I wrote this last October, for a fanfiction challange on Livejournal. It won 3rd place. (:

This is a story I wrote with the manga!verse in mind, with Ed taking a trip to Rush Valley to get his automail fixed. There are no spoilers, though. It's just a simple, silly oneshot featuring Ed and Winry. Please enjoy!

An Impromtu Visit

"Hurry up, woman!" Ed barked. "Me and Al need to get back to Central!"

Winry let out an indignant huff. Just who the hell did he think he was? She was certainly not in the mood for this, especially not after he had barged in just a few minutes ago with his brother and a scratched-up, dysfunctional arm. If she wasn't so peeved, she would be worried. But she just didn't feel like being concerned for these brothers who she was constantly fretting over, always wondering whether their last visit would be her last time ever seeing them, talking with them, laughing with them…

"Hey! Are you listening? I said I was sorry, you don't have to look so depressed..." Ed's metal arm waved in front of her face.

She snapped back to the situation at hand. Just because she had drifted off for a contemplative moment didn't mean she wasn't still angry at the braided boy in front of her.

"Just thinking of how the hell I'm going to repair it this time," she replied in the most annoyed tone she could muster. Ed gave her a sheepish, guilty look.

Winry abruptly turned to her worktable, searching for a wrench she could chuck at Ed to get those stupid gold eyes of his to stop looking so guilty. Then she wouldn't have to feel so guilty for scolding him, even if he did deserve it. But instead of a wrench, she found something better. Much better.

She glanced over her shoulder. Ed was lounging in a chair near the front of the workshop.

"Oh, Ed~!" She called sweetly, hiding the object behind her back.

"What…?" Ed began to fidget nervously.

"Why don't you take off your shirt?"

"Right..." She noticed his cheeks turned slightly pink before he pulled off the black tank top he usually wore when visiting Rush Valley. Winry had to mentally force her gaze from his finely-featured abs. No admiring them today, she told herself sternly. She really wanted to surprise him a little, maybe even scare him; whatever it took to get him to think twice before going headlong into some dangerous battle again.

"Why are you staring at me like- what the fuck is that?" Ed's eyes widened in dread as Winry walked towards him, brandishing a bulky metal apparatus.

"What's that for? What is it?" he demanded.

"It's called an electric screwdriver," Winry said brightly. "The latest in Rush Valley technology! It was developed by an engineer named-"

"I don't care who the fuck developed it! You are not using that thing on me," Ed interrupted.

"But Edddd…I just bought it yesterday and I haven't gotten the chance to use it yet! All it does is drill the screw into the desired surface in a quick, efficient manner!" She said the last sentence in an air that made Ed suspect she had just recited the advertising on the package of the contraption.

"Alright, alright…" Ed muttered. "If it really is going to be quicker…"

Winry smiled, happy that she would be able to use her new toy, and triumphant to have been the one to worry him this time.