#and thank u to alex as always for the beta u rock homie

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recognition: chapter 4

fandom: fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood words: 8,717 chapter: 4/4 rating: T relationships: olivier mira armstrong x izumi curtis; background sig x izumi, alex x sig, and olivier & alex AKA the curtis-armstrong alliance content: it turns out getting stabbed in the guts by hohenheim isn't a permanent solution to izumi's missing organs

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izumi knows something is wrong before she starts coughing. she’s only putting her groceries away, but something… something tears. and she can feel it—whatever fix hohenheim made for her, part of it has just come undone. and then she coughs, knowing too well the red she’ll see when she pulls her hand back. goddamn it. before she passes out, she thinks: great. now there’s two of them who’ll be mad at me.

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