Chaotic Library

Title: The Smiles We Left Behind
Author: emilie_burns
Fandom: Slayers
Characters: Filia Ul Copt, Xellos
Warnings: Some salty language
Notes: I have not written fanfiction in a long time, and Slayers fanfiction even longer. Please excuse any rough edges.

( The Smiles We Left Behind )

Title: A Hard Game
Author: emilie_burns
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Pairing: Roy Mustang/Riza Hawkeye
Rating: G
Wordcount: 1798
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. The song cited is "Love Is A Hard Game To Play" by Stevie Nicks.
Notes: This fic can be considered a prequel to Promises (R).
Summary: She let her gaze drop from the sorry excuse of a road stretching ahead to her hands, calloused and blunt-nailed and scratched. Working hands. Not the manicured, graceful hands of the society women he took out to functions so often.

( A Hard Game )

Title: Footsteps
Author: emilie_burns
Fandom: Tour of Duty
Pairing: None
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 1000
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Tour of Duty is the property of Zev Braun Productions and New World Television. This is a work of fanfiction, and is not endorsed by or affiliated with Tour of Duty / Zev Braun Productions, New World Television, Twentieth Century Fox, or Sony Pictures Television, nor is any money made. This is merely for personal, private entertainment. Song quote is from "I Was Only 19" by Redgum.
Notes: Written for 31_days, "Footsteps are mosaics of possibility"
Summary: When he was the pointman, he was walking on equal ground with the white men in the platoon. He was the one they looked to, followed, and trusted to be sharp and canny and keep their butts alive.


( Footsteps )

Title: Do Without
Author: emilie_burns
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Pairing: Roy Mustang/Riza Hawkeye
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 3900
Warnings: Few song lines interjected between paragraphs here and there.
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Song is "Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum.
Notes: Set several weeks after the events in Conqueror of Shamballa.
Summary: And it was not really a triumph on his end as much as a bit of dumb luck that decided to take pity and smile on him. Nothing he'd set out to achieve had ever come to pass, and nothing he'd strove to make right had ever been fixed, not as far as he could see.

( Do Without )

Title: Far From Perfect Place
Author: emilie_burns
Fandom: Nexus/Fullmetal Alchemist
Pairing: Roy Mustang/Bluebird's Illusion!Riza Hawkeye (hand_of_sorrow/left_in_silence)
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 2321
Warnings: Some fairly mild descriptions of adult situations
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only, set in an RPG multifandom universe (the_nexus_rpg). The song cited is "Should I Let You In" by Belinda Carlisle.
Notes: This pairing has been retconned and redone.
Summary: He might have been a different Roy Mustang, in so many ways, but that trait was still something that held true regardless. He brooded, kept whatever guilt he felt buried inside, and let it fester and gnaw at him, almost serving as a means of self-flagellation in a way, a punishment for whatever he perceived as failure.

( Far From Perfect Place )

Title: The Ladder Of Success
Author: emilie_burns
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Pairing: Roy Mustang/Riza Hawkeye
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 2200
Warnings: The only warning I can give would be a spoiler in itself, so all I'll say is that this is not a fluffy bunny fic.
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Both cited poems were written by Emily Dickinson.
Notes: This is not inspired by any past or present developments in any form or medium of the series. If anything did inspire this, it was the poem primarily cited, "Success Is Counted Sweetest", along with the movie Jacob's Ladder, and these together provided the title. This fic is also written in first person present tense, a format I normally despise, but this fic could not be written in any other way. I don't feel this is among my best, but I'm just happy to have been able to write and finish something, after a sickeningly long dry creative spell.
Summary: The streets are filled with people, the entire city is virtually thrumming with only a fraction of what I feel. I can't be late, not today of all days. He needs me today more than ever, from here on out more than ever. I'll protect him.

