Prose Alchemist

Title: Hero Worship
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Ed, Al, Hughes, and an original character.
Setting: General.
Summary: Ed is skeptical of the shocking claim made by an eccentric young alchemist.
Disclaimer: Kestra Wachter is mine, but all other characters belong to Hiromu Arakawa. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: This very unexpected exercise in trope inversion was written for the prompt word “Lever” at fan_flashworks. Since knowledge of DNA is referenced in FMA canon in relation to chimeras, I take the liberty of assuming that Amestrian genetic science is far enough advanced that the test proposed in this story would be possible. (And a trivia note for those with 1990s cartoon nostalgia: Kestra completely insisted on my imagining her as a human version of Gosalyn Mallard from “DarkWing Duck”. Brace yourselves.)

( I hope you realize we were in the middle of something on the other side of the country. )

Title: Reach Out and Annoy Someone
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Mustang, Hughes, Hawkeye.
Setting: General.
Summary: For the first week, Roy actually thought Maes as a new father was cute.
Disclaimer: They belong to Hiromu Arakawa. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: Written for the prompt word “Telephone” at fan_flashworks—because we all know what Hughes’ favorite torture device is. *g* (For those of you who are too young to know the reference, the title is a play on a once-famous old phone company slogan.)

( For the first week, Roy actually thought Maes as a new father was cute. )

Title: Un-Growing Pains
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Hughes, Edward, Alphonse.
Setting: Any.
Summary: Beware of the size tantrum that was never fully vented the first time around.
Disclaimer: They belong to Hiromu Arakawa. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: Written as a fandom_stocking gift for moriu. It also fills the prompt “teenagers” on my genprompt_bingo card.

( It had seemed like a good plan at the time. )

Title: Chasm (Epilogue)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG for fantasy violence and desperate situations.
Characters: Hughes, Alphonse, Edward, Mustang, Scar.
Setting: First anime. These events take place sometime after my story “Roughing It”, in which Hughes learned the truth about the Elrics’ past. In terms of where it fits within canon events, I leave that up to the reader.
Summary: During a manhunt for Scar, Hughes and Alphonse become trapped and endangered, leading Al to make a grave request.
Disclaimer: They belong to Hiromu Arakawa. I’m just playing with them.

( The antiseptic smell was the first thing to tell Maes he was waking in a hospital room. )

CHAPTERS: I. - II. - III. - IV. - Epilogue

Title: Chasm (3/4)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG for fantasy violence and desperate situations.
Characters: Hughes, Alphonse, Edward, Mustang, Scar.
Setting: First anime. These events take place sometime after my story “Roughing It”, in which Hughes learned the truth about the Elrics’ past. In terms of where it fits within canon events, I leave that up to the reader.
Summary: During a manhunt for Scar, Hughes and Alphonse become trapped and endangered, leading Al to make a grave request.
Disclaimer: They belong to Hiromu Arakawa. I’m just playing with them.

( It was one of those days when Roy Mustang wanted to take the Fullmetal Alchemist over his knee. )

CHAPTERS: I. - II. - III. - IV. - Epilogue

Title: Chasm (1/4)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG for fantasy violence and desperate situations.
Characters: Hughes, Alphonse, Edward, Mustang, Scar.
Setting: First anime. These events take place sometime after my story “Roughing It”, in which Hughes learned the truth about the Elrics’ past. In terms of where it fits within canon events, I leave that up to the reader.
Summary: During a manhunt for Scar, Hughes and Alphonse become trapped and endangered, leading Al to make a grave request.
Disclaimer: They belong to Hiromu Arakawa. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: Some time ago, I decided that I would challenge myself to write a hurt/comfort story in which Al is the “hurt” one. I was interested in the unusual approach this would require, because although Al feels no pain, he can be damaged and is by no means immune to fear. I also wanted the comforter to be someone other than the obvious choice of Edward—and as it turned out, a non-alchemist was necessary for the situation I came up with. In the end, Hughes got the role, which had a nice bonus of allowing for two different paternal dynamics in the story: Hughes to Al, and Mustang to Ed.

( The coal mine was vast, a sprawling complex located several miles outside of East City. )

CHAPTERS: I. - II. - III. - IV. - Epilogue

Title: Roughing It (Epilogue)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG for some fantasy violence.
Characters: Primarily Edward, Alphonse, Mustang, and the Hughes family, as well as some villainous OCs.
Setting: First anime, but it’s mostly cross-compatible. Takes place when Ed is fourteen, Al is thirteen, and Elicia Hughes is two.
Summary: In an effort to learn more about the Elric brothers and Mustang’s connection to them, Hughes maneuvers the three into a camping trip with his family—but the fun and games end when they find themselves caught in the fallout of a deadly museum heist.
Disclaimer: If you know them, they belong to Hiromu Arakawa. Only the villains of the piece are mine.

( Epilogue )

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Title: Roughing It (6/7: Hidden Truth)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG for some fantasy violence.
Characters: Primarily Edward, Alphonse, Mustang, and the Hughes family, as well as some villainous OCs.
Setting: First anime, but it’s mostly cross-compatible. Takes place when Ed is fourteen, Al is thirteen, and Elicia Hughes is two.
Summary: In an effort to learn more about the Elric brothers and Mustang’s connection to them, Hughes maneuvers the three into a camping trip with his family—but the fun and games end when they find themselves caught in the fallout of a deadly museum heist.
Disclaimer: If you know them, they belong to Hiromu Arakawa. Only the villains of the piece are mine.

( VI: Hidden Truth )

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Title: Roughing It (4/7: Den of Thieves)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG for some fantasy violence.
Characters: Primarily Edward, Alphonse, Mustang, and the Hughes family, as well as some villainous OCs.
Setting: First anime, but it’s mostly cross-compatible. Takes place when Ed is fourteen, Al is thirteen, and Elicia Hughes is two.
Summary: In an effort to learn more about the Elric brothers and Mustang’s connection to them, Hughes maneuvers the three into a camping trip with his family—but the fun and games end when they find themselves caught in the fallout of a deadly museum heist.
Disclaimer: If you know them, they belong to Hiromu Arakawa. Only the villains of the piece are mine.

( IV: Den of Thieves )

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Title: Roughing It (2/7: The Grating Outdoors)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG for some fantasy violence.
Characters: Primarily Edward, Alphonse, Mustang, and the Hughes family, as well as some villainous OCs.
Setting: First anime, but it’s mostly cross-compatible. Takes place when Ed is fourteen, Al is thirteen, and Elicia Hughes is two.
Summary: In an effort to learn more about the Elric brothers and Mustang’s connection to them, Hughes maneuvers the three into a camping trip with his family—but the fun and games end when they find themselves caught in the fallout of a deadly museum heist.
Disclaimer: If you know them, they belong to Hiromu Arakawa. Only the villains of the piece are mine.

( II: The Grating Outdoors )

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