FMA: Alphabet Challenge: The Plan of Attack

[artemisrae]

Title: The Plan of Attack
Rating: K
Characters: Heymans Breda/Olivia Armstrong (Breda -> Olivia?)
Summary: Breda does absolutely nothing special to impress Olivia Armstrong
A/N: Written as part of my Alphabet Drabbles challenge, as requested by pandoraculpa , with the prompt "strategy". I've... never written this pairing, so hopefully I've done them justice

Comments

[pandoraculpa]

Okay- I am *fiendishly* late coming to give you comments, but that's par for the course with me lately. Dreadfully sorry!

First of all, no one writes this pairing, so there's no standard to measure up against. I think I'm the only one who ships it. And so THANK YOU most intensely for writing it in the first place!

To be quite honest, I think you did a remarkable job of it! Courting Olivia Armstrong wouldn't remotely resemble how one would go about it with anyone else, and taking the tack of earning her attention by being as absolutely precise, on target and dedicated to the job as she is seems like the best way. Short of killing a couple hundred Drachmans, at least, and we can all agree that's a bit extreme. ;)

And the way Breda comes to this realization (and as figuring out what *he's* about, as well)) is rather brilliant, and pretty much how I like to envision his mind working. He's a highly underrated guys, Heymans. But I'm willing to bet that Olivia (once she straightens him up a bit, and finishes whipping into the shape she likes) would see in a heartbeat just what a valuable asset he is.

Plus, I totally think she likes hairy men, and I bet Breda's got a back like a bear. ;p

Thank you, m'dear, for humoring me and writing this bizarre pairing. You have no idea how many people I've tried to snooker into doing it, and so far you're the only one who has. Now *you've* set the bar nice and high for anyone who follows, with this absolutely amazing piece. Thank you a squillion times over!

[artemisrae]

GLEEEEEEE It makes me so happy that you liked it so much! I toyed with this in my head for a long long time before I wrote it because I really wanted to figure out how it might legitimately work. It was an interesting challenge, and in the end I was pretty pleased with the results. I'm so glad it rang true for you.