Ink Burns » Maas Hughes

Once More…Dear Friends: Six

Branch — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:51:57 +0000

Lisa and Roy reach an understanding. Romance, I-4

"I've never met another woman who's so beautiful when she isn't trying."

Once More…Dear Friends: Five

Branch — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:41:06 +0000

Team Mustang dives into politics. Drama, I-3

Hawkeye sniffed. "It was bad enough, dealing with bureaucratic idiots as an officer," she noted. "I'm not going to deal with them as a secretary."

Once More…Dear Friends: Three

Branch — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:54:03 +0000

Roy comes to some realizations and starts to move again. Drama, I-3

Lisa had been a sweet, cheerful girl, when he'd met her. But she'd been seventeen at the time. He hadn't been surprised that she'd become more solemn, when she showed up as his new Second Lieutenant two and a half years later. People changed as they grew up.

Once More…Dear Friends: Two

Branch — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 20:18:46 +0000

What does a career soldier do when he loses his career? And what do his friends do about him? Drama, I-3

Roy's past slid through his fingers into a box: a folded "portrait" of him, product of Elysia's first finger paints; a box with his captain's insignia—so that's where it had gone; two letter openers, one of them an old knife of Hughes'.

In Silence

Branch — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 01:01:08 +0000

Hughes is called on to intervene in a fight between Roy and Ed. Drama, I-4.

"This," Maas wiggled the carafe in his left hand, "is Gracia's special blend, which she presciently gave me a stash of in case I ever really needed to get Roy's attention at work. My wife is brilliant. Now," he repeated, "what got them going?"

The Door

Branch — Sat, 06 Mar 2004 00:45:00 +0000

Ed's choices, two years later. Drama, I-3.

"Nii-san, you're not our father," Al murmured.

"But what if I am?" Ed slumped. "I mean, what if this was how it started with him, too? A few trips to the city to pick up something for Mom, and then some trips further away to find some interesting books or talk to scholars, and then he got into something bigger than he could understand, and the next thing you know he's creating monsters and destroying cities and not giving a damn about his family."

Snapshots

Branch — Tue, 02 Mar 2004 21:38:55 +0000

A handful of moments: Roy and Hughes at Ishvar. Drama With Occasional Porn and Angst, I-4, spoilers ep 15.

Roy did not normally rise to that kind of bait in public. He had a certain dignity to maintain, and being an Alchemist who had become an officer by default rather than through training didn't make things any easier. But today he was tired and short on temper, and decided that the shortest distance between two points was to vault the table and tackle Hughes.

At A Cost

Branch — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 00:35:41 +0000

Roy's choices, soon after the end. Drama, I-4.

Hughes gave him a brisk shake. "Stop that. I'll always support you, and you know it. And your people will follow you to Hell as many times as you choose to go there. But is there anyone else who can do what he did? Ed the Amazing, Traveling Trouble Magnet, Problems Solved at No Extra Charge?"

Morning: One

Branch — Fri, 13 Feb 2004 00:46:34 +0000

How Roy and Ed deal with the way Ever ended. Drama With Romance and Porn, I-3.

Ed woke up wondering why his pillow was such a strange shape.

Ever: Chapter Twelve

Branch — Wed, 11 Feb 2004 00:55:49 +0000

Ed talks to Hughes about his changing relationship with Roy. Drama with Romance, I-3

When Hughes arrived at their house, mid-morning, with a gleam in his eye, Ed was positive he'd been targeted for something.