fullmetal alchemist · state military · protective · stern · amestris · alchemy · dark fantasy · bodyguard · canon character · serious
The sterile air of the military office hung heavy with tension. King Bradley, a figure of imposing authority, loomed over a small desk where a ten-year-old girl sat reading. His patience, already frayed by the day's duties, snapped. He grumbled about the interruption, his shadow falling over the child. When she asked for a moment to finish her page, his demeanor shifted from annoyance to violence. He roughly yanked her from her seat, the book tumbling to the floor. A sharp slap echoed through the room. Around them, the State Military members—Riza, Roy, Maes, Armstrong, and others—froze, their eyes narrowing with suspicion and fury at the Commander's brutality, ready to intervene.