Drabble Post - Moving Forward (FMA)
Oct. 3rd, 2014 09:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kristenskSeeing as it's FMA Day, I figured a drabble was called for. Title may be subject to change.
Moving Forward
Edward Elric still smelled of smoke when he stepped onto the morning’s first train out of Resembool. The scent trailed him down the aisle as he mechanically picked a seat in the empty car. Al followed with only a soft clatter from his armor.
The whole world seemed hushed, stilled by the enormity of what they were undertaking. Most of their old life lay behind them in ashes both metaphorical and literal. Their new life stretched ahead in a tangle of hopes and fears.
A whistle abruptly split the silence, and the train lurched into motion. Impulsively, Ed moved too. He leapt up and shoved down the window beside his seat. Chill, pre-dawn air rushed into the train car, and Ed turned his face into its cold blast. It swept over him, around him, driving away the clinging scent of the past.
There was nowhere to go but forward now.
Moving Forward
Edward Elric still smelled of smoke when he stepped onto the morning’s first train out of Resembool. The scent trailed him down the aisle as he mechanically picked a seat in the empty car. Al followed with only a soft clatter from his armor.
The whole world seemed hushed, stilled by the enormity of what they were undertaking. Most of their old life lay behind them in ashes both metaphorical and literal. Their new life stretched ahead in a tangle of hopes and fears.
A whistle abruptly split the silence, and the train lurched into motion. Impulsively, Ed moved too. He leapt up and shoved down the window beside his seat. Chill, pre-dawn air rushed into the train car, and Ed turned his face into its cold blast. It swept over him, around him, driving away the clinging scent of the past.
There was nowhere to go but forward now.
no subject
Date: 2014-10-04 01:49 am (UTC)(It completely slipped my mind that today was 3 October, between post-HHN "hangover" and four baseball playoff games. I would have tried to have something ready myself if I'd thought about it. Darn.)
no subject
Date: 2014-10-07 05:04 am (UTC)Thank you! And, honestly, I think I'd forget "FMA Day" if it weren't for the reminders from the deviantART Resembool Rangers and the flood of fanart.