Drabble - The photo

Title: The photo
Pairing/Characters: Maes/Roy
Rating: PG-13
Warning: swearing, copious amounts of alcohol
Words: 446
Summary: Roy finds a photo and drinks to forget it.
A.N: Originally this was written for a short writing course I did but it just begged for this pairing, the angst fits them beautifully. Original prompt --> In 250 words, write a mini-story that takes place in at least two time-frames. I’ve changed the tense and added bits to help it make more sense in the FMA verse.

He looked down at the photo before him as he took another swig from the bottle. The whiskey didn’t burn anymore; his throat had got too used to the harshness of the liquid for it to make him feel anything. He was drunk and he knew it and he planed on staying drunk for as long as he could manage it. It was because of him, the bastard in the photo, the bastard that promised him they’d live forever, the bastard that lied to him and left him and caused him so much pain. Well he wasn’t causing him pain now; with that much alcohol filling his blood he barely felt anything.

 As he continued to throw back mouthful after mouthful of the vile liquid he thought back to a time when they were happy, the time the photo was taken.

~~~x~~~

 “And say cheese.”

 “Cheese” the flash went off and he tried to blink away the white dots now obscuring his vision. Roy knew he’d been scowling in the photo but there was no way he was going to let another one be taken.

 “There, now we have a photo to put in the dorm room.” Maes thanked the recruit that had taken the photo for them as he handed back the camera before moving away to rejoin his friends heading to the parade ground, then he turned to look back at Roy.

 “Remind me again why we needed one.” His vision was just about back to normal and he looked at Maes. He was handsome and perfect and all his.

 “So that we never forget how happy we are right now.” Roy couldn’t argue with his logic, instead he smiled, looked quickly around to make sure there was nobody else in the area then he placed his arms around his lover’s waist and pulled him in for a quick kiss.

 “Do you know how much I love you?”

 “I love you too, I always will and we’ll always be together.” They stood there for a while longer, wishing they could just forget everything around them, that for this moment nobody else existed in the world but them. Before they turned to go Roy took the camera from Maes and placed it in his pocket, then, grazing Maes’s hand with his fingers ever so slightly, they turned and walked back towards the military dorms.

~~~x~~~

 The bottle fell from his hand, golden liquid flowing out and soaking the carpet; his body fell to the side to land crumpled on the sodden floor. As he lay there completely drunk and unaware of the wetness soaking into his clothes a single thought filled his mind. He lied.

Drabble - The photo

Title: The photo
Pairing/Characters: Maes/Roy
Rating: PG-13
Warning: swearing, copious amounts of alcohol
Words: 446
Summary: Roy finds a photo and drinks to forget it.
A.N: Originally this was written for a short writing course I did but it just begged for this pairing, the angst fits them beautifully. Original prompt --> In 250 words, write a mini-story that takes place in at least two time-frames. I’ve changed the tense and added bits to help it make more sense in the FMA verse.

He looked down at the photo before him as he took another swig from the bottle. The whiskey didn’t burn anymore; his throat had got too used to the harshness of the liquid for it to make him feel anything. He was drunk and he knew it and he planed on staying drunk for as long as he could manage it. It was because of him, the bastard in the photo, the bastard that promised him they’d live forever, the bastard that lied to him and left him and caused him so much pain. Well he wasn’t causing him pain now; with that much alcohol filling his blood he barely felt anything.

 As he continued to throw back mouthful after mouthful of the vile liquid he thought back to a time when they were happy, the time the photo was taken.

~~~x~~~

 “And say cheese.”

 “Cheese” the flash went off and he tried to blink away the white dots now obscuring his vision. Roy knew he’d been scowling in the photo but there was no way he was going to let another one be taken.

 “There, now we have a photo to put in the dorm room.” Maes thanked the recruit that had taken the photo for them as he handed back the camera before moving away to rejoin his friends heading to the parade ground, then he turned to look back at Roy.

 “Remind me again why we needed one.” His vision was just about back to normal and he looked at Maes. He was handsome and perfect and all his.

 “So that we never forget how happy we are right now.” Roy couldn’t argue with his logic, instead he smiled, looked quickly around to make sure there was nobody else in the area then he placed his arms around his lover’s waist and pulled him in for a quick kiss.

 “Do you know how much I love you?”

 “I love you too, I always will and we’ll always be together.” They stood there for a while longer, wishing they could just forget everything around them, that for this moment nobody else existed in the world but them. Before they turned to go Roy took the camera from Maes and placed it in his pocket, then, grazing Maes’s hand with his fingers ever so slightly, they turned and walked back towards the military dorms.

~~~x~~~

 The bottle fell from his hand, golden liquid flowing out and soaking the carpet; his body fell to the side to land crumpled on the sodden floor. As he lay there completely drunk and unaware of the wetness soaking into his clothes a single thought filled his mind. He lied.