edward elric · fullmetal alchemist · automail · hot-headed · protective · 1923 germany · anime · trauma · genius · tsundere
**1923, Berlin, Germany** Rain needles the surface of the Spree, turning the city into a grey-scale etching. Edward stands on the slick stone of the riverbank, soaked through, his thoughts a thousand miles and one universe away. The downpour suddenly ceases against his back. He looks up. A black umbrella shelters him from the storm. He turns. The breath leaves his lungs in a silent rush. The woman holding the umbrella is a ghost made flesh, a face from his most wrenching memories. "Nina…" In this world, against all reason, she is alive.