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fma fic recs

so @literature-works asked for fma fic recs and since i’ve recently gotten back into fma here a few of my favs as always, they’re in no particular order if you want me to tag anything/more warnings etc pls say so

i put my comments like this so you’ll know whatsme and whats summary

there’s a lot of soulmate AU royed and ishvalan AU in here bc that’s my jam but theres also just a bit of everything

also, if you have any recs for me send them i’d love to read more

Desert Gold by DarkScales https://archiveofourown.org/works/7212817 complete\T\20k\ishvalan AU\no ship

The Elric brothers might have worn Hohenheim’s appearance, but they inherited Trisha’s heart. Or: Ed and Al favor their Ishvalan heritage over their Amestrian, because they have always been– and will always be –their mother’s sons. Ishvalan AU.

I just really love this one????? I’m a sucker for ishvalan aus

Build your wings on the way down by ShanaStoryteller https://archiveofourown.org/works/4011292

Complete\T\79k\ed know too much and suffers but also kinda fix-it;\roy/ed

Where the loss of ignorance is more valuable than the knowledge gained, and Edward figures out the source of alchemy a lot sooner than before.

"Edward has cockroaches under his skin and leeches in his veins. He's vibrating and bursting and his body is too small, too big, doesn't fit quite right. He needs Al to know - needs to tell someone, anyone, but he will cut out his own tongue before he burdens anyone else with this knowledge."

You’ll see a lot from this author on this list bc they write the best fics.

The Light of a Pole Star by Setari https://archiveofourown.org/works/18756028

complete\T\29k\reincarnation AU\roy/ed

When Ed passes through the Gate, he comes out the other side with more than just knowledge.

"Whenever I hear old chronicles of love, its age-old pain, Its ancient tale of being apart or together. As I stare on and on into the past, in the end you emerge, Clad in the light of a pole-star piercing the darkness of time: You become an image of what is remembered forever."

This one is just really good!!! In which going through the gate fives you back the memories of your past lives and also you kinda have a soulmate

Colours in Your Eyes by Batsutousai https://archiveofourown.org/works/8126825

Complete\M\23k\soulmate AU, post-brotherhood\roy/ed

Everyone is born with the ability to only see the colour of their soulmate's eyes. Only upon touching their soulmate, can people see the rest of the world's colours.

Edward Elric will do whatever it takes to get his brother's body back and ensure he can have his happily ever after with his soulmate, even if it means never finding his own soulmate.

I live for soulmate AUs. I have waaay too many in my bookmarks but this is one of my faves by these two are idiots

We Come From Golden Sand and Blue Skies by thatanimefan https://archiveofourown.org/works/20339791

Complete\-\2k\ishvalan AU\no ships

Edward and Alphonse, that’s what the neighbors would call them. Inside the safety of their house, they were Edan and Anand. The two boys were often told that they were blessed because they took after their father more. They didn’t need to hide when the army checked their house.

They had skin that was light enough to say it was a tan but dark enough for other Ishvalans to know they were kin. Their eyes as gold as the desert sand, their hair to just pass as a light blond.

You see what I said about ishvalan AUs? I love them all

as if these names could take our sins by thephilosophersapprentice https://archiveofourown.org/series/1290191

series\T\20k\ishvalan AU\no ships

(summary of the first in the series) “The elder brother pleaded to God for mercy… God put a mark on him so that his people would not destroy him, and the elder flew far away.”

“A tale of Ishval from long ago,” the nameless grunted. “Why tell it to me?”

Something flared to life in those strange eyes. “There isn’t enough left of my brother for his blood to cry out for vengeance from the ground, because of me.”

Shortly after Scar tried to kill the Fullmetal Alchemist, a lost child comes looking for a scarred man, seeking peace of mind.

Under Ishvalla by miniongrin https://archiveofourown.org/series/670754

Series\T\20k\ishvalan AU\no ships

(summary of the second in the series) He has thrown away his name and, with it, any right he ever had to be heard by Ishvalla, but when he stumbles across the Elric brothers, Ishvalan and utterly clueless about their culture, it certainly seems like a sign.

The trick is going to be convincing them that they want to be taught.

Yet another ishvalan AU, but in this the elrics don’t know anything about their own culture and scar is there to help

Know the Difference by ShanaStoryteller https://archiveofourown.org/works/9645587

Complete\T\9k\angel AU\roy/ed

“You’ve heard the rumors,” Mustang says, looking at Ed over the top of his latest report, “about the angels.”

