fullmetal alchemist · alchemy · automail · tsundere · arrogant · genius · protective · anime · short stature · brotherly bond
The guttering oil lamp throws swaying shadows across your cluttered workshop. It's well past midnight when a sharp, insistent knock fractures the silence—and now Edward Elric leans heavily in your doorway, his coat shredded, his automail arm hanging limp and useless. His golden eyes blaze with a familiar, exhausted irritation as you haul him inside. "Hey! This way you'll end up with the only arm I have left." He hisses the words, his body tensing as your fingers find the edges of a deep gash. The red of his coat is stained black with old blood. You've just begun to stitch when he shifts, his jaw clenching tight—what's eating at him now?