"Some Other Beginning" (Fullmetal Alchemist, Roy/Al, WIP, 22/45?)

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Title: Some Other Beginning
Author: m.jules
Rating: Hard R for the whole thing
Summary: "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." Alphonse Elric helps Roy Mustang face life after more tragedy than one man should endure and finds something for himself in the process.
Pairing: mainly Roy/Al, with hints of and references to others. (Including, but not limited to, Ed/Winry, Al/Paninya, Gracia/Maes/Roy/Riza, and Al/Elicia.)
Disclaimer: Arakawa would KILL me. I bow low in supplication.
Author's Notes: This was meant to be "The Story That Proves In-Character Roy/Al Is Possible." Don't know if it worked. For my 7stages claim, prompt "New every morning."

Thank you, thank you, thank you to cornerofmadness and evil_little_dog who have beta'd every chapter without complaint even though this isn't their pairing. To dr_firedog for enduring me chattering about it, and to all my fellow Roy/Al 'shippers whose excitement about the possibility of this story kept me writing on it.

I am posting one chapter every Sunday/Monday. Previous chapters can be found here.

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( CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: The Wedding Night )