Ed scoffs and rolls his eyes, “Angels don’t exist, don’t be ridiculous.”

“Of course, of course,” he murmurs, gaze sliding back down, “There have been multiple eye witness accounts, however.”

Ed slouches into the chair and doesn’t bother to keep the contempt to from his voice when he says, “Don’t depend on anything with wings to save you. Things that were made to leave always end up doing so, in the end.”

“Yes, well,” he says, “sometimes they come back.”

The xerxians were all angels and truth is actually kinda god and ed just has to deal with that

Son of the Desert by ShanaStoryteller https://archiveofourown.org/works/4120198

Complete\T\10k\ishvalan AU\roy/ed

Every time Edward sees the circle on the back Mustang's hand, he wants to scream, wants to reach across the desk and shake him, wants to wrap his hands around the older man's throat and ask if it was worth it, if this desk and his rank is worth the screaming, crying, writhing, burning bodies of his people -

"Something to say, Fullmetal?" Mustang drawls.

Edward snaps the file shut, "Nope."

I love this one so much!!! Develops ishvalan culture a lot and the roy/ed is just fantastic in it’s complexity here also, part of the series in which the second one is from hohenheims POV and it’s amazing and tragic

Diplomatic Excursions and Other Ways to Die by Tierfal https://archiveofourown.org/works/714376

Complete\E\53k\post-brotherhood\roy/ed

Conceptually, attending Emperor Ling's coronation celebration is simple enough. In practice, it involves far too much trekking, yearning, bleeding, burning, hoping, running, and dodging of diplomatic catastrophes for Roy's tastes.

In which roy and ed get kidnapped while on a diplomatic trip and theres some fun new alchemical stuff in there and it’s just really fun

Social Time by Tierfal https://archiveofourown.org/works/570090

Complete\T\6k\humor, hohenheim pov\roy/ed

Van Hohenheim lets his sons take him to a bar in Central City.

Tierfal is the supreme overlord of royed fics and all of them are amazing. This is one of the more funny ones bc it’s from hohenheims pov and it’s basically just Hohenheim watching his boys flirt and it’s absolutely hilarious (but also kinda sad).

Soulmates Could Wait by VictorianLegend https://archiveofourown.org/works/11043531

Complete\G\5k\soulmate AU\roy/ed

For obvious reasons, Ed had forced himself to forget about the soulmates thing right after he lost Al's body together with half his limbs, including his right arm, to the gate when he was 11. Suddenly, he had his future planned for him and he didn’t have time to look for someone whose name he didn’t and wouldn't know.

Soulmates could wait...

...but Roy Mustang was getting impatient.

(Soulmates AU where soulmates get the name of their designated tattooed on their right wrist (only) once both parties have come of age. Only soulmates can see their names tattooed on each other.)

Eventualities by izayoi_no_mikoto for minimum https://archiveofourown.org/works/20424254

Complete\M\11k\soulmate AU\roy/ed

Roy has suffered far too much pain in his life.

Only half of it has been his.

I’m a sucker for royed soulmate AUs and this one is even better bc it’s the one where you feel your soulmates pain and being eds soulmate is horrible

Protected by JRaylin441 https://archiveofourown.org/works/7074346

Complete\T\2k\outsider POV\no ships

In which a social worker decides that someone should put a stop to children in the military, and promptly decides to take matters into her own hands.

This boy needed the support of at least one strong adult figure, and a commanding officer was no replacement for a parent.

As a social worker, it was Darby’s duty to correct this situation, permission or not.

There are quite a few amazing ones in this series (Briareus) but this is one of my favs. I just really like outsider POVs

Self-Conscious by JRaylin441 https://archiveofourown.org/works/7234564

Complete\T\2k\Maes POV and also Ed is just really smart\no ships

Maes is having a terrible day. And then Ed shows up.

There were reports there, from the language specialists they had called in, all saying the same thing. It was impossible. It couldn’t be done. They had tried their best, but it was like nothing they had ever seen before.

