Edward.

Six letters, one word, and she grows to hate it. This isn't something she can fight against with with her fists and alchemy nor is it something she can publicly rage about like her shortness. Hell she can't even taunt it!

It had taken years to find an actually name that had been okay: Edlyn. Now she's grown to hate it and Ed too. It's selfish, she thinks; just one more thing to ask of Al who calls her that nickname, Ed, because she couldn't handle being referred to as Edward by him all the time.

Fullmetal though she doesn't mind. It's not her birth name nor something based of it.
It's a name she earned herself and that makes it...something. Using easier to describe it doesn't feel right but it's the only word she can think of.

One day she'll find a name that she'll love and wont eventually fester. Till then she's the Fullmetal Alchemist - the people's alchemist.

Originally posted on ao3 under the pen name youngjusticewriter.

Al really wouldn't mind despite what his sister thinks.