( The Ladder Of Success )

Title: Storm Surge
Author: emilie_burns (#65111)
Theme: 1- map, 2- island. (Written for the July 2009 Fiction contest on Wajas.com)
Fandom: Wajas
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 5501
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Wajas are created by Estuko. All Wajas featured are my own, and the customs are my own designs, save for the Fullmetal Alchemist and Guard Dog banes.
Teaser: The sides of the truss bridge offered a small amount of security from the gusting high winds, something to catch them if they were pushed to the side. The wet wood gave precious little traction, and the ties were too narrow to hold Lucion's paws and still offer him a place to dig in his talons. Every few feet he paused and looked over his shoulder to check the pack behind him. It was slow going, even with their powerful tails to help them balance, and by the time they were only halfway across, the highest waves whipped up by the wind and from the current splashing against the supports were hitting Lucion's paws.

( Storm Surge )

Title: Hot Summer Night
Author: emilie_burns
Fandom: Marvel
Pairing: Remy LeBeau (Gambit) x Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler)
Rating: NC-17
Wordcount: 4506
Warnings: None.
Disclaimer: Gambit, Nightcrawler, and all other known characters herein are the intellectual property of Marvel, Inc., and used without permission for personal entertainment only.
Notes: I don't believe in seme/uke stereotypes. I also haven't touched anything Marvel in nigh on eight years, so my canon points of reference are from the '90s era. Kurt is not fuzzy. I'm also not touching Gambit's accent. A smattering of French, but otherwise written without need of a phonetic translator and he does not speak of himself in the third person every damn sentence. (wtfmarvellol) I thought I'd never go back to writing Marvel, and don't expect this to be a revival here. It's a giftfic for Eden (Wajas #514). ♥ I hope you enjoy it, dear. ^_^ And thank you for the divine and for helping give motivation to break a long, dry, writingless spell.
Summary: Kurt tensed against him in surprise as Gambit closed the distance in a blink, capturing the other man's face in his hands, and his lips with his own. The return was hesitant, uncertain, as if he was still making up his mind what he thought of the experience.



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Title: The Summons
Author: emilie_burns
Fandom: The Slayers
Pairing: Xellos/Filia and Val/Filia
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 25000
Warnings: Mild adult situation, some language.
Disclaimer: The Slayers are owned by Hajime Kanzaka; Rui Araizumi; Kadokawa Shoten; TV TOKYO; SOFTX; Marubeni. See the first chapter for full disclaimers.
Notes: Don't know where this bunny came from but I love it. Xellos, Filia, and Val have survived into modern day Earth. It's both Xellos/Filia and Val/Filia, with lots of Casablanca references.
Summary: "We're the only ones who remember how it was, the old days, when the science of magic, not science alone, ruled the earth. We remember Dark Star, and Lina Inverse, and everything else."

The Summons - multi-chaptered fic posted at illusionoftruth

Title: Trip to a Dream, Dragon
Author: emilie_burns
Fandom: The Slayers
Pairing: Xellos/Filia
Rating: R
Wordcount: 18550
Warnings: Graphic violence.
Disclaimer: The Slayers are owned by Hajime Kanzaka; Rui Araizumi; Kadokawa Shoten; TV TOKYO; SOFTX; Marubeni. All songs are by Pink Floyd.
Notes: Set approximately a century after TRY. My muse hit me over the head with this little story with a Warner Bros. grand piano after I re-read a favorite old 'fic in another fandom, "The Last Temptation of Meggan Braddock" by Indigo. Her story provoked the initial 'What-If?' thought that all muses go rabid over, and just ran with it... in an entirely different direction.
Summary: Worried? No, Xellos told himself, he wasn't worried at all. He was Mazoku. He didn't worry over something so trivial. But what the hell was going on? Where was she? It was just so unlike the Filia he knew that he doubted this was her handiwork.

