This takes place after Ed returns from the West and it is in his point of view. Thank you for reading!

Ed and Winry-Home is Where the Heart is

I step off the train and look for Winry. I see her staring at me a few feet away. I grin and open up my arms wide for her, thinking she'll definitely want to be all mushy with me, but I do want to hold her in my arms again. She smiles "Ed" she simply calls my name out, loudly. She runs the short distance to me. Once she is in my arms I chuckle softly and pick her up like she weighs nothing and spin her around in a circle. I put her down and she grabs onto my waist. I put my arms around her shoulders and rest my chin on her head. I breathe in her scent and think about how I really missed her, this, what we are now.

After about a minute or so she lets go of me. I pick up my suitcase which is on the ground. We begin to walk side by side towards home. Once we have left the train station, Winry says: "I really did miss you, Ed." "I know and I missed you too." I say, sincerely. We walk a little bit longer then Winry reaches for my hand, she takes it holds it. I glance at her, nervously, but she is looking ahead. I tell myself to stay calm instead of reciting the periodic table in my head. I squeeze her hand and then lace my fingers through hers. We walk and when we are almost to the house, I ask Winry if she told Granny about what we promised each other at the train station. "I wanted us to tell her together." She replies. I just nod at her. I think about the ring I bought her that is now inside my coat pocket.

We get inside the house and I tell Winry that I want to go have a nap. "Fine I'll see you later." She says. She heads towards her bedroom and I go to the room that I've claimed as my own. I put my suitcase down on the floor and slip my hand in my coat pocket and remove the ring box. I take my coat off and set it on the back of a chair. I smile to myself, thinking about how Winry will react when I propose to her the right way. I walk down the hall to her bedroom. The door is closed, so I knock. Winry opens the door, she sees me and says: "Oh, Ed I thought you were going to take a nap." "Well I wanted to talk to you first." I tell her. "Okay, come in." She says and steps aside. I step in the room and she closes the door behind us. "Um." I say. I can feel my cheeks getting hot. "Spit it out, Ed. I haven't seen you in months and you don't want to talk to me?" Winry says. "N…No it's not that at all." I say feeling nervous. "Good." She says. I… did miss talking to you…" She adds. I look straight at her. "I missed you too, Win and that's why I have to do this now." I reply. "What?" She asks. "Okay um… well at the train station before I left we p…promised to give our lives to each other… right? and you could see that as a marriage proposal…" She interrupts "Yeah… so you do still want to marry right… I know I haven't told Granny yet but she'll want to know you're serious." Winry is blushing, I notice and it makes me do the same. "I know that's why I uh… got you this." I slip my hand from behind my back, but keep the ring box hidden in my fist. I sigh and lower myself on my automail knee. I hear Winry gasp. I open my fist and then the ring box, thinking about how Al and I went to Central together, how he helped me pick this specific ring. "I thought I ought to do this the right way… will you marry me, Winry?" I kind of shouted that like the way I did at the train station. I look up at her, the hint of a smile on my face. She is blushing again. "Oh Ed you… of course I will." She quickly gets down to my level and hugs me tightly. I return the hug and then I feel her shacking. I hold her tighter and adjust myself so that both of my legs are on the floor. "Win? What's wrong? Did I do something wrong?" I ask, worried I screwed up somehow. "No, you dummy I'm just really happy." She says with her face in my shoulder. "Good, I am too." I tell her.

After a few seconds Winry pulls away from me. She smiles a little shyly at me. I can't help but grin back. She blushes deeply and leans in until her lips gently touch mine. I am surprised. We don't have much experience with this. But I just close my eyes and follow Winry's lead, moving my lips against hers. Winry and I pull away at the same time. She looks straight into my eyes and says: "I… I love you Edward." I gulp. Time to say it back I think… you know how you feel about her. "Winry… I love you too." She smiles at me. I stand up and offer a hand to her. She takes it and once she's standing she gives me another quick hug. "We should go tell Granny now." She says. "Uh, okay." I reply. She holds out her hand and I almost take it when I remember the ring. I take it out of the box. Winry smiles softly and holds out her left hand, she moves the finger that it goes on. I gently slip it on and then take her hand in mine and lead her out of the room.

We find Granny in the basement working on some automail. "Granny, Ed and I want to tell you something." I let go of her hand and look at her, she nods. She wants me to say it. Granny faces us. "I asked Winry to marry me and she said yes." Well it's about time, Pipsqueak." She says. I grunt and say: "Pipsqueak? I'm taller than you and Winry now!" She laughs "I'm only teasing, Ed. You really have grown up in the last couple of years." Winry looks over at me and smiles, which I return. Winry walks over to Granny and hugs her. "Congratulations, you two." Granny says. She takes Winry's hand and looks at the ring. "You got her a nice rock too, I'm impressed." I chuckle. "Yeah well Al actually helped me pick it out." "Oh remind me to thank him." Winry says then she giggles. I walk over to them and put my arm around Winry and she rests her head against me like its natural. I don't think I've been this happy since I brought Al home in his body.