Trooper Station - Saturday Morning

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

Sleeping at your desk with a chest injury was a bad idea. Sleeping with any injury was, but Roy had ended going into the station after the meeting and that was where he still was. In his defense, he'd been intending on staying awake.

He stared at the half finish report on what had happened on Thursday and rubbed at his eyes. It could wait. He needed to make sure Ralph knew what to do this evening and then he'd be able to head home and prepare for tonight himself.

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[im-fullmetal.livejournal.com]

Ed wasn't exactly sure why he was going down to the Station to talk to Mustang or really why he was worried about it, but he ended up making his way down there early Saturday morning.

He stared at Mustang as he stood in the door of the office. "You look like crap."

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Roy managed to hide his surprise at the voice and glanced up. "I see your manners haven't improved," he remarked dryly.

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He walked in, figuring that was invitation enough and flopped into a chair. "Were they supposed to?"

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"I'd suppose I'd be expecting too much," Roy replied, closing the file in front of him. His injured arm slipped underneath the desk so Ed wouldn't notice the bandaging. "To what do I owe this visit?"

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"Boredom mostly," Ed said nonchalantly, kicking his leg out.

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"Hrm," Roy picked up a random file from the stack of papers beside him and opened it, seemingly uninterested. "You didn't have anyone better to bug?"

[im-fullmetal.livejournal.com]

"It's been a while. Didn't want you to feel like you hadn't got your quota of trying to order me around," he replied.

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Roy raised an eyebrow. "And since when do you care about what quotas I reach? Though, it seems I didn't have to order you."

[im-fullmetal.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, well, figured I'd make it easy for you," he said. Definitely not saying he came cause he was worried. Definitely not mentioning that he could help.

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

Giving up pretense of being interested in his report, Roy sat back in his chair, his movement slower than usual. "I don't believe I've heard that before. Is there something you want, Fullmetal?"

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Ed skidded one of the knives he found across the desk. "What's going on?"

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

"That did look like your work," Roy said amiably, reaching across the desk with his good arm still to pick up the knife. "Do you have the others? Their owned was looking for them."

[im-fullmetal.livejournal.com]

"Cleaning up your mess again, Mustang?" Ed asked.

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"Didn't ask you to," Roy pointed out. "I don't remember needing to report to you, Ed."

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"Never said you did," he replied. "What happened?"

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"You're going to make me start thinking you care," Roy shot back, still avoiding the question.

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"Yeah, well, I don't," Ed snapped.

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"I'm glad we straightened that up," Roy remarked dryly. "Have you had to talk with the acting principal?" he asked quickly.

[im-fullmetal.livejournal.com]

"Uh, no," Ed said, scratching his head and looking sheepish. "Didn't realise there was one til a few days ago."

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

"Good. Keep it that way," Roy said. "She'll be leaving soon anyway."

[im-fullmetal.livejournal.com]

"Yeah? Why?"

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

"Because we're kicking her out," Roy said simply.

[im-fullmetal.livejournal.com]

"Huh. Got a better plan than before?" he asked.

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Roy grimaced, definitely not pleased with the remark. "More backup," he replied shortly.

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"She's just a woman though, right? Not an alchemist? Shouldn't be a problem. Unless she's got some of that magic stuff?"