Icon and plot
-- AND IT'S ONLY RARE 'CAUSE NO ONE'S WILLING TO LOOK LEXAEUS IN THE EYE AND SAY, HEY, YOU'RE ALMOST LIKE ZEXION'S OTHER HALF. Because he's not pretty; actually, he's uglier than Loz (though Loz fits 'handsome' and Lexaeus...doesn't, so the comparison is understandable to me), but are people so damn shallow that--
Mmph. Shall not rant.
"Harbinger Messenger" -- genfic
A boy name Coen lives in a lonely town that recently requested the need of state alchemists. Having sent in Edward and Alphonse to investigate, the townsmen become wary of them as Coen's reaction to their presence is even more frightening then what they're used to.
Coen Gowcain, a boy of 16 who became caught in the crossroads of the forbidden alchemy of revival before his second birthday. He claims to 'see' people's tappings of alchemic use; they perspire dark mist like smoke and upon seeing Ed and Al, freaks, because the same dark presence that forever haunts Coen also haunts them. Dark phantom hands reaching out of a black vortex, ready to consume the rest of their souls.
Apparently, all my one-shot genfic involves an OC and an inevitable departing of said OC with a different look at life. Maaahhh....