i. introduction
Pinako Rockbell softly rocked her tiny granddaughter, swaddled in a tight clump of pink knit, the smile on her face irremovable. Her big blue eyes were open and clear, tiny little gurgles of delight emitting from her shiny lips, her plump cheeks rosy. Pinako smiled at the tiny girl, cooing gently as the rocking chair swung from front to back in a gentle tandem.
"Welcome to the world little Rockbell," she murmured, placing her finger within the baby's tight grasp, "I can tell already you'll be a true little Rockbell! All about the automail never mind this medicinal nonsense!" She laughed softly at herself as the baby erupted in happy noises, squirming her little feet within the bundle of blankets.
"Hello? Can we come in?"
Pinako tore her eyes from the baby for the first time since she had been handed the bundle, and glanced at the front door.
"Trisha, Hoenheim, we're in the den!"
Without a moment's hesitance, Trisha Elric tore into the living room, chestnut hair flying, holding her own little bundle, slightly bigger than Pinako's, golden hair already thick upon the baby's head. Her sombre husband followed, wiping his feet as he entered the house, nodding at Pinako. Trisha squealed softly, sitting down on the arm of the sofa next to Pinako.
"A little girl?" she breathed, her smile wide and true, as Pinako nodded proudly.
"Now don't you go and get any ideas Trisha! This little girl has big future in automail, she won't have time for boys," she joked lightly, as the baby's eyes met Trisha's. The young woman reached forward and gently stroked the infant's cheek.
"And what, my Edward won't be good enough?" she replied, settling the said little boy up on her knee so he too could see the baby. "What do you think Ed? Isn't she pretty?" Trisha bounced her son lightly and he laughed in delight, the wide expanse of his golden eyes fixated on the baby. Pinako angled the bundle up closer to him, sighing as she did so.
"That look – it seems inevitable, doesn't it?" she winked at Trisha who giggled, and brushed her son's hair back. Pinako Rockbell extended the baby's fist, still tightly bound around her own finger.
"Edward Elric, I would like you to meet my first granddaughter. Winry Rockbell."
I'm on hiatus for 2 years and then I suddenly break out with two new pieces of fiction? And this one has multiple chapters!? Shock and gasp to say the least kind viewers. Please leave me a review, it would mean the world and then I will know that its a good idea to indulge my fantasies and post all 100 of these little drabbly things! Thank you :)