Trip to a Dream, Dragon - multi-chaptered fic posted at illusionoftruth

Title: Wind Beneath My Wings
Author: emilie_burns
Fandom: The Slayers
Pairing: Lina/Gourry
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1768
Warnings: Maybe there should be something here...
Disclaimer: The Slayers are owned by Hajime Kanzaka; Rui Araizumi; Kadokawa Shoten; TV TOKYO; SOFTX; Marubeni. "Wind Beneath My Wings" is by Bette Midler.
Notes: Written for yuuo for Christmas, 2002. And why yes, I am evil, thank you for noticing.
Summary: She knew why she risked the entire world and everyone on it when faced with Phibrizo. A world that existed without Gourry wasn't a world where she wanted to live.

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Title: Insensitive
Author: emilie_burns
Fandom: The Slayers
Pairing: Xellos/Filia
Rating: NC-17
Wordcount: 5367
Warnings: Bondage, smut
Disclaimer: The Slayers are owned by Hajime Kanzaka; Rui Araizumi; Kadokawa Shoten; TV TOKYO; SOFTX; Marubeni. "Insensitive" is by Jann Arden.
Notes: So I was watching "Bed of Roses" one day long ago and it featured the song in question, and a plotbunny pounced it. I really do love the Xellos/Filia pairing, but I'll be damned if he's not fun to write as a thoroughly evil bastard once in a while too. Also, the scenes aren't completely set up in a chronological timeline, but it should be relatively easy to pick up where you're at.
Summary: They sat in front of the fireplace together, quietly drinking tea while she talked animatedly about the events which transpired since his last sojourn. Xellos listened with polite interest, and while she was in the middle of talking, he simply relieved her of her teacup and silenced her with a demanding, but tender, kiss, his hand cupping the back of her neck, holding her to him.



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Title: Out of Your Shoes Tonight
Author: emilie_burns
Fandom: The Slayers
Pairing: Lina/Zelgaids, one-sided Amelia/Zelgadis
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 2305
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: The Slayers are owned by Hajime Kanzaka; Rui Araizumi; Kadokawa Shoten; TV TOKYO; SOFTX; Marubeni. "Out Of Your Shoes Tonight" is by Lorrie Morgan.
Notes: This fic is Lina/Zelgaids, from Amelia's point of view. I'm not a fan of the L/Z pairing, despite liking it briefly during the first half of the first season before I got to see NEXT. I love Lorrie Morgan's stuff, and this song bunnied me too hard to ignore. No, I don't know where Gourry is in this. It was just a limited little oneshot plotbunny that demanded to be written, so be it. Basically, I was getting sick and tired of all the L/Z 'shippers bashing Amelia.
Summary: "Still, I would hate to be any man who winds up with her. A man should be able to dine in peace without fear of life and limb."

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Title: Who's Crying Now?
Author: emilie_burns
Fandom: The Slayers
Pairing: Xellos/Filia
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 4392
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: The Slayers are owned by Hajime Kanzaka; Rui Araizumi; Kadokawa Shoten; TV TOKYO; SOFTX; Marubeni. "Who's Crying Now" is by Journey.
Notes: I think this is the first one-shot and first Xellos/Filia fic I ever wrote, if memory serves. Surprisingly, I still like it even a few years later.
Summary: That's when he noticed Lina was looking at him. Not just merely looking at him, but looking at him with an expression she reserved for people who she perceived to be acting on a Fireball-worthy level of stupid.

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Title: Even if it Takes Forever
Author: emilie_burns
Fandom: The Slayers
Pairing: Lina/Gourry, Amelia/Zelgadis
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 3187
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: The Slayers are owned by Hajime Kanzaka; Rui Araizumi; Kadokawa Shoten; TV TOKYO; SOFTX; Marubeni. "If You See Him/If You See Her" is by Brooks & Dunn and Reba McEntire.
Notes: This started writing itself in my head after I got to see the music video to the song in question again, and then was reading the Slayers manga.
Summary: Don't get me wrong, I love money as much as the next young, beautiful sorceress (which automatically rules out Naga from the running) but I'm too independent. I can deal with maids and housekeepers underfoot for only so long before I'm ready to scream. How Amelia does it, I'll never know.

