ever had been.
#49 - Victory
When Havoc alerted Mustang to the fact that Scar was gone for good, the colonel didn’t feel as if he had won.
#50 - Defeat
With one who had a death kill too high under his belt thanks to orders he didn’t agree with and the other a dying request that led him to taking countless lives, defeat was something they were aware of on a level much deeper than most understood it.