hihi, i'm cafe (they/he)! i'm a trans, panromantic, demisexual, polyamorous, disabled, chronically ill, mentally ill, & audhd 30 something year old virgo (09/17). i enjoy writing fanfiction and streaming co-working & variety games on twitch (when my health permits!). you'll likely find me constantly buried under my endless royed wips. ♡
current special interests & hyperfixations: !!! royed !!!, roy mustang, edward elric, fullmetal alchemist, marine life, fields of mistria, valorant, animal crossing
current active wips: 5 cosmic week prompts, a bunch of lovefest fics, 5 (belated) royed week 2026 fics, last 2 (belated) spring fever fics, a/b/o arranged marriage, a/b/o coffee shop au series, single dad roy & teacher ed, most wanted man in amestris, 2 fandomtrumpshate winner fics
my inbox is always open & i love interacting & yapping so feel free to message me anytime! thanks for being here & i hope y'all are doing well & taking care of yourselves as much as you can each day. ♡
all my links, common tags i use, & more info under the cut! ♡
pink nephthea: a branching soft coral found in japan; this coral has toxic chemical defenses to ensure its survival.
where to find me: ao3 ♡ twitch ♡ main bluesky ♡ writing/royed bluesky ♡ writer carrd ♡ streamer carrd
important & resource tags: #important, #reminders, #resources, #writing resources
just things tags: #just writer things, #just fandom things, #just disabled things, #just chronic illness things
common ship & fandom tags: #royed, #fullmetal alchemist, #beloved, #fanfiction, #souyo, #pretty things, #art, #fields of mistria, #kpop demon hunters, #inuyasha, #pokemon, #studio ghibli, #buffy the vampire slayer
queue tag: #q
pet tax! this is my beloved tabby mix cat, saki. she is currently 14 years old, but she still looks like she's just a tiny baby kitten. ;-; ♡
we live together with my partner of 10 years in midwest, usa (myaamia & sawanwa land).
loves: royed, my pack, my partner, my kitty, my friends, souyo, writing, reading, video games, fishing in video games, music, marine life (especially whales & sharks), tv & films, anime & manga, cute animals of all kinds, pokemon (especially gengar my beloved), coffee, matcha, boba, kind people, pretty things, tone indicators, basic human decency, etc.
hates: gen ai, chatgpt, hateful people of any kind, censorship, purity culture, ship wars & fandom fighting, jk rowling & harry potter, terfs, cops, bigots & assholes, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, sexism, fatphobia, islamophobia, antisemitism, etc.
important: please wear a mask & don't leave disabled people behind because we are still very much in a pandemic and things are only getting worse & more dangerous in the world. stay informed as much as possible & take care of your mental health as best you can. do your best to follow bds guidelines & boycott awful companies who help fund genocide and generally have awful human rights principles. each other is all we have & we have to do our best to take care of each other, now more than ever.
free palestine. free sudan. free democratic republic of congo. free yemen. free lebanon. free syria. free hawai'i. free kanaky. free tigray. free haiti. free puerto rico. free armenia. free somalia. free kashmir. free tibet. free uyghurs. no one is free until we are all free.
pairing: edward elric/roy mustang
fandom: fullmetal alchemist
rating: teen & up
chapters: 1 / 1
word count: 3,773
additional tags: canon divergence, soulmate au, post-canon, post-canon fix-it, reunions, soulmate-identifying marks, red string of fate, technically gold string of fate, fate & destiny, hurt/comfort, soft roy mustang, soft edward elric, fluff, getting together, first kiss, forge events 2026
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♡ — for royed cosmic week 2026, day 5: gravitational pull!
♡ — for royed week 2026, day 6: soulmate au!
Roy's not entirely sure what compels him to follow Fullmetal out of the car. Their conversation seems to have reached its natural end and he doesn't think there's anything more he can say. There are no words to make whatever they're each about to walk into any easier. But there's something about this moment that feels… unfinished; important. Maybe Roy is just finding it hard to accept that he has to let Fullmetal go off on his own into some kind of unspeakable danger—again.
I genuinely wonder if people realize how many projects get abandoned because the readership "wasn't there", when in reality, the readership just stayed silent. It's a big thing in trad pub that book series get discontinued because readers pirate the books or wait until the series is finished to buy a copy, leading the publisher to think that nobody actually wants the book enough to continue the series, but it happens with indie creators too.
I've discontinued a lot of free, online series because it's not worth putting 3-5 hours a week into posting a project for no readers. Sometimes I finish the series for me but just never post it again, other times I don't finish it at all because it feels more worthwhile to put my time into other things. Sometimes I hear from readers who are sad or upset that I didn't finish something they were liking, but the *reason* it never got finished is because I didn't know anyone liked it. If you like something, tell the creator, tell your friends, make some noise about it. If you would be sad if a story never finished, make that interest known because one of my biggest considerations before discontinuing a series is "will people miss this? Will I be letting people down" and 9/10 times, I come to the conclusion of "no, it doesn't even seem like anyone's reading this" only to learn after I've moved on that apparently someone was.
I've said this before in a different way, and this post said it so well. With real examples.
If you like something, tell people.
If you want more content from an artist or author, if you like their stuff, tell them. It will give them creative fuel to keep going. And often it gives them other resources as well.
Recommend a work to other people. Leave a comment or a review. It doesn't have to be long, just genuine, a sentence or two.
Not many people know that a book's success is judged by book reviews as well as sales. Review the book on Amazon or another site to help it pass the metric of success and be recognized by publishers and retailers.
Cool Ways to Show a Character Is Traumatized (Without Saying "Traumatized"):
• They memorize where every exit is in a room
• They check their phone repeatedly after sending a message, worried they said the wrong thing
• They freeze when asked a simple question, like they’re calculating the safest answer
• They over-explain tiny mistakes before anyone reacts
• They clean up messes that aren’t theirs without being asked
• They listen for footsteps in hallways before relaxing
• They downplay their own pain with humor or sarcasm
• They check locks more than once before bed
• They leave shoes near the door, ready to leave quickly
• They wake up instantly at small sounds while others sleep through them
• They carry painkillers, snacks, or water everywhere “just in case.”
• They don’t like closed doors.
• They test people subtly to see if they'll leave
• They sit near walls or corners, rarely the center of a room.
• Loud noises don’t scare them anymore, they just go very still
• They apologize automatically, even when nothing went wrong
• Compliments make them visibly uncomfortable.
• They keep important things within arm’s reach at all times
• They watch people’s hands more than their faces
• They flinch at movements that aren’t threatening
• When someone raises their voice, they go quiet instead of arguing back
• They assume blame first, even when it makes no sense
• They’re surprised when someone keeps their promise
• They brace themselves before asking a favor
Forge Events RoyEd Cosmic Week Day 1 & Day 2 combined; My Sun / My Moon.
Not entirely happy with it, but if I keep poking at it, I'd never finish it at this rate. Initially, I wanted to go for Sun/Moon deity AU, but I couldn't figure out fitting clothing. Hence, Ed ended up wearing some fuckme boots (heavily based on Demonia Cult Wrath 310), and Roy just has.. well, that. It is what it is.
Closeup of Ed's face. He's kinda pissed cause he got places to be, but Roy keeps clinging to him, I guess.
