Fic: Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!) (Fullmetal Alchemist, Roy/Hughes, PG-13)

[harmonyangel]

Title: Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)
Author: harmonyangel
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)
Pairing: Roy Mustang/Maes Hughes
Word Count: 900
Rating: PG-13 for implied sexuality
Summary: It was a yearly tradition at the Academy: at the end of the boots' first year, they put on a drag fashion show for the upperclassmen as a last rite of initiation. (Roy Mustang

Comments

[likeadeuce]

This gets MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF HEARTS.

And I also want the story where Hughes and Havoc try to get Riza and Rebecca to tell them what the ladies' ceremony was like. I'm assuming whatever Riza did involved guns. . .

[harmonyangel]

I appreciate your manly eyeliner icon. :P

Rebecca keeps ALMOST accidentally telling, but Riza always stops her. It's an important secret.

(I don't actually have thoughts on what their ceremony might BE, as my only experience with girls' initiation activities is from Girl Scouts, and I assume military women are more hardcore.)

[likeadeuce]

Note that Roy is not involved in quizzing the women about the ceremony. That's because, in his year, he just went. Hughes: "What do you mean you WENT?" "I dunno. I just showed up, and they let me stay." "So what was it like?" "I can't TELL. It's SECRET."

(I don't know either, but it likely involves making fun of the guys).

Also, can we talk about what happens when the Roy Mustang drag-show pictures get leaked to the media, in an attempt to damage his political career. He picks the best one and has it included in a campaign brochure, without comment. The guy who leaked the pictures, who is attached to the Armstrong camp, was fired by Olivier Mira, personally. "Did you think that would EMBARRASS Mustang? Do you KNOW the man?"

Interestingly, a lot of people swore there was a picture of Roy grabbing Hughes by the tie, but it disappeared without a trace. Riza found it years later, while cleaning out Roy's desk, but she put it back in the envelope where she found it.

[harmonyangel]

Ohhhh. :( :( This fic did not have anvilicious foreshadowing, but it's hard to AVOID the inevitability of Hughes' death, and the tones these memories will take on as Roy ages.

[second_batgirl]

:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

I really need to read more FMA.

[likeadeuce]

Unfortunately, nothing like this actually HAPPENS. But you can totally see where it could. . .

[harmonyangel]

<333

I encourage you to read more, though I'm afraid of setting up false expectations!

[stultiloquentia]

I approve SO HEARTILY. Wow, I love it. I knew what was coming, of course, because IT'S ROY; is there anybody out there who thinks he can't walk in heels? But your narration and your details are hilarious and delicious. The female cadets' private gig! Mustache guy! The halter top. Clearly, you are good for this fandom, and this fandom is good for you.

*subscribes to your newsletter*

[harmonyangel]

:) I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Having just dipped my toes into the fandom, I was a little scared about getting them right. Especially since this basically spilled out of me spontaneously this morning in one sitting. Thank you for the reassurance!

[seaweed_fma]

HOLY CRAP that was awesome.. I have such a soft spot for academy boys, but damn I have never seen them like that.
AWESOME!!!!1

[harmonyangel]

:D Thank you! I'm very happy that this passes the fandom muster.

[hurry_sundown]

Okay, so I read the fandom overview at crack_van, and most of what I got out of it was a raging case of "What the actual fuck?" However --

likeadeuce recced me this story on a day when I was feeling, um, needy. And? I love it to bits. I wouldn't mind knowing what happened after, either.

[likeadeuce]

Okay, so basically what you need to know about FMA is that Roy Mustang is:

-A 30 year old military officer. . .
. . .who looks like a teenage Asian pop star, is never seen wearing anything but formalwear or a military uniform and has
1) superpowers
2) a dark past leading to an angst-filled redemption arc
He also has:
- a tragic relationship with a close male friend from the military academy
- an adversarial relationship with a teenage boy that he alternately mentors and feuds with
- an explicity S & M flavored relationship with a female officer who both serves as his bodyguard and has explicit permission to shoot and kill him if he ever gets out of line.

Basically, this character is served up on a platter for fandom to do ANYTHING THEY WANT with him.

And in this case? Jen put him in a dress and had him flirt with the academy BFF, because why not?

[likeadeuce]

I forgot to mention that he (a) was born with a porn star name and (b) raised in a whorehouse. And he likes to suck his fingers a lot. Just saying.

[hurry_sundown]

Omfg. It's almost like he's too good to be true. Oh, wait ...

See, this is one of the reasons I value our friendship so much. Who else would take the time to explain these things to me?