I Dream Youre Still Here

Roy took in an unsteady breath, closing his eye as he leaned back into the couch. "You two have lost a lot of people in your lives. Does it ever get easier?"

Silence passed for a moment, and he could just imagine that the boys were looking at each other, whatever thoughts in their heads shared as they figured out how to answer, and who got to.

"I'd love to lie to you, Mustang," Ed said. "But no, it doesn't. Not really."

Roy laughed, a bit hysterically, though it only lasted a few seconds. "Of all the lies you told me over the years, you couldn't tell me just one more?"