Once upon a time (a fragmented tale)
I saw a fic with a similar style and I'm a copycat xD. I tried to make the story interlocking, but I'm not too sure if I succeeded . Either way, I hope it's entertaining.
Once upon a time (a fragmented tale)
i. even if the world ended
Some say the world will end in ice, others proclaim it will end in fire. Roy Mustang was assured his would end in flames, the very alchemy he used to claim lives will return to bring him to hell. If the world ended tonight, he would not care. This unreasonable, illogical, and selfish emotion called love just wanted this woman to remain by his side. If he was going to hell, why avoid tasting the forbidden fruit?
ii. but now
While father is out to work, the children will play. Riza was the child who could not avoid playing with fire, after all, look who her father is. Chaste kisses did not remain that way for long when she found herself laying on her father's desk. She found herself breathless with his body pressing against his. When did her mouth become so skillful? Why did his tongue on her skin feel so damn amazing? His tactful fingers was running up her thighs, lifting her skirt higher and higher until a reckoning force came into the room.
How silly of the teenagers to allow their hormones to control them while in the older Hawkeye study. How foolish of Roy to touch his teacher's daughter. It was fun, but now they have to face the consequences.
iii. martyrdom
Today was the day she sacrificed her identity as a human.
When he asked her to kill him if he ever strays off his path, the humanity in her will not allow her fingers to pull the trigger. There was a decision to be made, his goal or her humanity.
She wanted to be the first and only martyr to his cause.
iv. burned
Roy did not understand what overcame him when he ambushed and slammed her back against the wall and forcefully kiss her with the arrival of today paperwork falling to the floor like leaves. When she pushed him away, there was an obviously pained look on her face when she rubbed the back of her head. Guess he should have watched his strength.
"I guess that doesn't work in real life as well as it does in movies." He sputtered out as Riza gathered the files from the floor.
"Neither do romances, sir."
And as always, she was correct.
v. the story of how i became human
Once upon a time, Roy Mustang was a monster. A man who killed simply because he was ordered. His eyes was no longer his own, but one of a killer. Imagine his surprised when he realized a monster can feel heartbroken. When he saw her in the desert he felt guilt. When he saw her eyes, he felt his heart shatter.
He lured a girl into the desert and turned her into a murderer.
After that, it was decidedly so. Roy Mustang was not a human. There wasn't any way he can ever embrace a woman with soiled hands without staining her.
Roy only felt human when he embraced her, whispered his thoughts and worries to her. She understood him. Her own hands was dirtied (but still...) she knew he was not anyone hero. That was the day he fell in love. Monsters cannot feel love, only humans (and maybe dogs.)
vi. kisses
Kisses between the two was sparse. Maybe it was his most endearing quality, but his smirk made her trigger finger itched. There was many days where she wished she wipe the smirk off his face. Today, she was going to make it her own.
It was one of the rare moment in his life where he was utterly speechless, why it's not everyday where his First Lieutenant surprise (or mouth rape) him with a kiss. When she pulled away Roy didn't know to feel contempt or pull her in his lap. The latter was a much preferable option, but filing as a memory was safer.
"Hm, Lieutenant, that can be classified as assault or sexual harassment." Giving the persona he made for himself, it was laughable. Who'd believe she was the one making sexual advancements.
"Have you forgotten the time you nearly gave me a concussion?"
"Never mind..."
He could have sworn she was mocking him, it was rare and scary to see her smirk.
vii. science
Although both will love to believe in love transcending all, there was no logical explanation for it. Looking through the world with a scientific eye made everything more beautiful. How many nights have they theorize that maybe every molecule in their body was made for one another. Many nights, if they were silent enough, they can hear their hearts beating in a synchronized rhythm. There was a biological explanation concerning why, but why ruin a fantasy? One day, there was a possibility when their bodies was gone their atoms will fuse, creating a bond more beautiful than while they walked the Earth. A type of reincarnation, if you will.
Everything was only wax poetics, but everyone needs something to believe in.
"I always enjoyed the idea of equivalent exchange." Riza admits one night.
"Hm?" He mumbled sleepily, turning his attention towards her.
"Nothing ever disappear, merely exchanged." She mused.
"Indeed." He smiled when he felt her hand moving over his.
viii. beautiful
Roy found himself observing Riza one day while she was cleaning the sand out of her rifle. A sandstorm put her out of business temporarily, but there was something about her. Woman back home would love to have the skin she has, allowing it to become red and sunburned. Cleanliness was a foreign word here. Roy enjoyed her for all her imperfections.
If he was to die here, he wanted her to be his beautiful angel of death. He deserved it, her father work was used for destruction. Roy felt like he deceived her, but fire was never meant to help others, only destroy.
ix. a bittersweet romance
Deeply, Riza wishes their romance will have a happy ending. Happy endings do not happen in real life, they didn't deserve it. How she wishes she could lie beside him without worrying if his career is thrown off path. Humans did not need love to survive. She feels he is a drug to her, without Roy, she knows she will lose the will to live. The words sounded pathetic, but it was possible to die from heartbreak.
This was their story, a bittersweet romance without a happy ending. To them, this was their happy story, a man and woman who fell in love in the wrong situation.
Believing in reincarnation is starting to sound lovely.
x. tension
The lesson they learned while as teenagers was, they cannot keep their hands to themselves. Even into adulthood, it holds true. Even their coworkers can sense it was an underlying tension (and had a betting pool where if the two was screwing the living daylights out of each other.
There was never one person who instigated it, just a touch. Oh, she wouldn't mind if I brushed against her. He would love it if I kissed him.
"What is your opinion about office sex?" Roy asked undoing the buttons on her military overcoat, sense when have these things became so hard to remove.
"It's an idiotic, senseless, and risky way to get caught." Those words did not stop her from unbuttoning his dress shirt, how did she manage to be so lucky?
