baroqueangel | Drabble

Title: Coming Out
Pairing/Characters: Ed, Al, Winry, Pinako
Rating: G
Warning: Complete daftness and sap and fluff and OOCness and just…I can’t believe I wrote this >.<
Words: 636
Summary: Ed finally tells his family something they already know.
A.N: I don’t even. I’m just really feeling the love right now and thought Ed needed a share of it. It’s mostly insane and probably has Ed being completely OOC but whatever, I kind of liked writing it. Plus it didn’t take much for this one to flow so that can only be a good sign right? :) I've probably missed some mistakes, sorry about that ^^; Enjoy <3

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They were all sat around the table eating quietly or as quietly as any meal with an Elric or two could be, bowls being passed around, china clinking as it was moved about the table, when Ed suddenly broke the relative silence.

“So, um…” he stopped, put down the bowl of peas he had been holding, sat back in his chair and debated carrying on with what he had started saying. He looked back at the staring faces of his family, as familiar to him as his own face was, faces he had known all his life. Al, Winry and auntie Pinako all looked curiously back at him, probably wondering where that sentence was heading. Their eyes were glued to his and it made him falter, made his courage waver.

“What is it Edward?”

“Did you have something to tell us brother?”

“Spit it out bean, dinner’s getting cold.”

Ed let the remark about his stature pass, swallowing back the retort about her being a miniscule hag and gathered any courage he had left to gather before continuing what he was going to say and rather eloquently if you asked him.

“Okay, so umm, I think there might be a slight possibility that might possibly be more than slight, that there may be, or should that be a definite is, a chance that I’m kind of, sort of, gay.” The sentence tapered off towards the end getting gradually quieter until he’d said the word gay. Once it was out of his mouth he went silent and stared at the table as he waited for the gasps of shock and squeaks of surprise that were bound to be coming after his revelation.

Only they didn’t. When he heard nothing he looked up from the small knot in the wood that he’d been so intensely studying, all he saw around the table were warm eyes and smiling faces.

“We already knew that brother.”

“Yeah Ed, the only person who didn’t seem to know that was you.”

“Pipsqueak, you don’t have to worry so much, it’s not good for you at your age, and it stunts your growth too. We’ve loved you since the day you were born and through all of the trials and tribulations that birth brought with it. You’ve been a pain in the ass and a wonderful young man, mostly at the same time, but we loved you the same no matter what you were. That isn’t going to change because of who you choose to love.”

Ed did something then that he would later deny, daring anyone to prove otherwise. It was just a random speck of dust or an eyelash or something else that had blown into his eyes and had made them tear up, it only looked like he was crying. Because he wasn’t crying! He never cried! That did not happen! Edward Elric did not cry ever! Except when he did, but that was usually because a pair of mechanics were torturing him, which was allowed really.

“Now hurry up and finish you dinner shortie, we’ve got maintenance to do on that arm tonight.”

“And don’t forget to drink your milk, how else are you going to grow a few inches so you look old enough to drink in gay bars? Nobody will fall in love with you if they can’t see you.”

Ed loved his family, despite the fact that they were ruthlessly attacking him with short joke after short joke which he would let slide, for now. He’d get them back for it later and that was a promise. For now he was going to just bask in the glow of their love and acceptance because it was truly a wonderful thing to be accepted for who you really are by the people who matter to you the most.