Ficlet - Poster Boy

[cornerofmadness]

Title Poster Boy
Author- cornerofmadness
Fandom Fullmetal Alchemist
Disclaimer so not mine
Rating PG 13
Characters/Pairing Roy/Riza, Chris Mustang
Timeline/Spoilers takes place after the Ishbal arc and has spoilers for chapters 80 and above
Word Count 313
Warning angst
Summary Roy doesn't want to be the hero
Author’s Note written for bob_fish’s prompt of Madam Christmas gives grown-up Roy some unwanted romantic or political advice. Work some Royai in if it bunnies you! ' for my Holiday Drabble meme and a shorter version will be used for fanfic_bakeoff’s carry prompt. Thanks to evil_little_dog for the once over.


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"You're not listening to me," Chris said.

Feeling her eyes on him, Roy hunched in on himself. "I am listening."

"All right, you don't like what I'm telling you."

He slid off the barstool. "I have to go, Madam."

His aunt grabbed his wrist. Shockingly red fingernails dug into his skin. "Roy, I know you're carrying a heavy burden. You didn't believe me when I told you the war would be worse than you could imagine. Now, you hate the military holding you up as the Hero of Ishbal."

"They're using me to make recruiting commercials. I can't even go to a movie without seeing a trailer using my name," he spat out.

"And I'm telling you, let it go. They need you to be this hero. You need to be him, like it or not," Chris said. "You will ruin your chances to make those plans you told me about work. You need to climb the ladder so you'd better start smiling and pretending that you're all right with this."

"I don't want to talk about it any more."

Roy knew that was a crappy way to end an argument but he just didn't want to hear it. As he left the bar, Riza was waiting in the car for him, hiding out under a red wig and glasses. She made a passable imitation of Sergeant Hobrek, one of his drivers. Roy flung himself into the back seat but she didn't start the car.

"What did she say?"

"That I need to play the hero."

He could feel Riza’s eyes on him in the rear view mirror. "You know she's right."

"That doesn't mean I have to like it."

Riza leaned over the back of the car seat to kiss him. "No but your disdain will have to be another of our secrets."

He kissed her back. "I can live with that."

Comments

[enemytosleep]

Ooo, that is angsty. I like undercover Riza. :D

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thank you. Yeah I like to send Riza undercover with him

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I like the longer version better. XD

One wonders how many secrets Roy and Riza share. Too many, probably.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

the longer version is less talking heads.

people appear to like this one.

yes no doubt too many

thanks

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

You're welcome!

[a-big-apple.livejournal.com]

What a fantastic and upsetting idea, Flame as the face of military recruitment!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thank you very much. I've used this idea before but it's one that bears further examination since I know it happened for real in WWII (and surely many other wars) and how upset some of the soldiers were (or loving it depending).

[bob_fish.livejournal.com]

I bet they totally would have used him as a poster boy. Pretty, brave and deadly! *swoon* Of course he would have hated it - he seems pretty uncomfortable with his troops painting him as a hero at the end of the Ishbal war.

Angsty and plotty for a little ficlet, I like it! I liked Riza in her sexy disguise too.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thank you

yes I'm quite sure the military would have used Roy. He would have been perfect