I forgot to do this, so I'll add it in now: Although I love FMA, I do not own it (even though I would really like to...)
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Shiner
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It had been almost a year since Ed and Winry had confessed their love for each other. Actually, scratch that, it had been almost four years since that, but only until a year ago had the golden-eyed boy come back from the other side of the gate to sweep the young blond woman off of her feet (more like a wrench to the head had knocked Edward onto the ground, as the sobbing Winry had fallen to her knees, where the now irate blond man had to pick her up and carry the distressed woman back into the house, the man spewing curses all the way).
It had been almost 11 months since the infatuated couple had gotten married and moved to Rush Valley for Winry Rockbell-Elric (the name Rockbell had became far too popular to have it disappear, and far too troublesome to have to inform the many admirers of her work that she was changing the brand) to finish her training and Edward Rockbell-Elric to enjoy a much needed vacation.
It had been almost a month since Winry had come into Atelier Garfiel's shop with a poorly concealed black eye. The woman in question was immediately stopped by Paninya, who saw past the make-up and politely requested (Winry would later change Paninya's word choice to screeched wildly when recounting the story) which sick, depraved person would do something like that to her, and to please point them out so she could rip them apart with her new arm upgrades (consisting of sharp, pointy knives, bombs, and other such accessories). Paninya then brought over Garfiel to examine the ugly purple-and-black bruise that covered Winry's cerulean eyes.
When Garfiel saw the black mark staining her pale face he gave a girlish, high-pitched scream and fainted. The customers currently in the shop were more than happy to move from the couch to allow the overwhelmed man to recover. As soon as he was coherent enough, Garfiel began demanding that Winry tell him where the troublemaker was, and still, amazingly enough, able to keep a motherly tone to his voice as he fussed with the make-up around her blemish. While Garfiel was screaming at Winry, who was trying in vain to just laugh off the whole ordeal, Paninya also noticed some light purple finger-shaped bruises on Winry's arm. When Garfiel saw these too, he gave another squeal and promptly fainted again.
After the customers were hastily shuffled out of the shop, the now groaning Garfiel was attended to on the couch, and hot tea had been poured for the three people, Winry began to explain what had happened.
Winry told that during the very happy (if not somewhat irritating) 11 ½ months of marriage, Ed had been having nightmares. She clarified that since Edward has had a very rough life (both occupants nodded sympathetically), he's been having nightmares on and off throughout the months they've spent together. She then went on to say that most nights she could sooth him by just a touch, where he would continue to sleep peacefully. But the night before had been a particularly bad dream and she debated whether or not to wake him up from it. Winry decided that she should save him from his nightmare, but upon awakening, Ed had thought Winry was another person (apparently an enemy) and had used his fist to escort her off of the bed and onto the hard wooden floor.
The distraught Edward had then, upon realizing that his wife was lying on the floor with an ugly shiner, quickly retrieved ice and spent the rest of the night apologizing, until the exhausted Winry had told him that if he didn't stop and let her sleep (it was three in the morning for "God's" sake) he would get a wrench to the head.
When asked about the bruise on her arm, the blond woman began to tear up and said to the two startled pairs of dark eyes that she would rather not talk about it. When Winry had quickly departed for her lunch break the two left in the room began discussing why Winry had bruises on her arm. The always-overdramatic Garfiel suggested that maybe Ed had hurt her and was threatening her like one of those "good cop-gone bad" guys he always heard about on the radio soap operas. The dark skinned girl laughed and said that she highly doubted it, since Ed was in more danger of being threatened by Winry than anything. Both agreed to the outcome and parted ways for their separate tasks.
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After closing the shop that night, Garfiel ran into Paninya, who looked as worried as he felt. The two confessed that they had been thinking about the scenario and had come to the conclusion that although Ed may act terrified of Winry and her wrench, he was actually much stronger and a much better fighter than her, and accompanied by his troubled past and quick temper, he could easily hurt her if he felt the need. They decided that the only way to protect their dear friend (she would never admit what was happening to her on her own) was to follow Edward and gather evidence to his misdeed.
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This is my first fan fiction so please give me some feedback on how much I need to work on. I accept flames, constructive criticism, but most of all compliments. So if you would be so kind as to review I would really appreciate it.
The rest of the story should be out soon, I have it written out, but I need to type it.
