Title:
My Someone Special
Subject:
Fullmetal Alchemist
Shipping:
Royai
Summary:
Riza comes into work late looking unusually happy. Roy wants to know
why. Birthday fic for ShadowsWolfsbane!!
It was late in the day when Riza arrived at work and when she did she was smiling quietly to herself- not quite so widely that it was scary, but definitely not a normal smile ether. At least, not for Hawkeye.
"Good afternoon, Lieutenant," the Colonel greeted her as she walked into the room, watching her carefully.
"Afternoon, sir," Riza replied, sitting down at her desk and trying to ignore his probing gaze without much apparent success.
"May I ask why you're smiling?" asked Roy, five minutes later, when the happy glow in her cheeks was still present.
Riza frowned slightly at that. "Excuse me, sir?"
"You've just been to the doctor for a check up," Roy elaborated quickly, not wanting to sacrifice her good mood for his simple curiosity. "Quite frankly, I hate the place. Why so happy?"
"It's sort of personal, sir," Riza admitted, blushing lightly.
"Now I'm really curious!"
Riza's frown deepened and for a minute or two it seemed as though she would not reply at all, but eventually that cute little smile formed on her face once again. "It's… Well, many years ago I acquired a gun wound to the abdomen that I was told would keep me from ever having children, sir," she explained falteringly. "But I have recently been told that this is not the case… That's all."
"You're considering having a baby, Lieutenant?" asked Roy, coming to stand behind her curiously.
Riza glanced up at her superior, a light flush spreading over her usually pallid cheeks and her amber eyes crinkling in surprise and delight. "Someday, sir," she admitted softly but happily. "If I… If I find someone special, you know?"
Roy nodded silently, resting a hand on her shoulder and bending down to kiss her forehead gently before returning to his desk to finish up work. "Yeah," he agreed, sending a secret smile her way. "I know."