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Title: The Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean
Author: emilie_burns
Fandom: The Slayers
Pairing: Dynast/Dolphin
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 3650
Warnings: Should I warn for weirdly gentle/violent Mazoku fluff? Or a songfic?
Disclaimer: The Slayers are owned by Hajime Kanzaka; Rui Araizumi; Kadokawa Shoten; TV TOKYO; SOFTX; Marubeni. "Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean" is owned by Nightwish.
Notes: So I'm a Dynast/Dolphin 'shipper. I don't know why, but I just like this pairing. But remember, these are still Mazoku, don't go in here expecting fluff. Life can be and generally is chaotic, and Dolphin's domain is one full of life. That, coupled with the fanon idea of her insanity (which I'm quite fond of actually), has her more capable of feeling a broader range of emotion than the standard Mazoku. I originally planned to make this into a lemon, but when I actually set about writing it, it wouldn't happen. Part of it is, I started wondering how it might happen between two Mazoku Lords, and couldn't get the notion of Q sex out of my head, which is rather boring, all things considered (Trekkie fans might know what I'm talking about).
Summary: He wondered then if perhaps her insanity was a hell of her own making, her own downfall for emotion. She was a Charybdis, drawing him down into a powerful maelstrom, corrupting him.

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Title: Maybe Someday
Author: emilie_burns
Fandom: The Slayers
Character: Zelgadis Graywords
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1232
Warnings: None; implied Zel/Amelia
Disclaimer: The Slayers are owned by Hajime Kanzaka; Rui Araizumi; Kadokawa Shoten; TV TOKYO; SOFTX; Marubeni.
Notes: First-person Zel bunny that came along one day and nibbled at me. This fic took a surprisingly short time to write.
Summary: I say they embarrass me in order to keep them at an arm's length. I won't let myself warm up to any of them, not inside where it counts. I can't afford to do that.

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Title: Judas Kiss
Author: emilie_burns
Fandom: The Slayers
Pairing: Xellos/Filia
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1434
Warnings: Character death
Disclaimer: The Slayers are owned by Hajime Kanzaka; Rui Araizumi; Kadokawa Shoten; TV TOKYO; SOFTX; Marubeni. "Last Exit to Eden" is owned by Amanda Marshall.
Notes: This is set hundreds of years after the events in Slayers TRY
Summary: I think about her sometimes. Not all the time, of course. Just...every once in a while.

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Title: What Is, What If
Author: emilie_burns
Fandom: Marvel
Character: Cable
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1338
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: All characters are copyright of Marvel. The Second Coming belongs to William Butler Yeats. Fanfiction, no money made, you know the drill.
Notes: Written shortly after Cable #68 was released, set after he somehow got back from wherever he is. This whole little tale is one half of a conversation between Cable and Irene; Nathan's half. Everything except the final paragraph is spoken word. The part in ~these~ are his thoughts.
Summary: So many prophecies have been written about that great, last, final hour. Some agree, some conflict, all of them describe chaos on a scale that this world has never known. I wonder if there's any truth to be found in any of them.

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Title: Sometimes It Hurts
Author: emilie_burns
Fandom: Marvel
Character: Pete Wisdom, post-breakup with Kitty Pryde
Rating: R
Wordcount: 2405
Warnings: Extreme language, angst, abuse of British slang, songfic.
Disclaimer: All characters are copyright of Marvel. "Sometimes It Hurts" belongs to Stabbing Westward. Fanfiction, no money made, you know the drill.
Notes: Third Place Winner of X-Day 2000, FanFic Category. The one and only Pete Wisdom fic I've ever written, and likely ever will. The song got stuck in my head and a bunny latched onto it and bit me, and it had to happen.
Summary: "Why couldn't you stop me from leaving? I thought you cared. Where did we go wrong? I thought we were happy. Fuck it all. For once, I was happy."

