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Plllleeeeaase tell more about single dad Roy/teacher Ed. I'm such a sucker for kidfic

hehehe omg me too!! tysm for asking about it! i just have some rough outline stuff for you, i hope that's okay!!

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roy has a 6 year old from a previous relationship (the mother dipped out after 2 years idk the reason atm i'll come up with one lol) and he's been raising her alone ever since. hasn't dated anyone or even tried, he's just been focused on giving his daughter (idk her name yet) the best life he possibly can and devoting all of his time and energy to her. daughter just started first grade and when roy drops her off at her class for her first day he looks up to see the teacher standing against the open door, greeting the kids and their parents y'know. and roy is immediately speechless like this man is so beautiful he doesn't even know what to do with himself. by the time the family the teacher was talking to parts, his daughter leads him by the hand up to greet the teacher all excited and stuff because she loved kindergarten and can't wait to see what first grade is like and she's a very extroverted, friendly, bubbly little girl. so she makes their introductions and introduces herself first and then is like "this is my father, roy mustang. he works at/as a (idk what i want roy to be doing yet i'm still thinking) and we live together with our dog (idk dog name yet don't look at meeee). she's a golden retriever! i look forward to being in your class this year!" and the teacher is grinning so wide with bright happy eyes and roy's heart is doing flips and shit at the sight as he bends a bit to shake the daughter's name. "it's very nice to meet you, [name]! my name's edward elric, but you can just call me ed or mr. ed or mr. elric, whichever you're most comfortable with! i'm looking forward to having you in my class for the year." and the daughter shakes his hand very firmly, nodding all happy. and then ed stands back up straight, his grin tamed into more of a lopsided smile that's just as stunning on him and he offers his hand for roy to shake and roy kind of has to snap himself out of his speechless staring and they shake hands. and roy's all "thank you for taking care of my daughter, mr. elric." and ed's just smiling and nodding and "i'm delighted to have her! she's in good hands and this is a very safe environment, i promise. if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to come talk to me at pickup anytime." and yeah. roy's smitten. and he doesn't know it but ed's smitten as well. and daughter catches on and makes it her mission to get her dad and her teacher together because she wants her father to be happy.

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Drabble word - corrode/corroded

Ed hadn't realized how badly the beams of this dilapidated warehouse had corroded. That changes things. Footsteps echo behind him—angry shouts bounce off of the crumbling walls. He has to figure this out and fast. Ed is not about to let another building fall with him still inside. He promised he'd come home safe. Ed won't start breaking promises now. With a quick clap, Ed slams his hands to the ground to throw up a barrier just in time to miss more bullets meant for him. He takes off in a mad dash around stacks of wood and piles of steel in the direction he thinks he remembers seeing an emergency exit door. His vision's starting to blur and he's pretty sure there's still a bullet lodged in his arm, but he doesn't have time to deal with any of that right now. The red light of the emergency door is a beacon just ahead and Ed slams into the bar. He doesn't stop to catch his breath—just keeps running as fast as his legs can carry him. He'll keep running until he makes it to a clinic where he can get patched up just enough to hop on the next train out. And then he won't stop walking until he's home—until he's safe—until he's in Roy's arms again.

word count: 223

i've pretty much given up trying to keep these close to 100 words and am instead trying to keep them as close to 200 as i can lmao. tysm for the prompt, odette! ♡

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5, 17, 28 <3

happy new year, odette!! sorry this is so late, but tysm for sending some! ♡

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5. What work of yours got more feedback than you expected? can i say all of them? lol. honestly though i'd probably say the very first fic — meet me halfway to your heart (i've given it all to you) — i wrote last year because it was the first thing i'd written and posted in 4-5 years & the first work i'd ever posted for royed and i honestly didn't expect to end up not only having so many lovely comments, but also meeting so many people because i started posting that fic because that's when i got invited to the forge and met so many wonderful fellow royed enthusiasts and yeah. long ramble but i'm very grateful for all that first fic gave me.

for 17, i answered that here!

28. Favorite work you wrote this year? oh gosh. they're all my babies haha. i think i'd say what else can i do but keep wishing for you? the ed's birthday fic that i wrote for my birthday present to myself hehe.

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16, (how many fic ideas, maybe share one!) and 56 (something in your writing you pride yourself on)

thank you so much for sending these !! ♡

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16. How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Share one of them?

— okay so i keep a note on my phone for royed fic ideas and i actually went through and counted how many ideas i've got right now & it totaled to 87! i'm also currently working on an ed bday fic for my birthday next month & my mermaid au from royed week & then a halloween one for my existing steal me; i'm yours verse so... i've got a lot of cogs turnin' in the ol' noggin that maybe i'll eventually be able to put onto a word doc lol. we'll see!

as for sharing one of my ideas (i closed my eyes and scrolled the list to pick one at random): roy gets hurt while on a mission with ed and ed blames himself bc roy only got hurt trying to push ed out of the way. ed tries to distance himself from roy bc he thinks he's too much of a hazard and he can't let roy get hurt again and can't get in the way of his goals and ed thinks he'll only hold him back and ruin everything if they keep getting closer and spending more time together. roy's having none of it and tracks him down and makes him come back.

56. What’s something about your writing that you pride yourself on?

— hmmm. i'm trying to be less super critical of myself so i guess i'd say i like how into the small, soft, details of interactions & characterizations i can get. and i'd like to think i do a pretty good job with fluff & romance!