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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: 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: 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: 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 )

Theme: 48. Lost, in order to become precious (52_Flavours)
Characters: Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating: PG-13
Notes: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Both concrit and comments welcome and desired. The entire anime and movie are spoiled liekwhoa.
Title: Crocus Angustifolius : Chapter 6: To Meet and Mend (Part 6 of 6)
Author: emilie_burns
Word Count: 14,000
Summary: She shut her eyes against the throbbing rawness in her chest, and heard his shoes crunch quietly on the snow as he walked toward her.
Original LJ Post Date: December 18, 2005 @ 52_Flavours

( Crocus Angustifolius - Chapter 6 : To Meet and Mend )
 
  +  Prologue, Chapter 1 : Miss Ghost
  +  Chapter 2 : In the Ashes
  +  Chapter 3 : Whiskey Lullaby
  +  Chapter 4 : Cold War
  +  Chapter 5 : Foolish Pride
  +  Chapter 6 : To Meet and Mend
 

Theme: 5. The effect of impact on stationary objects (52_Flavours)
Characters: Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating: PG-13
Notes: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Both concrit and comments welcome and desired. The entire anime and movie are spoiled liekwhoa.
Title: Crocus Angustifolius : Chapter 5: Foolish Pride (Part 5 of 6)
Author: emilie_burns
Word Count: 14,000
Summary: The pained look, the weak smile; it was enough to bring the present slamming into him full-force, reminding him that everything had changed.
Original LJ Post Date: December 18, 2005 @ 52_Flavours

( Crocus Angustifolius - Chapter 5 : Foolish Pride )
 
  +  Prologue, Chapter 1 : Miss Ghost
  +  Chapter 2 : In the Ashes
  +  Chapter 3 : Whiskey Lullaby
  +  Chapter 4 : Cold War
  +  Chapter 5 : Foolish Pride
  +  Chapter 6 : To Meet and Mend
 

Theme: 51. Will you get your wish? (52_Flavours)
Characters: Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating: PG-13
Notes: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Both concrit and comments welcome and desired. The entire anime and movie are spoiled liekwhoa.
Title: Crocus Angustifolius : Chapter 4: Cold War (Part 4 of 6)
Author: emilie_burns
Word Count: 14,000
Summary: It was going to be bad enough, subjecting himself to the forced polite conversations of the upper crust of society, to the whispers and looks behind his back when people thought he wasn't paying attention.
Original LJ Post Date: December 18, 2005 @ 52_Flavours

( Crocus Angustifolius - Chapter 4 : Cold War )
 
  +  Prologue, Chapter 1 : Miss Ghost
  +  Chapter 2 : In the Ashes
  +  Chapter 3 : Whiskey Lullaby
  +  Chapter 4 : Cold War
  +  Chapter 5 : Foolish Pride
  +  Chapter 6 : To Meet and Mend
 

Theme: 44. The possibility of zero (52_Flavours)
Characters: Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating: T (PG-13)
Notes: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Both concrit and comments welcome and desired. The entire anime and movie are spoiled liekwhoa.
Title: Crocus Angustifolius : Chapter 3: Whiskey Lullaby (Part 3 of 6)
Author: emilie_burns
Word Count: 14,000
Summary: "Real life isn't a storybook! I told you, there's no such thing as a happy ending!"
Original LJ Post Date: December 18, 2005 @ 52_Flavours

( Crocus Angustifolius - Chapter 3 : Whiskey Lullaby )
 
  +  Prologue, Chapter 1 : Miss Ghost
  +  Chapter 2 : In the Ashes
  +  Chapter 3 : Whiskey Lullaby
  +  Chapter 4 : Cold War
  +  Chapter 5 : Foolish Pride
  +  Chapter 6 : To Meet and Mend
 

Theme: 24. So shaken as we are (52_Flavours)
Characters: Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating: PG-13
Notes: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Both concrit and comments welcome and desired. The entire anime and movie are spoiled liekwhoa.
Title: Crocus Angustifolius : Chapter 2: In the Ashes (Part 2 of 6)
Author: emilie_burns
Word Count: 14,000
Summary: What was done was done, and the only thing left to do was accept the blame and move on.
Original LJ Post Date: December 18, 2005 @ 52_Flavours

( Crocus Angustifolius - Chapter 2 : In the Ashes )
 
  +  Prologue, Chapter 1 : Miss Ghost
  +  Chapter 2 : In the Ashes
  +  Chapter 3 : Whiskey Lullaby
  +  Chapter 4 : Cold War
  +  Chapter 5 : Foolish Pride
  +  Chapter 6 : To Meet and Mend
 

