This is a one-shot/drabble thing I did on Tumblr for bobbensonishomunculus (SailorTralfamadore90 on AO3), who is awesome and has a whole bunch of other URLs, but this is the one I wrote it for. The prompt was for Ed having grown taller than Roy. Enjoy!

"Hey, bastard. Congratulations."

"Fullmetal?" Roy asked as he turned around. Then he looked up. He had to look up to meet Fullmetal's eyes. What was the world coming to? "I didn't realize you we're in Central." Roy had to mentally applaud his ability to keep his voice stable even when surprised. Or perhaps horrified was the better word choice for this situation.

"Yeah, I was passing through, visiting Gracia, when she mentioned your promotion party. Figured it might be fun to see everyone again," Ed said with a careless shrug.

He's taller than me... Fullmetal is taller than me... FULLMETAL is TALLER than ME.

Oh, please don't let him notice. Please don't let him notice.

This is so wrong. No one should have to see Fullmetal from this angle. From BELOW. It's wrong. It's awful. It- Well it makes him look older, and broader, and possibly even better looking than he did before.

"And it's Ed."

"What?" Pay attention, Mustang.

"You called me Fullmetal. I'm not. I- I mean, I'm not Fullmetal anymore. It's Ed." A faint blush dusted his cheeks as he said this. That's interesting. "Anyway, I just thought I should say congratulations since I was using your party as a reunion and all."

"Well, thank you, Ed. It was nice to see you again." Very nice, Roy thought, you grew up well.

"Yeah, it wasn't half bad, bastard. We should get a drink sometime," Ed said with a smirk.

"Call me," Roy said, nodding with a smirk of his own.

"You bet," Ed said before patting Roy on the head, adding, "Pipsqueak," and walking away.

Roy was left frozen, gaping at the retreating back of laughing, tall, Edward Elric. What was the world coming to?

I wrote this a while ago, and forgot about it. After rereading it, I think I may write a sequel sometime. It was a cute idea!

Also, about my other fics, grad school is keeping me soooooo busy, but I'm hoping to get a chance to work on them more when finals cool down a bit. I have no self control, and my Rewind muse is biting at me, so I may use writing chapters of that one in between finals. We'll see, but hopefully I'll have time!