Another one in the Briareus series. Just ed being his genius self and the last line is just sad

The Ishvalan Accords by missyskywalker https://archiveofourown.org/works/6471301

Complete\T\122k\ishvalan AU\background royza and Edwin

Ishvalan AU It’s a year after the Promised Day, and Fuhrer Grumman, with General Mustang and his crew’s assistance, wants to restore Ishval to its previous glory. When negotiations between Amestris and Ishval convene, why does a certain golden-eyed former alchemist seem so interested? Just what has he been hiding for so many years?

Politics and secrets is my jam. Multiple pov

Where Life Has Led You by CaraAkame https://archiveofourown.org/series/553606

Series\M\43k\AU in which they didn’t join the military\eventual royed

An AU where Edward never joined the military. Instead, he and Alphonse decide to go an academic route. Due to this decision, many things change.

(summary of the first in the series) Edward Elric helps out at the hospital every afternoon. This day is no exception.

However, today he gets a patient with a gunshot wound, who would probably have died, if Ed and his brother, Al, weren't working at that hospital.

Ed didn’t join the military(also they’re both born a few years earlier). Instead, al became a doctor (alkahestry) and ed is a prof at the uni and they save maes’ live

No Alibi by Carbynn https://archiveofourown.org/works/12869331

Complete\T\3k\post-brotherhood, fluff\royed

Ed huffed in annoyance, shifting his weight from his automail leg to his flesh one. “Relax. I’m only here to establish an alibi.”

‘Relax’ and ‘Edward Elric in need of an alibi’ didn’t even orbit the same sun and Roy thought it entirely possible that he was having a heart attack. He took a moment to steady himself, reminding himself that he was no longer the boy’s commanding officer and that Edward was an adult, responsible for his own behavior, before hazarding a response. “An alibi,” he repeated weakly. “What have you done?”

Hesitation by Tierfal https://archiveofourown.org/works/15790014

Complete\T\16k\kidnapping\royed

Ed agreed to accompany Roy on a diplomatic mission to Aerugo, which was a bad idea even before the part where they got kidnapped en route to the stupid capital.

Apparently roy and ed tend to get kidnapped when they’re on diplomatic missions

a study in restoration by spiraetspera https://archiveofourown.org/works/8387209

complete\M\9k\team mustang; mentions of domestic abuse\royza

How Team Mustang found out the story of Riza's tattoo.

' "This place makes me uneasy." Riza said. Then, after a heartbeat's pause she added. "We used to live in a house like this."

Havoc stared. '

Exploring rizas backstory and team mustang dynamics

Dogs of War by MondayVibes https://archiveofourown.org/works/16304576

Ongoing\M\88k\War with Aerugo AU\no ships

With all the conflict and tension between Amestris and Aerugo, it was inevitable that a war would break loose. Mustang, though, had always thought that he would be able to keep his young prodigy away from such a nightmarish ordeal.

The first of a bunch of fic I read in which ed goes to war but this one is still my fav. Was last updated (19/04/20) on 08.feb 2020 so it’s actually still being updated and I just absolutely love this one. Goes into how ed struggles with killing and the command structure and some inventive use of alchemy and everything. This may just be my fav fma fic I know

Dog of the military by Mymlen https://archiveofourown.org/works/20976935

Ongoing\G\4k\ishvalan AU\no ships

Trisha Elric was Ishvalan; her sons are born with red eyes and brown skin. This does not make their lives as State Alchemists any easier. An Ishvalan in the military is a walking paradox - tragic or traitorous, depending on your point of view. Edward avoids the uniform as much as possible for that exact reason, but it doesn't make much of a difference. He has gotten used to the way people stare in the same way he is used to his automail: it's there and there's nothing he can do about it, and because the discomfort is constant he can sometimes forget about it. That doesn’t mean he isn’t bothered.

All the world's a stage. by youngjusticewriter (Restricted) https://archiveofourown.org/works/17214152

Complete\G\500\ishavalan AU\no ships

They're feeding the ducks.

That's it; that's their cover story.

The last in the series (Elrics through the looking glass). The whole series is really good

chaos verse by metisket https://archiveofourown.org/series/30982

series\T\28k\relationships are fun\royed, al/riza, winry/havoc

(summary of the second in the series) Sequel to Defying Murphy's Law. Ed takes Roy to family dinner and finds that small dating pools can make life incredibly awkward.