Theme: 4. Everything you ever wished for (52_Flavours)
Characters: Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating: PG-13
Notes: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Both concrit and comments welcome and desired. The entire anime and movie are spoiled liekwhoa.
Title: Crocus Angustifolius : Prologue, Chapter 1: Miss Ghost (Part 1 of 6)
Author: emilie_burns
Word Count: 14,000
Summary: He should have stayed in the north, should have stayed enlisted, should have stayed away from the epicenter of hell.
Original LJ Post Date: December 18, 2005 @ 52_Flavours

( Crocus Angustifolius - Prologue, Chapter 1 : Miss Ghost )
 
  +  Prologue, Chapter 1 : Miss Ghost
  +  Chapter 2 : In the Ashes
  +  Chapter 3 : Whiskey Lullaby
  +  Chapter 4 : Cold War
  +  Chapter 5 : Foolish Pride
  +  Chapter 6 : To Meet and Mend
 

Theme: 52. To the last syllable of recorded time (52_Flavours)
Characters: Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Both concrit and comments welcome and desired.
Notes: redbrunja asked me in a comment to another fic why my RoyxRiza fics were less fluffy and happy than my EdxRiza ones. Admittedly, due to circumstances and dynamics, it's harder to fluff these two. So I poked a the theme list, and got hit with this in total clarity. I'd been holding out on this theme for another bunny I've had since Feb of '05, but I know I'm never going to write it now. There's a crucial scene with Havoc I had in mind that I know I likely wouldn't be able to write without coming too close for comfort to ripping off John Goodman's speech in "Always". After all, none of my names begin with 'C', let alone two. So redbrunja, this one's dedicated to you. You asked about fluff, and I'm sorry. This one's chock-full of cavity-inducing mush, I'm afraid. ^_^
Title: For Whither You Go
Author: emilie_burns
Word Count: 1104
Summary: Roy Mustang had faced the horrors of war, of near-death, of walking, breathing nightmares that people were better off not knowing existed, but he'd never been more terrified than he felt at that moment.
Original LJ Post Date: August 15, 2006 @ Chaotic_Library

( For Whither You Go )

Theme: 19: Another grey day in the deep blue world; (52_Flavours)
Characters: Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating: PG
Notes: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Both concrit and comments welcome and desired.
Title: Liturgy of the Hours
Author: emilie_burns
Word Count: 1903
Summary: She took her vows of silence upon entering that cloistered union.
Original LJ Post Date: August 12, 2006 @ Chaotic_Library

( Liturgy of the Hours )

Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Title: Scars
Author: emilie_burns
Theme: #25, Paradox; (30_Romances)
Pairing: Roy Mustang/Riza Hawkeye
Rating: G
Word Count: 797
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only.
Notes: Blame IWIWAL for this plotbunny. That said, I'm not completely happy with this fic, but neither can I find any threads to pick up to weave more into it. Rather than poking around blindly and possibly overdoing it, I'm leaving it as is unless I ever get a clear flash of inspiration on what it might be missing, if anything. Spoilers for Manga Chapter 39 on up.
Summary: It was then she realized that sometimes, scars could be beautiful.
Original LJ Post Date: August 12, 2006 @ Chaotic_Library

( Scars )

Title: A Formal Feeling
Author: emilie_burns
Theme: 18: The smell of hospitals in winter (52_Flavours)
Characters: Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1919
Notes: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Both concrit and comments welcome and desired.
Summary: He was already tuning out the disinfectant, but nothing could distract him from the unique odor of lingering, waiting death that leeched out under closed doors and lurked in the halls, wrapping around the passerbys in silent warning, a reminder that it could be them, that their next visit could be the last.
Original LJ Post Date: July 17, 2006 @ Chaotic_Library

( A Formal Feeling )

Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Title: Useless
Author: emilie_burns
Theme: FMA FuhQ: Roy Mustang; 30_Romances: 18. Disheveled ; In the Rain ; Thunder
Pairing: Roy Mustang/Riza Hawkeye
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 4071
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only.
Author's Notes: Made the deadline, despite RL hectic crap, hand problems, and sickness. T_T;; Roy-dominant; Riza's point of view became the dominant one necessary for this story. Thanks to Asrimal and Kefanii for giving me a quick beta. (I also lost in the 'think up a good title' department ::sigh::)
Summary: "A little harsh?" he retorted. "How would you like to be called useless?"
Original LJ Post Date: June 25, 2006 @ Chaotic_Library



( Useless )

Title: Casualties of War
Author: emilie_burns
Theme: 27. Love, hate and the like; emotions (30_Romances)
Pairing: Roy Mustang/Riza Hawkeye
Rating: R; warnings for combat scenes.
Spoilers: Vague, nonspecific spoilers up to Chapter 58; There's a reference to a panel in chapter 34.
Word Count: 5186
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Manga continuity. Lyrics quoted are from Toad the Wet Sprocket's "Are We Afraid?" Jossed.
Summary: It was the power of gods, and gods they weren't, mere mortals too fragile for the weight of it all.
Original LJ Post Date: May 03, 2006 @ Chaotic_Library