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Title: Taking Command
Author: emilie_burns
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Pairing: Edward Elric / Roy Mustang
Rating: NC-17
Wordcount: 3909
Warnings: Smut. Slash. Light bondage. Turning slash conventions and staples on its ear. If you prefer seme/uke stereotypes, this isn't for you.
Written For: fma_fuh_q, Ed Month (Oct '07)
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. Personal entertainment only, no profit, yadda yadda.
Notes: Yes, I've written this pairing. No, I still don't like it. I claimed it for the challenge of trying to write hot smut for a pairing I don't like and make it good. While I knew that Roy and Ed could be written into a pairing situation and still kept in character, since there are a few fics out there that manage to pull it off, I was really at a loss for a setting. Although this stands alone very well, I borrowed off a larger plot that I've poked at in fics with friends that feature a polyamorous relationship between Ed, Riza, and Roy. There are a few mentions of het in this, although Riza makes no appearance -- she's not even in the same part of the country as the boys. I also like to write slash that goes against the usual conventions and bucks the stereotypes.
Summary: Edward didn't explode at the jab to his height in a manner Mustang predicted, judging by the stunned flash in wide, dark eyes as Ed grabbed him by his shirtfront and hooked an ankle around his knees, sending him to the floor before Mustang could react.



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Title: Be All You Can Be
Author: emilie_burns
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Pairing: Frank Archer / Dante, with a vague Archer/Kimbley reference for kicks.
Rating: Hard R
Warnings: Non-consensual femmedomme kinky penis-free mild smut and uh... mucous membranes tend to decay first, so uh... talk about yer crotch rot. If you don't get the implications, you might not want to read this over dinner.
Written For: fma_fuh_q, Archer Month
Disclaimer:
Notes: I have no idea where this bunny came from, and I'm not sure I really want to know either. I... actually feel kinda bad for Archer here.
Summary: A fine, loyal soldier. That was a good thing, wasn't it? Then why did it sound so vulgar coming from her?
Chanson du Jour: Garbage : Butterfly Collector (8.33MB, mp3) [DivShare]

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Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Title: To Comprehend a Nectar
Author: emilie_burns
Pairing: Ed/Al Elric
Rating: PG
Word Count: 350
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix.
Warnings: Incesteous overtones
Author's Notes: Written for littleduchess for the First Kiss Meme. 'Shipped or not, these two are in what I can only describe as a platonic romance. The only line between canon and a 'ship is the nature of expression. Title comes from an Emily Dickinson poem.
Summary: Then again, could a fallen sinner, cast out of Paradise, banished from Eden, really be a good judge of right and wrong?

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Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Title: Growing Up
Author: emilie_burns
Pairing: Al Elric/Winry Rockbell
Rating: G
Word Count: 1200
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix.
Warnings: Excessive Al-brand cuteness and shmoop.
Author's Notes: Written for dejla for the First Kiss Meme. Although I write Al/Winry as part of an Al/Winry-Winry/Sheska poly relationship in Like a Heartbeat, this is the first time I ever tried to write just Al/Winry, let alone a first-kiss scenario. I hope I did all right. They are so full of cute and dorky win. XD I love them.
Summary: He was going to die. He was going to be mauled with wrenches while melting into a gooey puddle of blush. Of all the ways he could die, why did he have to be dying stupid?

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Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Title: A Chance Worth Taking
Author: emilie_burns
Pairing: Maes/Gracia Hughes
Rating: G
Word Count: 825
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix.
Warnings: Cavity-inducing sweetness.
Author's Notes: Written for imma_holiday for the First Kiss Meme. This fic is written in a style different than what I'm used to, but it works and I like it. I blame the short story anthology I'd been reading at the time.
Summary: She explained that she didn't want the military in her life, the inevitable and constant goodbyes and the threat of a burial hanging over her head like a mythological sword of fate.

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Fandom: Carnivàle
Title: Yet Indeed She is My Sister
Author: emilie_burns
Pairing: Justin/Iris
Rating: R
Word Count: 1,010
Disclaimer: Carnivàle is copyright HBO and Daniel Knauf.
Warnings: Incest, abuse of biblical verses.
Author's Notes: Written for yuuo for the First Kiss Meme. Title comes from Genesis 20:12. I couldn't resist the temptation of trying to write this pairing. They manage to be full of both Do Not Want and Fuckin' Hot at the same time. I hadn't seen the second season at the time of writing, so this is a bit short to avoid too much, if any, backstory clashing. (please to not be giving Season 2 spoilers, thanks)
Summary: Her mouth felt dry as sand. "Leviticus, chapter eighteen, verse nine," she whispered.

