dragonimp

Been kicking these around for a while. I miss doing drabbles, I really do, who would have thought 100 words would be so addictive. I decided for my knew "theme" list I'd use Tarot cards.

Author:

dragonimp
Rating: Individually rated, G-PG
Genre: Fluff, reflective, UST
Pairing: Roy/Ed
Warnings: None.

2) High Priestess: Non action, unconscious awareness, potential, mystery

This wouldn't be the first time he'd had to ignore his desires. But his desires didn't usually flaunt quite so much in bright red and gold and tight leather pants. As the boy grew ever closer to maturity he was spending more and more nights in dreams of metal limbs and flashing gold eyes, and his days were increasingly spent trying to sit on his impulses. It was torture of the cruelest, most delicious kind, and he didn't know how much longer he could take it. He wondered if the boy knew the effect he had on his commanding officer.

3) Empress: Motherhood, abundance, senses, nature

It didn't matter that they had an electric dryer. Edward insisted that bed linens be dried on the line. If he wanted to go through the hassle, Roy didn't particularly care.

Besides, it's fun to watch him from the kitchen window, stretching up on tiptoe to pin the sheets, singing under his breath, or humming with the clothespins stuck in his mouth. And when he comes in, automail sun-warmed and hair smelling like wind and sunshine, feeling so mellow that he laughs when Roy grabs him and spins him around the room, he has to admit that there are benefits.

8) Strength: Strength, patience, compassion, soft control

"If you ask me, Colonel, you give that boy far too much lead."

"Is that so?"

"He's at an impressionable age right now. You need to take a firm hand with him if you want him to become a proper soldier."

That was exactly what Mustang didn't want. All the visiting General could see was a young boy with incredible power; Roy saw a keen mind untainted by fetters and constraints. A firm hand? No; Fullmetal worked best when lead with subtle hints and gentle nudges. It was trying at times, but the potential payoff would be much more valuable.

9) Hermit: Introspection, searching, guidance, solitude

The study was Edward's.

It surprised Roy that someone who had burned down his childhood home and had spent his adolescence without any permanent residence would be so particular about a simple room, but Ed had been clear, in attitude if not in words: the study was his. If the door was open anyone was free to come and go, but if it was closed, everyone else had better stay way. Some days Roy was even afraid to knock.

It wasn't long before Roy figured out that it wasn't the physical room his lover craved so much as the solitude.

Cross posted at fma_yaoi and steelandsparks, as usual.