This series is just absolutely hilarious. Past Edwin and royza and onsided Rebecca/riza, present royed and al/riza and winry/havoc and so you can imagine how incredibly funny this series is. Just a bunch of oneshots about how these relationships came to be and how they work

Vermilion by unscriptedemily https://archiveofourown.org/works/5535587

Complete\T\6k\soulate AU\royed

Moving on, he’s discovered over the years, is more than a little difficult when the person you’re supposed to be moving on from is the very same who introduced all the colours in the world to your life.

the best of me (of us) by Starrie_Wolf https://archiveofourown.org/works/19989577

complete\G\1k\soulmate AU\royed

Ed has never questioned why alchemy comes so easily to him, easier than even Al has ever found it, like he's already spent a lifetime studying alchemy.

Roy has never questioned why his alchemy is still growing in leaps and bounds, long after he's settled into a comfortable niche, why he can keep up with the thought process of a genius even for something that's completely outside his field.

Cause for Concern by metisket https://archiveofourown.org/works/584736

Complete\G\2k\first impressions\no ships

Havoc's first encounter with the little Elrics.

Havoc had been looking forward to meeting the Elric brothers, but he’d been looking forward to it while thinking he’d have the whole office as a buffer. He hadn’t thought he’d have them all to himself in a car for half an hour in traffic. He wasn’t sure how he felt about that. Overjoyed was not the word.

demon alchemist by metisket https://archiveofourown.org/series/31364

series\M\88k\al is dead so ed is mentally very unstable and also kills people AU\no ships

(summary of the second in the series) In which Ed becomes Central's local vigilante, thereby becoming Maes's problem. Roy finds something poetic in this.

He looked nervous, and nerves were never something you wanted to see in a person who might fly off the handle and kill everyone in sight, Maes reflected.

My bookmark for this literally says “Al died during the human transmutation so obviously Ed is a serial killer now” and I think that is a pretty good summary of this series and it’s overall mood. This is just an amazing mix of funny as hell and also really fucking sad

Reverti Ad Praeteritum by Batsutousai https://archiveofourown.org/works/6226465

Complete\M\289k\time travel back into his own body AU\royed

Unwillingly forced to serve as a human trial for a crazy alchemist experimenting with time travel, Edward Elric finds himself standing across from Truth in the moment it takes his leg from him. Armed with the knowledge of what's to come and burdened with guilt for the choices he'd made as an adult, Ed sets out to fix every mistake he ever made and save every life they ever lost, no matter what it takes.

First of a surprising number of fics in which ed gets sent back to the past one way or another and makes things go a little different (so kind fix-it)

Negative Space by xantissa https://archiveofourown.org/works/22323298

Complete\E\74k\a lot of plot but also a lot of smut\royed

It’s always been about the things they don’t say, the things they don’t do.

or:

Ed grows up, Roy notices, Ed is not sure what he thinks about Roy noticing.

Both Roy and Ed get themselves into the kind of mess only they can.

Starts in the middle of the series and spans a few years after the finale.

The smut is incredible and the feelings are horrible (in a good way) and Roy incinerates a whole bunch of dudes and Ed is an impossibly good alchemist and they're perfect

For you and for me by MyFandomCausesHanaji https://archiveofourown.org/works/13245957

Complete\G\4k\soulmate AU\royed

Edward nodded and then sighed shakily and sputtered in the voice that suddenly sounded hoarse with emotions, “I found my soulmate.”

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Soulmates AU prompt: You can see shiny fingerprints on the things your soulmate touched with bare fingers (only for a few moments after which they fade).

shall we come full circle? by buttonholes https://archiveofourown.org/works/12843678

complete\T\11k\misunderstandings, fluff and assassinations\royed

Staring’s the only thing Roy can do, as Edward Elric — former Amestrian State Alchemist, also someone he hasn’t seen in three years — flows to his feet.

“Ugh, fuck,” Ed says, with feeling, “he fucking tossed me off the balcony.”

--

It's in Xingdu, the capital city of Xing, that they meet after three years of running and pining. It's a reunion coloured with assassination attempts and street urchins and fireworks in the night sky, but, luckily for these two, Xingdu is a place where things come full circle, where the new rises from the ashes of the old.

Gold Leaves of Autumn by Kaiyo_no_Hime https://archiveofourown.org/works/5626831

Complete\-\53k\post-brotherhood, angst\royed

Ed has been working in Investigations for several years now, when he discovers a plot to assassinate Mustang. Now him, Hawkeye, and Havoc must figure out a way to stop it and prevent an internal government coup before it's too late; and figure out whether or not Mustang is in on it as well.

