Fics like Reminders for (the) Living

“We are not naming our child Vanadium.” Ed scowled, his spoon hovering halfway to his mouth. “What’s wrong with Vanadium?” “It’s not even a name, Ed!” Winry smacked her hand to her forehead, then dragged it down her face. She’d been doing that a lot lately. “Besides, they’d probably be called Van for short. Would you even want that?” Oh. He hadn’t thought of that. And he really didn’t want to unpack how he felt about it right now. The last time he had stirred up all that crap, punches were nearly thrown and three people ended up in tears. (No, Ed was absolutely not one of them, no matter what the colonel said.) Winry and Ed are at odds about naming their first child. Riza and Roy do their best to help. For all four of them, the process dredges up some complicated emotions and bittersweet bygones. (A story about Ed’s taste in baby names that evolved into . . . something more.)

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