Top 13 One-Shot HughesRoy Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length HughesRoy fics — short stories under 10,000 words.
Happenings
by Tierfal
Maes somehow ends up making out with Mustang in a janitor's closet, which is apparently the least-weird thing the guy is capable of.[Sorta spoilers for Brotherhood/Yet Another Man's Battlefield OVA.]
In Deed
by bob_fish
Shut up, Hughes.
Safe Space
by destroythemeek
Lt. Col. Maes Hughes tries to do what he can for those who don’t quite fit in.
Tasteful
by Tierfal
Roy's working. He's working on ignoring the something-like-a-man lounging in the chair on the other side of the desk. He does not anticipate that he will be successful.[MAJOR mid-series spoilers – technically Brotherhood 'verse.]
You Set Me Aflame
by Colourful_skies
Roy’s soul link manifests later than usual, and of course it’s fire coursing in his veins. He spends years waiting for the soulmate hot-headed enough to warrant this blessing-curse. When Roy’s tattoo finally reveals the moment that they meet… well, he’s not sure this is better than nothing. In contr
The True Mates Phenomenon
by Javana
"If Maes's didn’t know better, he’d say it was the scent of an unmated omega just coming into heat."A phenomenon commonly described as “True Mates” by both teenage girls and in the penny dreadful books masquerading as romance novels hidden under Maes’s sister’s bed. It was a level of compatibility t
A Set of Second Chances
by Tierfal
Getting trapped in an outpost cabin with the ghosts of the past has its advantages. Maes is positive that they can turn this whole fiasco into a victory, if Roy will just believe that he deserves one.
i learned that love tastes good (you shove it in my mouth)
by teandfailure
"oh," maes says, coming to a stop in front of the open study door. "oh fuck, roy, this isn't- you're not supposed to let him cheat."“cheat?” roy echoes, amused. “i don’t think it’s cheating just because you like what you see.”
Boomerang
by bearonthecouch
They did not have the “call home” type of relationship. They had the “show up on the doorstep after not exchanging a word for years” type of relationship.
Shaming the Devil
by raja815
It takes Maes almost half an hour of walking to find the little bar, and now he's here, he realizes Roy is definitely not pleased to see him.
Several Related Cases of Heinous Arboreal Homicide
by Tierfal
Roy gets to his office one morning to find his desk covered in stories that Hughes has written about him and Lieutenant Hawkeye. What Hughes does not know is that Roy has been practicing his slow-roasting technique.[Compatible with either 'verse.]
Dangerous Lessons
by Anonymous
Roy Mustang is a fool, and Maes needs to teach him a lesson.
Predawn
by Tierfal
Maes Hughes makes even the horrors of war significantly less soul-killing, damn him to hell.[Compatible with either 'verse.]
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Why Read One-Shot HughesRoy Fics?
One-shot HughesRoy fanfics — anything under 10,000 words — are the format of choice for sharp emotional payoffs, single-scene character studies, smutty interludes, and tropes that don't need a full arc to land. You finish them in one sitting.
Ideal for a commute, a lunch break, or right before bed when you don't want to start a 200,000-word fic at 11pm.
About This List
This list of 13one-shot HughesRoy fanfics spans 50,663 total words. Kudos range from 293 on the newest entries to 939 on the most established. Nearly all (100%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (6 of 13 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Humor · Hurt/Comfort · Canon: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood · Don't Ask Don't Tell · Blow Jobs.
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