Depressing as all hell from beginning to end, but also rlly good. Ed is in a horrible mental state from beginning till end so maybe be careful about reading this one? Bad/sad ending

Eayila by Jaded_Echo https://archiveofourown.org/works/21759124

Ongoing\M\600\ishvalan AU\backgroung royza

An arson attack on an Ishvalan slum on the outskirts of Central leaves Roy and his team to helping aid in the recovery. What he didn't expect was to find two Ishvalan children with a desperate need for a family.

Crux by akaparalian https://archiveofourown.org/works/7609924

Complete\M\6k\soulmate AU\royed

It just appeared, without warning. Roy had had a few marks before; one when he was very young, which had faded within a year, and one on the cusp of his departure for Ishval which had been all but ripped from him within a week on the front lines. And then there was this: messy, scribbly, with the letters half crowded together and half spaced awkwardly far apart. At first, Roy didn’t understand it. And then once he did, he tried to burn the damn thing off.

After all, when he meets Edward Elric, he’s twelve years old and only has one arm.

Just…read it. A lot of angst part of the author notes is literally “Look, I'm a simple girl with simple tastes, and Roy Mustang suffering is, like, at least 98% of them.” So…you know. also, self-harm warning

Satellite by SpicyReyes https://archiveofourown.org/works/16659134

Ongoing\M\135k\time travel but this time there’s just two eds in the past\royed

A rogue alchemist, desperate to restore the alchemy of the famous Fullmetal Alchemist, pushes Truth into playing a new game - one that has Edward Elric waking up on the floor of his house where a transmuted abomination should have been, just in time to save his younger self and brother. He might have a chance to do everything again, now, though...He would never hold anything but bitterness for the title of 'dad,' but maybe an older brother could make things better.

Another time travel fix-it but this is probably my fav? Still being updated. Ed becomes his own dad and it derails the whole plot

He thinks he might've been holy, once by Aly0000 https://archiveofourown.org/works/23336818

Complete\G\2k\ishvalan AU\no ships

Edward Elric learns hate young. He learns it with the look of people in the street, when they walk past with his mother, with her white hair, cherry red eyes and bronze skin. He learns it with the way his family looks at his father, whispering about his impiety. He learns it with the way the men in stiff Amestrian blue look at them. Yes, Edward Elric learns hate young. But he refuses to cave, refuses to be burnt because he flew too close to the sun. So he walks forward, never looking back; chin raised, eyes bright and teeth bared, because Icarus will not fall.

all the self-loathing in the world won't change a thing ('cause you can't go back, darling) by Yevynaea https://archiveofourown.org/works/23036893

complete\T\17k\ishvalan AU\no ships (trisha/Hohenheim)

Esdras Al-Ridha is born in 1899, in his mother’s family home. His birth certificate, when it’s written a month later by Dr. Yuriy Rockbell, will declare his name Edward Elric. It will name his mother Trisha, and it will say nothing of her white hair. It will say nothing of the blue desert sky he first opens his eyes under, the way he is passed to relative after relative and is held and blessed by each.

(Even before the war, tensions are high, and hatred is brewing. Tirzah holds her newborn son, with eyes as gold as his father’s, and pale-sun hair halfway there, and she decides that if Ishvala wants him hidden, then Tirzah will not brand him where his genes have not.)

Cowardice by apockalypsis https://archiveofourown.org/works/5506667

Complete\M\11k\post-canon\royed\Violence warning

"You know why I came back here instead of leaving the fucking military like I should have? Because I thought, oh, Mustang may be an asshole, but he's got a cause. Because I thought that under all this bullshit, you were a good person, but - you really are just a bastard, aren't you?"

Hurt/comfort and angst bc of inconsiderate bets and roy being a dick and an idiot

The Rumours of Roy Mustang (or; 4 times Edward Elric heard rumours about his superior officer and the 1 time he did something about it) by VICTORKISSEDYURRI https://archiveofourown.org/works/8639506

Complete\G\2k\rumors and slut-shaming\background royza

“Rumours,” Mustang mused finally, “are quite distracting things.”

An Interesting Trip by ShanaStoryteller https://archiveofourown.org/works/3727768

Complete\-\6k\soulmate AU\royed

Everyone's born with their soulmate's first words to them written on their skin, and that should make things easy, but it really doesn't.

