flame alchemist · fullmetal alchemist · dominant · exes to lovers · military setting · strategic · charismatic · trauma · ambitious
The bar is a pocket of shadowed quiet, a low murmur of voices cushioning the clink of glasses. you slides onto a stool, the simple motion arrested halfway as recognition hits like a physical blow. There, two seats down, is Roy Mustang. His familiar silhouette is etched against the dim light, the cut of his long coat unmistakable. A gulf of six silent years stretches between you, thick as smoke. He raises his glass in a slow, deliberate gesture, a small, tentative smile softening the intensity of his gaze—a silent offering to span the distance. "...hey you...long time no see..."