Disclaimer: FMA is not mine, however much I may wish it to be.

Pairing: Havoc x Al, Roy x Ed (Slightly hinted for now)

Summary: Alphonse got his body back, and eveyone celebrates. Havoc thinks about Al a little.

Notes: Finally, I got part of my HavocAl story done! No direct relationship yet in this chaper, and yes, there will also be RoyEd later on, but HavocAl is the main couple. Read and review please!

FMA

Natural Attraction: Chapter 1

Alphonse's Return

It had been three weeks since Edward and his armored brother had gone on their latest quest for the philosopher's stone, and Colonel Mustang and his subordinates had become worried, due to the fact that they had not received any word from the Elric brothers for almost the entire length of time.

It was several days later that their worries were not only alleviated; they received a pleasant surprise as well.

Edward entered the military headquarters with a few bandages, but looked relatively well otherwise, his automail intact. It was the person who entered the building after him that surprised all of them. Instead of the hulking, two-meter tall suit of armor, which they had all expected, a young, shorthaired teenager, slightly taller than Edward, came through the door. THe boy stood behind Edward a little hesitantly, as if unsure of how the others would react to his presence.

Everyone was speechless for a whole minute, until Havoc managed a rather choked, "Al…Alphonse? Is t…that really you?"

The teenager, who was Alphonse, blushed a little, and nodded, smiling, "It is me, Lieutenant Havoc."

His voice still sounded the same of course, except that it no longer echoed hollowly, and that it finally suited the speaker.

Edward had managed to restore his brother's body after all.

Colonel Mustang and his subordinates all hurried over to the two teenagers to congratulate them on the success of their quest, fawning all over the younger Elric, who quickly became embarrassed at all the attention that he was receiving.

Then Mustang turned to Edward and asked him curiously, "Why is it that you did not manage to regain your limbs while Alphonse got back his body, Edward?"

Edward looked down at his automail arm with a little sigh. "I had to use up all of the stone that we had found to get Al's body back, so there wasn't any for me to use for my limbs." Then he looked up and gave Mustang a small grin. "But it doesn't really matter any more. Al's got his body back, and that's enough for me. Anyway, I've already gotten used to my automail after all these years, so it's alright, really."

Hawkeye, who had been standing by with a smile, cleared her throat. "Alright people, you can continue with the congratulatory speeches later when we're all done with our work. For now, you should all go and finish up the paperwork I've asked you to do."

"Now." Hawkeye repeated herself, when the others seemed reluctant to move, her hand moving towards her gun holster. The others moved immediately.

The Colonel turned around, as he was about to enter his private office. "Edward, could I have a word with you?"

The Fullmetal Alchemist nodded and followed the Colonel, but before he entered Mustang's office, he paused and turned to his little brother. "Don't run off, alright, Al, stay in here, talk to the others or something, and wait until I'm done."

Alphonse smiled at his elder brother and nodded cheerfully. "I will, brother."

Edward grunted in acknowledgement before entering Mustang's office and closing the door behind him.

After his brother had entered the Colonel's office, Alphonse went to look for someone to talk to. As luck, or fate, or whatever would have it, Havoc was the only one who had completed his paperwork, so he could accompany Alphonse without the fear of being shot by Lieutenant Hawkeye.

Alphonse had always had some sort of a crush on the tall blond soldier, but had never thought of telling the man anything, as he had felt that there was no possible chance that the Lieutenant would like a suit of armor that way. Furthermore, there was nothing he could do for the Havoc in that form anyway. But now that he had his body back, the chance of something happening increased, although it was probably still very small, seeing that Havoc had constantly attempted to attract many of the women everywhere to be his girlfriend, although he had always failed so far.

The young teenager went over to Havoc's place and stood a little behind the Lieutenant, who was smoking once more. "L…Lieutenant H…Havoc?" Al murmured a little nervously.

Havoc turned to face the younger Elric. "Hi, Alphonse, what's up?"

"Brother asked me to wait for him while he spoke with the Colonel, and since you're free, could you, well, accompany me?" Alphonse asked the man.

"Why not?" Havoc threw his finished cigarette into the bin and grinned at Al. "What would you like to do then?"

And so the two of them spent the next hour or so, playing various card games and having lots of fun, talking and joking about anything and everything.

After the hour or so, the Flame and Fullmetal Alchemists came back out of the office, with Ed looking a little flustered. Colonel Mustang smiled when he noticed Al looking in his direction. "I think it's time for all of us to celebrate Alphonse's return, isn't it. Let's take the rest of the day off and go have some fun!"

Hawkeye looked ready to protest against her superior's decision, but Mustang shook his head. "No objections, please, Hawkeye. It's a special day for Alphonse, and it's for today only anyway."

Hawkeye sighed in resignation and followed the rest of them out of the door.

Mustang took them all to a nearby bar and bought all of them drinks, and they toasted Edward's success in bringing Alphonse's body back. Ed and Al, both being underage, drank non-alcoholic drinks of course. But the others all drank their fill of alcohol, and were at least a little tipsy by the time they left the place and went their separate ways home.

The colonel had invited the Elric brothers to stay over at his place, since all the dorms had become occupied during their absence, so they followed him to his house.

Later that night, Jean Havoc lay in his bed in only his boxers, which was the way he usually slept in, thinking about the events that had happened earlier that day.

Alphonse has his body back. Havoc thought to himself, and he ran his thoughts through the things he did earlier. He's really quite a handsome kid. Cute too, the way he moves, talks, and does things.

Then he shook his head. Where had those thoughts come from? Strange... Maybe it was because I got a little drunk from all that drinking earlier…

Havoc had never really thought of any other guy that way, and had more or less considered himself to be straight. But he had always felt that Edward's little brother was a very nice kid, even when the younger boy had been in the form of the rather imposing suit of armor. The two of them had even become rather close friends. Now the young teen had his body back, the characteristics finally had a face that suited it. Friendly, gentle, and very, very cute. The blond soldier thought to himself and smiled. That's Alphonse.

He shook his head again, frowning a little. I must really be very drunk or very tired. He concluded. Thinking of Al this way.

Then he sighed, turned off the lights, and promptly fell asleep.

To be continued...
Notes: Yup, this is a multi-chapter story. I'm still in the process of writing the next chapter. Reviews are greatly appreciated! Thanks!