#parentalroyed

[gijipaw]

This is to change

I like stories that involve parental Royed, however, they all have the same basis: Ed is kidnapped, tortured, etc and the plot is held by Roy taking care of him while Edward depressively passes the entire work, in addition, these stories forget the rest of the cast. I don't say don't be interesting, but any post-manga story? "What if ...?" I feel that we can explore more of this relationship and not always fall into the same formula.

[paybackraid]

WAHT STROY IS IT??

In His Own Hell by alightintheshadows! It’s suuuuuuuper good BUT be aware of graphicish torture scenes, mentioned assault (nothing graphic) and LOADS OF CUTENESS ON BOTH ROY AND EDS PARTS!!

[xennariel]

Idk if you write for it but maybe if you do and are still doing this, some Papa!RoyEd in #40 for the micro-prompts?

This is the first time I’ve ever written for Roy and Ed without Riza or Al as buffers between them, so I hope this wasn’t too weird or OOC. Thanks for the request!

Hospitable

It was only an hour before Edward and Winry’s wedding and Roy found himself sitting alone in the Rockbell’s living room wearing a three piece suit and waiting for Riza to finish getting ready. He fidgeted, unbottoning his suit coat in an effort to be more comfortable while he waited.

Roy thought back to when he and Riza arrived the previous day. It was almost odd how Edward had been so hospitable toward Roy and Riza, but Roy guessed Winry had something to do with that. She probably threatened Ed with a wrench to the face if he was rude to their guests.

He snickered at that thought and that was when he noticed Edward, clad in his tuxedo, standing awkwardly near the stairs, pacing and looking as if he was waging a war within himself about something. Roy raised a brow and stared at the former alchemist and just before he called out to him, Edward straightened up and stomped into the living room, plopping down on a chair across from Roy. Edward glared at Mustang and Mustang stared back, brow still raised, curious about what Ed was thinking.

“I uh…” Ed cut himself off, suddenly nervous about confessing his insecurities with his former superior officer. “Can I talk to you about something?”

That was definitely strange. What would the boy possibly want to talk to Roy about? Now Mustang was even more curious. Maybe Ed’s hospitality wasn’t entirely because of Winry’s threats.

“Sure, what is it?”

“I… Don’t laugh at me all right, I’m trying to be serious here, but, I’m… kind of scared about this whole thing. Am I worth marrying? Does she know I lo…lov…” Ed stumbled over the word, a healthy blush coloring his cheeks and heating his ears. “That I care about her? What if she realizes she deserves so much better?”

Ah, so that was it. Wedding jitters. Roy almost laughed at the boy, but he refrained. Edward was obviously annoyed about having to talk to him about this, the least he could do was be civil and try to console him. The sad thing was, Roy was probably one of the closest things to an older brother or father figure that Ed had.

Roy sighed and leaned closer to Ed, eyes veering off toward the staircase as he spoke.

“She knows you love her. The way you look at her is enough. The way you talk to her is enough. You just being beside her is enough… Try to remember that it is enough. Don’t be nervous. She can see how you feel from the way you treat her. The way you act around her. Have a little more confidence in yourself.”

Mustang could feel himself getting emotional and he stopped, wondering which of them he was actually trying to convince.

“Yeah,” Ed replied, nodding and straightening his suit coat. “Yeah, you’re right. I’m… I’m just an idiot and I’m so nervous that I’m not good enough for her, but you’re right, she knows. She totally knows.” Ed nodded at Roy again, confidence building back up within him. “Thanks. I hate to say it, but I guess I owe you one for this.”

Roy looked back at Ed and smirked.

“I’ll hold you to that,” he said, noticing Riza descending the stairs out of the corner of his eye. She looked radiant and Roy suddenly wanted a few minutes alone with her, so he made a shooing motion at Ed. “Now get out there before you’re late to your own wedding.”