cornerofmadness

To say I've been remiss in putting up my fanfic is a massive understatement seeing as I pretty much stopped this time last year.


Title -- Puppy Eyes
Author-- cornerofmadness
Disclaimer -- Arakawa owns all
Rating -- teen
Characters/Pairing -- Roy, Hayate, Riza, Royai
Word Count --426
Warning -- none
Summary -- Someone is working the puppy eyes.
Author’s Note -- I have so many other things to do, like promoting my novel that came out this week (ask if you’re interested) but Roy just had to talk. Roy always has to talk (except for the story where I need him to talk). This was written for fma_fic_contest and tied for first. m14mouse made the pretty banner.

XXX

( Puppy Eyes )

Sorrow’s Dark Array
Author - cornerofmadness
Disclaimer - not mine, all characters belong to Hiromu Arakawa et al, Square Enix and funimition.
Pairing – Roy/Riza, Ed/Win (eventually) Winry/OC, mentions of Maes/Gracia and Al/OC
Rating – will vary from chapter to chapter, mostly Pg-13 but will eventually contain well marked adult chapters.
Time Line – anime based, spoilers all the way through the anime and the movie and does have strong manga elements such as Armstrong’s older sister and the land of Xing
Summary – As Roy and Riza prepare for their wedding, while dodging assassins, Ed and Al try to find their way back home.
Author’s Note #1– This was written after much prodding by evil_little_dog as a sequel to the source of sorrow and is now her holiday gift even if she has beta’ed part of it. So thanks to her and lyricnonsense for the beta. You do not have to read the first story to understand this. You’ll quickly pick up that Riza has retired from the military to be Roy’s wife and bodyguard. Olivia Armstrong is now president and she’s assigned Roy as the ambassador to Ishbal; oh and that Roy was severely injured in the destruction of the Gate, requiring some of Winry’s automail.

Author's Note #2 Gold star if you guess the movie shout out in this chapter(in fact first person can get a drabble written for them, characters of their choice). And You can really tell I’m watching too much Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmerman. I’ve incorporated a lot of that into this chapter and chapters to come. (keep me away from this show. it just bunnies me)

Author's Note #3- This is a longer work and like real relationships, the ones listed in the pairings, take time to mend and come together. They have to work at it. Hope you enjoy the ride.
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter eight
Chapter nine
chapter ten
chapter eleven
chapter twelve
chapter thirteen
chapter fourteen
chapter fifteen
chapter sixteen
chapter seventeen



“Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array, Days of absence, I am weary; She I love is far away.” – Shakespeare

( Doesn’t bother me if you end up naked in public )
chapter nineteen

Sorrow’s Dark Array
Author - cornerofmadness
Disclaimer - not mine, all characters belong to Hiromu Arakawa et al, Square Enix and funimition.
Pairing – Roy/Riza, Ed/Win (eventually) Winry/OC, mentions of Maes/Gracia and Al/OC
Rating – will vary from chapter to chapter, mostly Pg-13 but will eventually contain well marked adult chapters.
Time Line – anime based, spoilers all the way through the anime and the movie and does have strong manga elements such as Armstrong’s older sister and the land of Xing
Summary – As Roy and Riza prepare for their wedding, while dodging assassins, Ed and Al try to find their way back home.
Author’s Note #1– This was written after much prodding by evil_little_dog as a sequel to the source of sorrow and is now her holiday gift even if she has beta’ed part of it. So thanks to her and lyricnonsense for the beta. You do not have to read the first story to understand this. You’ll quickly pick up that Riza has retired from the military to be Roy’s wife and bodyguard. Olivia Armstrong is now president and she’s assigned Roy as the ambassador to Ishbal; oh and that Roy was severely injured in the destruction of the Gate, requiring some of Winry’s automail.
Author's Note #2 - This is a longer work and like real relationships, the ones listed in the pairings, take time to mend and come together. They have to work at it. Hope you enjoy the ride.
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five




( You lied to me,” Hughes said, his eyes hot )

