[fanfic] FMA: Comtemplation
Requested by blkdragonqueen . Sorry about it being late. I started it and the plunnie decided it didn't want to cooperate. The fic request meme is still open.
Al stretched out on the floor as quietly as possible, so not to disturb his sleeping brother. He considered going back to books, to do more research. 'It's not like I can sleep anyway,' he thought sadly. 'But the sound of brother's breathing is soothing,' he thought, focusing on slow breathing. It was not sleep but it was relaxing in its own way.
If he could have smiled, Al would have smiled at the thought of his brother being so still, 'Some days, he has so much energy, he wears me out.'
Ed rolled over onto his back and scratched his now exposed belly. Al let out a non-existant sigh and quietly stood up to cover his brother up. He stood over his older brother a moment.
'He tries so hard to look out for everyone, feels responsible for so much,' Al thought, sadly. 'Sometimes, I don't feel like I do much for him. But I know that if I don't watch his back, he'd end up in worse trouble, so, I guess that means that I do do something important.'
His mind wandered a little as he moved to sit back down on the floor. 'It's not his fault alone that we are like this. It's mine, too. He wouldn't have gone ahead with trying to bring mom back if I hadn't gone along with it. He needs to stop acting like its all his fault!'
Al froze. In his agitation, he had begun to shift around making noise. To his relief, Ed seemed undisturbed. The next few minutes were spent letting his mind wander more when something he had read earlier that day surfaced. Though they had talked about setting aside a time to rest, Al knew that he was not going to rest any longer that night.
With great consideration for his sleeping brother, he stood quietly and slipped out of the room to pick up researching again.
Al stretched out on the floor as quietly as possible, so not to disturb his sleeping brother. He considered going back to books, to do more research. 'It's not like I can sleep anyway,' he thought sadly. 'But the sound of brother's breathing is soothing,' he thought, focusing on slow breathing. It was not sleep but it was relaxing in its own way.
If he could have smiled, Al would have smiled at the thought of his brother being so still, 'Some days, he has so much energy, he wears me out.'
Ed rolled over onto his back and scratched his now exposed belly. Al let out a non-existant sigh and quietly stood up to cover his brother up. He stood over his older brother a moment.
'He tries so hard to look out for everyone, feels responsible for so much,' Al thought, sadly. 'Sometimes, I don't feel like I do much for him. But I know that if I don't watch his back, he'd end up in worse trouble, so, I guess that means that I do do something important.'
His mind wandered a little as he moved to sit back down on the floor. 'It's not his fault alone that we are like this. It's mine, too. He wouldn't have gone ahead with trying to bring mom back if I hadn't gone along with it. He needs to stop acting like its all his fault!'
Al froze. In his agitation, he had begun to shift around making noise. To his relief, Ed seemed undisturbed. The next few minutes were spent letting his mind wander more when something he had read earlier that day surfaced. Though they had talked about setting aside a time to rest, Al knew that he was not going to rest any longer that night.
With great consideration for his sleeping brother, he stood quietly and slipped out of the room to pick up researching again.