"So not the desk this time?"
"Never again."
Once upon a time (a fragmented tale)
i. even if the world ended
Some say the world will end in ice, others proclaim it will end in fire. Roy Mustang was assured his would end in flames, the very alchemy he used to claim lives will return to bring him to hell. If the world ended tonight, he would not care. This unreasonable, illogical, and selfish emotion called love just wanted this woman to remain by his side. If he was going to hell, why avoid tasting the forbidden fruit?
ii. but now
While father is out to work, the children will play. Riza was the child who could not avoid playing with fire, after all, look who her father is. Chaste kisses did not remain that way for long when she found herself laying on her father's desk. She found herself breathless with his body pressing against his. When did her mouth become so skillful? Why did his tongue on her skin feel so damn amazing? His tactful fingers was running up her thighs, lifting her skirt higher and higher until a reckoning force came into the room.
How silly of the teenagers to allow their hormones to control them while in the older Hawkeye study. How foolish of Roy to touch his teacher's daughter. It was fun, but now they have to face the consequences.
iii. martyrdom
Today was the day she sacrificed her identity as a human.
When he asked her to kill him if he ever strays off his path, the humanity in her will not allow her fingers to pull the trigger. There was a decision to be made, his goal or her humanity.
She wanted to be the first and only martyr to his cause.
iv. burned
Roy did not understand what overcame him when he ambushed and slammed her back against the wall and forcefully kiss her with the arrival of today paperwork falling to the floor like leaves. When she pushed him away, there was an obviously pained look on her face when she rubbed the back of her head. Guess he should have watched his strength.
"I guess that doesn't work in real life as well as it does in movies." He sputtered out as Riza gathered the files from the floor.
"Neither do romances, sir."
And as always, she was correct.
v. the story of how i became human
Once upon a time, Roy Mustang was a monster. A man who killed simply because he was ordered. His eyes was no longer his own, but one of a killer. Imagine his surprised when he realized a monster can feel heartbroken. When he saw her in the desert he felt guilt. When he saw her eyes, he felt his heart shatter.
He lured a girl into the desert and turned her into a murderer.
After that, it was decidedly so. Roy Mustang was not a human. There wasn't any way he can ever embrace a woman with soiled hands without staining her.
Roy only felt human when he embraced her, whispered his thoughts and worries to her. She understood him. Her own hands was dirtied (but still...) she knew he was not anyone hero. That was the day he fell in love. Monsters cannot feel love, only humans (and maybe dogs.)
vi. kisses
Kisses between the two was sparse. Maybe it was his most endearing quality, but his smirk made her trigger finger itched. There was many days where she wished she wipe the smirk off his face. Today, she was going to make it her own.
It was one of the rare moment in his life where he was utterly speechless, why it's not everyday where his First Lieutenant surprise (or mouth rape) him with a kiss. When she pulled away Roy didn't know to feel contempt or pull her in his lap. The latter was a much preferable option, but filing as a memory was safer.
"Hm, Lieutenant, that can be classified as assault or sexual harassment." Giving the persona he made for himself, it was laughable. Who'd believe she was the one making sexual advancements.
"Have you forgotten the time you nearly gave me a concussion?"
"Never mind..."
He could have sworn she was mocking him, it was rare and scary to see her smirk.
vii. science
Although both will love to believe in love transcending all, there was no logical explanation for it. Looking through the world with a scientific eye made everything more beautiful. How many nights have they theorize that maybe every molecule in their body was made for one another. Many nights, if they were silent enough, they can hear their hearts beating in a synchronized rhythm. There was a biological explanation concerning why, but why ruin a fantasy? One day, there was a possibility when their bodies was gone their atoms will fuse, creating a bond more beautiful than while they walked the Earth. A type of reincarnation, if you will.
Everything was only wax poetics, but everyone needs something to believe in.
"I always enjoyed the idea of equivalent exchange." Riza admits one night.
"Hm?" He mumbled sleepily, turning his attention towards her.
"Nothing ever disappear, merely exchanged." She mused.
"Indeed." He smiled when he felt her hand moving over his.
viii. beautiful
Roy found himself observing Riza one day while she was cleaning the sand out of her rifle. A sandstorm put her out of business temporarily, but there was something about her. Woman back home would love to have the skin she has, allowing it to become red and sunburned. Cleanliness was a foreign word here. Roy enjoyed her for all her imperfections.
If he was to die here, he wanted her to be his beautiful angel of death. He deserved it, her father work was used for destruction. Roy felt like he deceived her, but fire was never meant to help others, only destroy.
ix. a bittersweet romance
Deeply, Riza wishes their romance will have a happy ending. Happy endings do not happen in real life, they didn't deserve it. How she wishes she could lie beside him without worrying if his career is thrown off path. Humans did not need love to survive. She feels he is a drug to her, without Roy, she knows she will lose the will to live. The words sounded pathetic, but it was possible to die from heartbreak.
This was their story, a bittersweet romance without a happy ending. To them, this was their happy story, a man and woman who fell in love in the wrong situation.
Believing in reincarnation is starting to sound lovely.
x. tension
The lesson they learned while as teenagers was, they cannot keep their hands to themselves. Even into adulthood, it holds true. Even their coworkers can sense it was an underlying tension (and had a betting pool where if the two was screwing the living daylights out of each other.
There was never one person who instigated it, just a touch. Oh, she wouldn't mind if I brushed against her. He would love it if I kissed him.
"What is your opinion about office sex?" Roy asked undoing the buttons on her military overcoat, sense when have these things became so hard to remove.
"It's an idiotic, senseless, and risky way to get caught." Those words did not stop her from unbuttoning his dress shirt, how did she manage to be so lucky?
"So not the desk this time?"
"Never again."