Lost Letters From a Soldier on an Unknown Battlefield
Abstract: Roy attempts a human transmutation after a year and a half of Ed’s disappearance, eventually deciding that if he’s dead, he may as well bring him back, even if he’s a cursed homunculus, he could be here. Maybe it’s the memories being erased by Dante that caused the disconnect between the memories and the homunculi themselves? Either way, he gets sent to the other side of the gate with Ed because he attempted to bring back a living man instead of a dead one, causing the gate to connect the two consequentially, just like Ed’s transfer over was a consequence. He sees him in the distance a few times but… that can’t be the same Ed. The Edward he knew never looked like that, he always had some fire to him. He never looked this… defeated before. There’s just no way that could be his Ed. So he avoids him and continues believing he’s dead and this is just a counterpart (despite it being pretty clear that he isn’t) because it's easier than accepting he’s alive and so broken, writing an assortment of letters to send back to those he loves, the main one being the seemingly passed-on Edward Elric.
FINALLY uploading this massive fic I've been planning for months as a sort of fix-it/rewrite to CoS -> made with massive editing/drafting help by @cheesybagels07
I have plans to update it regularly if anyone wants to see what I have in store for it. Updates will be posted to ao3 or on this blog following the lost letters tag.
TWO IMPORTANT NOTES: Combining characterization bits from both 03 AND Mangahood, because 03 Roy kinda sucks and we need that sweet sweet dad Roy juice & while its an 03 fic and contains massive 03 spoilers, exposition has been added to the prologue so it should be able to be read and enjoyed if you have only read mangahood.
read here!!!
shout out to @caffeinatedsunbear & @persephone-the-third for letting me bounce ideas off you so long and anyone else not mentioned
