Disclamer: FMA & FMA:Brotherhood belong to Hiromu Arakawa, this is a work of fiction.

One shot based on a prompt by 'au-gallery' on Tumblr.

I didn't expect that the first thing I'd be writing in the FMA Fandom would be like this xD!

Sooo not beta'd.

I hope you will enjoy it! R&R ~


When I Found You

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Winry Rockbell walked out of the drugstore with a placid face, her light blond hair dancing with the sweet breeze of spring; her blue eyes ached when they met shiny sunrays.

Trying to remember what she had to do next, someone bumped into her.

"Oh I'm sorry! Are you okay?" asked a deep voice. It was unmistakably a man's.

"Yes I'm fine." Looking up their eyes locked, her heart jumped and her stomach clenched. It was a familiar feeling, which she didn't appreciate.

The man was a tall muscular blond with honey colored eyes, his hair was in a ponytail and his face was beaming. He wore simple jeans and shirt with a black leather jacket.

He smiled and left.

And there she was, again.

Feeling empty.

Not only the man resembled her ex-lover, but by just one look he was able to take over her; which she loathed.

And what she loathed more, was her own self, being so vulnerable. At 24 years old, the blond was a single woman with psychological disorder. It has been few months since she got back her life on its rightful track; after breaking down when she tried committing suicide. Lucky her, she was found on time and was brought immediately to the ER where she was saved.

The ironic part of her story is that her break down was caused by a man.

She sighed at her misery.

Deciding to skip her therapy session with her psychologist, Riza Hawkeye –who must be with her lover Roy Mustang anyway– she made her way to the municipal park.

People were laughing, playing with their dogs, with their kids; couples were all lovey-dovey, while she just sat on the edge of the fountain eating an ice-cream.

She cursed her luck when a man tripped on her foot, startled she let go of the ice-cream that landed on her newly bought dress.

She was literally going to punch the man and insult him, until she saw his face. It was the man that bumped into her earlier.

Looking at the disaster he made, he started apologizing and shouting non-sense, "oh my God I am so sorry, I didn't see you; I was running to catch up my brother and…"

If she hadn't cut him off he would've narrated his life story, it wasn't personal but she was in no mood to listen to his idiocy –even if he was such a handsome man!

"No, it's okay; please don't bother!" unfortunately for her, he was as stubborn as her.

"It can't be okay! I ruined you dress; which is a horrible disaster for women!" he blurted.

For her it wasn't as disastrous as her life; "please there is definitely no need to worry!"

She looked at him with her best plastic smile; she just wanted to go home, she clenched and released her fists multiple times to control herself. Her blood pressure was increasing; she wasn't ready for interacting with new people.

"Okay, then, let me buy you something to wear; you definitely can't walk back in this state, right?" he stated as he pointed to her –now ruined dress.

"Um… isn't your brother waiting for you?"

"It's okay he can wait, I'll call him. Now, I can't let such a beautiful lady like this when it is my fault, can I?"

She blushed and felt butterflies in her stomach when he showed her his genuine smile.

Holding her purse tightly she remembered Riza's words 'interact with more people, talk, don't keep running from the outside world.'

If she wanted to live on, she should take on opportunities; and so she was determined, "o-okay…"

"Great!" he exclaimed, "let's go, there's a shop down the street; by the way I'm Edward Elric, just call me Ed, pleased to meet you!"

"Winry Rockbell, the pleasure is all mine." She smiled.

"You're cute when you smile, you should do it often!"

She blushed even more, "thanks."

On their way to the shop, the blond man didn't stop talking, he was such a babbler!

To her surprise she started to open up little by little, from talking about Led Zeppelin and Guns N' Roses to how he broke his arm when he first ridden a bicycle.

Maybe, just maybe; she was getting better; and that, thanks to an ice-cream.

Arriving to the shop, the man –Ed asked for 'nice dresses that would look good on this beautiful lady.' And he was served; she tried on many dresses; in the end they both decided for a midnight blue short dress imprinted with pink flowers.

"Thank you very much for the dress." Stepping out of the shop, she tried giving him her brightest smile, which caused him to laugh.

"You are one of your kind, Winry!"

For the first time in ages, she felt happy; her name sounded beautiful on his tongue.

Maybe life didn't suck that much, maybe when she found him, things were going to be okay. It was a wonderful moment, one that she couldn't describe.

One that she would never be able to describe.

Unfortunately, she didn't notice a high speeding car getting on their side of the pavement.

The last thing she saw was Edward looking horrified as he shouted her name.

All she ever wanted, she found it, but she didn't last to savor it.


I know this was... atjlfdgrkrkgjreqgre! (I hope the Boogeyman isn't a hardcore EdWin fan!)

*sigh* I hope you actually enjoyed reading it... aside from that end!

R&R!