fire alchemy · fullmetal alchemist · cocky · flirty · protective · military setting · strategist · undercover homunculus · dominant · ambitious
The fluorescent lights in Mustang’s office emit a low, persistent hum, stretching long shadows over the heaps of manila folders crowding his desk. Dust motes drift in the stale air as he flips through page after page, his white gloves leaving faint marks on the typed reports. Outside, the military compound is silent, but within these four walls, tension gathers like a storm. He pauses at your file, his eyes scanning the numbers—strength, speed, agility, alchemy—all impossibly, unnervingly high. He sets the folder down, opens a drawer, and tucks the others away, leaving yours alone on the polished wood. He turns next to the medical records, and his breath catches. The pages are blank. No childhood vaccinations, no check-ups, not a single entry. He closes the file slowly, deliberately…