Chapter Seven

Strands of Nightmares
author- cornerofmadness
Disclaimer - not mine, all characters belong to Hiromu Arakawa et al, Square Enix and funimition. I don’t make a profit
Rating – PG-13
Pairing – Ed/Winry, Roy/Riza, Al/various
Time Line – manga based, future fic, based heavily on the dark future Riza predicted should Roy attain his goals. Spoilers for manga beyond #38.
Summary – It should have been a time of great happiness but fate is rarely kind
Warning – apparent character death
Author’s Note – This was written as a holiday gift for evil_little_dog for Yule 2006 and as per usual is a WIP. Sigh. Hope you enjoy
You can find previous chapters here

I'm deeply embarrassed in how long it's been since i've posted a chapter. Hopefully the next one won't take me months. My apologies and thanks for sticking with me

( “Shut up! I don’t know what Al thinks he knows,” Ed growled, shoving his brother )

on to the final chapter

Through the Wires
Author - cornerofmadness
Disclaimer - not mine, all characters belong to Hiromu Arakawa et al, Square Enix and funimition. I don=t make a profit
Time Line – could be just about any time in the first twenty odd chapters of the manga
Pairing – Roy/Riza
Rating - PG -13
Summary – Being in love means knowing just what to do
Author=s Note - this was written for the fma_ot4 alphabet challenge for the letter E which in this case stands for Edward Elric. Thanks to evil_little_dog for the beta

X X X

( Set fire to what? Cave-in )

The Source of Sorrow
Disclaimer - not mine, all characters belong to Hiromu Arakawa et al, Square Enix and funimition.
Pairing – Eventually Roy/Riza but starts out Roy/OC, Riza/OC
Rating – R (for adult situations)
Time Line – anime based, future fic after that movie, with some manga elements like Xing, where Roy learned his alchemy and Armstrong’s other, older sister
Summary – Roy knows he has made a complete and total mess of his life but is he getting a second chance?
Author’s Note – This was written for the challenge put forth by tiptoeinthesnow and she wanted some speculation on whether or not Roy would end up as Fuhrer and some romance (okay this is far more angst than romance.) Also, the spark of this story came before the challenge after hearing some songs by Hinder and a few others (I could easily suggest a listening soundtrack for this one). Special thanks to ishte, mulzrulz, and mjules for helping me with the movie details (since I was unable to actually make it through the movie) and thanks to evil_little_dog and mulzrulz for the beta.


( The Source of Sorrow )

onto chapter two

Thoughts of War Time
D M Evans
Disclaimer - not mine, all characters belong to Hiromu Arakawa et al, Square Enix and funimition
Rating – PG-13
Pairing – Roy/Riza
Time line- manga verse, spoilers if you haven’t seen the Ishbal arc.
Summary – She hates the light
Author’s Note – written for the fic_variations challenge, dark/light prompt, thanks to evil_little_dog for the beta.

( Thoughts of War Time )

A Hard Day’s Night
D M Evans
Disclaimer - not mine, all characters belong to Hiromu Arakawa et al, Square Enix and funimition
Pairing – Roy/Riza
Time Line – Set the day of Ed’s first day in Central, manga verse
Rating – PG-13
Author’s note was written for both evil_little_dog for the ‘kink’ meme (who wanted Roy/Riza and blindfold) and for the fic_variations dark/light challenge. THanks to mjules for the quickie beta

( A Hard Day's Night )

The Hour of Separation
Shades of Grey Series #6 - Shade Mist
D M Evans
Disclaimer - not mine, all characters belong to Hiromu Arakawa et al, Square Enix and funimition.
Time Line - This has elements of the anime up to about #25 and definite spoilers for the manga past #38 and beyond. More manga-based than not
Rating – FR
Summary - Riza and Roy’s life takes an unexpected turn, especially when old enemies put in an appearance
Author’s Note – Thanks to evil_little_dog for the beta. This is one story in a series but is a stand alone. This series was started long before the lovely Ishbal arc so it’s AU for the Mustang and Hawkeye history and there is no real way around that I’m afraid. Also, the Ravensdales are original characters that have small recurring roles in the series. The other stories in this series are linked in chapter one


chapter 5
and all other previous chapters

( Chapter Six )