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Title: Kiss in a Shadow
Author: emilie_burns
Pairing: Roy Mustang/Riza Hawkeye
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist; manga
Theme: set Beta, from 1Sentence
Rating: G - NC-17
Word count: 2327
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. These were written unofficially using the theme list from 1Sentence; I did not write these as an official member of the community.
Notes: Mild spoilers for the manga up to chapter 58.
Teaser: ...especially on the days they fought, their quarrels as comforting and familiar as an old, married couple's.
Original LJ Post Date: April 29, 2006 @ Chaotic_Library



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Theme: #42, Fidelity in adversity (52_Flavours)
Characters: Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating: PG
Notes: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. This was written more with the manga version in mind. Thanks to jchaos and yuuo for some of the ideas. Both concrit and comments welcome and desired. Jossed.
Title: Where You Need Me
Author: emilie_burns
Word Count: 1027
Summary: There was reason for the illusion he created with all the women and unceasing flirtations. They were decoys, and too numerous for any particular one to have any special importance. It was behind the illusion that he hid the reality of the true importance his adjutant held in his life.
Original LJ Post Date: June 26, 2005 @ Chaotic_Library

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Theme: #36, Above the thunder (52_Flavours)
Characters: Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating: T (PG-13)
Notes: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Both concrit and comments welcome and desired. This is based off the manga version, although there aren't really any huge differences contained in the 'fic between that and the anime. Spoilers for episode 25 of the anime, and chapters 15-16 of the manga.
Title: Shelter
Author: emilie_burns
Word Count: 3117
Summary: Human transmutation was forbidden, and he knew better than most why, better than perhaps anyone save for two boys far too young for the burden they'd brought onto their shoulders. He also understood why they did the unthinkable. If a man with the blood of more people than he cared to count on his hands, a man who saw firsthand the effects, the risks, the futility of such actions found himself kneeling at a grave in the dead of night with a shovel in hand, what hope did two young boys who only wanted their mother back have?
Original LJ Post Date: July 06, 2005 @ 52_Flavours

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Theme: 29, Things in Heavenly Bodies (52_Flavours)
Characters: Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating: G
Notes: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Both concrit and comments welcome and desired. Spoilers for chapter 16/episode 25. Props to galuxkitty, whose Reverence 'fics gave me the idea of binary stars, supernovas, and black holes for this theme. I also blame my love for Babylon:5 and the parallels I see with FMA. And of course, much love to JMS for Delenn's dialogue. The title comes from a quote in "A Distant Star".
Title: The Universe Made Manifest
Author: emilie_burns
Word Count: 507
Summary: He was the center of her universe, but she was his gravity then. His universe had shifted, exploded, and drew back into darkness.
Original LJ Post Date: September 28, 2005 @ 52_Flavours

In memory of .-=Kielle=-.

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Theme: #33 - the opposite of faith (52_Flavours)
Characters: Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating: G
Notes: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Both concrit and comments welcome and desired. Inspired in part by Book in Figure BLUE gaiden.
Title: Within Reach
Author: emilie_burns
Word Count: 416
Summary: She was not unaccustomed to non sequitur; random and oftentimes dark questions from her commanding officer breaking the comfortable silences between them while they worked.
Original LJ Post Date: September 05, 2005 @ 52_Flavours

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Theme: 16 - how fire took water to wife (52_Flavours)
Characters: Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating: PG
Notes: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Both concrit and comments welcome and desired. No real spoilers in terms of what happened; this could apply to either manga or anime. Pure WAFFy fluff here. Well, fluff'n'angst. It's short, and considering the theme, of course it would be WAFFy.
Title: Clean
Author: emilie_burns
Word Count: 427
Summary: If he touched her with those hands, dirty with war and blood and death, then she would be covered with it too. He couldn't do that, not to her.
Original LJ Post Date: September 09, 2005 @ 52_Flavours

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Theme: #13, Dreams of the impossible (52_Flavours)
Characters: Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating: PG
Notes: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is copyrighted by Hiromu Arakawa/Square Enix. This is a work of fanfiction for personal entertainment only. Both concrit and comments welcome and desired. Anime spoilers for up to Episode 48.
Title: No Small Command
Author: emilie_burns
Word Count: 1105
Summary: She found herself wishing he would call her 'lieutenant' again, or even 'Hawkeye'. The way he said her name, the look on his face, everything was changing beyond their control and they both knew it.
Original LJ Post Date: July 24, 2005 @ 52_Flavours

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