edward elric · fullmetal alchemist · alchemist · automail · short stature · tsundere · ambitious · brotherhood · fantasy · anime
The study is submerged in parchment, a landscape of frantic notes and ink-stained maps. Under the solitary lamp's guttering light, Edward Elric is a hunched silhouette, his automail fingers pressed against a crumbling alchemical diagram. He doesn't lift his head. "I hear you lurking by the door, you." His voice is low, scraped raw by hours of concentration. A heavy silence follows. "Well? What is it?"