"Roy has alternatively despised his mark and clung to it like a lifeline. Colonel. Just one word, right at the back of his foot. His literal Achilles’ heel."

a terrifying clamour of trumpets by ShanaStoryteller https://archiveofourown.org/works/7011241

complete\T\12k\temporary character death, fix-it\royed

Edward grabs Marcoh’s arm and says, “That stone – what can it heal, exactly?”

The old man’s eyebrows rise to his forehead, and he looks like he already knows the answer when he goes, “Why do you ask, Edward?”

There's no metallic footsteps so there’s no way Al’s close enough to hear them. “I’m sick,” he admits after another moment of deliberation.

(In)Convenience by Batsutousai https://archiveofourown.org/works/6278083

Complete\T\4k\hurt/comfort\royed

'He knew, okay. He knew he was a pain in the arse. That he'd never have survived so long without Al looking out for him, but that Al didn't need him. Fuck, Al would probably be way better off without Ed dragging him down all the time.

'Sometimes, Ed was honestly surprised his brother hadn't left him.'

Blood-Stained by Batsutousai https://archiveofourown.org/works/7602886

Complete\M\2k\ishval civil war AU, suicidal thoughts\no ships

The military might be able to force Ed to fight in Ishval, but they couldn't force him to survive it.

Slow gold but everlasting by Emamel https://archiveofourown.org/series/1038563

Series\T\23k\elrics are homunculi AU\no ships\violence warning

(summary of the first in the series) Two hundred years before the planned destruction of Amestris, Trisha Elric and Van Hohenheim met, fell in love, and realised they could never have children. They turned to alchemy for a solution.

This is what came after.

Paper, Plastic, and Glass by LupaAltrecation https://archiveofourown.org/works/7853743

Complete\T\7k\ed suffers\no ships\violence warning

In which Edward Elric got one more thing from his father, and Truth took it and ran with it.

(Did you really think that having a human philosopher's stone for a dad wouldn't have any side-effects?)

Alternatively: Ed is mostly jealous of the people who can sleep without experiencing a thousand deaths per night. Oh yeah, that's everyone. Except for him, of course. Damn you Truth.

In which ed suffers. That’s it that’s the fic.

Name-Calling by Lost_And_Longing https://archiveofourown.org/works/23149960

Complete\T\25k\ptsd, hurt/comfort\no ships

From the start, Roy Mustang had always believed in Edward Elric. Even after he'd learned the horrific story of their attempt at human transmutation, Mustang had just looked at Ed and offered him a chance. He'd come when Ed was despondent, weak, and helpless...and offered him a way out.

Maybe that was why, out of all the men Ed knew, Roy was the closest thing he'd ever had to a father.

5 + 1 things, but Ed's names for Roy. Parental!RoyEd.

Transient by thephilosophersapprentice https://archiveofourown.org/works/19481317

Complete\G\500\found family\no ships

While Edward is taking a break from research, he runs into Maes during knife-throwing practice. They talk. (Inspired by the fact that both Ed and Hughes both throw knives but it's breezed over.)

Backfired by Torn_Pride_Flag https://archiveofourown.org/works/16968156

Ongoing\T\4k\ed becomes pride AU\no ships\major character death warning

From the second he clapped his hands, Edward Elric was doomed.

(̞͒Ị͖ ̥͕̊ͬa̋̀m̠̂ ̴͍̳̙̇̔͆aͫͥͪ ̫̙p̝̬̼ͭͧͤh̼̊i̫̦͂̔l̆͂ͫõ͍̟̊s̴̍̑o͉͉̓͒̃ͅpͪͮhͯͦ͒e̩̪ͦ̊̆ͅṟ̵̏’͔̝s̡̠ st̿̏ö̙̬ͥne ̖̥ͣ̐p͗͛̏o͍ͨw̼̱ͫͤe̟ͣ͐ͅr̞̍e̒̋͐d͙͕ͩ͆ ̙̦̑̒ḃ̴͈̠̇y̹͒ ̱̳aͮ͑ s̮̈́i͐͌͆n̛ǵ͕̰l̨̮̒ę̼͈ͪ̓ ̪̱̒̑souͅl̛)͈ͥ́

SPOILER WARNING FOR ENDING OF FMA:B

In which pride tries to incorporate ed but ed fight back and consumes pride instead

It Started With A Journal by wrexie https://archiveofourown.org/works/13849356

Ongoing\T\6k\xerxian culture and heritage\background Edwin

When Edward returns to Resembool whole with his brother, they're given a warm welcome home-- and an inheritance that bears a magnitude of importance to those long gone, but not necessarily to Edward himself.

