Paradise Lost (a Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood fic)

Disc.: Even if I say it a thousand times, it'll still be the same: I'll never own this amazing series, and this will be true for as long as time itself shall stand.

A/N: So, following my original fic 'Desert Rose', I'm gonna set this one roughly 6 months after the end of the original story. Edward and Scar have been happily married for about 7 years and are enjoying their time together doing all sorts of things only lovers can, but one day Fuhrer Bradley sends a messenger to Ishval and calls on Ed saying that he's needed; it takes place during the 'FMA Brotherhood' anime…you can probably guess what happens from there as it will follow episodes of the series so it'll probably be longer than the original fic, and I will not keep you waiting for the chapter anymore so here we go!

Ch.1- Messengers From the West

The sun had risen once again over the green hills of Ishval, the people getting up from whatever state they'd been in previously and preparing for their day. No one was exempt from this, not even the Village Leader and his partner. Scar stretched his stiff muscles and lazily threw one of his arms around the beautiful blonde in bed with him, their long golden blonde hair undone from its' braid and the strands had grown down to reach the other's lithe waist. As the light from the sun caressed pale eyelids, the blonde chose to open his eyes and gold locked with ruby red.

"Good morning, Edward…did you sleep well?"

"Yeah, about as well as you did. So, ready to get up and see to the council meetings for today?"

"Yes, but first let's take a bath together."

The two males each got up out of the king sized mattress and Edward folded the comforter over the sheets so that the room wasn't a mess. After making sure that everything was perfect, Scar gently pulled his lover into the bath with him and they shared a deep kiss. At some point, their one kiss turned into a full on makeout session that had Scar screwing Edward senseless until the water was dirty with not only sweat but various other fluids. When the water started becoming a little less than inviting in temperature, Ed got out of the bath first and went to fetch their robes for the day while Scar proceeded to dry himself off with a fluffy white towel from the couples' linen closet.

45 minutes later found them both dressed in their daily robes, Scar wearing gray-white with dark grey stitching of the Ishvalan scriptures while Ed adorned white robes with red stitching and they clasped hands as they went to the meeting hall.

(2 hours later)

The meeting had concluded, both lovers more than happy to be out of the meeting hall as they made their way back to their beautiful marble house…only to find 2 military officers standing outside their door. One of them was a blonde male with shoulder length hair and the other was a woman with short cut brown-black hair and a mole underneath her right eye; Edward knew who they were as he could faintly hear them talking, and the closer that him and Scar got the more clearly he could hear them talk.

"I don't think they're home, Maria."

"Calm down, Denny…if what we've been told is true, then Edward will be home anytime now with his partner."

"But, do you really think that him and Scar got…well, you know."

"Married? That's what Roy told us, but it seems to be kinda ridiculous. I mean, who in their right mind would ever fall in love with Scar of all people?"

Edward found this conversation to be rather hilarious, Scar glaring slightly at the two MPs while the blonde was trying his hardest not to laugh and give them away. Eventually, they were close enough that Maria and Denny could hear them speak…and Ed was the one to announce their presence.

"If you ask me, I'd say that falling for him was the best thing I ever did."

Both officers turned at hearing an amused sounding voice nearby, both smiling when they saw Ed walking towards them…he was still wearing his white robes, his hair having gotten longer and he definitely looked more mature due to having spent nearly 7 years away from the conflict that was Amestris.

"Edward! It's so good to see you again!" Maria said as she approached the blonde and hugged him, Ed returning the hug. After a few more minutes, all of them headed into the marble house to discuss what Maria and Denny had been sent here to tell him.

(Scar and Edward's house, Living Room)

"So, what brings both of you by?" Scar asked the two MPs while Edward brings a tray of tea and a few cups, the blonde Alchemist setting it down on the table and pouring some of the warm brew for each of them. As they waited for it to cool down, Maria took this chance to tell them of what was going on in Amestris.

"Things haven't really been going all that well, to be honest. War has broken out between Amestris and Drachma, with neither side giving in. Briggs, the northern fortress, has been taken over by Kimbley and his men…Olivier has been called back to Central; and since she's left, the fortress fell to the enemy. But that's beside the point. Edward, do you still believe that Amestris is your homeland?" the dark haired woman asked the blonde Alchemist, she was told of the whole situation that got Ed out to Ishval and could hardly believe that he'd endured so much pain.

"In some ways, I do…but, I can't just leave the Ishvalan people behind. I'm their Ambassador, and Scar is their Chieftain…besides, we're happily married and we won't abandon our people." Edward said determinedly while squeezing his husband's hand in his own, the red eyed Ishvalan male nodding at his blonde haired lover's words.

"But Ed, the Fuhrer himself asked for you to come back! You can't tell me that you've cut off all loyalty to him, to the Military and Roy Mustang…or even the people who protected you when you were in their service!" Denny shouted, Ed glaring at him through golden blonde strands.

"Our decision is final…we have no intention of leaving our people. Now leave, or I'll be forced to evict you from our home." Scar said with anger evident in his voice, both MPs getting up and leaving the marble house behind.

An hour or so after they'd left, Ed took the tea cups and cleaned them in the wash basin. Scar was currently in his study, his red eyes scanning over the scriptures he kept in their house…but after staring at them for so long, he was starting to get a headache so the Ishvalan male put them back on the shelf and sighed tiredly.

The sound of the study doors opening and closing greeted Scar's ears, and a pair of arms wrapped around his midsection from behind as he let a smile slip onto his face.

"You shouldn't think too hard on what happened today, it won't let you sleep tonight if you do."

"Hmm…I suppose you're right. What's your opinion on today's meeting with those MPs?"

Ed was hesitant to answer his husband's question, because he didn't wanna stress him out any more than he probably already was.

"Do you…really think it would've been so bad to help them? I know that our people and our country need us, but does it mean that we're really abandoning them just to assist those who ask for our help?"

The Ishvalan male sighed wearily, he couldn't deal with all these conflicting things running around in his head so he reached up and gently squeezed his blonde lover's hand with his own slightly larger one.

"Today was eventful enough, and the night should be spent unwinding from the day's events…so, let us adjourn to our room for the night and ponder more on these events tomorrow."

Edward nodded before placing a gentle kiss to his lover's temple, the blonde male backing away enough for Scar to get up out of the chair and the two lovers went to their shared bedroom hand in hand.

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T.B.C.- So, I just wanna say that I've written this story for the two reviewers who loved my first FMA Brotherhood story…RandomPerson and daydreamer, I'm so glad you both loved my story, so for you I've written this sequel. I promise I'll post this soon, so please love this one as much as the first.