Well, this is my very first Royai oneshot/poetry thing (or any piece with Royai), so hopefully it's good :)

Before we met, all those years ago,

I never believed in such things as Heaven or God.

But when I first saw you,

I thought I was seeing an angel.

I still do.

When you first spoke to me, you were shy.

You just waved, gave a little smile, and said, "Hello".

I wonder if you noticed,

That my heart skipped a beat.

I thought to myself,

"Am I in love?"

You already know how many times you saved my life from our enemies in the war,

Twenty-three, to be exact.

But you saved me countless times, more than you could know.

I never held a gun to my head,

And I never pulled the trigger, because I wanted to keep protecting you.

You're the reason I fought so hard to stay alive.

Scorching your back, marring your perfection…

It was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life.

After the war, you said, "I'll follow you to Hell and back".

When you said that, you don't know how much I wanted to say the same thing.

For all these years, you have watched my back,

And you helped me get closer to my goal.

You patiently helped me with my ideals,

Even when I didn't deserve that patience.

You fought by my side, never willing to give up,

And, as an alchemist, I always tried to do the same for you…

Equivalent Exchange, right?

You constantly shed your blood for me,

And it's something I know I can never repay.

You stopped me from killing in a vengeful rage,

And you guided me when I was blind.

No matter what, you always stood by my side, through thick and thin.

Whenever I look at you, I still see the perfection of an angel.

I still see the Heaven I was told stories about when I was little in your eyes,

And sometimes I still stumble over my words,

Because I'm so caught off-guard by you.

We've been together for so many years, and I just wanted to tell you,

Every moment of the way,

You're beautiful.

You're perfect.

And… what I wanted to say even more…

I LOVE you.

I want to stand by YOUR side for once.

I want to hold hands with you,

And give you hugs when you're down,

And I want to kiss you.

Riza Hawkeye, will you marry me?

Roy finally stopped his crazed scribbling, carefully looking over his work. He made sure to perfectly memorize it before snapping, effectively reducing the letter to a pile of ashes. A pained longing filled his mind as he watched the dancing flames, and he finally let out the breath he had been holding this entire time without his realization.

"Colonel?"

The voice made him glance up in surprise. Standing in the doorway was his lieutenant, a confused look on her face.

"What did you just burn up? Not your paperwork, I hope."

Roy shook his head and shrugged. "It was just… a scratch piece of paper I found lying around."

Riza nodded. "Okay. But make sure you get your work done."

She turned to leave.

"L-Lieutenant, wait…"

"Yes, sir?"

Suddenly, Roy drooped a little, and sighed.

"Oh, no, it's nothing. I'll see you later, Lieutenant."

"Okay, sir…" Riza's eyes, from the normal onlooker's perspective, looked as emotionless as ever. But a trained professional, like the colonel, saw that they were confused and curious. Nevertheless, she still took her leave.

Roy slumped on his desk, and ran the words through his head for the hundredth time since writing them down.

"One day, I'm going to tell her."

So? How was it? Please review so I can improve my writing :D