Belated birthday gift for Mica
Belated birthday gift @thesilentwatcher
Hereâs a tiny drabble for you. I know you love Royai and youâve posted a bit of Yuri On Ice, so I thought you might enjoy a FMA-Yuri on Ice fusion. Well I hope you do.
Arm in arm, the boy and girl enter the ice rink, school bags and homework forgotten in the locker room. It would mean a rush later that evening, but Roy would not swop this routine for anything.
He turns to the girl. âSomeday, Riza, weâre going to be the best pair skaters in the world.â
She laughs and throws her head back. "I like your enthusiasm.â
âAunt Chris says you can do anything if you put your mind to it.â
She smiles and he knows he is smiling just as hard.
This how it is meant to be, he thinks, Riza and Roy against the world.
She shakes her head and turns around. âCome on, letâs warm up before the coach comes.â
He remembers when he was lost and sad. Before the ice. Before Riza. New to the country and living with an aunt he barely remembered from his previous life, he was lonely. Chris tried her best back then, but she was new to parenting and drowning in grief herself.
There were whispers about the new boy who looked different. He stood out with his dark hair and dark eyes. He kept his head in his lessons until a kind girl befriended him and everything changed. He started to smile again. He woke up looking forward to school.
It was her birthday party when he first learned how to skate. He fell, and he fell, but he got up and tried again. Riza smiled and he wanted to make her happy, so he kept on going. He realised he was good at it and he grew in confidence.
He was a different person on ice; he wanted to bring that Roy Mustang off the ice. It was easy when girls asked him about his medals and his jumps to pretend to be Roy, the skater. Roy,the boy, was far less confident. Still, there was only one girl he really wanted to impress. His partner and best friend.
There is something about the ice - something freeing and inspiring, and he feels like he can finally make something of himself. And, if he has Riza by his side, he can do anything.