[Al hadn't exactly been entirely subtle since his reveal, and Nico was right. It probably was a pained look, recognizable to someone like him considering his own situation with Percy. All Ed saw was hope and disappointment. He was trying though, at this stage he was tearing himself up about so many things and this was only one piece of that puzzle. The drinking, the not eating, Valeria and disappointing her for forgetting what they'd been through together; Alphonse and his feelings - it was all a jumbled mess and it hadn't gotten any easier since she arrived last month.]
I wish... Things could be the way he wants, but- they won't. I don't know how much longer we can keep trying like this when we can't have a future together. Not- the future he's hoping for, anyway.
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[Al hadn't exactly been entirely subtle since his reveal, and Nico was right. It probably was a pained look, recognizable to someone like him considering his own situation with Percy. All Ed saw was hope and disappointment. He was trying though, at this stage he was tearing himself up about so many things and this was only one piece of that puzzle. The drinking, the not eating, Valeria and disappointing her for forgetting what they'd been through together; Alphonse and his feelings - it was all a jumbled mess and it hadn't gotten any easier since she arrived last month.]
I wish... Things could be the way he wants, but- they won't. I don't know how much longer we can keep trying like this when we can't have a future together. Not- the future he's hoping for, anyway.