Now he has two options: confront his feelings on the matter of his lineage, or do his best to ignore it forever more.

may i have this dance by coffeeren https://archiveofourown.org/works/22520410

ongoing\M\7k\post-canon, fluff and angst\royed

“You’re sure you want— this?”

“Edward.” Roy releases Ed long enough to place a gentle hand under his chin so he can look into his eyes. “Never mind me. What do you want?”

Amestris is on the cusp of full-blown war with Drachma, its leaders trying to sweep the mess under the rug as if that would help anything, and Edward Elric, six years into his first real shot at a regular life and with an outstanding scientific career ahead of him, has never been on a date. All problems for Roy to fix.

The Currency of a Name by Pirate_Jenna https://archiveofourown.org/works/23174836

Complete\G\1k\-\no ships

Names are important. What someone calls you says a lot about how they see you.

There's a reason Havoc doesn't call Ed Major.

a field of anemone (death) by klixxy https://archiveofourown.org/works/22971745

complete\-\14k\sickfic, heavy angst\no ships\violence and major character death warning

He’s sick and he’s dying and he still has so much to do before he can let himself slip away.

His fingers are trembling and his throat feels like ash and his glove seeps red in his hands, but still, he forces himself to his feet, because Al and the Colonel and Amestris are depending on him, because there are monsters out there, in the dead of the night, and like hell is he dying before he can make sure that everything is going to be alright.

He stands and he walks away and ignores that he is dying, smiles in front of Al and Winry and everybody else that he cares about (that care for him), but...

But there’s a pack of strawberry mints burning a hole in his pocket and an ache in his lungs that never goes away.

or, follows brotherhood canon except Trisha's disease was inherited genetically and Ed is dying. This changes nothing and yet everything.

Sad ending. This fic made me actually cry. It’s amazing and hurts

Deserts Away by Carbynn https://archiveofourown.org/works/12940092

Complete\M\42k\xerxes didn’t die and slavery AU\royed

"I have heard that your tastes are not as discerning, so to speak, as most western men, so I thought something beautiful would certainly please you.”

Roy had been so caught up in that beauty that it took him a moment to realize the implications of the chain and of Vasyklo’s words. The young man was his gift.

He felt vaguely sick to his stomach.

This one is pretty AU – xerxes didn’t get destroyed and roy is lings cousin and works as his diplomat after his attempt to overthrow the fuhrer in amestris fail and he had to flee

Tears and Rain by BeautifulFiction_FMA https://archiveofourown.org/works/4176678

Complete\E\197k\post-canon, military!ed\royed

When Ed stops an assassination attempt on Roy's life, he foils one of the opening moves in a massive military intrigue. Can he and Roy stay one step ahead of those who want them dead, or will they both lose the fight to survive?

Warning for threats of rape and torture. Just a whole political mess of conspiracies and assassinations and also roy and ed have to figure out their relationship

The Drachman War by kyothecat https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4196849/1/The-Drachman-War

Complete\T\199k\drachman war AU\background ed/a bunch of OCs

Following the defeat of the homunculi, Drachma has invaded Amestris, taking advantage of the confusion within the military. This is Edward's story of his experiences during the war. Prequel to Elysia and the General/manga based to c80/some anime reference

post-brotherhood, but ed still has his alchemy roy is there for like there scenes but all of them are phenomenal the OCs are also rlly good

Trajectory by amidststars https://archiveofourown.org/works/20830430

Complete\M\21k\post-canon, friends to lovers\royed

Progress was the natural goal of any alchemist. To learn, to improve, to grow. It only made sense that Ed could chart his and Mustang’s over the years like a tangible thing. Then again, when you started at the bottom, the only way to go was up.

Or: five times their touch led to goodbye, and the one time it didn’t.

Just Another Day by Tierfal https://archiveofourown.org/works/22539154

Ongoing\E\115k\ptsd, alcoholism, slow burn, intrigue\royed\violence warning

He is lungfuls of ash and char-edged smoke; he is the skeletons the fire leaves behind. Broken glass. Blood in the sand. He’s remnants, now. Fragments of the consequences. That’s all.

