Fullmetal Alchemist: Bless the Beasts and Children

[jordannamorgan]

Title: Bless the Beasts and Children
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: PG for gore and major unhappiness.
Characters: Alphonse, Edward, and Shou Tucker; Mustang, Hawkeye, and Hughes.
Setting: First anime. During the Elrics’ time living with Tucker.
Summary: How the Elric brothers’ journey might have ended before it ever really began.
Disclaimer: They belong to Hiromu Arakawa. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: This “Things That Never Happened” story is almost certainly the worst thing I will ever do to the Elric brothers. I’m sure the idea must have been done before, and it’s probably quite predictable, but I wanted to write my take on it. I threatened to do so for some time, and finally found myself in a bad enough mood to follow through.
Some canon events referenced here are not quite in chronological order. I did this deliberately, to achieve the best effect.

( The steps creaked under Alphonse Elric’s tread as he made his way down the stairs. )