AHHH! I don’t know! Sorry, nonny!! This sounds really familiar, and I would totally like to read it if you find it somewhere, but I don’t know it. If anyone who sees this knows what fic nonny is talking about and where to find it, please reply!
To me it sounds a lot like the last chapter of I Sense You Here by Giant Nickel (a wonderful fic btw would read again). At least it has all those things the anon mentioned in it!
Happy birthday @randomlyopeneddictionary!! I was planning to draw for you at first, but then I saw @drrockbell‘s beautiful (and sad) fic and decided that I wanted to write down Ed’s thoughts as well. And since I know you like LCMTI, I thought why not. I imagine Ed wrote this letter right after the events of chapter 16, but he wasn’t actually going to give it to Winry (hence why the language he wouldn’t use otherwise). How she will learn to know about it, though, will probably be a story for another time 😉 Stay tuned and R&R (read and review, not rest&relax) because some encouragement would be much needed.
Words: 930+
Warnings: probs a couple of swear words because Ed is Ed.
Genre: fluff
Winry,
Words have
always been difficult to me.Even though
you already know my darkest secrets, there’s still so much I haven’t told you.
I wish I could say these things out loud, but every time I try, the words… they
get stuck in my throat. That’s why I’m writing this letter, because writing my
thoughts on this paper, I have time to consider how to express myself without
making myself an idiot or saying something I might regret soon. Well, I guess I’m
still an idiot, but hopefully an idiot you like? Even though I don’t quite
understand why.OK, on to
the actual topic of this letter, I guess. Before the Olympics, I was in a bad
place. This is probably a cliched expression, but I was alone in a locker room
full of people, and only a couple of people (mostly: Al) managed to break
through that invisible barrier that I had created. My dad tried, my teammates
tried, many girls who just cared about my hockey player status tried. I don’t
know why I just said that, but I guess I want to be honest with you. I didn’t
understand why I didn’t like any of them, even before finding out how shallow
some of them were, but now I know. They weren’t you.:0 I can’t believe one of the popular EdWin writers was actully inspired by something I wrote!😍
This letter was beautiful and was a perfect companion piece to your story.
I love your little details, like not putting ‘dear’ before Winry’s name, admitting that he can’t find the words, and the climax when he admits more to himself than her that he loves her.
I see he’s getting more and more comfortable writing as the letter goes on and I honestly feel so bad for him because he can’t vocalize what he means.
It’s a beautiful thing that he sees how important their relationship is and that this is not only a reflection of him and her, but also of his life until this point.
So much detail in a letter.
Amazing work!❤️
I don’t have words to describe how sweet your message is :’) Honestly, I loved your fic and I love all your EdWin headcanons etc so it’s really no wonder you inspired me!
I’m glad you noticed those details! I tried my best to think of what he would and wouldn’t say 🙂 Either way, he’s gotten quite far from the beginning situation and I can’t wait to share the rest with you guys.
Thank you ♥ This literally made my day!!
If no one has told you today yet: I love you and I appreciate you so much and you make my life a better place💕
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friendly reminder that before edward elric turned 17 he:
lost his mom, was forced to grow up quickly to essentially father al, almost lost al, had to look at what they created in the eye (which would then lead to recurring nightmares about his mom and not “making her right”), lost two limbs one after the other & used the last of his strength to save al, underwent automail surgery in 1/3 of the time it would normally take, on TWO limbs simultaneously (“you’ll be coughing up blood,” pinako told him. he didn’t care), cried every night because of it, went on to become a so-called “dog of the military” at the mere age of twelve, burned down their home so they could have no place to return to, endured probably hundreds of fights, many of which he came back from seriously injured, blamed himself for the fates of nina & maes hughes, almost died by scar’s hand / in lab 5 / in baschool, got impaled through the stomach & used his life force to seal the wound, was essentially forced to use the philosopher’s stone (even in a situation where he would die if he didn’t use it, he was still so hesitant), was blackmailed by the homunculi, lost al a second time, etc etc (i’m probably forgetting a lot tbh)
but despite all of this he still remained so strong & courageous & brave & selfless :))) & never let his moral compass stray. wow. i’m in love with my boy
Ed: I would never say that my wife is a bitch and I don’t like her. That is not true. My wife IS a bitch and I like her. SO. MUCH.
Winry: Thanks, babe.
Ed: You’re my hero, Winry.
Ed: Hey, just checking if you still love me or not.
Winry: It’s our honeymoon.
Ed: So is that a yes?
Winry: Unbelievable, yes, it’s a yes.
I’d love a modern day AU where Ed is constantly confused about memes and Winry and Al use them as a form of teasing/irritating him.
