Happy Birthday Ficlet
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cornerofmadnessLook my brain cleared enough to write a ficlet. go brain. Happy birthday to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
enemytosleep
Annoyance
Author –cornerofmadness
Team pie
Fandom – Fullmetal Alchemist
Characters- Ed, Ling
Timeline/spoilers – eh, sometime when they’re together, no spoilers
Rating – PG
Summary – He was so damn annoying.
Word Count -282
Author’s Note – happy birthdayenemytosleep, written for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
fanfic_bakeoff's tangle prompt
When you got stuck on a trip with someone you started noticing the hundred little things they did that annoyed the fuck out of you. Ed could only imagine Al’s list of his elder brother’s foibles
Right now, Ling was driving Ed mad with his evening ritual of combing his hair. He had a fancy comb brightly enameled with dragons and phoenixes. Ling pulled it through his hair again and again until the movement was nigh hypnotic. What was he? A girl? Most guys would just drag a brush through once or twice and be done with it.
Ling would keep at it until his hair was practically snapping with electricity. Ed had long hair, too, but he couldn’t be bothered with this level of fussiness. He finger combed it to be sure there were no tangles before braiding it. A little alchemy insured his crown was just right. It didn’t take an hour.
Mustang probably takes almost this long. He’s a peacock, Ed thought, watching the silver cut through ebony strands, wishing he could just fall asleep and be spared the ritual but his brain was too stubborn for that.
Ling caught him looking, grinning over his shoulder. “What?”
“Just thinking Mustang has been beaten out for the ‘man who loves his reflection most’ award.” Ed smirked. “Even he’s not as vain as you.”
Ling turned away. “A prince must be conscious of his appearance and take pride in it. Royalty has its price.”
“Royalty.” Ed sniffed. “You’re a royal pain in the ass.”
“You seem to be the expert on acting like one, so I suppose you’d know.” Ling shrugged.
It took all Ed’s strength not to make Ling eat his comb.
enemytosleepAnnoyance
Author –
cornerofmadnessTeam pie
Fandom – Fullmetal Alchemist
Characters- Ed, Ling
Timeline/spoilers – eh, sometime when they’re together, no spoilers
Rating – PG
Summary – He was so damn annoying.
Word Count -282
Author’s Note – happy birthday
enemytosleep, written for fanfic_bakeoff's tangle promptWhen you got stuck on a trip with someone you started noticing the hundred little things they did that annoyed the fuck out of you. Ed could only imagine Al’s list of his elder brother’s foibles
Right now, Ling was driving Ed mad with his evening ritual of combing his hair. He had a fancy comb brightly enameled with dragons and phoenixes. Ling pulled it through his hair again and again until the movement was nigh hypnotic. What was he? A girl? Most guys would just drag a brush through once or twice and be done with it.
Ling would keep at it until his hair was practically snapping with electricity. Ed had long hair, too, but he couldn’t be bothered with this level of fussiness. He finger combed it to be sure there were no tangles before braiding it. A little alchemy insured his crown was just right. It didn’t take an hour.
Mustang probably takes almost this long. He’s a peacock, Ed thought, watching the silver cut through ebony strands, wishing he could just fall asleep and be spared the ritual but his brain was too stubborn for that.
Ling caught him looking, grinning over his shoulder. “What?”
“Just thinking Mustang has been beaten out for the ‘man who loves his reflection most’ award.” Ed smirked. “Even he’s not as vain as you.”
Ling turned away. “A prince must be conscious of his appearance and take pride in it. Royalty has its price.”
“Royalty.” Ed sniffed. “You’re a royal pain in the ass.”
“You seem to be the expert on acting like one, so I suppose you’d know.” Ling shrugged.
It took all Ed’s strength not to make Ling eat his comb.
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Date: 2010-03-26 03:02 am (UTC)This was so cute! I love little moments like this between them. ^_^
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Date: 2010-03-26 03:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-26 08:40 am (UTC)It would be impressive if Roy took this long, he has very low-maintenance hair. But then, I have male friends who take a hilariously long time perfecting their "just got out of bed, finger-combed it and possibly stuck a bit of wax in" look.
Ed is lucky he has easy to maintain hair. I still think he nicks Winry's shampoo and conditioner when he's home. She can tell because of how he uses about a third of the bottle every time.
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Date: 2010-03-26 04:14 pm (UTC)My brother has low maintanance hair and that guy is in the mirror more than me mom and his wife put together. Roy could do it.
Snort, poor Ed. One of the throwaway details I howled at in the manga was Ed transmuting his antenna into position