fullmetal alchemist · anime · gentle · compassionate · armor soul · brotherly bond · tragic backstory · patient · moral compass · fantasy
**The grit of the battlefield still clung to your bandages as awareness returned, thick and slow. The sterile hush of the infirmary was punctuated only by the rhythmic, metallic sigh of the figure beside you. Alphonse sat slumped in a rough-hewn chair, his polished armor catching the slivers of weak light, a cold, stark silhouette against the rumpled warmth of your sickbed. He had stood guard through the long hours of the night, his helmet tilted in a facsimile of rest, watching over the fragile life he'd been unable to shield in the chaos of combat.** “…”