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Fandom: Slayers
Title: Close Call in the Shadows
Author: emilie_burns
Pairing: Xellos/Filia
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 400
Disclaimer: Slayers is copyright Hajime Kanzaka; Rui Araizumi; Kadokawa Shoten; TV TOKYO; SOFTX; Marubeni.
Warnings: None
Author's Notes: Written for janegray for the First Kiss Meme. I do miss writing this couple.
Summary: There was something about nights like that, when the wind was high and the moon hid among the clouds, casting dim light and strange shadows over once-familiar land, that sent a chill to her bones.

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Fandom: Devil May Cry
Title: Slow Burn
Author: emilie_burns
Pairing: Dante/Trish
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1500
Disclaimer: Devil May Cry is copyrighted by CAPCOM
Warnings: None
Author's Notes: Written for janegray for the First Kiss Meme. I wish Trish would talk to me more beyond making slashy commentary on all the guys I see. D:
Summary: But there was an unspoken agreement. She was welcome in his job, which to the most extent was his life, and to his bed to a degree, but nothing more.

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Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Title: Tough Love
Author: emilie_burns
Pairing: none, breda gen, though maybe roy/riza if you squint right.
Rating: R (language)
Word Count: 1400
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix.
Warnings: Spoiler Alert for end of series/movie.
Author's Notes: This idea was written on the fly in less than an hour after reading rubytuesday5681's post, and skimming a list of fic prompts in an asylum for a quick bunny bite. The new creation of the_unpopular helped set up the POV character. Excuse the rushed tone it might have -- I had to leave and I wanted to get this posted so I could have written something to get off the 6A bitchfest. And thanks to yuuo for some of the ideas on Breda's characterization here.
Summary: "Just because he's gone doesn't mean you're dead, so stop living like it."

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Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Title: Brothers in Arms
Author: emilie_burns
Written for: Transmute_Fluff, for rhyssafireheart
Rating: R
Word Count: 6620
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. The general orders are from the United States Army, along with most of the information about boot camp and OCS.
Warnings: There are drill instructors in this fic, and boot camp in general, so there's some crude language and terminology which would actually be pretty much standard norm and I think my fic's likely cleaner than the reality. No spoilers or anything else to worry about it. Due to the nature of the fic, there are some OCs - other soldiers and the drill instructors.
Author's notes: I tried my best to be as close to accurate as possible in regard to enlistment, boot camp, and OCS, and I know I've likely messed up some technical details. In that case, since it's not the United States we're talking about here but Amestris, just tell yourself that it's just the differences of administration, as well as the time and era. Since it can be difficult to get into military academies, and a lot of officers in the United States military get their training in Officer Candidate School instead, I figured it might have been more likely for Havoc and Breda to have gone a route like that in Amestris. Much of the terminology and details comes from About.Com US Military, and part of the inspiration as well as getting a general basic feel for the environment comes from two Vietnam era novels by Leonard B. Scott - The Hill and The Expendables. The AMAT, though the concept is based on the ASVAB, is completely fictional and stands for Amestris Military Aptitude Test. I apologize if it feels like I glossed over stuff -- at times I lacked sufficient confidence at being able to portray what I'd need to, and ergo, glossing. ^_^;; Some of the details for Havoc and Breda might not match up quite right timeline-wise with canon, at least not manga canon, but anime's open to interpretation at least. Hope it's still a good read though, despite me never having tackled a basic training environment in a story before. ♥
Summary: Jean Havoc enlisted in the military, and didn't have aspirations above and beyond that. But his squad buddy had his own sights aimed higher, and Breda succeeds in getting Havoc to try for OCS.
Original Post: July 17, 2007 @ Transmute_Fluff

