But see, Ed'd be in control because of that, so that's good for him, it reverses what the Sins were doing. And Al can see what he wants to see, watch Ed react to him touching him, and still relax into the sense that his older brother is in control and he can't possibly hurt him.
I can't decide whether it would be more interesting as Armor!Sex (as you said above, there's the fact that Armor!Al can't feel physical pleasure in the way he should, though there's an intellectual component to sex too, where he would feel pleasure in giving Ed pleasure) or as newlyrestored!Al in a body that is the chronological age his should be. Because I've seen quite a few restoration fics, and a lot of them go into the physical side of having a body after deprivation -- sensitivity, hyperstimulus -- but I don't think I've seen any that explored the idea that Al hasn't learned the coping mechanisms to deal with sex or emotions. Adolescence is a gradual thing; the hormones come on bit by bit(not that it feels that way), so you get some time to learn how to cope your reactions. A restored teenage Al would have the full scale thing, without five years of learning to deal with it in steps.
Add a really traumatic thing like this on top of it, and you have one potentially messed up boy.
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Date: 2005-06-27 11:15 pm (UTC)But see, Ed'd be in control because of that, so that's good for him, it reverses what the Sins were doing. And Al can see what he wants to see, watch Ed react to him touching him, and still relax into the sense that his older brother is in control and he can't possibly hurt him.
I can't decide whether it would be more interesting as Armor!Sex (as you said above, there's the fact that Armor!Al can't feel physical pleasure in the way he should, though there's an intellectual component to sex too, where he would feel pleasure in giving Ed pleasure) or as newlyrestored!Al in a body that is the chronological age his should be. Because I've seen quite a few restoration fics, and a lot of them go into the physical side of having a body after deprivation -- sensitivity, hyperstimulus -- but I don't think I've seen any that explored the idea that Al hasn't learned the coping mechanisms to deal with sex or emotions. Adolescence is a gradual thing; the hormones come on bit by bit(not that it feels that way), so you get some time to learn how to cope your reactions. A restored teenage Al would have the full scale thing, without five years of learning to deal with it in steps.
Add a really traumatic thing like this on top of it, and you have one potentially messed up boy.