Al: *spots Winry and Ed kissing in the kitchen* Really? In front of my salad?
Winry: *snorts and has to pull away because she’s laughing so hard*
Ed: *is confused* What-? Al, you don’t even have a salad.
Ed: when you become famous you’re called a legend because your leg ends.
Winry: what?
Ed: your leg. it ends.
Winry: i’m not a linguist but i think that’s wrong.
Ed: are you saying your leg doesn’t end?
Winry: i mean, at some point it does, yes.
Ed: then what’s the problem?
Toddler: Daddy?
Ed: Yes dear?
Toddler: Why’re you wearing one of mummy’s shirt?
Ed: (realizing he and Winry put on one another’s shirts)
Winry: Uh…you see honey-
Ed: We were preforming a ritual to bring your little sister into the world.
Winry: *death glares Ed*
Toddler: Awesome!
ok but Pinako definitely knew Hohenheim was immortal right
but she also clearly Did Not Care. literally every other person in this series is out there looking for immortality and Pinako’s like yeah my dumb best friend is immortal, whatever, not a big deal
Pinako: hey Van why do you still look the exact same as when I met you forty years ago?
Hohenheim: awkward sputtering as he tries to think of a believable lie
Pinako: jk I’m just screwing with you I don’t care, watch me chug this pint
and let’s be real, Yuriy probably knew too bc it’s pretty obvious his mom keeps getting older but her weird best friend hasn’t aged a day since Yuriy was born
and if Yuriy knew I’m sure he told Sara
(“Sara, should we let Winry get so close to those boys I’m pretty sure their dad is immortal.” “I don’t think it’s contagious, Yuriy.”)
furthermore, Resembool was a small town – an everyone knows everyone kind of town. There’s no way other people didn’t notice that Pinako’s weird friend / that man living with Trisha wasn’t aging during the like 40ish years he lived there
basically what I’m saying is I need to see the prequel spin off where the Rockbells and Trisha have to come up with ridiculous excuses for why Hohenheim isn’t aging, all the while Hohenheim still thinks he’s going a great job of hiding it
and by ridiculous explanations, I mean on par with Ed and Al saying Al was wearing the armor for his alchemy training
“He uses really good moisturizer.”
“Oh you must have met his father – they look a lot alike.”
“Well you know how us doctors always preach the importance of a healthy diet – he just listened to us.”
Trisha’s the Queen of Evasion
“Hey Trisha what’s up with your husband?” “Oh I know he’s a little socially awkward.” “No…I meant like why doesn’t he ever -“ “Come into town? I try and get him to but he’s very shy.” And she just smiles Sweetly and Innocently at them until they drop it
People have stopped asking Pinako because she’s just like “why the hell are you asking is it any of your business??”
they fool literally no one but the people of Resembool gave just learned to stop asking (and gossip about it amongst themselves – there’s so many rumors going around)
also the only reason his secret didn’t get out to other cities and lead to everyone looking for immortality slowing up at his door is because Small Town Resembool is loyal and protective of their citizens – like yeah that Hohenheim sure is weird and we’re not positive he’s human but he’s One of Ours and like hell were telling anyone not from around here
Okay but consider:
“Hey Frank, you sure we can trust that
Hohenheim guy?”
“Well I dunno, Gertrude. I did catch him skulking around my house the other night, but when I investigated in the morning, nothing was missing and crack in my cellar doorframe was gone.”
“Now you mention it, my fence posts did seem a lot sturdier after he started taking his evening strolls by my place.”
Rumours spread among the town, but at the same time, Trisha gets a bunch of invites to bring the family over for dinner. And those invites just happen to take her and her husband by and dilapidated parts of their homes, which, somehow, wind up fixed over the next month.
The people would protet their own anyway, mind. But there’s no chance they are letting some outsider threaten or steal away Resembool’s very own helpful cryptid.
“Resembool’s very own helpful cryptid” is only one of the names Hohenheim has picked up over the course of his long, long life, but probably the best
everyone knows Hohenheim is weird and that holding a conversation with the guy is near impossible, but damn if he isn’t always willing to help out and handy to have around. plus his wife is so lovely and their sons just darling – Resembool loves their strange mysterious cryptid family on the hill
It really is a cryptid family even after Hohenheim leaves because of Ed and Al. Like, they go disappear for half a year to learn alchemy, come back, and then suddenly they’re at the Rockbells’; Ed’s missing an arm and a leg and Al grew 4 feet overnight and is in a suit of armor. And that’s not to mentioning the military showing up right after.
I think about this all the time!!!
more under the cut because this post is already so long
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