( Brothers in Arms )

Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Title: Life Comes Back
Author: emilie_burns
Written for: Transmute_Fluff, for Rukusho
Pairing: Roy Mustang/Riza Hawkeye
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1318
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Translated manga lines were done by the ZOMGFTA scanlation team.
Warnings: Spoiler Alert for manga chapter 61 on up.
Summary: It would never be the exact same, he knew; too much had happened for there to be any real innocence left. But he could make things right.
Original Post: May 21, 2007 @ Transmute_Fluff

( Life Comes Back )

Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Title: Believe
Author: emilie_burns
Written for: Transmute_Fluff, for Ankoku_Tenshi
Pairing: Edward Elric/Alfons Heiderich
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1134
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Quotations are lines from Savatage's "Believe".
Summary: There was something impossibly ancient there, and for a moment, he was stricken with a fear of absolute certainty that if he were to look elsewhere in that moment, Edward would fade away and disappear, becoming as much a myth as his stories.
Chanson du Jour: Savatage : Believe (7.82MB, mp3) [DivShare]
Original Post: June 7, 2007 @ Transmute_Fluff

( Believe )

Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Title: Moments of Gold, Flashes of Light (3/3)
Author: emilie_burns
Theme: #29, Affaire de Cœur (30_Romances)
Pairing: Roy Mustang/Riza Hawkeye
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 5819
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Quotations are lines from Meat Loaf's "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (feat. Marion Raven; Bat Out of Hell III : The Monster is Loose album). The 'point of passion' quote is by Julie de Lespinasse.
Notes: This is the third and final story in a longer arc. Spoilers for the full series and the movie. Begins immediately after the movie's end on the Amestris side of things. And if I could've found an MP3 of Bill Medley's "Most of All You", then Meat Loaf might'a had competition for this one.
Summary: "One chess piece is the same as any other, if you know which piece it should be, and which color it is. I dare say an alchemist could turn a pawn into a king if they so desired."
Chanson du Jour: Meat Loaf with Marion Raven : It's All Coming Back to Me Now (8.28MB, mp3) [yousendit | megaupload]
Original LJ Post Date: January 03, 2007 @ Chaotic_Library

Previous Parts:
      1. When the World Falls Apart
      2. The Price That We Paid

( Moments of Gold, Flashes of Light )

Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Title: The Price That We Paid (2/3)
Author: emilie_burns
Theme: #20, Walk (30_Romances)
Pairing: Roy Mustang/Riza Hawkeye
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1798
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Quotations are lines from Fleetwood Mac's "Say Goodbye".
Notes: This is the second story in a longer arc. Spoilers for the full series and the movie. Begins immediately after the movie's end on the Amestris side of things.
Summary: Everything was almost like it was, once upon a time when there were still dreams left. But they were gone now, or maybe it was just hers that had left, resulting in a hollow shell that paled out in comparison to those that still lived and breathed.
Chanson du Jour: Fleetwood Mac : Say Goodbye (4.72MB, mp3) [yousendit | megaupload]
Original LJ Post Date: December 21, 2006 @ Chaotic_Library

Previous Parts:
      1. When the World Falls Apart

( The Price That We Paid )

Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Title: When the World Falls Apart (1/3)
Author: emilie_burns
Theme: #15. Take a hint (30_Romances)
Pairing: Roy Mustang/Riza Hawkeye
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1428
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Quotations are lines from Lifehouse's "The End Has Only Begun".
Notes: This is the first story in a longer arc. Spoilers for the full series and the movie. Begins immediately after the movie's end on the Amestris side of things.
Summary: Anything, so long as she didn't have to look up at that still-beautiful face and feel like she'd just been sucker-punched in the heart.
Chanson du Jour: Lifehouse : The End Has Only Begun (6.93MB, mp3) [yousendit | megaupload]
Original LJ Post Date: December 15, 2006 @ Chaotic_Library

( When the World Falls Apart )