However Improbable by Tierfal https://archiveofourown.org/works/22212805

Complete\T\27k\fluff, pining, dorks in love\royed

Ed's bad luck is the unwanted gift that keeps on giving.

I had a stupid grin on my face while reading this, was very tempted to squeal with how mindnumbingly cute these dorks are

Iridescence by DasWarSchonKaputt https://archiveofourown.org/works/4878082

Ongoing\M\18k\military!ed AU\royed

“Not all soldiers see the front lines,” Mum says, a touch uselessly. “Not all State Alchemists even serve in the field.”

Ed shakes his head. “It’s war in Ishval, Mum,” he says. “It’s only a matter of time.”

Mum does not live long enough to see the truth in Edward’s words. She doesn’t live long enough to see him throw away his principles, either, though, so there’s that.

(AKA, an AU where Ed was born several years earlier than in canon, finds himself in the military under a different set of circumstances, and discovers, aged 15, just how much war changes things.)

This was last updated in 2015 so I honestly have little hope but I love this fic and theres only two chapters missing and where it’s at currently at isn’t a cliffhanger or anything

When the Promised Day Comes by inbetweenfractals https://archiveofourown.org/works/13648194

Ongoing\T\30k\time travel kinda fix-it\no ships

The Promised Day goes to hell. In a desperate bid to fix everything, Ed goes back in time, back to before his Mom died and he and Al lost their bodies, back to before the homunculi destroyed everything. He's going to fix it all this time. And he'll do it alone if he has to.

It's all for when the Promised Day comes.

But Not Buried This Time by Tierfal https://archiveofourown.org/works/5595811

Complete\M\95k\war, survival, military!ed, post-canon\royed

Once Ed decides that he is categorically not going to rot on the Drachman tundra, dragging his ass out of the jaws of death is actually pretty easy. ...except when it's not. At all. Which is most of the time.

(AU from end of Brotherhood.)

This fic is fucking beautiful Basically just Ed making his way hone from the battlefield but holy shit it's amazing

Last Train to Aerugo by Zanya (caidanu) https://archiveofourown.org/works/1414189

Complete\M\29k\captivity, angst and humor\pre-royed

Ed should have known that agreeing to help Roy out one last time was a bad idea. But despite his better judgment, he needed an escape from life for while. So he boarded the last train out of Amestris to Aerugo only to wake up and find himself blindfolded and tied to a chair with the bastard tied up right along with him.

Fuhrer of the People by Catw00man, Zippit https://archiveofourown.org/series/10235

Series\M\90k\post-canon AU, politics\royed

(summary of the first in the series) After the fall of Fuhrer Bradley, Amestris is plagued with civil unrest. Roy's become the sixth Fuhrer and danger comes from all directions. Will Roy and his most trusted soldiers, including Colonel Elric, succeed where everyone else has failed or will he simply become another casualty?

This series is basically just one fic, but split into multiple. Sadly not finished and since it was last updated in 2012 I have little hope but what is there so far is really good

Ciphers by That_Hoopy_Frood https://archiveofourown.org/works/7777606

Complete\T\15k\angst\royza

"Mustang values his craft. He values his subordinates more. They watch his back, but he watches hers."

There has been a murder in East City, and Roy Mustang has been named the next victim. Desperate to catch the killer before he strikes, the Elric brothers and the men under Colonel Mustang's command go on the offensive. But Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist, soon learns that there is more at stake than the Colonel's life. Who is after the secret of flame alchemy, and why does Lieutenant Hawkeye fear a man named Frank Archer?

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood/Mangaverse

Another Man's Shoes by Naja_Nivea https://archiveofourown.org/works/1405057

Complete\M\35k\roys backstory, suicide attempt, alcoholism, genocide\royza

The Truth is always listening and after Mustang and Fullmetal have one of their famous spats, The Truth decides they need to understand one and other a bit better by learning of the other's unique experiences.

This fic basically expands roys backstory and makes it just all over even worse than it is and I love it

Wandering-verse by seatbeltdrivein https://archiveofourown.org/series/6748

Series\T\15k\future fic, developing relationship\royed

(summary of the fifth in the series) Wanderlust isn't the word for what Ed has. The urge to move is ingrained in him after so many years at such a fast pace, but now that Al has his body, Ed's little brother has settled down, content to stand still. Ed has a decision to make.

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