tigercherries



Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark 86

    Tags
    Summary

    "“I don’t get it,” Ed said, pulling back just enough to look at Mustang. He couldn’t read his expression through his tears, and that somehow made it worse.
    “It doesn’t make sense. What do you want from me?” His voice wavered despite his effort to keep it steady. “I’m a double amputee with a bad attitude. My own dad didn’t want me. Where’s the equivalent exchange?”
    He barely had time to breathe before two strong arms wrapped around him, firm and unyielding. Mustang’s voice rumbled against his ear, low and certain.
    “Don’t you know, kid? I’m a pirate. We don’t play by alchemists’ rules.” He huffed a quiet, humorless laugh. “When we see something we want, we take it. That’s the exchange.”
    His grip tightened just slightly. “You’re my kid. I don’t need you to give me anything else.”

     

    Roy Mustang and the crew of the Black Hayate sail from port to port, lending a hand to those in need. Along the way, they meet a kid with big dreams of becoming the world’s greatest alchemist. After Roy saves his life, fate pulls a strange twist of equivalent exchange, leaving him with something he never expected—a son.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    64,316
    Chapters:
    32/32
    Comments:
    108
    Kudos:
    329
    Bookmarks:
    86
    Hits:
    9,366

    28 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 15

    Tags
    Summary

    This funeral was already the complete shit show Mustang had known it was going to be - a full-blown military farce disguised as a ceremony. But he hadn't quite pictured this: standing out on the sodden green under a pewter-grey sky, steady drizzle soaking through his dress blues and waiting in stifled silence for them to lower a traitor's casket into the ground - as Havoc and Hughes attempted to keep his newest Major from collapsing.

    Fucking Christ.

    -- Or, Ed struggles and Roy nonchalantly threatens to break someone's spine. Sort of. --

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    2,453
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    5
    Kudos:
    125
    Bookmarks:
    15
    Hits:
    658

    27 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 68

    Tags
    Summary

    Edward Elric isn't going to give Roy Mustang any points for just being present in his life. He's just a commanding officer, a means to an end. So why does he care so much about trying to figure out how Mustang feels about him?

    Or: Five times Roy Mustang acts like he cares about Edward Elric and one time he actually says it.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    35,086
    Chapters:
    6/6
    Comments:
    100
    Kudos:
    299
    Bookmarks:
    68
    Hits:
    4,134

    26 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 12

    Tags
    Summary

    Edward has a pretty short list of people he cares about; losing your parents and your brother and your limbs tends to make you a bit cynical. Who could've guessed?

    Anyway, having a short list is easy. He likes it that way. And he's not making any adjustments to it, no matter what Mustang does.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    17,368
    Chapters:
    4/6
    Comments:
    14
    Kudos:
    81
    Bookmarks:
    12
    Hits:
    1,160

    26 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 14

    Tags
    Summary

    Ed was no stranger to being hurt.

    He was a double amputee, after all, and hand-to-hand combat was not unusual considering his line of work.

    Cuts, bruises, fractures, concussions, fucking gunshot wounds…

    He knew, very intimately, how pain felt.

    And maybe that was why he took comfort in it.


    OR: Edward’s battle with self-harm.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    5,786
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    6
    Kudos:
    70
    Bookmarks:
    14
    Hits:
    374

    26 Jun 2026